{"id":10,"date":"2025-09-18T12:27:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-18T11:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/prisonersadvice.org.uk\/wordpress\/?page_id=10"},"modified":"2026-02-02T10:19:48","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T10:19:48","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/prisonersadvice.org.uk\/wordpress\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Latest News<\/h1>\n\n\n\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wp-block-uagb-post-grid uagb-post-grid news-block-home-page uagb-post__image-position-top uagb-post__image-enabled uagb-block-5b9750c3     uagb-post__items uagb-post__columns-3 is-grid uagb-post__columns-tablet-2 uagb-post__columns-mobile-1 uagb-post__equal-height uagb-equal_height_inline-read-more-buttons\" data-total=\"50\" style=\"\">\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<article class=\"uagb-post__inner-wrap\">\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"uagb-post__title uagb-post__text\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/prisonersadvice.org.uk\/wordpress\/2026\/09\/21\/report-reveals-publics-crisis-of-confidence-in-criminal-justice-system\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"bookmark noopener noreferrer\">REPORT REVEALS PUBLIC\u2019S CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/h4>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post-grid-byline'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<time datetime=\"2026-09-21T12:13:56+01:00\" class=\"uagb-post__date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t21 September 2026\t\t\t\t<\/time>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class='uagb-post__text uagb-post__excerpt'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<p>A new report and poll from the Common Ground Justice Project has explored the crisis&#8230;\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"uagb-post__text uagb-post__cta wp-block-button\">\n\t\t\t\t<a class=\"wp-block-button__link uagb-text-link\" style=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/prisonersadvice.org.uk\/wordpress\/2026\/09\/21\/report-reveals-publics-crisis-of-confidence-in-criminal-justice-system\/\" 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