Wednesday, 17 August 2016

Reflections on Prison Overcrowding

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How best to eliminate the scourge of overcrowding in the world’s prisons? Two countries much in the news are promising different solutions ...
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Thursday, 14 July 2016

Prisons should be tough, unpleasant and uncomfortable places: our new Justice Secretary's view of the world

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Back in February, David Cameron set out why he believed prison reform should be a great progressive cause in British politics. It was cert...
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Thursday, 7 July 2016

Meanwhile in Other News.... What we Learned about Prison and Probation Reform this week

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With energies consumed on political manoeuvrings, it must be hard for Cabinet ministers to focus on their day job. But while the Captain’s ...
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Sunday, 5 June 2016

Contemporary Dilemmas in Criminal Justice

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Did you know that in the early 19 th century, an ancestor of former Attorney General Dominic Grieve MP was transported to Botany Bay (for ...
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Thursday, 19 May 2016

The Problem with Problem Solving Justice

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Last night former Chief Judge of New York Jonathan Lippman extolled the virtues of problem solving justice to a distinguished audience at th...
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Wednesday, 18 May 2016

Reform Prisons - An Elephant Giving Birth to a Mouse?

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Fifteen years ago, Michael Gove jointly edited A Blue Tomorrow - a collection of essays subtitled New Visions for Modern Conservatives.  In...
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Tuesday, 10 May 2016

Sentencing Remarks

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    A fortnight ago, Prisons Minister Andrew Selous told the  Justice Committee  that "work on sentencing is ongoing this year, in ter...
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