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…
NUMBER OF IPP PRISONER RELEASES HITS ‘ALL TIME LOW’
The number of IPP prisoners being released for the first time has hit an all-time…
CENTRE FOR WOMEN’S JUSTICE RECOMMENDS SYSTEMIC REFORMS FOR VICTIMS OF COERCIVE CONTROL
The Centre for Women’s Justice has published a report recommending criminal justice reforms in law, policy…
URGENT NOTIFICATION ISSUED FOR HMP PENTONVILLE
The Chief Inspector of Prisons has issued an Urgent Notification of HMP Pentonville after a recent…
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…