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Monday, 27 September 2021

Healthy Prisons?

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  What should be done following the horrific report last week about the baby who died at Bronzefield Prison two years ago? There’s a lot to...
Friday, 17 September 2021

First New Probation Hostel for 30 years

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  Eden House, a 26-bed probation hostel f or women opened its doors this week in Bristol. So-called “Approved Premises” (AP) or half way ho...
Thursday, 9 September 2021

Fire Risk in Prisons

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  On the face of it, shocking findings on fire safety from the Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) at Styal Women’s prison in Cheshire were p...
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Wednesday, 28 July 2021

Pulling the Chain Gang

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  Boris Johnson can’t see any reason why lawbreakers “shouldn't be out there in one of those fluorescent-jacketed chain gangs visibly pa...
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Sunday, 18 July 2021

Late for School?

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  Mixed messages last week about the prospects for the governments flagship Secure Schools initiative. The Infrastructure and Projects Autho...
Tuesday, 22 June 2021

Crisis in Youth Custody?

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  The task of finding alternative placements for the 33 children held at the unsafe Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre (STC ) looks more chal...
Sunday, 20 June 2021

Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre: What Next?

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  The Justice Secretary’s decision last week effectively to close Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre marks another low in the recent history...
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Independent researcher and consultant on criminal and youth justice and prisons, co-founder of Justice and Prisons, working in UK and abroad.
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