Women in contact with the Criminal Justice System
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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.
6 out of 10 women leave prison homeless
A new report from the Safe Homes for Women Leaving Prison initiative exposes a failing system that leaves thousands of women released from UK prisons with just £46, a plastic bag, nowhere to live and the threat of a return to custody if they miss their probation appointment.
Thousands of women in distress arrested unnecessarily
All Party Parliamentary Group says police resources are being wasted on arresting women inappropriately, holding them in custody and releasing them without charge.
Most women have no settled home on release from prison
New IMB report finds short sentences, patchy support and housing shortages cause ‘maximum disruption and minimum rehabilitation’ for women.
A strange empty place – women’s experience of lockdown
Advance shares the experiences of lockdown of 368 women in contact with the criminal justice system.
The View Magazine
The View Magazine is a campaigning platform and social enterprise by and for women in the criminal justice system.
It is time to rethink remand for women
Two thirds of women remanded in custody are acquitted or given a non-custodial sentence.
Breakfast at Bronzefield
Breakfast at Bronzefield by Sophie Campbell is an engaging and challenging first-hand account of one woman’s experiences of our prison system.
The barriers to women seeking to overturn unsafe sentences
Griffins Society research finds why women face additional barriers in trying to overturn unsafe sentences.
The plight of foreign national women
Sophia Benedict highlights the barriers to community resettlement for foreign national women in new research for the Griffins Society.
Gender discrimination in drug offence sentencing
Penal Reform International’s global report reveals gender discrimination in sentencing for drug offences.
Just 4% women prisoners find work on release
Report from Prison Reform Trust and Working Chance, finds just 4% women were in employment six weeks after release from prison.
