LIVE BLOG: women in the criminal justice system – mothers too

Posted: June 23, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: News | Tags: , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Women’s Breakout AGM and Re-Unite Network meeting

Women and mothers in prison criminal justice system

Organisations and professionals working with women offenders and ex-offenders today met at two principal events for the criminal justice sector.

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What the Conservative government will mean for crime, sentencing and prisons

Posted: May 13, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: News | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

What we know so far about the Tories’ justice plans

Michael Gove, justice secretary reshuffle David Cameron

Take a deep breath, Mr Gove, you have your work cut out for you. Source: Policy Exchange .

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Privatisation of the probation service – a timeline

Posted: March 27, 2015 | Author: | Filed under: Audiovisual | Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

The path to the privatisation of the probation service

This year Chris Grayling completed the privatisation of the probation service. The move replaced the previous 35 probation trusts with a National Probation Service and 21 ‘Community Rehabilitation Companies’ (CRCs). These companies are private providers that will supervise low- and medium-risk offenders after leaving prison – about 70 per cent of the service. The public sector National Probation Service is responsible for the 31,000 high-risk offenders.

But it was a long time in the making and there have been many opposing views on the move. Read the rest of this entry »