How to end the IPP nightmare?
Chief Prison Inspector Peter Clarke draws attention to the unjust incarceration of people serving sentences of imprisonment for public protection
22nd November 2016
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Chief Prison Inspector Peter Clarke draws attention to the unjust incarceration of people serving sentences of imprisonment for public protection
Official Justice Data Lab report finds that the Clink prison restaurant programme is effective in cutting reoffending.
Former Justice Secretary Michael Gove recommends the release of all IPP prisoners in this year’s Longford lecture. But why wait till he was a backbencher?
Felicity Gerry and Lyndon Harris look at judiciary training, the criminalisation of women and sentencing issues to tackle the imprisonment of women.
A timeline of the main events in the battle for prison reform. A clickable resource including background information on main policy documents, speeches etc.
The government’s prison reform white paper details the powers which will be devolved to individual governors to allow them to develop a modern prison service.
The MoJ puts officer-inmate relationships central to its plans to improve prison safety with one prison officer working with six individual prisoners.
Summary of the white paper on Prison Safety and Reform published by the Ministry of Justice on 3 November 2016.
Annual Health and Justice report from Public Health England sets goal of putting health at the heart of prison reform.
Prisoners Education Trust urge the use of non-traditional methods to engage reluctant learners, including sports, arts and technology.
October 2016 Ministry of Justice Safety in Custody statistics show an unrelenting and rapid increase in the numbers of suicides, assaults and self-harm
New guide from the National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance provides invaluable advice for those wishing to commission arts with offenders.
