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PRT comment: Record levels of self-harm and assaults and a rise in deaths
Commenting on the Ministry of Justice’s safety in custody statistics, published today, Mark Day, H...
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Tackling drugs in prison will take more than an X-ray machine
We know that in-prison programmes can reduce dependency, and that the most ordered prisons have the ...
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Growing numbers of women returning to prison due to lack of support on release
The number of women recalled to prison has more than doubled since the introduction of government me...
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UK tops European league table of numbers in indefinite detention
The UK has the highest number of life-sentenced prisoners of any country in Europe, the latest editi...
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Prison Reform Trust calls for urgent moratorium on PAVA spray roll out
The Prison Reform Trust has called for an urgent moratorium on the planned roll out of PAVA spray to...
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Homelessness reduction
The Homelessness Reduction Act 2017 introduced a duty on public authorities in England, including pr...
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HMP Bronzefield IMB report
Commenting on today’s report by HMP Bronzefield’s Independent Monitoring Board, Jenny Earle, Dir...
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PRT comment: HMP Wakefield
Commenting on today’s inspection report on conditions at HMP Wakefield, Peter Dawson, director...
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Offender Management in Custody (OMiC)
In November 2016 the Justice Secretary, then Liz Truss, announced 2,500 additional prison officers a...
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PRT comment: safety in custody statistics
Commenting on the publication of today’s safety in custody statistics, Peter Dawson, director ...
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Growing demand for local solutions to tackle women’s offending
As a result of growing demand, we’re pleased to announce that we have just re-printed copies of ou...
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PRT comment: HMIP report on social care in prisons
Commenting on the publication of HMIP’s thematic report on social care in prisons in England a...
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Offensive Weapons Bill—Commons Report Stage
There is understandable public concern about the recent spate of acid attacks and rise in knife crim...
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PRT comment: HMP & YOI Chelmsford
Commenting on today’s inspection report on conditions at HMP & YOI Chelmsford, Mark Day, ...
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PRT comment: Prisons and Probation Ombudsman Annual Report 2017–18
Commenting on the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman Annual Report 2017–18, Mark Day, Head of Policy ...
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More carrot, less stick: reassessment of the use of ROTL to support work, training and resettlement
Prison governors should be encouraged to empty prison wings during the day and get far more prisoner...
