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Thursday, 12 February 2026

Youth Justice - A Missed Opportunity?

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  There are some things to welcome in the government’s youth justice policy statement presented to Parliament today.   Improved funding arr...
Wednesday, 7 January 2026

Prison Problems Old and New

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  HMP Dartmoor was first built because overcrowding, poor sanitation and lack of fresh air on the floating hulks off Plymouth were causing s...
Wednesday, 17 December 2025

Fire Alert

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  Surprising perhaps given the pressure on prisons that today’s alert to the Lord Chancellor about the appalling outcomes at HMP Swaleside ...
Thursday, 4 December 2025

Courting Trouble

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  The prison population projections out today are produced to aid policy development, capacity planning and resource allocation within the ...
Friday, 14 November 2025

Which Way for Youth Custody?

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  Radical stuff from the Childrens Commissioner in her Longford Lecture this week- urging that Young Offender Institutions are closed now, ...
Sunday, 9 November 2025

More Questions than Answers on Fire Safety in Prisons

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  Prison fires and subsequent injuries remain of serious concern according to the recently published 2024-25 Annual Report of the Crown Prem...
Wednesday, 22 October 2025

Beyond the Doors ? Whats happening with the Secure School.

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    Up to £6 million is needed to fix 184 faulty doors at the Oasis Restore Secure School (ORSS) which closed last month, MPs have been told...
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Independent researcher and consultant on criminal and youth justice and prisons, co-founder of Justice and Prisons, working in UK and abroad.
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