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Staff at the Prison Reform Trust regularly write blogs and articles on prison policy and criminal justice developments, including a monthly article in the prison newspaper Inside Time.

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25 / 01 / 21

PRT comment: Funding for services to steer women away from crime

Commenting on today’s (23 January) funding announcement by the Ministry of Justice, Emily Evison, ...
21 / 01 / 21

PRT comment: HM Inspectorate of Prisons’ thematic report on outcomes for young adult prisoners

Commenting on the findings of today’s (20 January) thematic report on outcomes for young adult pri...
18 / 01 / 21

Blog: Prison — a place for co-production

How can co-production happen in prisons and why does it matter that it does? In this article for UCL...
15 / 01 / 21

Preventing the unlawful use of PAVA spray in prisons

The Prison Reform Trust provided expert evidence to an Equality and Human Rights Commission funded c...
13 / 01 / 21

Domestic Abuse Bill: second reading in the House of Lords

We continue to support calls for a statutory defence for women who offend as a result of experiencin...
23 / 12 / 20

PRT writes to Lord Chancellor following Parole Board comment in the press

Prison Reform Trust director, Peter Dawson, has written to the Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland follo...
22 / 12 / 20

PRT publishes analysis of government’s planned reforms to sentencing

The government did not seek responses to its white paper, A Smarter Approach to Sentencing, publishe...
22 / 12 / 20

Evaluation of the Building Futures Programme

We are seeking an evaluator to undertake a comprehensive evaluation of the Prison Reform Trust’s U...
21 / 12 / 20

PRT comment: Inspectorates’ report on conditions at Rainsbrook STC

Commenting on the publication of today’s (18 December) joint inspection report by Ofsted, HM Inspe...
21 / 12 / 20

‘I’m always walking on eggshells, and there’s no chance of me ever being free’

Despite its abolition in 2012, the indeterminate sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP...
18 / 12 / 20

New ministerial meeting on urgent need to end the discharge of women prisoners to homelessness

Today, a delegation from the Safe Homes for Women Leaving Prison Initiative, which is calling for an...
17 / 12 / 20

Robert Buckland responds to PRT and Howard League letter on Covid plans for prison population rise

The Prison Reform Trust and Howard League for Penal Reform have received a brief response to our let...
17 / 12 / 20

Robert Buckland responds to PRT and Howard League letter on the government’s response to Covid-19

We were pleased to receive a response from the Lord Chancellor, Robert Buckland this week to our joi...
03 / 12 / 20

New report exposes system failure condemning 6 out of 10 women leaving prison to homelessness

A new report from the Safe Homes for Women Leaving Prison initiative exposes a failing system that l...
03 / 12 / 20

Trauma of recalled IPP prisoners revealed as population in custody almost triples in five years

New research by the Prison Reform Trust, published today (3 December), reveals the mental anguish fa...
13 / 11 / 20

PRT & Howard League write to Robert Buckland

The Prison Reform Trust and the Howard League for Penal Reform have written a further letter to the ...