Liz Truss says we need to improve community sentences by dealing better with people with mental health and drug problems and make our prisons more accountable.
Centre for Crime and Justice finds lack of an evidence base and very patchy provision for veterans on probation in new report for the Probation Institute.
If you work in or with prisons and want to see them make good on the government’s pledge to improve rehabilitation, get involved in the New Futures Network.
New report from Volteface drug policy think tank argues that a legal regulated market would better support people experiencing problematic cannabis use.
Announcement of new Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service which will take over from NOMS as MoJ takes policy and commissioning back in-house.
Report from Catch 22 investigates how social media can act as a catalyst and trigger for youth violence.
Encouraging lessons learnt from a pilot integrated domestic violence programme for men in substance misuse treatment run jointly by Cranstoun and DVIP.
Last in a 3-part series from crime expert Tom Gash sets out 5 challenges for governments on crime including: how much punishment can society afford?
MoJ stats for the year to April 2015 reveal that probation reoffending rates have fallen again in the last period under the fully public probation system.
Public Health England report celebrates English drug treatment system but avoids question of why our long-term recovery rates remain so low.
Official statistics reveal that many more people are sleeping rough in England; snapshot counts in Autumn 2016 show a 16% rise compared to the previous year.
MoJ performance stats show public probation outperforming new private providers and wide variation in the performance of Community Rehabilitation Companies.
