Lammy Five Years On

The Lammy review into the treatment of people from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic individuals by the criminal justice system, published in 2017, contained 11 specific recommendations concerning prisons — all accepted by the government; as well as three further overarching recommendations on recording, monitoring and acting to address disproportionate outcomes.

In the absence of any published update of progress since 2020, the Prison Reform Trust has gathered evidence of progress against these 14 recommendations to determine whether policies have changed to meet Lammy’s original recommendations and, crucially, whether this has led to a change in outcomes for Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic prisoners.

An accompanying RAG table, summarising progress against each of the recommendations is available here.