PRISONS AND PROBATION ANNUAL REPORT SHOWS 35% INCREASE IN INVESTIGATIONS INTO DEATHS
The 2024-25 Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO) Annual Report has now been published, detailing prison…
INDEPENDENT REVIEW OF THE CRIMINAL COURTS PUBLISHED
Sir Brian Leveson has now published the first part of his independent review of the…
CHIEF INSPECTOR OF PRISONS ANNUAL REPORT FOCUSES ON WIDESPREAD DRUG USE
The newly published Chief Inspector of Prisons Annual Report acknowledges ‘another very difficult year for…
PAS Trustees’ Digest
Today we publish for the first time the quarterly digest created by two of our…
PRISONERS AT HMP LOWDHAM GRANGE RECOUNT TALES OF VIOLENCE, DRUGS AND STAFFING SHORTAGES
The Howard League for Penal Reform has published new, first-hand accounts of life in HMP…
MEASURES PROPOSED TO SOLVE THE PRISON RECALL CRISIS
Currently one in five prisoners are on recall – some 17,500 people – with the…
CLIMATE EXPERTS WARN THAT VICTORIAN PRISONS ARE MOST AT RISK OF OVERHEATING
Climate experts have warned that rising temperatures in England and Wales will threaten the welfare…
SOME FOREIGN NATIONAL PRISONERS TO SERVE JUST 10% OF THEIR JAIL TERMS
Foreign national prisoners could now serve as little as 10% of their time in jail…
MEASURES PROPOSED TO ENABLE A ‘TECH-LED APPROACH TO JUSTICE’
A range of measures to enable a ‘tech-led approach to justice’ were explored last month…
EXPLORING THE OPERATIONAL REALITIES OF NEW SENTENCING RECOMMENDATIONS
Following David Gauke’s sentencing recommendations, The Howard League for Penal Reform has examined how they…
PROPOSALS TO END THE DETENTION OF IPP PRISONERS ANNOUNCED
An expert working group led by a former Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales…
2024 IMB ANNUAL REPORT REVEALS SYSTEMIC PROBLEMS ACROSS PRISON ESTATE
The Independent Monitoring Board has now published its Annual Report, noting the ‘appalling’ physical condition of prisons…