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PRT comment: CPT report on UK prisons
Commenting on the European Committee for the Prevention of Torture’s report on UK prisons, Pet...
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Failing complaints system allows discrimination against prisoners to go unchecked
Only one in 100 prisoners who made an allegation of discrimination against prison staff had their ca...
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PRT comment: Fall of the Prisons and Courts Bill
It was confirmed today that following the decision to hold a general election on 8 June the Prisons ...
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PRT comment: HMP Guys Marsh
Commenting on today’s HM Inspectorate of Prisons report on Guys Marsh, Peter Dawson, director of t...
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PRT briefing on the Prisons and Courts Bill
The Prison Reform Trust has published a briefing ahead of the House of Commons Committee Stage to as...
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Approved Premises
This month we want to answer some common questions about a subject we get many calls about – Appro...
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Extended confusion
Extended sentences have been covered a number of times in Inside Time in the last couple of years, b...
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PRT comment: Prison building announcement
Commenting on today’s announcement by the Secretary of State for Justice that 5,000 new prison pla...
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PRT comment: PPO report on female deaths in custody
Commenting on today’s report by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, Peter Dawson, director of...
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Postcode lottery in arrest rates risks drawing vulnerable women into the criminal justice system
New research published today by the Prison Reform Trust reveals significant variations in how police...
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PRT comment on the prisons and courts bill
A statutory commitment to a system that rehabilitates is crucial to building safer communities.
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PRT responds to HM Inspectorate’s consultation on expectations for male prisoners
We have submitted a very detailed response to the inspectorate’s consultation on a new expectations.
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Addressing overcrowding must be at the heart of government plans for prison reform
Peter Dawson, Director of the Prison Reform Trust, has responded to the Justice Secretary Rt Hon Eli...
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Overuse of custody is undermining government reforms for women in trouble with the law
Scotland has one of the highest rates of women’s imprisonment in northern Europe, a new report pub...
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Decency and toiletries
Over the last few months our advice and information team has received a number of enquiries relating...
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Bike charity helping prisoners fix the cycle of reoffending wins rehabilitation award
Bristol-based charity Life Cycle UK has won the Robin Corbett Award for Prisoner Rehabilitation 2017...
