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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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21 / 12 / 20

‘I’m always walking on eggshells, and there’s no chance of me ever being free’

Despite its abolition in 2012, the indeterminate sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP...
18 / 12 / 20

New ministerial meeting on urgent need to end the discharge of women prisoners to homelessness

Today, a delegation from the Safe Homes for Women Leaving Prison Initiative, which is calling for an...
17 / 12 / 20

Robert Buckland responds to PRT and Howard League letter on Covid plans for prison population rise

The Prison Reform Trust and Howard League for Penal Reform have received a brief response to our let...
17 / 12 / 20

Robert Buckland responds to PRT and Howard League letter on the government’s response to Covid-19

We were pleased to receive a response from the Lord Chancellor, Robert Buckland this week to our joi...
03 / 12 / 20

New report exposes system failure condemning 6 out of 10 women leaving prison to homelessness

A new report from the Safe Homes for Women Leaving Prison initiative exposes a failing system that l...
03 / 12 / 20

Trauma of recalled IPP prisoners revealed as population in custody almost triples in five years

New research by the Prison Reform Trust, published today (3 December), reveals the mental anguish fa...
13 / 11 / 20

PRT & Howard League write to Robert Buckland

The Prison Reform Trust and the Howard League for Penal Reform have written a further letter to the ...
10 / 11 / 20

PRT & Howard League letter to Robert Buckland—transparency and reassurance needed as winter approaches

The Prison Reform Trust and the Howard League for Penal Reform have written to the Lord Chancellor, ...
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...