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Promising approaches to knife crime
Latest HMI Probation research bulletin identifies four promising approaches to tackling knife crime.

Big increase in sentence lengths
The Criminal Justice Statistics for 2021 reveal that the average custodial length for indictable offences has shot up to 24.9 months from 21.1 months in 2020.

How good is your probation service?
Russell Webster’s unofficial probation league table (based on HMI Probation inspection reports).

The justice system’s recovery from the pandemic “remains elusive”
The criminal justice system remains a long way from recovering from the effects of the pandemic and continues to operate at unacceptable levels in some areas, according to a joint report by the four HM Chief Inspectors.

Why is the whole world building new prisons?
Global Prison Trends 2022 report exposes the alarming expansion of the global prison capacity.

Disrupting the routes between care and custody for girls and women
Research finds too many women in prison today were the girls in care of yesterday, and systemic failings in the wider society perpetuate this problem.
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