Tags are keywords. I put tags on every post to help you find the content you want. Tags may be people (Dominic Raab, say), organisations (The Howard League, PRT), themes (women offenders, homelessness) or specific items (heroin, racial disparity, ROTL). If you’re looking to research a particular issue, they can be invaluable.
New Institute for Criminal Policy Research report warns of public health risks from prison overcrowding and lack of adequate healthcare
Prison Inspectors provide graphic evidence of the terrible physical state of many local prisons in England.
Paul Taylor says the worst two things you can do in a crisis is panic and throw money at it. That’s exactly what we are doing with prison & probation.
Rachel O’Brien says the New Futures Network will drive prison reform on the ground and argues that reform is the only way to return safety and positive regimes.
Prison Storm is a regular Twitter-based discussion group which looks at all things penal. It is an open platform and free to join, so why not add your voice?
Prison officer recruitment starting to work but existing staff are leaving at the highest rate ever. Probation recruitment has improved over the last year.
Justice Committee rejects the idea of prison league tables and highlights industrial relations with both governors & staff as key obstacle to prison reform.
Written ministerial statement To accompany the Prisons and Courts Bill published last Thursday (24 February 2017), Justice Secretary Liz Truss published a written ministerial statement
There’s surprisingly little in the new Prisons and Courts Bill about prison reform apart from the profound new duty for prisons to rehabilitate.
If you work in or with prisons and want to see them make good on the government’s pledge to improve rehabilitation, get involved in the New Futures Network.
Details of new proposed settlement to improve pay and pensions for prison officers.
A timeline of the main events in the battle for prison reform. A clickable resource including background information on main policy documents, speeches etc.
