Publications

PRT seeks to influence policy makers by gathering, analysing and publishing the facts about prisons; promoting good practice and celebrating success; understanding the realities but seeing the possibilities.

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April 2013 Reducing women’s imprisonment action pack This action pack has been produced by the Prison Reform Trust in partnership with the Soroptimist UK... Reducing women’s imprisonment action pack
February 2013 Mental health and learning disabilities in the criminal courts: information for magistrates, district judges and court staff This resource has been produced primarily for magistrates, as well as district judges, legal adviser... Mental health and learning disabilities in the criminal courts: information for magistrates, district judges and court staff
January 2013 No way out: A briefing paper on foreign national women in prison in England and Wales This briefing, drawing on the experience and work of the charity FPWP Hibiscus, the Female Prisoners... No way out: A briefing paper on foreign national women in prison in England and Wales
December 2012 Time Well Spent: A practical guide to active citizenship and volunteering in prison This Prison Reform Trust report demonstrates that encouraging active citizenship in prisons should p... Time Well Spent: A practical guide to active citizenship and volunteering in prison
December 2012 Out For Good: Taking responsibility for resettlement This report presents evidence to demonstrate the importance of enabling prisoners to take responsibi... Out For Good: Taking responsibility for resettlement
December 2012 Reforming women’s justice: Final report of the Women’s Justice Taskforce The Prison Reform Trust, supported by the Bromley Trust, established a time-limited, high level, ind... Reforming women’s justice: Final report of the Women’s Justice Taskforce
November 2012 Turning young lives around This briefing has been prepared for youth justice professionals and practitioners, local government ... Turning young lives around
October 2012 Fatally Flawed: has the state learned lessons from the deaths of children and young people in prison? This report by INQUEST and the Prison Reform Trust considers the 169 children and young people who d... Fatally Flawed: has the state learned lessons from the deaths of children and young people in prison?
June 2012 Fair Access to Justice?: support for vulnerable defendants in the criminal courts Fair Access to Justice? prepared by Jenny Talbot for frontline staff in the criminal justice system ... Fair Access to Justice?: support for vulnerable defendants in the criminal courts
January 2012 Old enough to know better? A briefing on young adults in the criminal justice system Building on the success of reductions in the number of children in custody and their offending, this... Old enough to know better? A briefing on young adults in the criminal justice system
December 2011 Bromley Briefings Prison Factfile: December 2011 Those responsible for the justice system know only too well that one dreadful event, or a high profi... Bromley Briefings Prison Factfile: December 2011
December 2011 Care – A stepping stone to custody? New research from the Prison Reform Trust and National Children’s Bureau (NCB), indicates that “... Care – A stepping stone to custody?
September 2011 Public want offenders to make amends The results of an ICM telephone poll of 1,000 members of the public, conducted one month after the r... Public want offenders to make amends
July 2011 Last resort? Exploring the reduction in child imprisonment 2008–11 The number of children imprisoned in England and Wales has fallen from about 3,000 in the first half... Last resort? Exploring the reduction in child imprisonment 2008–11
May 2011 Into the Breach: the enforcement of statutory orders in the youth justice system This research report, commissioned from NCB, is the first piece of primary research into children wh... Into the Breach: the enforcement of statutory orders in the youth justice system
February 2011 Barred from voting: the right to vote for sentenced prisoners This joint briefing was sent to MPs ahead of the House of Commons prisoner voting debate on 10 Febru... Barred from voting: the right to vote for sentenced prisoners