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Shoots of recovery for prison and probation staffing?
The latest (Spring 2023) HMPPS workforce figures show some positive signs for prison and probation staffing.

Socrates Software and its secure tablets
Socrates Software provides its Socrates 360 platform on secure tablets to prisons and Smartphones to probation services around the world.

Women still sent to prison solely on mental health grounds
Independent Monitoring Boards highlight continued imprisonment of women on mental health grounds alone.

Prison leavers struggling to access GPs
NACRO research on the barriers prison leavers face when accessing GPs and primary healthcare.

Prison resettlement work getting worse
The National Audit Office reports that there is no consistent support for prison leavers and the quality of services has declined in recent years.

Why is our justice system so reluctant to embrace digital?
New blog series on British digital innovators in the justice sector.
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