All Posts
-
Europe says electoral reform means prisoners too
At its meeting on 14–16 September the Committee of Ministers at the Council of Europe strongly cri...
-
Blog: “Denying prisoners the vote is unlawful and uncivilised”
People are sentenced to custody to lose their liberty, not to be stripped of other fundamental human...
-
Doing Time: Good practice with older people in prison – the views of prison staff
People aged 60 and over are now the fastest growing age group in the prison estate. Good practice ex...
-
“Disappointing” progress on reducing female custody, figures reveal
Figures released by the Prison Reform Trust reveal disappointing progress in reducing the size of th...
-
The pram in the cell
Yesterday Jack Straw declared reclaiming the “unfashionable” concepts of punishment and ...
-
Justice committee condemns failure in government’s sentencing policy
In response to the publication today of the Justice select committee report ‘Towards Effective Sen...
-
Coalition can break from failed justice policy
Abandoning the obsessive concentration on increasing prison capacity will allow the government to re...
-
Blog: This is not justice
Vulnerable people with learning difficulties who commit crime can end up lost in a system they do no...
-
Tough times ahead for prisons, outgoing Chief Inspector warns, and urges government resolve
The Chief Inspector of Prisons warned the government of the challenges ahead in maintaining progress...
-
Children with learning disabilities more likely to go to prison
Children with learning disabilities and other impairments are more likely to go to prison than other...
-
Time for a moratorium on prison building
The Prison Reform Trust today calls on the new justice secretary, Rt Hon Ken Clarke QC MP, and newly...
-
PRT response to prison population projections
In response to the publication today of the prison population projections, Juliet Lyon, director of ...
-
PRT response to Chief Inspectors’ report on IPP prisoners
In response to the publication of the Chief Inspectors of Prisons and Probation thematic report on I...
-
Unsustainable prison building is not the answer says House of Commons committee
A report published today calls for a change in the way we tackle criminal justice and seek to cut re...
-
PRT comment on Prime Minister’s crime and disorder speech
The Prime Minister’s speech talked of new crimes and new causes of crime but the new crime strateg...
-
Watchdog condemns multimillion pound government database on offenders
The failure of a multimillion-pound government IT system was today condemned by the National Audit O...
