Prison Inspectorate thematic review say lack of positive relationships affects the ability to run safe YOIs in which children ...

Last week (5 June 2025) the Ministry of Justice published a narrative review of the literation on intergenerational offending. Authored by Anna Kotova & Rachel Cordle, the report reviews the published ...

Sam Boyd of the Common Ground Justice Project guest posts on latest public opinion research on the criminal justice system.

The most recent additions to the Butler Trust's Knowledge Exchange site for justice practitioners and your chance to nominate ...

Despite its focus on tackling the prison overcrowding crisis, the Independent Sentence Review dedicates a chapter to ...

The Sentencing Review makes specific recommendations for different groups of offenders including prolific offenders, women, ...

The Sentencing Review says a fully-funded and -functioning probation service is essential to implement its recommendations.

Incentivising progression from custody to community” argues that since the overwhelming majority of offenders in prison will ...

In addition to the emergency measures designed to tackle the prison capacity crisis, the Independent Sentencing Review concludes with plans for a sustainable prison system.

This is the eight (and, many readers will be glad to know, penultimate) in a series of posts looking into the detail of the Independent Sentencing Review whose main recommendations I summarised here.