Insights into the prison and probation services
HMPPS Insights brings people together from across the Criminal Justice System to learn, share, connect and celebrate excellence & innovation.
21st September 2020
Here you can find over 60 posts covering the latest apps and other innovations in the justice and substance misuse sectors. If you’re looking for something in particular, try the search box below.
HMPPS Insights brings people together from across the Criminal Justice System to learn, share, connect and celebrate excellence & innovation.
Official evaluation finds that prison digital technologies have been successful, particularly the in-cell telephones.
The Prisoner Learning Alliance looks at ten examples of how technology is being used as part of learning in prisons around the world.
New Medical Distribution Lockers use biometrics to allow prisoners to collect their own medication.
Rob Ferguson guest posts on the value of lived experience when developing digitally enabled interventions for people in prisons and probation.
Chris Fox and Kevin Albertson explore the concept of innovation in probation in another of HMI Probation’s Academic Insights.
Home Office seeks to tackle knife crime and child sexual exploitation by investing in new technology.
Jason Morris guest blogs on co-producing desistance material for gay men involved in intimate partner violence.
The Centre for Justice Innovation has just launched a new online resource, mapping innovative justice projects across the UK.
WDP’s Capital Card scheme incentivises and empowers people in substance misuse treatment and recovery
The European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction surveys the latest apps responding to drug use and associated harms.
Apps are not a cure for mental health problems, but an important stopgap.
