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February 9, 2020

Government failing to provide safe or secure prisons, says National Audit Office

The government is failing to provide and maintain safe, secure and decent prisons and its flagship initiatives to address this have not delivered, according to a new National Audit Office report
May 23, 2019

Extended probation for short-term prisoners fails to cut reoffending rates

Changes to the probation system have locked offenders in “an expensive merry-go-round” and have led to “no tangible reduction to reoffending”, according to a new report.
March 2, 2019

Why is government held to account on money lost, but not lives?

In recent days the media has positively revelled in Chris Grayling’s reputation for incompetence, and almost every report focused on what his failures have cost in financial terms.
December 20, 2018

Egyptian Court orders release of woman imprisoned for speaking out against sexual harassment

A Cairo criminal court has ordered the release of Amal Fathy, a woman human rights defender who was given a two-year sentence in September for posting a video online in which she criticised the Egyptian authorities for failing to tackle sexual harassment.
December 13, 2018

One third of government's spending is with contractors, says report

The largest suppliers are winning more and more government business.
August 25, 2018

Call for prisons to stop releasing people on Fridays

In Nacro’s experience, being released on a Friday can make an already difficult day almost impossible and increase the possibility of people reoffending.
July 28, 2018

Handing more cash to private probation companies is 'throwing good money after bad'

Howard League says it is time to consign privatised probation to history and do what works.
March 4, 2018

HMIP report praises Military Corrective Training Centre

The Military Corrective Training Centre in Colchester, the only secure training centre for the armed services, has had very good inspections in recent years and 2017 proved no exception, according to HM Chief Inspector of Prison, Peter Clarke.
February 21, 2018

Private probation in the US 'punishes people for being poor'

The cost of private probation supervision in the US disproportionately harms the poor, often criminalising a person’s inability to pay their probation fees and court costs, Human Rights Watch says in a new report.
December 30, 2017

Criminal justice in the UK 'smaller, but tougher'

Criminal justice across the UK has got smaller but tougher over recent years, according to a new briefing from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies.