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The Prison Reform Trust maintains a high public profile for prison reform. We work with national, regional and local press and broadcast media, as well as specialist publications to advocate on behalf of people in prison and improve public understanding.

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04 / 11 / 13

Nearly half of all prisoners to be warehoused in 1,000 plus super sized jails

Nearly half of people in prison in England and Wales could be warehoused in 1,000-plus supersized ja...
22 / 10 / 13

Lack of support for people with learning disabilities sets offenders up to fail

People with learning disabilities and difficulties in the justice system are not getting equal acces...
22 / 10 / 13

Lack of support for people with learning disabilities sets offenders up to fail

People with learning disabilities and difficulties in the justice system are not getting equal acces...
11 / 09 / 13

Prison Reform Trust endorses Justice Committee call for national strategy on older prisoners

Read our response to the Justice Committee report into older people in prison from Juliet Lyon, dire...
04 / 09 / 13

Prisons shake-up

Commenting on today’s government announcement on prison building and closures, Juliet Lyon, di...
28 / 08 / 13

The needs of women offenders to be recognised in law

A requirement that the particular needs of women offenders must be addressed in the provision of sup...
03 / 07 / 13

Women and alternative sentencing

Jenny Earle, director of PRT’s Programme to Reduce Women’s Imprisonment, took part in a panel di...
12 / 06 / 13

Scottish Justice Secretary outlines next steps for women’s justice reform

The Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill has said better community alternatives to women’s imprisonme...
12 / 06 / 13

Soroptimists call for renewed efforts to reduce the unnecessary imprisonment of Welsh women

Soroptimist (UK), in partnership with the Prison Reform Trust, will today (Wednesday 15th May 2013) ...
20 / 05 / 13

U3A, Prison Reform Trust and Pact launch prison myth buster and volunteering guide for the public

The Prison Reform Trust, in partnership with the University of the Third Age and Pact (the Prison Ad...
09 / 05 / 13

Community sentences better at reducing reoffending than short spell behind bars

Commenting on the government’s plans announced in the Queen’s Speech to extend probation supervi...
09 / 05 / 13

Prison Reform Trust response to government proposals on incentives and earned privileges

Commenting on the government’s proposed reforms to the Incentives and Earned Privileges (IEP) sche...
18 / 04 / 13

Adult social care can cut crime and save taxpayers money

Adult social care services have a vital, and often overlooked, role in supporting the large number o...
23 / 03 / 13

Privatisation will not rehabilitate our prisons

A new briefing by the free market think tank, Reform, sets out to reignite the debate about the role...
21 / 02 / 13

Action needed to keep vulnerable children out of trouble

A new report released today by the Prison Reform Trust and YoungMinds reveals that high numbers of v...
06 / 02 / 13

Victims behind bars – foreign national women trafficked into offending

Most foreign national women in custody in England and Wales who have been trafficked into offending ...