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The Prison Reform Trust maintains a high public profile for prison reform. We work with national, regional and local press and broadcast media, as well as specialist publications to advocate on behalf of people in prison and improve public understanding.

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04 / 01 / 23

Blog: Parole data — a partial apology

Ministry of Justice continues to evade questions over impact of eligibility changes for open prisons
21 / 12 / 22

A new year brings hard choices for government

Answer to current prison capacity crisis cannot be to pretend that all is well when it isn’t
19 / 12 / 22

Pia Sinha appointed new director of PRT

Pia Sinha, director of women at HM Prison and Probation Service, appointed as new director
16 / 12 / 22

Parole data – a very odd response from the ministry

The last week brought both a very unusual response from the ministry and a very familiar one to our ...
16 / 12 / 22

Lord David Ramsbotham — as good as it gets

PRT staff and trustees saddened to hear of the death of former Chief Inspector of Prisons
15 / 12 / 22

Blog: Improving support into safe accommodation for women leaving prison

In this blog, Emily Evison examines a new resource to help staff supporting women on release
13 / 12 / 22

PRT comment: the experiences of adult black male prisoners and black prison staff

If ministers only read one report about prisons, let it be this one
09 / 12 / 22

Urgent call to provide better support for kids with mums in prison

New toolkit launched to help practitioners to support children affected by imprisonment of a parent
06 / 12 / 22

Parole changes: does Dominic Raab understand what is being done in his name?

Deputy PM tells committee “not a huge amount” of cases affected by changes to open prison criteria
03 / 12 / 22

10th anniversary of the abolition of the IPP sentence

A decade on from its abolition, the IPP sentence is still causing misery and suffering for thousands
02 / 12 / 22

Blog: Operation Safeguard – what does it tell us?

Peter Dawson unpicks the government's decision to use 400 police cells to ease overcrowding
30 / 11 / 22

PRT comment: Government plans to use police cells as it runs out of prison places

400 police cells requested following sharp rise in prison population
29 / 11 / 22

PRT trustees’ success scoops two awards

Two trustees win awards for their pioneering work to support people with convictions
18 / 11 / 22

PRT comment: HMP Exeter

Prison issued with second Urgent Notification by inspectors
15 / 11 / 22

Blog: Stop Press! “More jail time not a deterrent”

An unexpected source could provide “a good place for our politicians to start debate on sentencing”
08 / 11 / 22

Blog: PRT’s approach to influencing policy

In this blog, Mark Day outlines how PRT seeks to have an impact on criminal justice policy