On Friday Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) published a new guide for family members of people serving indeterminate prison sentences. Indeterminate prison sentences, mainly life sentences or sentences of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPPs) are sentences where there is no definite release date. England and Wales has the… Work with offenders on a new guide for families of prisoners serving indeterminate sentences...
Last night Justice Secretary Robert Buckland announced that every child is being transferred from the privately-run Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre amid serious ongoing concerns about safety and performance. This is a drastic measure which is just the latest in a long line of problems at the STC. History Rainsbrook Secure… Work with offenders examines the decision to move all children out of Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre...
The Justice Secretary Robert Buckland wrote an article in the Times newspaper today sharing his views on the need for tailored prisoner education for the many thousands of people in the criminal justice system with learning needs. The article, which the Ministry of Justice later published as a press release,… Work with offenders on a drive to break down the barriers for prisoners with learning needs...
In following with its recent approach, the Government focuses on the economic benefits to the local area – jobs for building the prison and then employment for staffing it when complete, rather than the criminal justice rationale for building new prisons. The Chorley prison is part of the Government’s ‘New… The Ministry of Justice formally announced its plans to build a new prison in Chorley today when it published the public consultation notice – the deadline for responses is in 5 weeks (19 July 2021)....
The toolkit is aimed at staff in Youth Offending Teams for young people on court orders or prevention programmes, and at youth workers, Early Help and other social care officers, teachers and school staff and staff in secure settings. The Toolkit has been designed by BraveSpace, a youth justice consultancy… The Mayor of London’s Office for Policing and Crime (MOPAC) has just published a new Knife Crime Toolkit designed for professionals to use with children and young people who are at risk of carrying or using a knife. ...
Last Friday (28 May), the probation inspectorate published the most recent in its now extensive series of Academic Insights, in which it commissions leading academics to present their views on specific topics, in order to promote informed debate and aid the understanding of what helps and what hinders probation and… Work with offenders looks at the latest in HM Inspectorate of Probation’s Academic Insights series....
Three years ago, in April 2018, the government published its Serious Violence Strategy in response to increases in knife crime, gun crime and homicide across England. The strategy called for local partners to work together across different sectors including the police, local authorities, health services and the voluntary sector to… Work with offenders on the latest government guidance on new responsibility...
Last week’s “Proven Re-offending” statistics from the Ministry of Justice and Office for National Statistics provide some welcome – and not particularly expected – good news for those working in the criminal justice system. These statistics are published on a quarterly basis and today’s figures cover everyone who was convicted… Work with offenders examines the latest MoJ statistics which reveal a surprising drop in the proven reoffending rate...
76,000 children are reported missing every year in the UK, yet many more missing episodes go unreported, meaning children at risk of exploitation are falling through the net. The organisation Missing People has analysed the most common reasons for children to be missing. The organisation runs a helpline and the… May 25 was International Missing Children’s Day. Work with offenders looks at the issues...
The Ministry of Justice has announced the long-awaited results from the new probation commissioning system designed to engage specialist organisations to provide a range of services to people supervised by the probation service. The announcement, which comes just five weeks before the public and private components of the service are… Work with offenders on details of the new probation contracts...