The MoJ has just (16 October 2025) published a process evaluation of early delivery of the the Rapid Deployment Cells (RDC) Programme. RDCs are modular, self-contained units with a 15-year lifespan ...

Earlier this week (15 October 2025) HM Inspectorate of Probation and HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services published a joint inspection report into “The effectiveness of diverting ...

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, training and work that could support rehabilitation and help to break the ...

Previous analysis by the Institute of Alcohol Studies estimates that alcohol consumption costs the economy £5.06 billion a year – with 44 per cent of the cost being due to presenteeism.

Last Friday (19 September 2025) Collective Voice published a Womaninfesto with the aim of improving drug and alcohol treatment for women. The report was written by the Women’s Treatment Working Group ...

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 ...

Yesterday (31 July 2025), the Ministry of Justice published its Artificial Intelligence Action Plan which it says sets out how tech will cut reoffending and make streets safe. The accompanying press ...

The latest Academic Insight from HMI Probation focuses on the purpose, value and functioning of knowledge partnerships in youth justice. Dr Sean Creaney and Dr Jayne Price describe how these ...

A much shorter than usual blog post today but I thought you might find these links useful. Yesterday (15 July), the MoJ published a map of all its properties as well as lists of them all divided into ...

Yesterday (10 July 2025), the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman Adrian Usher published his second Annual Report, covering the year 2024 to 2025. The PPO has three main investigative duties: to ...

In his annual report published today (8 July 2025), Chief Inspector of Prisons Charlie Taylor Prisons has called for the government to take far more seriously the widespread ingress of illegal drugs ...