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PRT briefing on the Sentencing Bill
PRT publishes briefing to assist MPs ahead of second reading debate on 6 December
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PRT briefing on the Victims and Prisoners Bill
PRT publishes briefing to assist MPs ahead of report stage on 4 December
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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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PRT briefing on the Criminal Justice Bill
PRT has prepared a briefing to assist MPs on the second reading of the Criminal Justice Bill
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PRT comment: A Review of Health and Social Care in Women’s Prisons
We welcome publication of the review, but success must be measured by the impact on women in prison.
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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: Our reaction to the King’s Speech criminal justice measures
For criminal justice, the King’s Speech was a game of two halves
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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
