UNGRIPP: A united push for change to the IPP sentence
The United Group for Reform of IPP (UNGRIPP) is a grassroots campaigning organisation pushing for changes to the Indeterminate Sentence for Public Protection (IPP) sentence.
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The United Group for Reform of IPP (UNGRIPP) is a grassroots campaigning organisation pushing for changes to the Indeterminate Sentence for Public Protection (IPP) sentence.
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Women are only 0.1% of the general population but 6% of the prison population.
Large study finds the mental health of half of all prisoners has deteriorated over lockdown.
Large research study finds people in prison with complex healthcare needs receiving poorer levels of care.
HMPPS relaunches its New Futures Network website. NFN brokers partnerships between prison & employers.
Mayor of London launches the first-ever UK pilot programme to tag perpetrators of domestic abuse with GPS tracking devices upon release from prison.
800 people in prison give their views on the COVID vaccination
The All Party Parliamentary Group on Women in the Penal System launches new inquiry into the health and well-being of women in prisons.
The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman has published her first report on people dying of COVID-19 in prison.
Prison Reform Trust CAPPTIVE briefing finds prisoners’ mental health suffering under prolonged solitary confinement.
New research looks at the experiences of LGBT+ people in prisons in England and Scotland
The latest figures on alcohol and drug treatment in secure settings