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Lessons from abroad for justice reform
Today sees the publication of two briefings which present learning from the Winston Churchill Memori...
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Former PRT director Juliet Lyon wins life time achievement award
PRT is delighted to announce that its former director Juliet Lyon this evening received the highly p...
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PRT comment: HMP Hindley
Commenting on today’s report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons, Peter Dawson, director of the Pris...
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PRT comment: Lammy Review interim findings
Commenting on the publication of an open letter today (16 November) by Rt Hon. David Lammy MP to upd...
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Pressure mounts on government to act on IPPs
The Chairman of the Parole Board, the Chief Inspector of Prisons and the former Justice Secretary Mi...
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Michael Gove: What is really criminal about our justice system?
The former Secretary of State for Justice Michael Gove delivered the 15th Longford Lecture on Wednes...
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PRT comment: HMIP report on children in custody
Commenting on the HM Inspectorate of Prisons thematic report on Children in Custody 2015–16: an an...
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Deteriorating levels of safety reveal hidden emergency in the prison system
Commenting on the publication of today’s Ministry of Justice Safety in Custody statistics, Mar...
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A new dawn for prison reform?
“One tries not to be an Old Git but they don’t make it easy”. So says Alan Bennett, and readin...
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PRT comment: Government must tackle rising prison numbers to make reform plans work
Ahead of today’s government announcement on prison reform, Peter Dawson, Director of the Prison Re...
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Prison numbers shoot past 85,000 as population goes up by more than 1,000 in under two months
The prison population in England and Wales has gone over 85,000 after an increase of more than 1,000...
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Local councils key to preventing women’s offending
Local authorities have a crucial role to play in helping women get the support they need to stay out...
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Justice committee report on young adults
Today (26 October) the House of Commons Justice Committee published its report on the treatment of y...
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Transforming rehabilitation
This month has seen a welcome focus on the performance of resettlement and supervision services for ...
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Children and Social Work Bill
Ahead of tomorrow’s (18 October) House of Lords debate on the Children and Social Work Bill, the P...
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PRT comment: HMIP report on community services for women
Commenting on today’s report by HM Inspectorate of Probation, Jenny Earle, Director of the Pri...
