A chronic shortage of housing support for women released from custody is driving them back to prison, according to a report published today by the Prison Reform Trust and Women in Prison. Home truths: housing for women in the criminal justice system, found that while in-prison housing support should be an integral part of preparing […]| Prison Reform Trust
David Lammy’s appointment comes at a critical moment, as the Sentencing Bill begins its journey through Parliament| Prison Reform Trust
The Prison Reform Trust (PRT) is an independent UK charity working to create a just, humane and effective penal system.| Prison Reform Trust
This report must be a wake-up call. We cannot afford to indulge in the fantasy that building more prisons will solve this crisis — history shows it won’t.| Prison Reform Trust
Violence is a symptom of overcrowded, under-resourced, and purposeless prisons. We must not confuse these reactive measures with a strategy to reduce violence at its source| Prison Reform Trust
Commenting on the sentence handed down today (23 July), Pia Sinha, chief executive of the Prison Reform Trust, said:| Prison Reform Trust
HMP Pentonville stands as a grim testament to a system in crisis.| Prison Reform Trust
Any improvements in the running of prisons these proposals would bring are predicated on reducing the pressures of rising demand on an overburdened system| Prison Reform Trust
The Prison Reform Trust welcomes the Independent Sentencing Review and its clear commitment to evidence–based reform. Read our full response.| Prison Reform Trust
Back in June 2023, as part of the HMPPS annual Think Child campaign, I spoke to a Time-Matters UK support group about children’s and young people’s experiences of probation. Of the group of nine, none had ever met their parent’s probation practitioner, most did not know their parent even had one, and all of them, when asked to describe a probation worker, said they pictured someone ‘scary.’| Prison Reform Trust
Letter and signatories in full| Prison Reform Trust
Key findings reveal that:| Prison Reform Trust
The government’s announcement of the creation of a Women’s Justice Board (WJB) creates positive echoes of one of the more successful justice initiatives of the last Labour government, the creation of the Youth Justice Board (YJB) in 1998.| Prison Reform Trust
In this blog, Rachel O’Brien, explores some of the challenges of maintaining relationships for people serving long prison sentences.| Prison Reform Trust
