Straightline: Making it on release from prison
New app from National Prison Radio, Straightline shares films from 7 released prisoners who recount how they managed to stay on the outside of the prison gates.
28th March 2017
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New app from National Prison Radio, Straightline shares films from 7 released prisoners who recount how they managed to stay on the outside of the prison gates.
Institute for Criminal Policy Research profiles global imprisonment with in-depth investigation into incarceration in 10 very different countries.
Important new guide from Action for Prisoners’ and Offenders’ Families on how parental imprisonment affects children’s mental health & where to seek help.
Invaluable report from Women in Prison assesses implementation of Corston Report & highlights 5 key priorities for immediate action for women in justice system.
The Prison Policy Initiative provides a detailed analysis of who is in prison across the complex US justice system & where reformers should focus their efforts.
This is a guest post from David Skarbek and Courtney Michaluk which first appeared on the Democratic Audit site. When inmates make the rules Popular stereotypes
There are almost 3 million unconvicted people in prison across the world. Proportion of remand prisoners has shot up in the Americas but reduced in Europe.
National Audit Office investigates the very long backlog of cases at the parole board with very many prisoners serving longer than courts intended.
Guest post from Centre for Crime and Justice Studies on what happens – and what should happen – to our closed prisons.
Briefing from Prison Reform Trust on women’s imprisonment highlights impact of Offender Rehabilitation Act in many more recalls to prison of women offenders.
Written ministerial statement To accompany the Prisons and Courts Bill published last Thursday (24 February 2017), Justice Secretary Liz Truss published a written ministerial statement
“The Free Prisoner” – a fascinating radical approach to the way we design prison & rehabilitation in the UK. A fully-worked up model using Leeds as case study.
