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12 / 05 / 21

Safeguarding children when sentencing mothers: Scotland

An estimated 27,000 children in Scotland experience parental imprisonment each year. Dr Shona Minson...
10 / 05 / 21

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 ...
06 / 05 / 21

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...
28 / 04 / 21

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...
26 / 04 / 21

Eric McGraw

The Prison Reform Trust is sad to learn of the death of Eric McGraw, founder of InsideTime, the ne...
26 / 04 / 21

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...
09 / 04 / 21

We’re supporting #StopThe500

Most women are in prison for 6 months or less – long enough to lose their job, home and children, ...
08 / 04 / 21

The pandemic: One year on

Today marks a year since the announcement that prisons in England and Wales were to temporarily clos...
07 / 04 / 21

New rules on intermediaries for defendants

The Criminal Procedure Rules relating to the use of intermediaries have been amended via new le...
01 / 04 / 21

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 ...
01 / 04 / 21

PRT comment: Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities

Commenting on the report of the Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities, Peter Dawson, Director of...
24 / 03 / 21

PRT comment: HM Inspectorate of Prisons’ thematic report on the impact of the Covid-19

Commenting on the findings of today’s (11 February) thematic report on the impact of the Covid-19 ...
16 / 03 / 21

A CAPPTIVE snapshot of life under Covid

In this article written for the Prison Service Journal, Dr. Kimmett Edgar, Paula Harriott, Dr. Mia H...
16 / 03 / 21

PRT comment: HM Inspectorate of Probation thematic report on race equality

Commenting on the findings of today’s (16 March) thematic report on race equality by HM Inspectora...
15 / 03 / 21

Coalition warns new policing and sentencing bill will deepen racial inequality

The Prison Reform Trust, as part of a coalition of criminal justice and race equality organisations,...
11 / 03 / 21

PRT briefing published as Parliament prepares to debate Police, Crime, Sentencing & Courts Bill

The Prison Reform Trust has published a briefing on the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill as...