H M Inspectorate of Prisons’ latest review of survey responses from children in custody published today (22 September 2026) ...

Jon Collins of PET and Natasha Finlayson of Working Chance raise concerns about cuts to education in women's prisons.

This problem is an underacknowledged factor in the prison population crisis, and Switchback has published a new report presenting recommendations for urgent change. Several other justice organisations ...

A new (15 September 2026) report from the Common Ground Justice Project found that nearly two-thirds of Britons feel likely to be a victim of crime in the next year amid a crisis of confidence in the ...

Jon Collins of PET and Natasha Finlayson of Working Chance raise concerns about cuts to education in women’s prisons.

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Crest Advisory research find the effects of maternal imprisonment can be severe and long-lasting on children, leading to exclusion and exploitation. Clinks and Birth Companions report into the needs ...

To understand the learning from epilepsy-related deaths in prisons, the PPO team considered three categories of death types. Group 1: Where the primary cause of the prisoner’s death was epilepsy (as ...

Recent (May 2026) research from the law department at RMIT University based in Melbourne, Australia makes for interesting reading. Beyond the Charge: Understanding support needs of women prosecuted ...

A new (3 September 2026) report from the Ministry of Justice analytical series examines the causes in the rise of prison violence and explores how it might be reversed. The report, “Rapid Evidence ...

Yesterday (13 October 2022) HMPPS published an Evaluation of Psychologically Informed Planned Environments (PIPEs). The evaluation, undertaken by a team from the Centre of Psychiatry, Wolfson ...

Acquittal – A judgement by a court that a person is not guilty of an offence for which they’ve been charged. Adjudication – The hearing process following an alleged breach of the Prison Rules by a ...