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June 30, 2017

Availability of drugs in HMP Birmingham affecting safety, says HMIP

The stability of HMP Birmingham was being adversely affected by the high volume of illicit drugs available, says Peter Clarke, Chief Inspector of Prisons. He reported that prison managers and staff were clearly committed to moving on and making progress after the disturbance last year.
June 22, 2017

Howard League responds to 'devastating' report on prisoner support

The Howard League for Penal Reform has responded to a joint inspection report on resettlement services for prisoners published yesterday
June 10, 2017

Call for government to act as recalls to prison soar

The number of people recalled to prison has soared following part-privatisation of the probation system
March 3, 2017

Bike charity wins prison rehabilitation award

A Bristol-based charity, Life Cycle UK, has won the Robin Corbett Award for Prisoner Rehabilitation 2017. Its innovative Bike Back project at HMP Bristol recreates the environment of a working bike shop in a prison.
February 13, 2017

Prisons need profound culture change to prevent suicides

Prisons need a profound culture change to prevent people from losing their lives through suicide, according to a report published today (13 February 2017) by Centre for Mental Health and the Howard League for Penal Reform.
September 30, 2016

Transforming Rehabilitation programme threatens women’s services says Howard League

The Howard League for Penal Reform has responded to Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Probation's thematic inspection report on women's services, published yesterday.
June 10, 2016

Howard League responds to Moorland prison inspection

The Howard League for Penal Reform has responded to Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons’ report on Moorland prison in South Yorkshire, published today.
May 27, 2016

Howard League responds to Transforming Rehabilitation report

The Howard League for Penal Reform has responded to Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Probation’s fifth and final report on the early implementation of the Transforming Rehabilitation programme, published yesterday
February 5, 2016

Reform’s ‘working welfare’ would undermine, not assist, recovery

The right-wing think-tank Reform, in its report Working welfare: a radically new approach to sickness and disability benefits, has ur
July 29, 2015

Prison Reform Trust launches drive to reduce the number of women prisoners

Too many women, many of whom are mothers, are sent to prison every year to serve short sentences for non-violent crimes, often for a first offence, a new briefing reveals.