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PRT comment: IMB Annual Report on Young Offender Institutions in England
Commenting on the findings of the first annual report by the IMB specifically covering YOIs wit...
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Professor Hans Toch
PRT staff members were saddened to hear of the death of Hans Toch, whose pioneering work inspired a ...
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Government urged to move quickly on radical changes to prisoners’ access to ICT
Prison Reform Trust director, Peter Dawson has urged the government to take the necessary “pol...
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PRT comment: ‘Time’
Reacting to the new BBC drama ‘Time’, Peter Dawson, Director of the Prison Reform Trust said: â€...
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New figures reveal significant north-south divide in rates of women’s imprisonment
An analysis of local court data published today by the Prison Reform Trust has found a significant n...
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Safeguarding children when sentencing mothers: Scotland
An estimated 27,000 children in Scotland experience parental imprisonment each year. Dr Shona Minson...
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StandOut win the 2021 Robin Corbett Award for Prisoner Reintegration
The winner of this year’s prestigious Robin Corbett Award (RCA) is leading prisoner reintegration ...
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Benefits of curfew scheme hampered by overly restrictive criteria and inefficient systems
The Home Detention Curfew (HDC) scheme is an effective tool for easing the transition from custody t...
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Blog: New figures reveal a continued postcode lottery in rates of women’s imprisonment
In this blog, Emily Evison, PRT’s Policy Officer (women and equalities) highlights the findings of...
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Eric McGraw
The Prison Reform Trust is sad to learn of the death of Eric McGraw, founder of InsideTime, the ne...
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The government has met less than half of Female Offender Strategy commitments almost three years on
An analysis of the government’s Female Offender Strategy published today by the Prison Reform Trus...
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We’re supporting #StopThe500
Most women are in prison for 6 months or less – long enough to lose their job, home and children, ...
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The pandemic: One year on
Today marks a year since the announcement that prisons in England and Wales were to temporarily clos...
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New rules on intermediaries for defendants
The Criminal Procedure Rules relating to the use of intermediaries have been amended via new le...
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Blog: After what prisoners have endured in the pandemic, plans to increase sentences are inexplicable
Writing for the i our Head of Research, Dr Kimmett Edgar outlines the extraordinary conditions that ...
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PRT comment: Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities
Commenting on the report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, Peter Dawson, Director of...
