Mental health in prisons: no strategy; insufficient funds
Damning National Audit Office report on mental health in prisons finds there are not enough staff nor any plan for addressing large levels of unmet need.
5th July 2017
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Damning National Audit Office report on mental health in prisons finds there are not enough staff nor any plan for addressing large levels of unmet need.
The MoJ has revealed that the core prison Sex Offender Treatment Programme does not work. So, what happens now to sex offenders and their victims?
Prison Storm is a regular Twitter-based discussion group which looks at all things penal. It is an open platform and free to join, so why not add your voice?
Freedom of Information request reveals that the average tariff for life sentences for murder has increased by more than 20% in the last 10 years.
The Prison Reform Trust’s Bromley Briefing for summer 2017 reveals all that’s wrong (and a couple of things that are right) with our penal system.
Joint probation/prisons inspection report finds that new post-Transforming Rehabilitation probation system is having no impact in helping prisoners on release.
Tripling of over 50s population in just 15 years requires prison system to adjust to the largely unplanned roles of care home and even hospice.
John Burton developed his entrepreneurial skills in prison and has launched a new app designed to help prisoners’ families understand & cope with prison rules.
This is a guest post by Kate Paradine, Chief Executive Officer of Women in Prison. A broken system Since joining Women in Prison at the end
Profile and biography of new Justice Secretary David Lidington who replaces Liz Truss who held the post of Lord Chancellor for less than 11 months.
PRT report on a 2-year action research project shows great potential to find jobs for prisoners with under use of temporary licence release main obstacle.
Prison Reform International’s invaluable authoritative guide to the latest trends in imprisonment across the world.
