Last week (14 November 2024), the Ministry of Justice published its annual report and accounts for 2023/4. I’ve perused the ...

Inspectorate says that children in custody are being failed by having to live in establishments dominated by violence, ...

Prison Reform Trust report on the challenge of maintaining relationships for people serving long prison sentences.

Dr Stephanie Wallace guest posts on making better use of non-custodial sentences using the Sentence Severity Scale.

The most tragic section of the bulletin is always the age of death with people on probation dying, on average, much younger ...

Last week (17 October 2024) NHS England published its latest survey of secondary school pupils in England in years 7 to 11 (mostly aged 11 to 15), focusing on smoking, drinking and drug use. It covers ...

Amongst the most challenging problems faced by the women Hibiscus supports is the difficulty in accessing safe, secure housing that meets their needs and those of their children. Through conversations ...

The changes to the termination of IPP licences are complicated. Read here for where to find help. It has been announced that the changes come into force in two phases, the first on the 1 November 2024 ...

Last week (23 October 2024), the Office for National Statistics published the annual drug-deaths statistics. These are officially called Deaths related to drug poisoning in England and Wales: 2023 ...