Friday, 16 May 2014

Is jailing drug addicts really the way to strengthen community sentences?

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I remember many years ago hearing ex prisoner turned probation officer Bob Turney explain the difference in the response to missed probation...
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Wednesday, 7 May 2014

The Best of Times, The Worst of Times. A Tale of Two Prison Services

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 As the Prison service prepares to make more   deep cuts in its budget , two sharply contrasting views have emerged about whether the 146 p...
Thursday, 24 April 2014

25 Years to Life: Why the Need for Penal Reform International is as Great as Ever

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   This week,   Penal Reform International (PRI) celebrates 25 years of work to improve prisons around the world, an unfashionable cause if...
Wednesday, 23 April 2014

The Worst Prison Inspection in Four Years - Does Anyone Care?

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Chief Inspector of Prisons Nick Hardwick says today’s report on Brinsford Young Offender Institution is the worst since he took over in 20...
Wednesday, 26 March 2014

Grayling, Grotius and the Howard League

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  Earlier this month, Justice Secretary Chris Grayling told charities that they did f ar too much campaigning and should instead concentrate...
Tuesday, 11 March 2014

What the Public Accounts Committee should ask about Transforming Rehabilitation

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This week feels like the denouement of the Government’s reform of the Probation system in England and Wales.  This morning Chris Grayling a...
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Thursday, 6 March 2014

One Last Chance Saloon for Probation ?

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  Next week the Offender Rehabilitation Bill returns to the House of Lords, where the upper House has a last chance to disrupt the Governmen...