A new report from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation has found “significant deficits” in the quality of work conducted by youth offending services (YOS) and partner agencies with black and mixed heritage boys. Inspectors reviewed a sample of 173 cases from nine youth offending services across England, as well as… Work with offenders looks at the detail of a critical probation inspectorate report...
As readers will know, while there are far fewer women in contact with the criminal justice system than men, the women who are in it have a higher prevalence of needs, including mental health issues, substance misuse issues and previous experience of abuse and trauma. Women also tend to commit… Work with offenders on the latest briefing from the Centre for Justice Innovation...
The Ministry of Justice today published a press release about the success of the new X-ray body scanners introduced into 74 prisons over the last fifteen months. X-ray body scanners (XRBS) are used in adult male prisons to detect if prisoners are attempting to conceal contraband internally. XRBS can only… Work with offenders on the success of new scanners...
The Home Office has today published its annual statistics on hate crime for the year ending March 2021. There were 124,091 hate crimes recorded by the police in England and Wales in the year, a nine per cent rise on the previous year. Although some of this increase is believed… Work with offenders looks at the detail of today’s Home Office statistics...
Yesterday’s inspection report into Oakhill Secure Training Centre makes for shocking reading. The report was based on an unannounced emergency visit by inspectors from the Care Quality Commission, HM Inspectorate of Prisons and Ofsted in the middle of last month because of emerging concerns about the care and well-being of… Work with offenders on a shocking inspection report on Oakhill Secure Training Centre...
Julian House, a charity working with ex-offenders in Bath, is using bike repairs as a way of improving skills and mental health – as well as boosting the local economy and saving the environment. Julian House Bike Workshop started life in 2011 as a regular series of bicycle-related activities to… Demands to get on a bike to find work are back. But what if you don’t have one? Julian House’s workshops are rebuilding lives as well as bikes....
Dominic Raab, the new Justice Secretary, made two big announcements today following through the Government’s commitment to be tough on crime – and criminals. Tagging In the first announcement, Mr Raab said there would be an extra £183 million invested which will result in almost twice the number of offenders… Work with offenders on two new announcements from the Ministry of Justice ...
Offenders given short prison sentences had a higher number of reconvictions than those who were sentenced to longer periods, Scottish Government statistics show. The figures showed that 43.8% of those released from custody in 2018-19 went on to reoffend – a 2.8 percentage point increase from the previous year’s total… Longer sentences or Community Payback orders have lower reconviction rates latest figures show ...
The Justice Select Committee has published its report on mental health in prisons. The report calls the current situation in prisons a crisis and says it will not improve unless root and branch reform takes place. The report says that a “disjointed and incoherent” approach to care has left many prisoners suffering from… Work with offenders on a Justice Committee report which is calling for root and branch reform ...
New research published today by the Sentencing Academy investigates a little discussed sentencing option, the Suspended Sentence Order (SSO), which is the sentence passed in about one in twenty cases convicted through the courts. A total of 39,885 SSOs were made in 2019. The Academy discusses the central challenge of… Work with offenders on new research from the Sentencing Academy...