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12 / 10 / 18

Offensive Weapons Bill—Commons Report Stage

There is understandable public concern about the recent spate of acid attacks and rise in knife crim...
12 / 10 / 18

PRT comment: HMP & YOI Chelmsford

Commenting on today’s inspection report on conditions at HMP & YOI Chelmsford, Mark Day, ...
11 / 10 / 18

PRT comment: Prisons and Probation Ombudsman Annual Report 2017–18

Commenting on the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman Annual Report 2017–18, Mark Day, Head of Policy ...
10 / 10 / 18

More carrot, less stick: reassessment of the use of ROTL to support work, training and resettlement

Prison governors should be encouraged to empty prison wings during the day and get far more prisoner...
09 / 10 / 18

PRT comment: HMP Exeter

Commenting on today’s inspection report, Mark Day, Head of Policy and Communications at the Pr...
03 / 10 / 18

PRT responds to IEP stakeholder consultation

The Prison Reform Trust has today published its response to a stakeholder consultation on the Incent...
20 / 09 / 18

PRT comment: Michael Spurr

Commenting on today’s announcement that Michael Spurr will be stepping down as Chief Executive of ...
17 / 09 / 18

Too many foreign national and trafficked women face inappropriate imprisonment

Vulnerable foreign national women in the criminal justice system, including trafficking victims, are...
13 / 09 / 18

PRT comment: HMIP Urgent Notification on conditions at HMP Bedford

Commenting on the issuing of an Urgent Notification on conditions at HMP Bedford today (13 September...
24 / 08 / 18

GDPR and Subject Access Requests

Recently there have been changes made to data protection law by the introduction of General Data Pro...
20 / 08 / 18

PRT comment: HMIP Urgent Notification on HMP Birmingham

Commenting on the urgent notification issued today (20 August 2018) by HM Inspectorate of Prisons (H...
17 / 08 / 18

PRT comment: £10m for most challenging prisons

Commenting on today’s announcement (17 August) by the Ministry of Justice to invest £10m into...
16 / 08 / 18

Programme to reduce women’s imprisonment receives National Lottery funding boost

Efforts to reduce the number of women in prison for non-violent offences have received a significant...
24 / 07 / 18

PRT comment: HMP Wandsworth

Commenting on today’s HM Inspectorate of Prisons report on HMP Wandsworth, Peter Dawson, director ...
24 / 07 / 18

Restore stability to our jails with a presumption against short prison sentences

The government should follow Scotland’s lead and introduce a presumption against short prison sent...
11 / 07 / 18

PRT comment: HMCIP Annual Report 2017–18

Commenting on today’s Annual Report, published by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons, Peter Dawson, dir...