The needs of older people in prison
Clinks and Recoop research finds prisons are ill-equipped to meet the needs of older prisoners.
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Clinks and Recoop research finds prisons are ill-equipped to meet the needs of older prisoners.
Reviews of long term prisoners, peer mentoring, work with Class A drug users and engagement all added to Clinks evidence library.
Clinks and Birth Companions report into the needs and experiences of pregnant women and new mothers in contact with the criminal justice system in the community.
Isolation and anxiety about COVID
has had a severe impact on the mental health and wellbeing of people in the criminal justice
system.
Clinks launches new online evidence library to facilitate effective practice.
New guide from Clinks and NCVO on managing volunteers in organisations working in the criminal justice system.
Clinks State of the Sector report finds charities are still subsidising government contracts because they cannot achieve full cost recovery.
Clinks’ State of the Sector reports provide a valuable barometer of the latest trends in voluntary sector work with offenders.
Clinks report sets out key principles towards developing a whole prison approach to good mental health.
Clinks report says flexibility is vital in supporting older people in the criminal justice system.
Clinks finds charities trying to plug gaps in offender services caused by austerity.
Clinks report: There are persistent structural problems with the design of Transforming Rehabilitation that mean the very organisations the probation system relies on are shut out and left in economically unsustainable positions.