Politicians’ desire to be tough on crime drives prison overcrowding
Part 1 of Sentencing Review says politicians’ desire to be tough on crime drives prison overcrowding
19th February 2025
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Part 1 of Sentencing Review says politicians’ desire to be tough on crime drives prison overcrowding
The Institute for Fiscal Studies analysis of how justice spending in England & Wales has fallen over last two decades.
Prison Reform Trust highlights out of control recall rates.
The sixth edition of the World Female Imprisonment List shows female prison population growing faster than male population worldwide.
Catch22 calls for community alternatives to Fixed Term Prison Recalls
There were 7% more people in drug and alcohol treatment in prison last year
Prison inspectors say prisons are not doing enough to help women cope. For some this lack of care to meet their basic needs causes such distress that they resort to harming themselves.
Remand and recall pile pressure on prison overcrowding
The third briefing from Nacro’s justice exchange looks at physical health in prison
Uncontrolled before-after evaluation of Learning Disabilities offending behaviour programmes
An uncontrolled before-after evaluation of Kaizen programme for violent men shows promise.
Research into the lived experience of drug testing and Incentivised Substance Free Living wings (ISFLs) in three prisons
