While women overall are less likely to have a criminal record than men, those women who do are more likely to face barriers when accessing employment according to a new report by the charity Unlock, “Angels or witches”: The impact of criminal records on women, published today to mark International Women's Day. The report, which brings together the… Work with offenders on a new report from Unlock...
There has been growing concern about the way the criminal justice system treats young adult offenders (normally defined as 18-25 year olds) over recent years. The House of Commons Justice Committee has held an inquiry and published reports on the subject. The Committee has repeatedly said that a succession of… A positive announcement from the Ministry of Justice today: the government is investing £3million in a series of intensive support hubs for young adult offenders. ...
Women’s campaigners have fought a long and hard campaign to ensure that the Domestic Abuse Bill has the powers it needs to protect victims of domestic abuse. The Bill was first promised by the Government almost four years ago, it started its progress through parliament only to fall because of… Work with offenders on three important new amendments...
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...