Cell: All cells had a private ensuite, with a shower and a toilet, a desk, chair and bed. At several prison sites, ...

Its overall conclusions is that the current system for diverting children from the criminal justice system to be fragmented ...

A transformative vision for the future of Further Education in supporting people leaving prison or on probation.

R epeat offenders are continuing to “cause mayhem” in their communities thanks to the failure of prisons to provide education ...

Prison Inspectorate finds major cuts threaten to derail already poor work and training in prisons.

Previous analysis by the Institute of Alcohol Studies estimates that alcohol consumption costs the economy £5.06 billion a ...

The COMPASS model integrates principles from compassion-focused therapy, positive psychology and desistance theory to provide a holistic framework for understanding and supporting people on probation.

This 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 ...

Y esterday (12 February 2024), 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...