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PRT seeks to influence policy makers by gathering, analysing and publishing the facts about prisons; promoting good practice and celebrating success; understanding the realities but seeing the possibilities.

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March 2003 Growing Old in Prison: a scoping study on older prisoners This scoping study gathers together available information on the growth in the older prison populati... Growing Old in Prison: a scoping study on older prisoners
February 2003 Troubled Inside: Responding to the Mental Health Needs of Women in Prison This report draws on conference papers and recent research findings to improve and accelerate the re... Troubled Inside: Responding to the Mental Health Needs of Women in Prison
February 2002 Criminal Treatment: the imprisonment of asylum seekers This study was commissioned in 2001 at a time when a large and growing number of immigration detaine... Criminal Treatment: the imprisonment of asylum seekers
February 2002 Just Visiting? A review of the role of prison visitors’ centres In 2002 Prison Reform Trust, working in partnership with the Federation of Prisoners’ Families Sup... Just Visiting? A review of the role of prison visitors’ centres
February 2002 Prison Overcrowding: the inside story This major report is the most comprehensive study of prison overcrowding and its effects to have bee... Prison Overcrowding: the inside story
February 2002 Restricted Access: Legal Information for Remand Prisoners The poor conditions in which remand prisoners are held, and the length of time they are detained, ha... Restricted Access: Legal Information for Remand Prisoners
February 2002 Barred Citizens: volunteering and active partnership by prisoners PRT has conducted the first national survey of opportunities for volunteering and citizenship within... Barred Citizens: volunteering and active partnership by prisoners
May 2001 Troubled Inside: responding to the mental health needs of children and young people in prison This report aims to prompt a response to the unmet mental health needs of children and young people ... Troubled Inside: responding to the mental health needs of children and young people in prison
June 2000 Hard Act to Follow: prisons and the Human Rights Act A report that provides an up-to-date guide to the Human Rights Act 2000, looking at how it could aff... Hard Act to Follow: prisons and the Human Rights Act
February 2000 Justice for Women: the need for reform This ground breaking report presents the findings of the Committee on Women’s Imprisonment, ch... Justice for Women: the need for reform
February 2000 Strangeways — ten years on On 11 April 2000, PRT convened a conference in Manchester to consider the continuing implications of... Strangeways — ten years on
January 2000 Prison Rules: a working guide This book is the most up-to-date and thorough guide to the rules and regulations by which our prison... Prison Rules: a working guide
March 1999 Counting the Cost: the social and financial consequences of women’s imprisonment Prepared for the Wedderburn Committee on Women’s Imprisonment by economist Toby Wolfe, this re... Counting the Cost: the social and financial consequences of women’s imprisonment
April 1998 Asylum-Seekers and Immigration Act Prisoners—the practice of detention This research report examines the practice of administrative detention and is based on research at a... Asylum-Seekers and Immigration Act Prisoners—the practice of detention
February 1996 Community prisons for women: a comparative study of practice in England and the Netherlands This PRT pamphlet explores the concept of community prison, and its relevance to women prisoners. It... Community prisons for women: a comparative study of practice in England and the Netherlands
February 1995 Education in Prisons: A National Survey Education in Prisons: A National Survey