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All the latest news: Reform Safety Policy

Here you can find over 750 posts tracking every major development in our prisons since 2011. You can read prison safety statistics, find out about prison reform plans and (often lack of progress), positive developments and abject failures. If you’re looking for something in particular, try the search box below.

Employing prisoners and ex-offenders

Case studies and promotional material for the Unlock Opportunity campaign, highlighting the benefits of hiring prisoners and ex-offenders.

The latest global incarceration figures

Global imprisonment figures from July 2018 make for fascinating reading; including the fact that Hong Kong has the highest proportion of female prisoners.

10 shocking facts about prison in 2018

Latest Bromley Briefing charts the extraordinary rise in prison numbers over the last twenty years, inflation in sentencing and the social and economic consequences of overuse of custody.

The process and experience of recall to prison

Prisoners and probation officers had different perceptions of how much prisoners understood recall, how much they communicated with each other, and the impact of recall on their relationship.

A new way of delivering prison education

The Ministry of Justice is overhauling the way that education is provided in prisons, providing new opportunities for smaller and/or local organisations to get involved.

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