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criminal justice system

December 24, 2020

Children's Commissioner calls for radical reforms to youth justice system

Ruthless criminals exploit gaps in the education and child protection system to exploit and criminalise vulnerable children, says Anne Longfield.
October 29, 2020

Rehabilitation needs of minority ethnic prisoners not understood, says Chief Inspector

The thematic review identifies positive practices which can provide direction for system-wide reforms.
September 29, 2020

Thousands of women arrested unnecessarily each year, finds APPG

Thousands of women in distress are being arrested unnecessarily each year instead of being given the help and support they need, a cross-party panel of MPs and peers has found.
September 4, 2020

Inquest to examine police restraint of black man in mental health crisis

Kevin Clarke died following restraint by Metropolitan Police officers in Lewisham, South London, on 9 March 2018.
March 2, 2020

Criminalisation rate of children in residential care falls

The disproportionate criminalisation of children in residential care was exposed by the Howard League in 2016.
February 25, 2020

Howard League launches justice and fairness in prisons programme

The Howard League will investigate how moving away from punishment can reduce conflict and violence, improve safety and well-being and better prepare people for release.
January 28, 2020

Punitive prison policies risk repeating past mistakes, new report warns

Planned government changes to sentencing will add to pressures on prisons, without reducing crime or improving public confidence, a new Prison Reform Trust report warns.
December 10, 2019

Child arrests in England and Wales reduced by more than 70%

Arrests of children in England and Wales have been reduced by more than 70 per cent in eight years, research published by the Howard League for Penal Reform reveals.
September 11, 2019

Call for action to stop arrests of women for trivial offences

Police are arresting vulnerable women in the belief it well help them to get the support they need from other services, a cross-party panel of MPs and peers has found.
May 17, 2019

Report finds women with learning disabilities risk being drawn into criminal justice system

Women with learning disabilities are at risk of becoming drawn into the criminal justice system due to failures to recognise their disability and a lack of appropriate support, according to a new report published by the Prison Reform Trust.