Yesterday Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) published its Annual Report and Accounts for 2020 to 2021 which outlines how the agency performed in the year ending 31 March 2021. Inevitably, that performance was profoundly shaped by COVID with both the prison and probation service operating severely restricted models… Work with offenders digs into the detail of a pandemic-affected year...
Sue McAllister, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO), has published a ‘Learning Lessons Bulletin’ analysing investigations into 107 deaths of people in prison related to COVID-19. This is the second such analysis published by the Ombudsman, the deaths analysed in this bulletin occurred during the “second wave” of the virus… Work with Offenders on today’s Prisons Ombudsman report...
A new report, A Criminal Waste, explores the issue of people offending whilst receiving support from the Fulfilling Lives programme, examining the links between multiple disadvantage and offending and making recommendations for a whole system approach to reduce the human and financial costs of involvement with the criminal justice sector. Fulfilling lives The Fulfilling… Work with offenders looks at a new study of multiple disadvantage, offending and system failure ...
A new report from the charity Revolving Doors as part of its New Generation Policing programme combines a literature review and peer-led qualitative research to demonstrate how the issues of poverty, trauma and policing interact for young adults aged 18-25. The review argues that there is significant scope to extend… Work with offenders on a new report from Revolving Doors...
It’s been a busy week in government. Yesterday the new 10 year drugs plan was published, now the Ministry of Justice has published its Prisons Strategy White Paper also setting out a vision for the next 10 years. So let’s have a look at the main priorities. Prison building It… Work with offenders on the 10 year prisons strategy white paper...
Last week a coalition of service, strategic and political leaders in local government published a joint policy position paper on youth justice, calling for a move towards a more localised, responsive and child-centred system in the future. The Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS), Association of Youth Offending Team… Work with offenders on a new policy paper from leading stakeholders...
A new report from the Sentencing Academy by the barrister Jessica Goldring examines how much defendants understand the sentences that are passed on them. The sentencing framework is constructed on the assumption that defendants understand how the process works and will respond accordingly. For example, that they will be deterred… Work with offenders on new research by the Sentencing Academy...
As readers know, our prison system suffers from having so many antiquated (not to say dilapidated) buildings which makes getting them fit for modern communications a significant challenge. In-cell phones However, the pandemic has acted as a major catalyst and there are signs of slow, but steady progress. The latest… Work with offenders on some welcome new announcements...
The Ministry of Justice and Office for National Statistics today published the latest projections for the number of people likely to be in prison in the coming years. Today’s bulletin says that the prison population is projected to increase to 98,500 by March 2026. This is largely a result of… Work with offenders on today’s official prison population projection...
As readers will know, knife crime is a persistent and high profile crime with offences rising year on year between 2014 and 2020. The College of Policing and National Police Chief’s Council have just launched a new problem solving guide to address the issue. A four stage approach Problem solving… Work with offenders on a new problem solving guide from the College of Policing and the NPCC...