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Women released from prison face structural disadvantage

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.

6th April 2021

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Women in Prison

Gypsy, Roma and Traveller Women are only 0.1% of the general population but 6% of the prison population.

23rd March 2021

Defending abuse survivors who go on to offend

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.

9th March 2021

New inquiry into the health of women in prisons

The All Party Parliamentary Group on Women in the Penal System launches new inquiry into the health and well-being of women in prisons.

3rd March 2021

Female prisoner self-harm rises by 18%

Prison self-harm rises under lockdown, particularly for women.

1st February 2021

The Concordat on Women in the Justice System

New government concordat establishes a whole system approach for women in or at risk of contact with the CJS.

25th January 2021

All you need to know about women and the justice system

The latest statistics on women in the criminal justice system

27th November 2020

The demands of delivering a women-led probation service

Resilience, wellbeing and sustainability in women-led probation service delivery.

23rd November 2020

Women in prison for life for crimes they did not commit

The criminalisation of women
convicted under joint enterprise laws.

20th November 2020

Shaping success: innovative programme prepares women prisoners for release

Shaping Success is a technology-based gender-responsive, trauma-informed resettlement programme for women prisoners.

14th November 2020

It’s time to abolish prison for their own protection

The Howard League says the use of prison for protection or welfare has no place in a modern justice system.

4th November 2020

The economic case for women’s centres

The UK Women’s Budget Group makes the case for sustainable funding for women’s centres instead of imprisonment.

22nd October 2020