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prison reform trust

December 5, 2020

Number of recalled IPP prisoners in custody almost triples in five years

Report says IPP prisoners’ life chances and mental health are fundamentally damaged by the uniquely unjust sentence they are serving.
October 20, 2020

Six out of ten women leaving prison are homeless

Women released from prison without a home, many with multiple vulnerabilities, are being set up to fail, says the Prison Reform Trust.
August 20, 2020

Continued severe COVID-19 regime restrictions 'risk psychological decline in prisoners'

Severe restrictions in prisons at times amount to solitary confinement and have created a real risk of psychological decline among prisoners, which needs to be addressed urgently, says the Prison Inspectorate.
July 17, 2020

Call to speed up rollout of video calls in prisons to ease lockdown anguish

At the start of the pandemic in late March, all social visits to prisons in England and Wales were halted.
June 16, 2020

Prison Reform Trust calls on government to reverse PAVA spray roll out

Prisoners from BAME backgrounds are more likely to have force used against them than white prisoners.
May 19, 2020

Report on men's local prisons during Covid-19

Staff and prisoners have worked together to make the best of the situation, but ministers have not done all they could to help.
May 9, 2020

Charities say current situation in prisons 'neither sustainable nor humane'

Documents reveal that the government was warned in late March that as many as 3,500 people in prison could die during the pandemic.
April 18, 2020

Prison reform groups issue letter before action over response to coronavirus in prisons

England and Wales are out of step with many other countries which have taken decisive action to protect health and life.
April 3, 2020

Call for further early release to protect prisoners, staff and wider public

Prisons act as 'epidemiological pumps' which can drive the spread of disease among the wider community.
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.