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PRT comment: IPP reforms announced
Government announces reforms for people serving abolished IPP sentence in the community
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PRT comment: HMP Woodhill
Chronic staff shortages underpinning problems with drugs, violence and self-harm at HMP Woodhill
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The disproportionate use of PAVA spray in prisons has become “normalised”
New briefing casts doubt on the legality of the use of PAVA spray in prisons
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Prison inspectors issue second urgent notification for HMP Bedford
Many problems are symptomatic of a wider crisis of staff retention, capacity and underinvestment
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PRT comment: Safety in custody
Today's troubling statistics underline the urgency to relieve pressure on our beleaguered prisons
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PRT comment: Justice Committee report on public opinion and understanding of sentencing
A national debate on sentencing and the beleaguered state of our penal system is long overdue
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PRT comment: Alex Chalk’s statement on prison capacity
The prison system is just a matter of weeks away from running out of space
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Six in 10 women sent to prison serve sentences of less than six months
New analysis of local court area data reveals women continue to be sent to prison on short sentences
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Decision time
Justice secretary must be brave and put the lives of prisoners and staff over his backbenchers
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Blog: Renting foreign prison places—the unanswered question
Renting foreign prison places won’t solve the rapidly looming capacity crisis
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PRT comment: Alex Chalk’s speech to Conservative Party Conference
The government's response to the capacity crisis is a half-baked idea to rent foreign prison places
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Event: The impact of crisis and scandal on achieving prison reform
Join us as we discuss how moments of political crisis and scandal shape our criminal justice system
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PRT comment: Learning lessons from self-inflicted deaths of IPP prisoners
Findings should spur ministers to revisit the recommendations of the Justice Committee
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PRT comment: HM Chief Inspector of Prisons issues urgent notification for HMP Woodhill
Inspectors had little choice but to issue an urgent notification following their appalling findings
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Blog: Open conditions — the importance of ongoing scrutiny
In this blog, PRT’s deputy director Mark Day analyses our latest letter from the prisons minister
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PRT comment: Proposed changes to IPP licence review period reported in The Times
Our reaction to reports that Alex Chalk is considering proposals for reform of the IPP licence
