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Charity specialising in behaviour change wins national prisoner rehabilitation award
Khulisa, a small, innovative charity which exists to improve the wellbeing of the most socially excl...
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Home Detention Curfew
Home Detention Curfew (HDC) is a scheme which allows some people to be released from custody early t...
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Concerns raised about assisted prison visits online migration
Last Wednesday afternoon we were alerted by our partners in Scotland, Families Outside, to a problem...
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Leave to visit dying relatives or attend a funeral
One of the greatest hardships being in prison is missing out on significant family moments, and the ...
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PRT comment: Safety in custody statistics
Commenting on the Ministry of Justice’s safety in custody statistics published today, Mark Day...
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Blog: Why are more women being returned to prison than ever before?
In November 2016, the Prison Reform Trust (PRT) reported that more women than ever before in Engla...
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Money transfer costs reduced for people in private prisons
Late last year, the Prison Reform Trust’s advice and information service received a number of enqu...
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PRT comment: HMP Liverpool
Commenting on today’s HM Inspectorate of Prisons report on HMP Liverpool, Peter Dawson, director of the Prison Reform Trust, said: “We should all be ashamed that people are treated in this way in the 21st century, whatever their crime or the charge they face. But the answer cannot be confined to a new Governor and whatever sticking […]
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New resources launched to highlight impact of maternal imprisonment on 17,000 children a year
In an innovative partnership, supported by the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC), Oxford U...
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PRT comment: HMP Nottingham Urgent Notification
Commenting on the decision of the Chief Inspector of Prisons Peter Clarke to issue an urgent notific...
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PRT comment: Parole Board review
Commenting on the announcement of a Parole Board review, Peter Dawson, director of the Prison Reform...
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PRT comment: PPO report on discrimination complaints
Commenting on the findings of the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman report on discrimination complaint...
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New edition of Bromley briefings published
The latest edition of the Prison Reform Trust’s Bromley briefings prison factfile highlights in fa...
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Approved Premises Rules
In April last year we wrote an article about what it means to be referred to Approved Premises fol...
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Former prison service finance chief: prison building plans “unaffordable”
Today, on the same day that MPs will debate the government’s prison reform and safety plans, the P...
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Majority of women in prison have been victims of domestic abuse
Women in prison have often been victims of much more serious offences than those of which they have ...
