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Women released from prison face structural disadvantage

HMPPS research finds brief psychological interventions for women in prison are promising, but struggle to make a difference in the face of the structural disadvantages faced on release.

6th April 2021

Criminal Justice

Criminal Justice Quiz Easter 2021

Russell Webster’s traditional Easter criminal justice quiz

5th April 2021

On Probation

Needs assessment: risk, desistance and engagement

How needs assessment can promote engagement for people on probation.

31st March 2021

On Probation

Enabling Effective Probation Practice Using Complementary Digital Media

Jason Morris on designing digitally-enabled approaches to support desistance.

30th March 2021

Prison

Postcards from the edge of prison lockdown

EPIC give prisoners a voice from inside lockdown by inviting them to send postcards from inside.

29th March 2021

Policing

Poverty is driving crime and policing makes it worse

Young adults call for radical police reform focussed on tackling poverty, trauma, and structural racism.

26th March 2021

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