Everything you need to know about secure units - Russell Webster
Oct 8, 2018 · There are 60 secure units for young people in Great Britain: 28 hospitals in England and one in Wales (a mixture of high dependency units (HDUs), psychiatric intensive care units (PICUs), low and medium secure units) 14 SCHs in England, five in Scotland, one in Wales. Three STCs, all in England. Four YOIs for under 18s in England, three in ...
Adultification bias in child protection & safeguarding
Jun 27, 2022 · adultification bias is a breach of child safeguarding legislation and guidance. Dr Davis introduces the Professional Inter-Adultification (PIA) model which she developed jointly with Nick Marsh. The model sets out to show the process of adultification with the aim of making it possible to identify early indicators of the bias and ways to tackle it.
Women's experiences of open prison - Russell Webster
Jan 3, 2024 · Women recalled the ways in which their expectations of open prison shaped their experiences of the transition, describing entry as a stark shock. Having had independence and autonomy suffocated by the closed prison, women reflected upon the challenges associated with having to relearn independence and how this was experienced in and prescribed ...
Lammy Review: racial bias throughout justice system - Russell …
Sep 11, 2017 · Racism persisting and worsening in the justice system. Last Friday (8 September 2017) was a landmark date in our criminal justice history as David Lammy published his final report: An independent review into the treatment of, and outcomes for, Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic individuals in the Criminal Justice System. Writing in the Guardian, the MP says that when David Cameron invited him to ...
Tackling suicide and self-harm in prison - Russell Webster
Last week (22 March 2019), The MoJ published a summary of research carried out in the summer of 2015 into the Assessment, Care in Custody and Teamwork (ACCT) are planning process designed to reduce the risk of suicide and self-harm. Although only published last week, the findings of the research have already been taken into account by HMPPS which will be piloting a new version of the ACCT form ...
How does our prison system compare? - Russell Webster
Apr 7, 2022 · The English & Welsh prison system ranks very high on suicide rate and very low on escape rates. Interestingly, England and Wales has a lower percentage of women prisoners (4% of overall prison population) compared to the European median (4.7%). Scotland and Northern Ireland have a much lower proportion of people sentenced for drug offences (7.1 ...
Helping offenders' families - Russell Webster
Helping organisations. Action for Prisoners’ and Offenders’ Families is a national organisation which works for the benefit of prisoners’ and offenders’ families by supporting families who are affected by imprisonment.You can find information about the National Offenders’ Families Helpline, resources for families and professionals, and also their Hidden Sentence training for ...
Women in the Justice system 10 years post-Corston - Russell …
Mar 20, 2017 · The Corston Report 10 years on. To mark the 10th anniversary of the ground-breaking Corston Report on women in the criminal justice system, Women in Prison have launched a comprehensive assessment of the progress (or lack of it) on the Baroness’ 43 recommendations.. Corston+10 starts by emphasising that considering each of the recommendations of the Corston report in isolation does not ...
What incentives work in prison? - Russell Webster
Feb 5, 2019 · Incentives. Last week (30 January 2019) the Prisoner Policy Network published its first report on the subject of What incentives work in prison? based on an extensive consultation exercise with over 1,250 people with experience of prison. It presents the findings from an emerging network of current serving prisoners, ex-prisoners and connected organisations who want to share their expertise ...
Thinking Skills Programme (TSP) does reduce reoffending
Aug 2, 2023 · The TSP is designed to reduce general reoffending by supporting improvements in four ways: Developing thinking skills (such as problem solving, flexible thinking, consequential thinking, critical reasoning) Applying these skills to managing personal risk factors. Applying thinking skills to developing personally relevant protective factors.