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PRT comment: HMIP thematic report on what helps women cope in prison
Inspectors find a lack of basic care leads women in prison to self-harm
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PRT comment: HMP Long Lartin and HMP Manchester
The infiltration of criminal organisations into prisons is a serious and worrying development
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PRT calls for fundamental reform of sentencing to address prison capacity crisis
PRT urges reform to sentencing, with prison overcrowding and purposes of sentencing going unmet
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Blog: Lessons learned from the creation of the Youth Justice Board
What can the new Women's Justice Board learn from the success of the YJB?
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IPP reform – a case study in achieving change
PRT’s deputy director Mark Day considers lessons from the campaign on the Victims and Prisoners Act
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House of Lords to debate the IPP annual report
Briefing published to assist peers ahead of debate on reducing the number of IPP prisoners
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PRT comment: Plans for up to 14,000 new prison places
Government plans to deliver up to 14,000 new prison places by 2031
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Major report calls for fundamental reform to the prison officer role
New report calls for the radical transformation of the prison officer role in England and Wales
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PRT comment: NAO report on prison capacity
Damning report lays bare the negligence of previous governments and their approach to penal policy
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PRT briefing on the Mental Health Bill
PRT publishes briefing to assist peers in second reading stage on 25 November
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Blog: “It is always on my mind that I may never see them again”
The challenges of maintaining relationships for people serving long prison sentences
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PRT comment: HMP Garth
A jail holding high-risk prisoners that fails to control drugs, violence, or order erodes confidence
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PRT comment: Safety in custody statistics
These shocking figures underline the human consequences of the pressures the prison system faces
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PRT comment: HMP Winchester receives Urgent Notification
People forced to live and work in conditions that inspectors questioned whether fit for habitation
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The sentencing review is a chance to reset the dial on decades of failure in penal policy
Government launches review to find a long-term solution to the overcrowding crisis in our prisons
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“Oh, brother, where art thou?”
PRT launches new resources to support children with a brother in the justice system
