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Christmas: a lonely time for parents in prison and their children
Christmas can be a particularly difficult time for children and parents separated by imprisonment. A...
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Rt Hon Simon Hughes MP outlines Lib Dem plans for prison reform
The Prison Reform Trust in partnership with leading think tanks is providing platforms for the three...
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Peers vote to keep young children and girls out of secure colleges
Government plans to hold young children and girls with older teenage boy in a proposed new 320-place...
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High court overturns prisoners’ book restrictions
The high court has overturned the restrictions on prisoners receiving book under the Incentives and ...
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How Sweden is closing prisons and reducing the prison population
This year’s Longford Lecture, was held in association with PRT on Thursday 27 November at Church H...
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Making prisons safe
With the publication of a highly critical HM Inspectorate of Prisons report on HMP Hewell today (18 ...
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Prison Reform Trust 2014 writing competition: winners announced
The Prison Reform Trust is delighted to announce the winners of the 2014 writing competition, kindly...
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Peers to debate creation of recall adjudicators
The Criminal Justice and Courts Bill will have its Third Reading in the House of Lords on Monday 10 ...
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A healthy approach to children and young people in trouble
The British Medical Association have published a report on the vital role doctors have to play in pr...
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Elderly, sick and disabled – the changing face of imprisonment
A prison system built to hold young men is struggling to cope with the rapidly growing numbers of ol...
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Peers win vital safeguard for young offenders
Government plans to hold young children and girls with older teenage boy in a proposed new 320-place...
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Criminal Justice & Courts Bill Report Stage debate briefing
The Prison Reform Trust has prepared a briefing to assist Peers in the Report Stage (Day 1) debate o...
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PRT letters in the press
The Prison Reform Trust has had letters published in two national broadsheets, the Guardian, about a...
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Statistics reveal prisons struggling to cope
Figures released today by the Ministry of Justice paint a complex picture of a prison service making...
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Home Secretary outlines next steps in delivering the Care not Custody commitment
Home Secretary, the Rt Hon Theresa May MP delivered a speech last night (10 July 2014) outlining how...
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ROTL update – September 2014
Following the recent difficulties with ROTL, guidance continues to develop. Another policy has recen...
