Overcrowding, coupled with a lack of activity, caused boredom and frustration among prisoners, which heightened the demand ...

Recall decisions are largely at the discretion of probation officers with no clear structure to support decision-making.

Alexandra Wigzell and Claire Paterson-Young provide insights into progressive desistance practice in youth justice.

I am not a criminal. Sure, I have seventeen convictions to my name, but the reality is that I am just one of millions of people who have been let down by misinformed policies, biased interventions, ...

National Models and Greater Manchester’s Women’s Problem-Solving Courts T hese courts mark a shift in judicial practice as they aim to support women who are navigating underlying issues such as trauma ...

Different groups, different starting points W hat emerges from conversations across the country is a public with more complex views than represented by the popular framing of ‘tough’ vs ‘soft’ justice ...

T his 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.

Disconnection P robation staff accounts revealed a strong sense of disconnect from both their community counterparts and their colleagues in prison. POMs described being uncomfortably sat in the ...

Context R ecent years have seen increased attention to both Neurodiversity as a general concept and social concern, and specifically to the way in which the CJS engages with individuals who are ...

A recently published paper highlights a number of challenges faced by Resettlement Officers (ROs) in English Young Offender’s Institutions (prisons). These challenges hinder ROs in their role to ...

The de-politicisation of penal policy D uring a visit to the Netherlands last summer to see how they do prisons and sentencing, I was struck by the separation and de-politicisation of their penal ...

About Hope Street Women at the project have access to: A safe, 24 hour staffed residential Hub, purpose built and specifically designed to create a trauma informed and trauma responsive environment ...