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12 / 06 / 20

Correction to the Ministry of Justice’s racial disparity in the criminal justice system 2020 report

Following the publication of the Ministry of Justice report, Tackling racial disparity in the crimin...
12 / 06 / 20

PAVA Freedom of Information request

As part of our continuing work to scrutinise the roll out of PAVA incapacitant spray to prisons acro...
12 / 06 / 20

Race and ethnicity: a critical moment

The Prison Reform Trust has co-signed a letter to CEO of HM Prison and Probation Service, Dr Jo Farr...
10 / 06 / 20

Prison Reform Trust launches new Covid-19 prisons project (CAPPTIVE)

The Covid-19 pandemic has dramatically affected the lives of prisoners, their families and those tha...
05 / 06 / 20

PRT comment: HMIP report on women’s prisons during Covid-19 period

Commenting on the findings of today’s report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons on women’s prisons du...
04 / 06 / 20

Blog: “I lost my mum twice over”

In this blog for Russell Webster, PRT Associate Sarah Beresford speaks to two children whose mother ...
03 / 06 / 20

Government response to PRT and Howard League concerns about prison lockdown measures

Last month the Prison Reform Trust and Howard League for Penal Reform wrote to the Secretary of Stat...
03 / 06 / 20

PRT comment: Government plans to ease prison restrictions in response to Covid-19

Commenting on the publication of guidance outlining how the government plans to ease coronavirus-rel...
01 / 06 / 20

Blog: A place to go like this

Katy Swaine Williams, Senior Programme Manger for the Transforming Lives programme, and Senior Resea...
22 / 05 / 20

PRT comment: HMIP report on men’s training prisons during Covid-19 period

Commenting on the findings of today’s report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons, Peter Dawson, Director...
21 / 05 / 20

PRT comment: Hidden Harms Summit

Commenting on today’s announcement by the government ahead of the Hidden Harms Summit, Katy Swaine...
18 / 05 / 20

PRT comment: HMIP report on local men’s prisons during Covid-19 period

Commenting on the findings of today’s report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons, Peter Dawson, Director...
06 / 05 / 20

PRT and Howard League publish government Covid-19 documents and call for further urgent action

The two leading prison reform groups in the country have today (6 May) published more than a dozen k...
05 / 05 / 20

Blog: Changing the law to protect domestic abuse survivors who offend

Katy Swaine Williams, Senior Programme Manager for the Prison Reform Trust’s Transforming Lives pr...
05 / 05 / 20

PRT comment: Ministry of Justice funding for women’s community services

Commenting on the announcement today by the Ministry of Justice, Jenny Earle Women’s Programme Dir...
30 / 04 / 20

Latest evidence on Covid-19 pandemic in prisons submitted to Justice Committee

As part of the Prison Reform Trust’s continuing efforts to scrutinise the government’s response ...