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...
On Friday the Howard League for Penal Reform launched a new project to tackle the surging use of remand among children in custody. The first report of the project summarises findings from initial research and highlights particular concerns around remand and race. Almost half of all the children in custody… Work with offenders on a new Howard League campaign...
The House of Commons Justice Committee has today published a new report from their inquiry into COVID-19 and the criminal law. This report examines what lessons can be learnt from the way in which new covid-19 related offences have been created and enforced throughout the pandemic. Specifically, MPs have considered… Work with offenders on a new Justice Committee report...
The Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO), Sue McAllister, has today published a devastating report into the death of a baby at HMP Bronzefield two years ago in September 2019. The PPO was extremely critical of the fact that an (un-named) vulnerable 18 year old woman (Ms A) was allowed to… Work with offenders looks at the detail of today’s report by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman...