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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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09 / 11 / 20

Blog: The importance of Child Impact Assessments for children affected by maternal imprisonment

PRT Associate Sarah Beresford writes about the importance of Child Impact Assessments for children a...
29 / 10 / 20

PRT comment: HMIP report on minority ethnic prisoners’ experiences of rehabilitation

Commenting on the publication of today’s (28 October) report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons on the ...
27 / 10 / 20

New report calls for a radical new approach to women who offend in Northern Ireland

A new report, published by NIACRO as part of their involvement in PRT’s UK wide Transforming Lives...
20 / 10 / 20

PRT comment: HM Chief Inspector of Prisons Annual Report

Commenting on the findings of today’s report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons, Peter Dawson, director...
20 / 10 / 20

The DA Bill; what do we welcome and where does the bill need to do more?

Our senior programme manager Katy Swaine Williams has taken part in a podcast, released today, on th...
20 / 10 / 20

Guest blog: Winning a battle for voluntary ROTL at HMP East Sutton Park

In this guest blog, a woman held in HMP Eastwood Park shares her success in challenging a blanket po...
20 / 10 / 20

PRT comment: Sustainable funding for women’s centres

Commenting on the findings of today’s report, The Case for Sustainable Funding for Women’s Cent...
04 / 10 / 20

Lockdown conditions leave prisoners at risk of serving longer sentences

Lockdown conditions in prisons have effectively ended opportunities for prisoners to take part in re...
28 / 09 / 20

Recommended reading: The forgotten victims of domestic abuse

In this article for Counsel Magazine, Paramjit Ahluwalia, a barrister at Lamb Building Chambers writ...
16 / 09 / 20

PRT comment: Sentencing White Paper

Commenting on the publication of today’s (16 September) Sentencing White Paper by the Ministry of ...
14 / 09 / 20

Better advice and information could improve confidence in hiring people convicted of sexual offences

Over half of employers would feel more confident hiring people with sexual convictions if they had a...
08 / 09 / 20

Robert Buckland: “it is absolutely not the intention” that video calls will substitute visits

Today the Prison Reform Trust published a letter it has received from the Secretary of State to Just...
20 / 08 / 20

IMB report on resettlement of women released from prison

Commenting on the findings of today’s report by Independent Monitoring Board, Jenny Earle, program...
19 / 08 / 20

PRT comment: HMIP report on Short Scrutiny Visits during the Covid-19 period

Commenting on the findings of today’s report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons, Peter Dawson, director...
18 / 08 / 20

Prisons minister responds to findings of our first CAPPTIVE report

Following the publication of the first report of our new CAPPTIVE project, established in response t...
12 / 08 / 20

Transforming Lives research report published

Since 2015, the Prison Reform Trust’s Transforming Lives programme has aimed to reduce women’s i...