The human rights group Justice has claimed better training and a new tribunal system could reduce the number of young people being excluded from schools - of who a significant number end up in the criminal justice system. The group said the current processes used by schools did not reflect statutory… Schools should manage exclusions better to reduce the number of young people not in education, according to campaigners....
It’s not rocket science to suggest that anyone looking to turn their life around and move away from crime is likely to need a safe and secure base to do it from. Yet, wherever we look at the moment, it is clear that offender accommodation – always a problem area… Work with Offenders explores the chronic problem of offender accommodation ...
In an exclusive interview, Chief Inspector of Probation Justin Russell told Working with Offenders that politicians pledging to toughen prison sentencing would need to put more money into the over-stretched teams working with youths who have yet to become hardened criminals. Mr Russell said: “If you’re going to make sentencing… In an interview with Work with Offenders the Chief Inspector of Probation has warned that teams working with young offenders need more resources to tackle issues like homelessness and county lines gangs....
Trends in criminal justice The prison population has remained relatively static over the last 12 months with the longer term trend showing fewer prisoners serving sentences of four years or less and a growth in those serving longer sentences. The population is also inflated by a big jump in the… The Ministry of Justice has published no fewer than seven bulletins including information on prison safety, offender management, prison performance and serious further offences. We’ve been digging through them on your behalf and here are some of the more concerning or interesting trends....
In their 2018-19 annual report published today, independent monitors at Bronzefield prison find that prisoners are treated fairly and with respect and that the quality of relationships between staff and the prisoners is high. The Board has particularly welcomed the introduction of the key worker scheme and the development of… Work with offenders examines today’s report from the Independent Monitoring Board into HMP/YOI Bronzefield...
Lancashire's Police and Crime Commissioner Clive Grunshaw has called for charities to apply for four funding pots each worth £20,000 for projects that will help integrate offenders back into the community. The cash will come from a set-aside fund which has now shared out £500,000 for projects. It is aimed… Projects look to cut high re-offending rate in hot spot areas where each offender commits 25 crimes ...
The Howard League for Penal Reform has called for the closure of Feltham A children’s unit after the latest review by HM Chief Inspector of Prisons found an “appalling” decline in standards. The second inspection within a year was carried out to see if there had been any improvement since… Campaigners have called for a failing young offenders’ unit to be closed. ...
Yesterday, the Prisons Minister Lucy Frazer announced a new digital forensics unit and expanded digital investigations team designed to “crack down” on the criminal activity which takes place in our prisons via smuggled mobile phones. Ms Fraser promised a state-of-the-art lab equipped with “cutting-edge technology” to analyse the growing number… Work with Offenders explores why there are so many mobile phones in prison and what the government is doing about it...
Penal reformers have two major complaints about our prison system. Firstly, that we lock up far too many people (England and Wales imprison the second biggest proportion of its population in Western Europe, first place was recently ceded to the Scots). Secondly, that we hold far too many prisoners in… Work with Offenders explains the government’s u-turn on closing our antiquated penal establishments...
Most of us like to think we know how our criminal justice system works. From a combination of TV (fact and fiction) and real-life experience, we are pretty clear on how the police go about arresting someone – and that individual’s rights; how courts decide whether someone is guilty or… Work with offenders looks at how the parole process works and explores the rights of victims...