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.
The National Audit Office says that the MoJ has made limited progress on its Female Offender Strategy because of lack of investment.
What does the prisons white paper say about the government’s new approach to women’s prisons?
Prison Reform Trust highlights the far-reaching consequences of a lack of specialist, gender-specific, trauma informed provision for women serving long sentences.
How bleak is the crow’s nest. An anthology of women’s prison writing
Girls entering the secure estate are a highly vulnerable group, with high levels of trauma and poor mental health.
Prison Reform Trust briefing on why we should focus on reducing the number of women in prison.
Charlotte Threipland of APPEAL questions the fairness of the single justice procedure used for more than half a million low level offences a year.
New analysis of police data revealing unnecessary arrests of women.
Girls in the criminal justice system face a cliff-edge as they turn 18 as many services change or drop off all at once and leave young women vulnerable at a critical time in their lives.
HMPPS research finds brief psychological interventions for women in prison are promising, but struggle to make a difference in the face of the structural disadvantages faced on release.
Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Women are only 0.1% of the general population but 6% of the prison population.
Katy Swaine Williams of the Centre for Women’s Justice proposes a new statutory defence for survivors whose offending is driven by their experience of domestic abuse.
