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.

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 ...

Last week (25 January 2023), the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman published two important reports on people who die immediately after being released from prison. The two reports are a learning lessons ...

The Neurodivergence in Criminal Justice Network (NICJN) reviews the evidence on working with neurodivergent people in contact with the criminal justice system ...

This is the first in a series of posts looking into the detail of the Independent Sentencing Review whose main recommendations I summarised here. Today’s post looks at the first Chapter in Mr Gauke’s ...

C links recently (July 2026) published the latest article in its online evidence library which I am lucky enough to curate. The evidence library was created to develop a far-reaching and accessible ...

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 ...

This is a guest post by Jon Collins, Chief Exec of the Prisoners’ Education Trust. Back in April 2022 I attended the first market warming event for the procurement process for new contracts to deliver ...

This is a guest post by Lauren Hayman who shares the findings from a series of interviews with men in Welsh prisons. Lauren Hayman is a graduate of the University of Cambridge Institute of Criminology ...

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 ...

Many readers will be familiar with Hope Street, the pioneering residential community for women and their children which operates as an alternative to custody which opened just over one year ago. The ...