Friday, 27 July 2018

Back to the Future? Where Next for Probation.

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What to make of today’s announcement about the future shape of probation services ? Is it as Russell Webster pronounced the end of Transf...
Wednesday, 11 July 2018

A Fresh Crackdown on Crime in Prison- if Only

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Many of the great and the good of the prison reform world gathered yesterday morning at Church House to hear Justice Secretary David Gauke...
Sunday, 8 July 2018

Questions of Sentencing

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An appearance this week in Parliament for the Chair of the Sentencing Council, who’s up before the Justice Committee as part of its inq...
Tuesday, 3 July 2018

Population Explosion?

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England and Wales has the highest rate of imprisonment in Western Europe.   Its 83,000 prisoners represent 141 per 100,000 of the genera...
Friday, 29 June 2018

Healthy Prisons - A Contradiction in Terms?

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Finally published today is the report of an investigation I’ve undertaken into the life-threatening attempted suicide of a remand prisoner...
Wednesday, 27 June 2018

Reducing Short Sentences for Women and Petty Offenders: Willing the Means as Well as the End.

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At his excellent Bill McWilliams Memorial Lecture in Cambridge yesterday, Professor Rob Canton invited us to consider the case of Rita, a d...
Tuesday, 26 June 2018

Questions for the Minister

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I don’t know if its still the case, but people appearing before Parliamentary Select Committees used to get a friendly phone call a few da...