PAVA spray used disproportionately against black and muslim prisoners

The official guidance is that prison officers are permitted to use PAVA spray when there is: “serious violence or an imminent or perceived risk of it”....

 

Violence in the youth custody estate

The number of children held in Secure Training Centres and YOIs has continued to decline...

 

Prison crisis worsens as fifth prison given urgent notification

The escape of a prisoner who was meant to be subject to constant supervision in July 2022 highlighted substantial weaknesses in security...

 

Black women at increased risk of being killed by domestic abusers

The researchers built a dataset of 4,370 post-death investigation reports into the deaths of BAME women who have died in the last 10 years...

 

Some progress made on probation and prison staffing levels

Some better news but the number of probation officers in post still represents a shortfall of 2,129 FTE against the required staffing level of 6,780 FTE...

 

Magistrates are remanding more people in custody

The researchers ask why custodial remand is so often ordered when conditional bail might be appropriate....

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