What do the public think about prisons?
The Sentencing Academy conducted a survey of public knowledge and attitudes to prison. Here’s what people think…
19th November 2024
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The Sentencing Academy conducted a survey of public knowledge and attitudes to prison. Here’s what people think…
Interesting facts and figures from the 2023/24 MoJ Annual Report and Accounts
Inspectorate says that children in custody are being failed by having to live in establishments dominated by violence, disorder and lack of education.
Prison Reform Trust report on the challenge of maintaining relationships for people serving long prison sentences.
Today’s inspection of HMP Garth, a high security prison in Lancashire, makes clear the ever-increasing threat that drones pose to prison security.
Latest Offender Management Statistics show how pressure on our prison system keeps mounting
Review into sentencing led by former Lord Chancellor David Gauke “to end prison crisis”.
The Howard League has set up a hotline to advise people on IPP sentences about the new arrangements for terminating their licence.
Jon Collins of the Prisoners’ Education Trust finds that the 2023/24 official statistics tell the same story of missed opportunities.
Prison inspectorate say it is a serious indictment of the Youth Custody Service that children continue to be held in solitary confinement.
During 2023-24, inspectors found more than two thirds of prisoners were spending most of their days in their cells with little to occupy them.
Acting Chief Executive of the Parole Board Faith Geary sets out the parole process in detail.
