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PRT comment: HMP Pentonville
Decency and rehabilitation are a pipe dream while conditions like this still exist
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PRT director announces retirement
PRT’s director, Peter Dawson, has announced that he plans to retire in the Spring of 2023
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PRT comment: HMP Swaleside
Report describes a fundamental failure to provide the number of staff a prison needs to be safe
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Prison system failing to prepare long term prisoners for release
Prisoners spending years in jail unsure how to prepare and demonstrate their readiness for release
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PRT comment: Justice Committee report on IPP sentences
Committee unequivocal in its call for government, judiciary and parliament to act to end injustice
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Guidance on parole reforms published
Latest round of correspondence with ministers published along with new Parole Board guidance
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Death of Queen Elizabeth II
The staff and trustees of the Prison Reform Trust offer their condolences to the Royal Family
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PRT comment: Ministry of Justice announcement of funding for women in or at risk of contact with the criminal justice system
Commenting on the announcement today of £24m of funding for women in or at risk of contact with the...
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Parole Board: Dominic Raab making an “already difficult job close to impossible”
FOI reveals fundamental disagreements between Parole Board and Dominic Raab on parole reforms
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Women on remand more likely to self-harm
A quarter of all self-harm incidents in women’s prisons involved women on remand.
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Time out of cell — is the ministry telling the truth?
The only honest answer to whether prisoners are spending 23 hours a day in cell is “we don’t know”
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Justice Committee inquiry on women in prison
Government needs to invest in supporting women in the community, not building more prisons
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Parole changes – some questions answered, but many not…
Minister's response poses further questions, along with those left unanswered.
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New figures spark fears of a perfect storm in prisons
Prison service faces threat of too few staff and too many prisoners on the horizon
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Blog: Deconstructing the government’s prison building plans
Just how many prison places is the government building, and what have they delivered so far?
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Penal policy requires a political reset
PRT Director Peter Dawson responds to the 2021–22 HM Chief Inspector of Prisons' annual report
