The latest (May 2025) report from HM Inspectorate of Probation’s Academic Insight examines Progressive Desistance practice in youth justice.Authored by Alexandra Wigzell & Claire Paterson-Young who ...

The working group’s report puts forward six recommendations – including an important change to the Parole Board test, which ...

National Annual Report, published today (19 June 2025) offers a stark insight into the human cost of overcrowding across ...

People serving IPP sentence had the highest rate of identified need in four out of the nine needs areas, when compared to all other custodial sentence types: relationships (96%), thinking and ...

Prison Reform Trust report Update and Restart calls for the digitisation of resettlement services and internet access in ...

In recent months there has been increased scrutiny of how women are sentenced, following the Independent Sentencing Review and wider discussions associated with enhancing community-based alternatives ...

This is a guest post by Sam Boyd, Co-Founder of the Common Ground Justice Project. The full version of the report he writes about, “Course Correction”, is available here. Public confidence in the ...

This is the fifth in a series of posts looking into the detail of the Independent Sentencing Review whose main recommendations I summarised here.Today’s post looks at providing support to victims. Mr ...

This is the first in a series of posts looking into the detail of the Independent Sentencing Review whose main recommendations I summarised here.Today’s post looks at the first Chapter in Mr Gauke’s ...

Laura Pope, an HMPPS researcher, has published findings from a qualitative case study approach exploring Offender Management in Custody (OMiC) in four male closed prisons in the latest edition of ...

Yesterday (14 May 2025), Clinks published the latest article in its online evidence library which I am lucky enough to curate. The evidence library was created to develop a far-reaching and accessible ...

Victim/survivors often face arrest for crimes they were forced to commit, like drug offences or theft. Even those who were not involved in criminal activity during their exploitation face risks—for ...