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Prison

Damning Wormwood Scrubs inspection report

Most prisoners still had less than two hours a day out of their cells and we found more than half the population locked behind their doors during the working day.

15th April 2016

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New Jobs Board

Looking for work or looking for workers in the drugs and crime sectors? Then check out this new job board with high quality jobs for high calibre workers.

14th April 2016

Payment by Results

Quality assurance in payment by results contracts

The main message from the literature is that commissioners need to be proactive in ensuring that PbR providers deliver a good quality service — particularly when service users include vulnerable groups

13th April 2016

Alcohol & Drugs

European drug markets – 2016 update

Europe, both as individual countries and, collectively, as the EU may have good intelligence about the way the European drug markets work but has limited impact on disrupting them.

12th April 2016

Criminal Justice

A better way to count crime

A Crime Harm Index is a low-cost, easily adoptable barometer of the total impact of harm from crimes committed by other citizens, as reported by witnesses and victims.

11th April 2016

Criminal Justice

Global executions at a 25 year high

The number of countries that executed people rose – from 22 in 2014 to 25 in 2015. At least six countries resumed executions: Bangladesh, Chad, India, Indonesia, Oman and South Sudan.

9th April 2016