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Blog: In an age of austerity, we need to use prisons less
Deputy Director, Peter Dawson reflects on David Cameron’s speech on prison reform.
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Reforming women’s justice in Scotland
On Wednesday 10 February Cabinet Secretary for Justice, Michael Matheson MSP delivered a speech at a...
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Restrictions on ROTL are “squandering the goodwill” of charities and businesses
Charities and local businesses are struggling to fill volunteer and work placements as a result of s...
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PRT comment: Medway Secure Training Centre
Commenting on the allegations made in the BBC Panorama programme broadcast on Monday 11 January 2016...
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Blog: Prisons – Out of Sight, Out of Mind
In this article for The Huffington Post, PRT director Juliet Lyon highlights the rapid deterioration...
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UN General Assembly unanimously adopts Nelson Mandela rules
On 17 December, the United Nations General Assembly unanimously adopted the revised UN Standard...
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Segregation: The prison within a prison
People held in segregation in prisons experience impoverished regimes with poor levels of purposeful...
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Ever lengthening sentences have nearly doubled our prison population in 20 years
An explosion in the use of indeterminate sentences and the increased use of long determinate sentenc...
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Mental health and learning disability care
Ahead of today’s (25 November) Spending Review the Care not Custody Coalition, established followi...
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Closure of HMP Holloway—Europe’s largest women’s prison
Commenting on today’s (25 November 2015) announcement, Juliet Lyon, director of the Prison Reform ...
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Reducing the unnecessary imprisonment of mothers, improving the chances for their children
Over 9,000 women were received into prison last year, most of them for non-violent offences, many of...
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Reforming our prisons
As we begin Prisons Week (15–21 November) Juliet Lyon, director of the Prison Reform Trust, has wr...
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Comment: Prison building announcement
Commenting on today’s (9 November 2015) announcement that the Ministry of Justice will build ...
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Harris Review debate on preventing deaths of young adults in custody
In July this year, the Harris Review published its report into self-inflicted deaths of 18–24 year...
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Families vital to helping vulnerable people through the justice system
Families play a key role supporting vulnerable people through the criminal justice system but are of...
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Keeping children in care out of trouble
Lord Laming chairs independent review into links between care and custody. An independent review of ...
