Women in contact with the Criminal Justice System
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Community-based solutions for Muslim women post-prison
A community-led and culturally informed rehabilitation model for Muslim women released from prison.
Farmer Review: family ties ‘utterly indispensable’ for women offenders
Farmer Review supports community alternatives to prison and use of technology to boost rehabilitation of female offenders
Tackling violent offending by women
Evaluation of the Choices, Actions, Relationships and Emotions (CARE) programme for women who have a history of violence and complex needs.
Women still locked up for shoplifting
Crest Advisory finds that 2,599 prison sentences were handed out to women for shoplifting offences in 2017.
Girls in custody – outnumbered, locked up and overlooked?
Pippa Goodfellow examines the use of penal custody for girls in England and Wales for the Griffin Society
Jailbirds: Lessons from a Women’s Prison
It’s a bit early for book of the year, but Mim Skinner’s “Jailbirds”: Lessons from a Women’s Prison should definitely be on your list.
The plight of women on indeterminate prison sentences (IPPs)
New Griffins Society research examines the impact of women stuck in prison having served more than twice their IPP tariff.
Female offending and brain injury
Disabilites Trust report finds 64% prisoners at HMP Drake Hall had indicative brain injury.
The rising numbers of women recalled to prison
Prison Reform Trust “Broken Trust” report details worrying rise in number of women recalled to prison.
How the justice system treats women in 2018
MoJ annual report on women in the justice system reveals differential treatment.
Promises, Promises: Can the Female Offender Strategy deliver?
Dr Natalie Booth, Dr Isla Masson and Lucy Baldwin ask whether the MoJ will invest in the new female offender strategy.
500 women are facing the death penalty
Most women have been sentenced to death for the crime of murder, often in relation to the killing of family members in a context of gender-based violence.
