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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...
12 / 08 / 20

Guest blog: Involving women in Transforming Lives—my experience

In this guest blog, Yasmin Akhtar, Community Support Officer, Staffordshire and West Midlands CRC an...
12 / 08 / 20

Guest blog: Involving women in advocacy for reform—lessons from the Transforming Lives programme

In this guest blog, Arjun Liddar, co-author of NatCen’s research report for PRT’s Transforming L...
06 / 08 / 20

PRT comment: Care for pregnant women and mothers in prison

The government has announced improvements to care for pregnant women and mothers in prison, in respo...
29 / 07 / 20

PRT seeks assurances on the future of video calls and visits in prisons

The gradual resumption of face-to-face visits in some prisons earlier this month will have come as a...
27 / 07 / 20

Prison Reform Trust calls on government to reverse PAVA spray roll out

Trust highlights urgent concerns over impact of PAVA spray on BAME prisoners and potential spread of...
22 / 07 / 20

PRT welcomes new guidelines for sentencing vulnerable defendants

The Prison Reform Trust welcomes the publication today by the Sentencing Council of Overarching prin...
16 / 07 / 20

Speed up video calls rollout in prison to ease families’ lockdown anguish

The rollout of secure video calls in prisons should be speeded up to ease the distress of families a...
09 / 07 / 20

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

Last month the Prison Reform Trust and Howard League for Penal Reform wrote to the Secretary of Stat...