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Blog: Parole reform — more a whimper than a bang…
Prison Reform Trust Director Peter Dawson runs a critical eye over the new proposed changes to our p...
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Amendments to adjudication procedures
From the start of February 2019, an updated instruction comes into effect which covers adjudications...
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Women’s policy framework
In June 2018, the Ministry of Justice published their Female Offender Strategy which embraces the ca...
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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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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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Cell Searches
In this article for Inside Time, advice and information service manager Ryan Harman explains the rul...
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Confiscation orders
A number of people have contacted us recently asking about the impact of confiscation orders on othe...
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Reporting discrimination in prison
Under the Equality Act 2010, it is unlawful to discriminate, harass or victimise someone because the...
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Home Detention Curfew
Home Detention Curfew (HDC) is a scheme which allows some people to be released from custody early t...
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Leave to visit dying relatives or attend a funeral
One of the greatest hardships being in prison is missing out on significant family moments, and the ...
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Blog: Why are more women being returned to prison than ever before?
In November 2016, the Prison Reform Trust (PRT) reported that more women than ever before in Engla...
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Approved Premises Rules
In April last year we wrote an article about what it means to be referred to Approved Premises fol...
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Smoke free prisons
It has been impossible to pick up a copy of Inside Time in recent months without being struck by o...
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Social Care in prison
Provisions for people in prison under The Care Act 2014 came into force in England in 2015. It made ...
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Retrospective application of sex offender notification requirements
Correspondence in the last two months of Inside Time has prompted fresh enquires about sex offende...
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Body worn video cameras
Body Worn Video Cameras are becoming more common in prisons following a commitment by HMPPS, previou...
