Justice Committee launches prison reform inquiry
Contribute your views, knowledge and experience to the House of Commons Justice Committee prison reform inquiry. Submissions required by 30 September 2016.
27th July 2016
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Contribute your views, knowledge and experience to the House of Commons Justice Committee prison reform inquiry. Submissions required by 30 September 2016.
Latest post on RSA Future Prisons report looks at the central issue of the workforce for a rehabilitative prison.
Overall, this is a young and inexperienced ministerial team under the leadership of a young and inexperienced Justice Secretary. We will have to wait and see whether this means they can bring a fresh perspective or are vulnerable to being out-manoeuvred by vested interests.
New toolkit from Revolving Doors Agency sets out the A-Z of prisoner involvement with an excellent set of resources.
Latest post on RSA Future Prison report looks at one of the most challenging aspects of reform – how tackle under-pressure and fragmented health provision.
A short profile of the first ever woman Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice Liz Truss.
Reports from Clinks and User Voice on the wide range of work done by volunteers in our prisons and the benefits for volunteers and prisoners.
Latest post on the RSA FuturePrison project sets out key ways in which the quality of education and work in prisons could be substantially improved.
Latest blog post on the RSA Future Prisons report which looks at the key issues of leadership, governor automony and devolution as drivers of penal reform.
The latest edition of the Prison Reform Trust’s Bromley Briefings shows the desperate state of the prison system in revealing detail.
Latest post on RSA’s blueprint for the Future Prison explores the key concepts of risk and rehabilitation and why they are too often considered to be opposites.
New Howard League report reveals that the use of restraint and solitary confinement for children in custody have worsened over the last decade.
