prisons

The Prison Reform Trust is urging the government not to delay publication of a new strategy for women offenders.

The Prison Reform Trust says the government must tackle the scandal of thousands of prisoners held in prison many years beyond the requirements of their sentence.

The system for holding the most dangerous prisoners is focused on giving even the most difficult prisoners hope of progress, say prison inspectors.

Inspectors say the management of children and young people in custody is too often overwhelmingly punitive, and the response to poor behaviour is to become locked in a negative cycle of ever greater restriction.