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Guernsey is first UK prison to use electronic disruptor shield to stop drug delivery by drone. Cost between £100 – £250k depending on size of prison.
New app supported by London Mayor and Victim Support makes it easy to capture, secure and report evidence of hate crime.
Intriguing study finds that twitter can reliably indicate prevalence of certain crimes, although only in low-crime London neighbourhoods.
New digital intervention from Breaking Free is specifically designed to aid smoking cessation in a prison environment, accompanied by short groupwork programme.
Streetlink is a government app that provides a simple way for people to inform the authorities about rough sleepers and ensure they are offered help & support.
New Jersey is trying to address the racial discrimination which is built-in to its bail decision making process by using a specially created algorithm.
New system of drug-screening using portable fingerprint system is more humane and provides much faster results. Current trial by drug treatment provider CGL.
Randomised controlled trial finds that participation in private twitter groups doubles your chance of successfully giving up smoking.
New app being trialled in prisons and the community supports desistance through helping offenders with education, employment, health and much more.
New app from National Prison Radio, Straightline shares films from 7 released prisoners who recount how they managed to stay on the outside of the prison gates.
New measures from Facebook seek to help suicidal users by using artificial intelligence to identify those at risk and then intervene with helping resources.
New app from Y-STOP enables people stopped by the police to record the interaction on their phone and submit information securely.