Legal aid cuts delaying rehabilitation in prison, court will hear
Posted: January 31, 2017 Filed under: News | Tags: court of appeal, self-harm, suicide, The Howard League for Penal Reform Leave a commentCuts are further obstacle to getting ready for release, say penal charities
Barrier: cuts are further obstacle to securing release, say penal reform groups. Photograph: x1klima
A case arguing that cuts to legal aid for prisoners are unfair and unlawful will be heard before the Court of Appeal today.
Overcrowding and staff shortages at HMP Cardiff
Posted: December 15, 2016 Filed under: News | Tags: Assault, drugs, HMIP report, HMP Cardiff, overcrowding, The Howard League for Penal Reform 1 CommentPrisoners can spend up to 27 hours in cell without clean clothes and bedding report finds
Prison cell at HMP Cardiff where men can spend up to 27 hours at a time. Image HM Inspectorate report
Holding 770 male adult prisoners, HMP Cardiff was originally designed for 539 men. Amid overcrowding and understaffing, the latest inspection report found cells in a poor state, increasing availability of drugs and rising violence.
Prisons in the press – 2 December
Posted: December 2, 2016 Filed under: News | Tags: HMP Bedford, HMP Pentonville, PITP, prison officers, suicide, The Howard League for Penal Reform Leave a commentThe drug dodging prison guard and the campaign to change food behind bars
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The campaign to improve prison nutrition Image: SB
Prisons in the press brings you the best articles from the past week to keep you up-to-date on prison news.
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Children in prison in England & Wales suffer state-sanctioned abuse
Posted: June 23, 2016 Filed under: News | Tags: children, Frances Crook, Lord Carlile, prison, Restraint systems, segregation, solitary confinement, strip searches, The Howard League for Penal Reform Leave a commentNew report on restraint, segregation & strip searching of children in prison
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Child prisoners in England & Wales are subject to unlawful restraint, extended solitary confinement and random strip-searches according to a new report by the Howard League for Penal Reform.
The Carlile Inquiry 10 years on says that the “illegal, systemic, physical abuse of children, sanctioned by the state” continues a decade after an independent inquiry by Lord Carlile of Berriew QC called for reforms. Read the rest of this entry »
Prisons in the press – 10 June
Posted: June 10, 2016 Filed under: News | Tags: drugs, PITP, Prison staff, The Howard League for Penal Reform, Violence in prison Leave a commentRising levels of violence behind bars and Scotland’s toughest jail to become a museum
Scotland’s “Alcatraz” to become a museum
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Prisons in the press brings you the best articles from the past week to keep you up-to-date on prison news.
Further privatisation, scrapping NPS – the latest twist in the probation service story?
Posted: June 8, 2016 Filed under: News | Tags: Clinks, Community Rehabilitation Companies, CRCs, hm inspectorate of probation, Jackie Russell, Ministry of Justice, National Audit Office, national probation service, NOMS, NPS, PCCs, Police and Crime Commissioners, privatisation, probation, Reform, The Howard League for Penal Reform, Transforming rehabilitation, Women's Breakout Leave a commentShould the national service be scrapped and all probation be run privately?
Through the gate: offenders often struggle adapting to life beyond bars.© Prisonimage.org
What is left of the National Probation Service should be disbanded. All forms of offender rehabilitation should be run privately.
These are the recommendations made by think tank Reform in a new report, Local commissioning, local solutions: devolving offender management.
How to prevent suicide in prison and beyond
Posted: May 18, 2016 Filed under: News | Tags: Cambridge Institute of Criminology, Cambridge university, deaths in custody, HMP Altcourse, HMP and YOI Foston Hall, Lorraine Atkinson, mental health, mentoring, self inflicted deaths, self-harm, suicide, The Howard League for Penal Reform 1 CommentHighlights from the 2016 suicide prevention roundtable with Cambridge University
Harm: suicide rates are still on the rise. Photograph: premasagar via flickr
The Prison Watch UK team were live at HMP Altcourse today at the 2016 suicide prevention roundtable. We bring you the highlights…
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