A “small army of people” are leaving prison without any form of employment or accommodation, a former minister has warned. The latest Government figures reveal that almost a third of
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Probation services responsible for supervising thousands of offenders are failing to meet them often enough, a report has warned. Enforcement of non-custodial sentences by private community rehabilitation companies (CRCs) was
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A new electronic monitoring scheme for supervising offenders has been condemned by MPs as a “catastrophic” waste of taxpayers’ money. In a scathing critique, the Commons Public Accounts Committee (PAC)
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Thousands of offenders living in the community are managed by a brief phone call every few weeks, a watchdog report has revealed. In some cases convicts are only met once
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Criminals could be barred from drinking alcohol or gambling after they are freed from prison under a new drive to tackle re-offending. For the first time, probation officers will be
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A new report warns that drug recovery work in prison is largely futile unless suitable accommodation and support are available to prisoners after release. Research led by the University of
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The consequences of recent and future changes to the criminal justice system and how this will affect offenders and victims will be explored at an event organised by the University
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A collaboration led by the University of Plymouth has received additional funding for its work with prisoners with mental health needs. A national collaboration investigating a cross-agency ‘joined up’ approach
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A key plank of controversial probation reforms shows no sign of improving re-offending rates and could be ditched immediately with little impact being felt, a highly critical report concludes. So-called
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Sheffield will turn the spotlight on tough issues such as human trafficking, recovering from drug addiction and policing during a week of hard-hitting public events. Social Justice Week (April 3-7),
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