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The All Party Parliamentary Group on Women in the Penal System launches new inquiry into the health and well-being of women in prisons.
The Howard League says the use of prison for protection or welfare has no place in a modern justice system.
All Party Parliamentary Group says police resources are being wasted on arresting women inappropriately, holding them in custody and releasing them without charge.
Two thirds of women remanded in custody are acquitted or given a non-custodial sentence.
Lord Goldsmith QC on the Howard League’s Commission on Crime and Problem Gambling.
The Howard League launches a new programme encouraging people to think differently about what happens behind bars with a briefing on procedural justice.
All Party Parliamentary Group and Howard League find women who have been victims of violence and abuse are over-represented in the criminal justice system.
Howard League report recommends that principles should consider the relationship between immaturity and blameworthiness, capacity to change, and the impact of race and histories of care.
The Howard League reveals that 983 additional years of imprisonment were ordered in 2017 – more than double the number in 2014.
2nd report in 2-year Howard League campaign finds that police approach can be effective in preventing the criminalisation of children in residential care.
The number of child arrests continues to fall, but the proportion of BAME children arrested is increasing. Lammy argues that police services should explain this
Howard League/Community report finds that prison officers are under-valued and under-paid and the profession is at breaking point.