Publications

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.

In this section you can find all of our publications. From research reports which take a detailed dive into an issue, through to short focused briefings on a particular topic.

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November 2020 Who Cares? Exploring distress in prison from the perspective of people in prison Prisons, by their very nature, are likely to be associated with sadness, discomfort and deprivations... Who Cares? Exploring distress in prison from the perspective of people in prison
October 2020 CAPPTIVE: Regimes, reactions to the pandemic, and progression Our second CAPPTIVE briefing examines the impact of measures introduced to minimise the risk of infe... CAPPTIVE: Regimes, reactions to the pandemic, and progression
October 2020 Safe homes for women leaving prison This briefing published in collaboration with London Prisons Mission, the Church of St Martin in the... Safe homes for women leaving prison
September 2020 Thinking Differently: Employers’ views on hiring people convicted of sexual offences Thinking Differently, written by Dr Mia Harris, Dr Rachel Tynan and Dr Kimmett Edgar, explores emplo... Thinking Differently: Employers’ views on hiring people convicted of sexual offences
August 2020 How can we reduce tensions, conflict and violence in prison? Safety from physical assault is an essential requirement of an effective and humane penal system. In... How can we reduce tensions, conflict and violence in prison?
August 2020 Transforming Lives: evaluation of programme’s involvement with women Since 2015, the Prison Reform Trust’s Transforming Lives programme has aimed to reduce women’s i... Transforming Lives: evaluation of programme’s involvement with women
July 2020 CAPPTIVE: Speed up video calls rollout in prison to ease families’ lockdown anguish The rollout of secure video calls in prisons should be speeded up to ease the distress of families a... CAPPTIVE: Speed up video calls rollout in prison to ease families’ lockdown anguish
April 2020 Transforming Lives: A study looking at the landscape of support for women who offend and ways to move forward in Northern Ireland This briefing published by NIACRO as part of their involvement in the UK wide Transforming Lives pro... Transforming Lives: A study looking at the landscape of support for women who offend and ways to move forward in Northern Ireland
March 2020 Women in prison: mental health and well-being — a guide for prison staff Penal Reform International (PRI), in partnership with the Prison Reform Trust (PRT), has published ... Women in prison: mental health and well-being — a guide for prison staff
March 2020 IPP sentences: the facts In this short briefing we explain more about the IPP sentence and its continuing legacy. IPP sentences: the facts
February 2020 Working it Out – Improving employment opportunities for women with criminal convictions This briefing provides an overview of the evidence on women’s employment opportunities and barrier... Working it Out – Improving employment opportunities for women with criminal convictions
January 2020 Bromley Briefings Prison Factfile: Winter 2019 Our flagship publication brings together the latest facts about prisons and the people in them. Writ... Bromley Briefings Prison Factfile: Winter 2019
January 2020 Women’s Voices – London This report has been compiled from the ten meetings of the User Voice London Women’s Council held ... Women’s Voices – London
November 2019 A Helping Hand: Supporting families in the resettlement of people serving IPPs The indeterminate sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) was created in 2003. Over 8,0... A Helping Hand: Supporting families in the resettlement of people serving IPPs
October 2019 Keeping People Safe in Prison: The Failure of Gateway Communication Systems This joint report by the Prison Reform Trust, INQUEST and The Prison Advice and Care Trust (Pact) ma... Keeping People Safe in Prison: The Failure of Gateway Communication Systems
September 2019 Transforming Lives evaluation — Lessons for future advocacy This policy briefing from PRT and NatCen summarises learning from the first phase of the independent... Transforming Lives evaluation — Lessons for future advocacy