Prison Trends January 2024
January 2024 Offender Management Statistics show big increases in prison population, remands, prison punishments & licence recalls.
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January 2024 Offender Management Statistics show big increases in prison population, remands, prison punishments & licence recalls.
IMB report highlights the prison service practice of using segregation as a way of managing and caring for prisoners with severe mental health needs owing to a lack of alternative provision.
Association of Prison Lawyers report makes public the extensive difficulties lawyers face in getting to see their clients in prison.
Raheel Mohammed of Maslaha describes the new Coming Home service designed to help Muslims released from prison with their mental health issues.
Food does matter if we want to create a more secure, and rehabilitative environment in prisons.
Butler Trust announce the winners of its awards for 2023/24.
The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology examines the prison population growth, its policy implications and the impact on people in prison.
Sarah Waite’s research on women’s experiences of being in an open prison.
Rebuilding Lives: Young Muslims from the criminal justice system to community resettlement.
HMPPS Offender Equalities report shows an aging population which includes more transgender prisoners.
The 2023 MoJ annual report and accounts reveals some interesting facts & figures.
Government proposes to cut IPP licence in half from 10 to 5 years but takes no action for those still inside.