Prison Reform Trust
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The Prison Reform Trust is an independent UK charity working to create a just, humane and effective penal system. Links and retweets are not endorsements.
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🔉Ep 11. Prisoners of Politics - The inside story of the measures being taken by members of the House of Lords for #IPP prisoners in the current parliamentary Victims and Prisoners Bill. Now live …
Samantha Asumadu with Lord Moylan & Claire Fox
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Our latest edition of the PSJ is now available online; it is focussed on the topic of Knowledge Equity in Carceral Research, and guest edited by Shadd Maruna , paula harriott and Helen Nichols
crimeandjustice.org.uk/publications/p…
Plans to build more prison places for women put on hold.
Prison service tells MPs they are taking a responsible approach while considering the impact of fiscal pressures caused by inflation.
Good news if emphasis will now be on community based measures
committees.parliament.uk/publications/4…
Join David Maguire DPhil, Ruth Armstrong and Rod Morgan as they explore their experiences of prisons, prompted by objects, and discuss what's changed and priorities for future reform.
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EVENT: DOING TIME WITH OBJECTS
LOCATION: BATH ARTS DEPOT
DATE: 31 MAY
Join David Maguire DPhil, Ruth Armstrong and Rod Morgan as they explore their experiences of prisons, prompted by objects, and discuss what's changed and priorities for future reform.
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🎧 paula harriott watched a random fight unfold on her first day in prison. From that moment, her life was on the edge.
Today, Paula and Phil talk to Marc Conway and Charlie Taylor from HMI Prisons about violence and culture in prisons.
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📈The number of people recalled in England and Wales rose by 85% between 2017 and 2023.
7,152 people were recalled between October and December 2023 alone - a 17% increase compared to the same period in 2022.
Recalls are in crisis. What needs to change?➡️revolving-doors.org.uk/recalls-in-cri…
Our CEO Pia Sinha will be speaking Greenbelt Festival this August.
🎟️Find out more about the festival and how to book tickets at greenbelt.org.uk
A new report #InvisibleWomen from Prison Reform Trust highlights how the growing number of women serving long sentences “feel they are set up to fail in a system in which they are an afterthought”
Read more from M A Y A O P P E N H E I M 💃🏻 ✍️ The Independent:
independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n…
The Faculty of Forensic Psychiatry are working with Prison Reform Trust and UNGRIPP to address the harm caused by the IPP sentence. Justice for the forgotten: rcpsych.ac.uk/docs/default-s…