Alexandra Wigzell and Claire Paterson-Young provide insights into progressive desistance practice in youth justice.

The Week in Justice is a short email digest of the latest news and views on criminal justice matters in the UK (mainly England & Wales). It shares interactive headlines on new policy announcements, ...

National Annual Report, published today (19 June 2025) offers a stark insight into the human cost of overcrowding across ...

The working group’s report puts forward six recommendations – including an important change to the Parole Board test, which ...

T his is the fifth in a series of posts based on perhaps the most important drug-related report of the current century, Dame Carol Black’s Review of Drugs.Today’s post looks at the section from that ...

Victim/survivors often face arrest for crimes they were forced to commit, like drug offences or theft. Even those who were not involved in criminal activity during their exploitation face risks—for ...

Yesterday (14 May 2025), Clinks published the latest article in its online evidence library which I am lucky enough to curate. The evidence library was created to develop a far-reaching and accessible ...

This is a guest post by Rod Clark, Chief Executive of the Prisoners’ Education Trust. Back in 2016 the Prisoner Learning Alliance (PLA) together with New Philanthropy Capital published a report about ...

As part of its 2020 European Drug Report published earlier this week, the EMCDDA also made available its annual statistical bulletin which contains the most recent available data on the drug situation ...

Everyone knows that finding work is a key component to going straight; a factor which is confirmed by the evidence base. There are four key reasons why employment promotes desistance: An individual ...

Crest Advisory research find the effects of maternal imprisonment can be severe and long-lasting on children, leading to exclusion and exploitation. Clinks and Birth Companions report into the needs ...

The Global Drug Survey's COVID-19 survey finds that many people in the UK increased their use of cannabis and alcohol.