Prison Education latest: green shoots but…
Jon Collins of the Prisoners’ Education Trust reviews the statistics for 2022/3 and finds good and bad news.
The importance of dogs to people with drug problems
New research explores how people living with a drug problem describe their everyday life when owning a dog.
Desistance, adversity and trauma
Latest HMIP Academic Insight: Desistance, adversity and trauma: implications for practice with children and young people in conflict with the law
Court backlogs increase again
Latest court statistics show backlogs in both Crown and Magistrates’ Courts growing in the last quarter.
The latest (2023) Stop and Search and Arrest trends
Analysis of the stop and search and arrest figures for 2022/23
Ethnicity, care experience and involvement in the justice system
Katie Hunter uses Data First to explore ethnicity, care experience and involvement in the justice system
Representing care experienced young people
New guide for lawyers representing care experienced young people
Great new resource for women offenders
National Women’s Justice Coalition launch great new resource for women in contact with the justice system.
Chief Probation Inspector makes plea for localism
Outgoing Chief Probation Inspector calls for an independent review of the Probation Service and makes a plea for localism.
The Greater Manchester Problem Solving Court
The Greater Manchester Problem Solving Courts provides a holistic approach to women on court orders.
Prison to psychiatric hospital transfers still problematic
An international systematic review finds persistent delays in transferring patients from prison to secure psychiatric hospitals
Drug Recovery Prisons
Process evaluation of the drug recovery prison at HMP Holme House
