Our criminal records system is more punitive than the US
FairChecks finds criminal record disclosure requirements in England and Wales much more punitive than the US.
The State of Youth Justice (2024)
Annual Youth Justice Statistics paint a mixed picture.
Prison drug treatment trends 2024
There was a welcome 8% increase in the number of people starting drug/alcohol treatment in prison last year.
Prison Trends January 2024
January 2024 Offender Management Statistics show big increases in prison population, remands, prison punishments & licence recalls.
Mental health crisis forces prisoners into inhumane isolation
IMB report highlights the prison service practice of using segregation as a way of managing and caring for prisoners with severe mental health needs owing to a lack of alternative provision.
Lawyers face difficulties seeing clients in prison
Association of Prison Lawyers report makes public the extensive difficulties lawyers face in getting to see their clients in prison.
Muslims, prisons and mental health
Raheel Mohammed of Maslaha describes the new Coming Home service designed to help Muslims released from prison with their mental health issues.
Too many demands on Senior Probation Officers
HMI Probation thematic inspection finds there are far too many demands on Senior Probation Officers.
Food matters in prisons
Food does matter if we want to create a more secure, and rehabilitative environment in prisons.
Best practice in working with people with mental health problems on probation
Charlie Brooker & Coral Sirdifield identify best practice in working with people with mental health problems on probation in the latest addition to Clinks evidence library.
The feminisation of probation
Matt Tidmarsh explores the demographic and cultural dynamics which have made probation a mainly female occupation.
Celebrating achievement in criminal justice
Butler Trust announce the winners of its awards for 2023/24.
