Unlocking Potential

  This morning, Justice Minister Simon Hughes defended the government’s probation reforms. He used three main arguments, all highly questio...

  As the conference season finally comes to an end, what have  the various parties said they have in store for the criminal justice and pri...

   On a busy day, another scathing prison inspection report hardly counts as news.   Serious assaults, frightened prisoners, restricted reg...

    There is much to admire about the Norwegian penal system. Relatively few people are in prison , less than half per capita than in the U...

    Of all of the public services facing austerity cuts since 2010, prisons have perhaps been the least able to cope. The often disastrous ...

  The champagne corks must be popping at the headquarters of G4S. After two “anni horribili”, the company can bask in the glow of a positiv...

                  One imagines the election can’t come quickly enough for Chris Grayling. Whatever the outcome, he’ll be freed from respons...