In the final Annual Report of his six year tenure as Chief Inspector of Prisons, Charlie Taylor describes how long lock up ...

N early two-thirds of people entering prison (65%) are likely to struggle with everyday literacy, while 69% are likely to ...

Earlier this week (1 July 2026), the government announced the launch of an independent review of the prison system to ...

Academic Insight in HMI Probation’s extensive series features Dr Sean Brophy writing on Contemporary leadership evidence for ...

Recent (May 2026) research from the law department at RMIT University based in Melbourne, Australia makes for interesting reading. Beyond the Charge: Understanding support needs of women prosecuted ...

The latest (20 February 2026) publication in HMI Probation’s Academic Insight series examines the prevalence of Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) and links to domestic abuse in justice-involved women. The ...

T he MoJ yesterday (9 January 2025) published an evaluation of the Kaizen offending behaviour programme which is designed for adult males who have been convicted of sexual (SO), intimate partner ...

C links’ new (30 January 2025) report, written by Drs Ruth Armstrong & Shona Minson, ‘ Justice Changes Her Face’: What Women’s Problem-Solving Courts can teach us about taking a Community Based Whole ...

This is a guest post by Jon Collins, Chief Exec of the Prisoners’ Education Trust. Back in April 2022 I attended the first market warming event for the procurement process for new contracts to deliver ...

T he Inspiring Futures research report “ An Evaluation of the Meaning and Impact of Arts Programmes in Criminal Justice Setting s” has just (3 June 2024) been published. Funded by the Economic and ...

C links Reducing Reoffending Third Sector Advisory Group (RR3) Special Interest Group has just (14 January 2026) published a report on a ‘Whole Systems Approach’ for women in contact with the criminal ...