How are prisons performing?
Cassia Rowland from the Institute for Government sums up prison performance in the third of her series of performance tracker guest posts.
13th November 2025
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Cassia Rowland from the Institute for Government sums up prison performance in the third of her series of performance tracker guest posts.
Landmark report on the health of people in prison, on probation and in the secure NHS estate.
The Howard League explains how the Government’s earned progression plan could inadvertently result in increasing the numbers of people in prison.
Justice Committee highlights endemic drug use in prisons and says dangerous culture of acceptance must be broken.
MoJ rapid deployment cells process evaluation
A transformative vision for the future of Further Education in supporting people leaving prison or on probation.
Prison Inspectorate finds major cuts threaten to derail already poor work and training in prisons.
PRT Building Futures report on the experiences of serving a long prison sentence in Scotland
Sentencing Academy research assesses public understanding of some key sentencing terms.
Jon Collins of the Prisoners’ Education Trust reviews the latest performance figures in the shadow of looming budget cuts.
Inspectorate says that children in custody are being failed by having to live in establishments dominated by violence, disorder and lack of education with HMYOI Parc the lone exception.
Natasha Porter, CEO of Unlocked Graduates, guest blogs on their new guide to being a great prison officer.
