Criminal Justice
Tackling double disadvantage
A 10-point action plan to end inequality for Black, Asian, minoritised and
migrant women in the criminal justice system.
2nd February 2022
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A 10-point action plan to end inequality for Black, Asian, minoritised and
migrant women in the criminal justice system.
Griffins Society finds foreign national women more likely to be
remanded in custody than their British counterparts, often for less serious offences.
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.
