Miranda Bevan, King's College London, guest blogs on new research from the All-Party Parliamentary on Children in Police ...

T he Week in Justice is a short email digest of the latest news and views on criminal justice matters in the UK (mainly England & Wales). It shares interactive headlines on new policy announcements, ...

Alexandra Wigzell and Claire Paterson-Young provide insights into progressive desistance practice in youth justice.

The working group’s report puts forward six recommendations – including an important change to the Parole Board test, which ...

The Howard League has set up a hotline to advise people on IPP sentences about the new arrangements for terminating their licence. The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies has published a 5-point plan ...

Young adults and neurodivergent prisoners were overrepresented in use of force incidents, with 74% of those affected at Brixton registered as disabled; racial disproportionalities were also concerning ...

T his serves as a useful reminder for policymakers and campaigners to not only follow the evidence of ‘what works’, but also speak to the core beliefs of a public whose trust in the system will be ...

T his is the fifth in a series of posts looking into the detail of the Independent Sentencing Review whose main recommendations I summarised here. Today’s post looks at providing support to victims.

Disconnection P robation staff accounts revealed a strong sense of disconnect from both their community counterparts and their colleagues in prison. POMs described being uncomfortably sat in the ...

Context R ecent years have seen increased attention to both Neurodiversity as a general concept and social concern, and specifically to the way in which the CJS engages with individuals who are ...

T his year marks 10 years since the Modern Slavery Act was introduced, yet many victim/survivors are still being punished by the very systems meant to protect them. A new briefing by Hibiscus and ...