The row about the use of incapacitant sprays in prison reignited over the weekend after the Prison Service appeared to go back on a commitment made in April that the implementation of the controversial measure would be halted for at least three months due to the impact of coronavirus. On… Work with Offenders investigates the latest episode in the ongoing debate about the use of PAVA spray in prison...
Today will go down as an important day in the history of the probation service. At noon, Justice Secretary Robert Buckland announced the end of the government’s badly flawed Transforming Rehabilitation programme which brought in the most radical redesign of the probation service in its entire history in 2014. Attributing… As the Justice Secretary announces an end to the Transforming Rehabilitation programme Work with Offenders delves into the detail ...
New research by Sophia Benedict for the Griffins Society examines the barriers to community resettlement for foreign national women. The study explores the barriers to resettlement for foreign national women living in the community in the UK, and sheds light on the complex ways in which non-citizen immigration status shapes… Work with Offenders investigates the plight of foreign national women offenders...
New research published by Agenda, the Alliance for women and girls at risk, and the National Central for Social Research (NatCen) reveals that young women who face poverty and disadvantage are more like to self-harm than their counterparts in more affluent households. The headline findings make for upsetting reading: Young… Work with Offenders profiles new research which highlights the impact of the pandemic on young women’s mental health....
While headline statistics show a fall in gang-activity and exploitation, a new report from the National Youth Agency (NYA) shows that gangs have adapted to COVID-19, changing locations and grooming new recruits – hidden in plain sight of those in authority. Context The NYA presents worrying data that 60,000 young… Work with Offenders examines a new report from the National Youth Agency...
Today the Commission on Crime and Problem Gambling, established last year by the Howard League for Penal Reform, published its first report – a literature review into the research evidence on crime and problem gambling. Despite growing concern about the massive growth in gambling since it became so accessible online,… Work with Offenders looks at new research from the Howard League into links between problem gambling and crime...
The Mid and West Wales Violence Against Women, Domestic Abuse and Sexual Violence Strategic Board are supporting the newly formed partnership between Powys County Council, Calan Domestic Violence Services, Montgomery Family Crisis Centre (MFCC) and the Red Snapper Group (RSG). This unique partnership will implement a new and exciting project… Powys County Council funds three-month digital training pilot with Calan Domestic Violence Services and Montgomery Family Crisis Centre ...
The Prison Reform Trust (PRT) was founded in 1981 in London by a small group of prison reform campaigners who were unhappy with the direction in which the Howard League for Penal Reform was heading, concentrating more on community punishments than on traditional prison reform issues. Founding members included Sir… This is the third in our occasional series on key independent organisations operating within the criminal justice sector....
There has been plenty of media attention paid to how prisons have coped with the threat of coronavirus. Overall, most commentators agree that the prison system has done quite a good job in containing the virus, although this has been at the expense of very restrictive regimes with the vast… Work with Offenders finds out how the parole board has made changes to its working practices in the wake of coronavirus...
Like every other business in the country, prison inspectors are unable to work in their usual manner during the coronavirus outbreak. On 17 March Peter Clarke, the Chief Inspector, announced that he was suspending full inspection visits until the end of May in order to reflect government public health guidance… Work with offenders looks at the most recent inspection report....