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.
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.
“The Free Prisoner” – a fascinating radical approach to the way we design prison & rehabilitation in the UK. A fully-worked up model using Leeds as case study.
Breaking Free offers online recovery resource free to all drug & alcohol users (& treatment agencies) affected by COVID-19.
Could the probation service soon be using computerised algorithms to assess risk of harm to the public by the automatic search of offenders’ Facebook posts?
New Hestia app helps those in abusive relationships by providing advice, support and the ability to compile a secret diary of abuse.
Excellent initiative from Probation Board of Northern Ireland pioneers the use of an app to promote desistance and help with mental health & addiction issues.
How a $200k competition launched by the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse & Alcoholism sparked the next generation of sobriety bracelets.
Naloxone training app I am writing this post to celebrate the launch of the new @UTurntraining smartphone app which is dedicated to preventing deaths caused
