Thursday, 29 December 2016

A Year in Prisons

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A year that opened with David Cameron championing prison reform as a great progressive cause in British politics ended with a record numb...
Monday, 12 December 2016

The Youth Justice Review : A Plumber responds to an Architect

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There’s a lot to be said for the report of Charlie Taylor’s youth justice review, which has finally been published along with the govern...

Council of Despair?

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How can we reduce the number of prisoners in England and Wales?    The government’s view seems to be that the 86,000 men women and children...
Tuesday, 22 November 2016

Alternatives to Prison - a Shot in the Arm or Shot in the Foot ?

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The movement to cut the prison population picked up steam this morning when the Lord Chief Justice told the Justice Select Committee that “...
Sunday, 20 November 2016

From Prison Reform to Sentencing Reform ?

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Will last week’s events prove a defining moment in the history of prisons in England and Wales? The Sun thinks so, yesterday proclaiming th...
Wednesday, 2 November 2016

Forget about the price tag? What to look for in the Prisons White Paper

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Today’s meeting between Liz Truss and the POA will have come too late to influence the contents of tomorrow’s White Paper, but prison staf...
Monday, 31 October 2016

Why we need more short prison sentences not fewer

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Yesterday’s Observer rightly called for sentencing reform in order to solve the deepening crisis in the prisons in England and Wales. But a...