New report from Independent Monitoring Boards is a graphic illustration of the human cost of a crumbling prison estate.

Participants identified a range of enablers and barriers associated with ESW peer mentoring. Previous experience as a mentee ...

The Parliamentary Office of Science and Technology examines how the CJS can address violence and abuse against women and ...

The department’s total operating expenditure for the financial year 2023/24 was £13.6 billion, a jump from the £11.8 billion ...

S urvey respondents were asked how much they know about prisons. Almost three quarters said their knowledge of prisons was ...

Dr Stephanie Wallace guest posts on making better use of non-custodial sentences using the Sentence Severity Scale. A number of short-term solutions were enacted this summer to alleviate the immediate ...

Last week (23 October 2024), the Office for National Statistics published the annual drug-deaths statistics. These are officially called Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales: 2023 ...

Today (13 November 2024), HM Inspectorate has published its annual Children in custody report, analysing the perceptions of 12-18 year olds of their experiences in secure training centres and young ...

The changes to the termination of IPP licences are complicated. Read here for where to find help. It has been announced that the changes come into force in two phases, the first on the 1 November 2024 ...