PRISONERS WITH FOOD ALLERGIES FACE HIDDEN HEALTH RISKS IN CUSTODY
A new report has revealed the daily challenges facing prisoners with food allergies, intolerances, and/or…
PAS’ Annual Panel Discussion 2025
PAS is delighted to announce details of its upcoming panel event, to take place on…
LEAKED REPORT REVEALS A SHORTFALL OF 10,000 PROBATION STAFF
Recent, leaked documents have revealed a shortfall of 10,000 probation staff to manage offenders serving…
FAILURES TO MEET PRISONERS’ BASIC NEEDS FUELLING SELF-HARM EPIDEMIC
Failures to meet the basic needs of prisoners is fuelling an epidemic of self-harm, according…
80% OF PRISON AND PROBATION STAFF DISAPPROVE OF EARLY RELEASE SCHEMES
Eight in ten prison and probation staff disapprove of the government’s decision to release prisoners…
THREE OF EVERY FOUR PRISONERS RELEASED ARE RECALLED BACK TO PRISON
New Ministry of Justice data shows that for every four people released from prison, three…
NEW PRISON AND PROBATION STATISTICS A ‘LITANY OF DESPAIR’
New Safety in Custody, Prison Performance Ratings, HMPPS Annual Digest and Offender Management data have been described as a ‘litany of despair’. Safety…
INDEPENDENT PRISON CAPACITY REVIEW POINTS TO SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS
The newly published Independent Prison Capacity Review sets out the growth of the prison population crisis, the…
CALLS FOR JUDICIAL REVIEW OF ‘FAILING’ IPP ACTION PLAN
Recently-published statistics show that the IPP Action Plan – launched in November 2024 – has…
MOJ PUBLISHES ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE ACTION PLAN FOR PRISONS, PROBATION AND COURTS
The Ministry of Justice has now published its Artificial Intelligence Action Plan which aims to set out…
PRISONS STILL STRUGGLING TO IDENTIFY AND MEET THE NEEDS OF NEURODIVERGENT PRISONERS
The ‘Neurodiversity in the Criminal Justice System’ report, published in 2021, revealed that neurodivergent prisoners…
HMPPS REPORT REVEALS RECALLED IPP PRISONERS SPEND SIGNIFICANTLY LONGER IN PRISON
HMPPS has now published its second annual report on the IPP sentence, which details the action…