Tuesday, 30 April 2024

Plans for More Women’s Prison Places Put on Hold

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Amidst the headlong rush to build enough prison places to keep pace with demand, it’s perhaps surprising to see the UK government pause thei...
Friday, 19 April 2024

The World of Probation

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  The sixth World Congress of Probation and Parole brought more than 400 people from 61 countries to The Hague this week to ponder the futu...
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Friday, 12 April 2024

Race against Time : Another Update on the Prison Building Programme

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    At last, the Government has made public a comprehensive list of where its new prison places will be.   In a parliamentary answer at the ...
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Wednesday, 3 April 2024

Building New Prisons and Making Existing Ones Safe

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  Just before Easter, Prisons Minister Ed Argar gave the Justice committee an update on the prison building programme.   He reported that o...
Thursday, 21 March 2024

Hidden Figures: Why Data Transparency is Essential for Prison Reform

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  A new Guidance Note I’ve written, with Helen Fair, for the Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research at Birkbeck (ICPR) is encou...
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Sunday, 7 January 2024

Further Delay to the Secure School

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  It looks like the new Secure School is unlikely to take its first children until April this year at the earliest. The need to replace the ...
Saturday, 30 December 2023

Will 2024 be the Year of Prison Reform?

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    There’s growing recognition across the political spectrum that radical change is needed in criminal justice. This year’s converts to the...