People serving IPP sentence had the highest rate of identified need in four out of the nine needs areas, when compared to all ...

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

Sam Boyd of the Common Ground Justice Project guest posts on latest public opinion research on the criminal justice system.

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

Alexandria Bradley & Sarah Waite guest blog on their qualitative evaluation of Greater Manchester's women's problem-solving ...

Clare Birtwistle of Manchester Metropolitan University guest blogs on reducing the over-representation of looked after ...

Prison Inspectorate thematic review say lack of positive relationships affects the ability to run safe YOIs in which children ...

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 ...

This is the fifth in a series of posts based on perhaps the most important drug-related report of the current century, Dame Carol Black’s Review of Drugs. Today’s post looks at the section from that ...

Last week (5 June 2025) the Ministry of Justice published a narrative review of the literation on intergenerational offending ...

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 ...

Everyone knows that finding work is a key component to going straight; a factor which is confirmed by the evidence base. There are four key reasons why employment promotes desistance: An individual ...