Everyone is worried about coronavirus but we now know that two main groups are particularly at risk: older people and those with underlying health problems. Our prisons hold large numbers of both groups. We know that almost 2,000 prisoners are aged 70 or older and that 36% of people in… Work with Offenders reviews current policy and thinking around risk within the prison system ...
The Chancellor of the Exchequer tends to talk about all the positive measures in his speech to the House of Commons and then the Treasury publishes the “Red Book” for the financial experts to pore over at their leisure. The bald figures are encouraging; the Ministry of Justice’s overall resource… Work with Offenders looks at the details of Rishi Sunak’s first budget...
Earlier this month, the Home Office published a fascinating 80 page research report entitled “The trends and drivers of homicide”. In this article, we share some of the main findings. Homicide trends The Home Office is keen to put our murder rate in some sort of context. The best estimate… Work with Offenders explores a new research report from the Home Office...
On Tuesday this week Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service finally published its “Draft Target Operating Model for the future of probation services in England and Wales”. As most readers will know, last May the Government finally accepted that the part privatisation of the probation service introduced by its Transforming… Work with Offenders looks at the detail of the new design of the probation service...
Last Friday (28 February 2020) the Probation and Police inspectorates published a joint report which concluded that the Integrated Offender Management scheme, designed to manage our most prolific offenders, had lost its way. What is IOM? The Integrated Offender Management approach was originally established in 2009 as the next stage… Work with Offenders looks at the detail of a new joint inspection report into how we manage our most persistent and problematic offenders....
New research from Barnardo’s provides a glimpse into the ‘invisible’ lives of the children and families of veterans in custody. The charity was commissioned by the Forces in Mind Trust to assess their unique needs as part of a two year project. This follows previous work by Barnardo’s supporting children affected by… Work with Offenders looks into a new report into the needs of veterans in custody and their families and children...
It’s easy to think of our government departments as long-standing and venerable, representing centuries of stability and tradition. However, that’s not always the case. The Ministry of Justice, for instance, was only formed in May 2007 when some functions of the Home Secretary were combined with the Department for Constitutional… Work with offenders looks at the rationale behind an interesting reshuffle....
Two charities, the Prison Reform Trust and Working Chance, have jointly published a new report which found that fewer than one in 20 women (4%) were in employment six weeks after release from prison, compared with over one in 10 men (11%). Many readers will be familiar with the Prison… Work with offenders explores a new report from two leading charities...
After Prison Many readers will be aware of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies which is an independent educational charity whose remit is to advance public understanding of crime and criminal justice. CCJS has just embarked on a new and ambitious project which aims to radically downsize the prison… Work with Offenders profiles an exciting and ambitious new project from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies....
The Ministry of Justice and the Youth Justice Board has just published its annual statistics for the youth justice system in England and Wales for the year ending March 2019. Youth crime is falling There’s plenty of good news to be found among the statistics within the overall context that… Work with Offenders digs into the detail of the new annual statistics on youth justice...