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, ...

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

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

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

This is a guest post by Sam Boyd, Co-Founder of the Common Ground Justice Project. The full version of the report he writes about, “Course Correction”, is available here. Public confidence in the ...

Laura Pope, an HMPPS researcher, has published findings from a qualitative case study approach exploring Offender Management in Custody (OMiC) in four male closed prisons in the latest edition of ...

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 ...

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 ...

Regular readers will know I punctuate the year with three Quizzes – Advent, Easter & August Bank Holiday. So here is your Summer 2024 edition. It’s a simple multiple choice test about anything 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 ...

Our report published in October 2023 by the Centre for Justice Innovation sought to share findings and recommendations for improved practices to better support women in recovery. The research aimed to ...