Unlocking Potential

  Much of the focus on prison reform in recent months has been on managing burgeoning demand for places. The newly formed Justice Select Com...

  In 2016, Charlie Taylor’s Review of Youth Justice concluded that “fundamental change is needed to the current youth custody system”. He f...

  Inspectors questioning whether cells are safe for human habitation looks like a new low for the prison system. In truth there are many est...

  Complaints about food are “a constant refrain” when Monitors visit HMP Warren Hill in Suffolk according to a Report out today. Prisoners ...

    The Howard League  deserve credit for persuading five retired senior Judges to argue publicly that the sentence inflation which has brou...

  As wide-ranging collective failures to prioritise fire safety are laid bare in the report into the Grenfell Tower tragedy, what’s being do...

  While the capacity crisis has been most acute in men’s prisons, it’s having a negative impact on women too. The local watchdog at Downview...