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27 / 07 / 17

PRT comment: Safety in custody statistics

Commenting on today’s (27 July) publication of safety in custody statistics by the Ministry of...
27 / 07 / 17

PRT comment: NAO report on mental health in prisons

Commenting on today’s National Audit Office report on mental health in prisons, Peter Daw...
26 / 07 / 17

PRT comment: HM Chief Inspector of Prisons Annual Report 2016–17

Commenting on the HM Chief Inspector of Prisons’ Annual Report 2016–17, published today,&nbs...
04 / 07 / 17

PRT comment: Sex Offender Treatment Programme evaluation

Commenting on the findings of the Ministry of Justice’s evaluation of the Sex Offender Treatme...
30 / 06 / 17

PRT comment: Queen’s speech

Commenting, Peter Dawson, director of the Prison Reform Trust said: “It is immensely disappointing...
30 / 06 / 17

Women’s prison population passes 4,000 after rapid twelve-month rise

The number of women in prison in England and Wales has exceeded 4,000 for the first time in four-and...
15 / 06 / 17

Angiolini five years on

The Scottish Working Group on Women Offenders is holding an event at the Scottish Parliament today, ...
15 / 06 / 17

Lessons from abroad for justice reform

Today sees the publication of two briefings which present learning from the Winston Churchill Memori...
05 / 06 / 17

Being held far from family and friends

When visiting a category B local prison recently, someone described to me the value of a visit fro...
02 / 06 / 17

Release more prisoners on temporary licence to get them into work

There should be a step change in the availability of release on temporary licence (ROTL) out of pris...
05 / 05 / 17

Self-harm and suicide rising as prisons struggle to meet mental health need

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02 / 05 / 17

HMP Eastwood Park WI

Jenny Earle, Director of Prison Reform Trust’s Reducing Women’s Imprisonment programme, joined C...
02 / 05 / 17

PRT comment: CPT report on UK prisons

Commenting on the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture’s report on UK prisons, Pet...
26 / 04 / 17

Failing complaints system allows discrimination against prisoners to go unchecked

Only one in 100 prisoners who made an allegation of discrimination against prison staff had their ca...
26 / 04 / 17

PRT comment: Fall of the Prisons and Courts Bill

It was confirmed today that following the decision to hold a general election on 8 June the Prisons ...
20 / 04 / 17

PRT comment: HMP Guys Marsh

Commenting on today’s HM Inspectorate of Prisons report on Guys Marsh, Peter Dawson, director of t...