Prison
UK has most people serving life sentences in Europe
Latest Prison Reform Trust briefing finds more people in the UK serving a life sentence than France, Germany and Italy combined.
11th December 2018
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Latest Prison Reform Trust briefing finds more people in the UK serving a life sentence than France, Germany and Italy combined.
PRT/Hibiscus report highlights inadequate legal representation, poor interpreting services and disproportionate punishment.
Latest Bromley Briefing charts the extraordinary rise in prison numbers over the last twenty years, inflation in sentencing and the social and economic consequences of overuse of custody.
Children are often devastated when their mum is sent to prison but their interests are rarely considered by a justice system which is blind to their needs.
Prison Reform Trust and Women in Prison say chronic shortage of housing support for women released from custody is driving them back to prison.
Prison Reform Trust briefing argues for increased use of temporary release to enable prisoners to engage in work, training and education in the community.
Prison Reform Trust report on planning services for people with learning disabilities and/or autism who sexually offend.
New resources from Shona Minson and the Prison Reform Trust to safeguard children when parents are sentenced in court.
The latest Bromley Briefing from the Prison Reform Trust reveals a number of obdurate & worsening problems in our prison system.
Many women in prison have been victims of much more serious offences than the ones they are
accused of. Domestic abuse often drives offending.
Prison Reform Trust active citizen forums enable prisoners to come up with solutions to the problems which bother them most.
Excellent new toolkit from Prison Reform Trust provides step-by-step guidance to setting up a peer-led information service in prison.
