Fascinating new research published last week shows that natural vegetation within prison grounds is correlated with lower levels of both violence and self-harm. Researchers from the University of Birmingham and Utrecht University mapped the percentage of green space – trees, lawns and shrubbery – within prisons in England and Wales… Work with offenders on a fascinating new study...
The Victims’ Commissioner Dame Vera Baird has today published a new paper setting out her ambitions for the long-awaited Victims’ Law and calls for criminal justice agencies to be more accountable and for victims to be accorded “participants’ rights". The Government has been promising a “Victims’ Law” for some years… The Victims’ Commissioner Dame Vera Baird has today published a new paper setting out her ambitions for the long-awaited Victims’ Law and calls for criminal justice agencies to be more accountable and for victims to be accorded “participants’ rights". Work with Offenders reviews the proposals...
In normal times, criminal justice statistics tend to change slowly with trends gradually emerging before either consolidating or fading away again. But these are not normal times, the latest edition of the Ministry of Justice Criminal Justice Statistics quarterly cover the 12 month period to the end of September 2020… Work with offenders takes a close look at the latest statistics...
Prisons Minister Lucy Frazer announced today that Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and The Clink charity have agreed to extend their training programme, currently already operating in HMPs High Down, Cardiff, Brixton and Styal, to offenders working in an additional 70 prison kitchens. Following successful pilots, training will… Work with offenders looks at the MoJ announcement to roll out The Clink Kitchens training programme into 70 prisons...
Point-of-arrest youth diversion gives young people the chance to avoid both formal criminal justice processing and a criminal record, in return for the completion of community-based interventions. Youth diversion is an increasingly well-embedded practice in England and Wales: research by the Centre for Justice Innovation in 2019 found that a… Work with offenders looks at a new evidence review from the Centre for Justice Innovation...
A new report from the House of Commons select Committee for Justice published last week called on the government to honour its pledge to create secure schools for children in custody as a more modern and appropriate replacement for Youth Offender Institutions. The Committee’s report, Children and Young People in… Work with offenders on a new report from the Justice Committee...
Many readers will be aware of the latest report from Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons into the impact of the pandemic on people in prison. Published last week, the report was widely publicised across the media, gathering more coverage than usual because of an innovation by the new Chief Inspector,… Work with offenders on the reality of permanent bang-up...
Yesterday (10 February 2021), HMPPS published the most important documents yet ahead of the re-unification of the probation service in June this year. It made live the final Target Operating Model and published a new set of National Standards which are designed explicitly to support transition to the unified model.… Work with offenders looks at the final model for the re-unified probation service...
Yesterday the Ministry of Justice updated its list of offending behaviour programmes and interventions available for offenders in England and Wales. Offender behaviour programmes and interventions are designed to change the thinking, attitudes and behaviours which may lead people to reoffend. Most programmes and interventions are delivered in groups but… Work with offenders on the official list of offending behaviour interventions...
A new report published by Crest Advisory on Friday explores the issue of vulnerability as a driver of serious violence, focusing on young people. It summarises the current trends in violence and patterns of vulnerability among children and young people, including the rise in poverty and deprivation. The report starts… Work with offenders the current trends in violence and patterns of vulnerability among children and young people...