Yesterday (Sunday 19 July), the Ministry of Justice announced the locations for 10 new “Nightingale Courts”. We all know about Nightingale Hospitals (the seven critical care temporary hospitals established by NHS England to ensure that the NHS wasn’t overrun by patients with coronavirus), but what exactly are Nightingale Courts? Although… Work with Offenders details the concept of nightingale courts announced by the MoJ...
Tomorrow sees the launch of a major new report from the Youth Violence Commission. The Commission was established by Vicky Foxcroft, the Labour MP for Lewisham Deptford in 2016 after seeing several young people from her constituency lose their lives to youth violence in her first few months as an… Work with Offenders examines a major new report from a three year inquiry...
More than one in nine people in our prisons at any one time are on remand. Despite these high numbers, a substantial proportion of people remanded in custody are not ultimately imprisoned − in 2018 10% people remanded into custody by Magistrates’ Courts were subsequently acquitted and a further 13%… Work with Offenders explores why we are so keen to lock up people who are innocent until proved guilty...
Everyone who works in the criminal justice system knows that there is a long-standing problem with offender homelessness and that things have been getting worse over recent years. Nevertheless, many people will have been surprised by the scale of the problem revealed by yesterday’s thematic report by Her Majesty’s Inspectorate… Work with Offenders looks as a damning new report from the probation inspectorate...
Our prisons are subject to two main forms of independent scrutiny. The first is Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons which reports on conditions for treatment of all people detained by the criminal justice system – whether they are in prison, youth custody, immigration detention or a police or court custody… Work with Offenders looks at the important role that IMBs play in keeping our prisons safe...
Members of Parliament have added their voice to that of penal reform groups who have been calling for some time for the government to change its approach to coronavirus in prisons. The influential Joint Committee on Human Rights has just published a new report formally titled: “the Government’s response to… Work with Offenders reviews a new report from MPs...
Last week, the Lord Chancellor Robert Buckland outlined a 'renewal for justice' as courts harness increased investment, improved technology and a range of emergency measures to recover from the coronavirus pandemic. It comes as Her Majesty’s Court and Tribunal Service (HMCTS) publishes a recovery plan that charts the progress made… Work with Offenders looks at the Ministry of Justice's newly announced “renewal for justice”...
The Ministry of Justice has announced four new prisons are to be built across England over the next six years. This announcement seems to be part of the government strategy of investing in infrastructure in order to regenerate the economy which is reeling under the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.… Work with Offenders looks into the detail of the announcement to build new prisons....
Every quarter, the Ministry of Justice and the Office of National Statistics publishes a statistical bulletin on activity in our criminal courts. Today’ edition covers the first three months (January to March) of this year. Although the coronavirus pandemic only started to have an impact on the way courts were… Work with offenders digs into the detail of today’s statistics....
One of the consequences of the prison lockdown which has now been going on for three full months with most prisoners basically restricted to their cell for 23 hours a day, is that prisoner have not been attending hospital appointments. Lack of staff, combined with COVID-19 restrictions, has resulted in… Work with offenders looks at new research from University College London...