Police protection under Section 46 of the Children Act 1989 is a vital emergency safeguarding power – but it is also far-reaching and subject to little oversight. A new (November 2025) evidence and ...

To understand the learning from epilepsy-related deaths in prisons, the PPO team considered three categories of death types. Group 1: Where the primary cause of the prisoner’s death was epilepsy (as ...

There were 22,534 FTE band 3-5 prison officers in post on 30 September 2025. These are the key operational grades in public sector prisons; consisting of band 3 prison officers, band 4 officer ...

This is a guest post by Harry Annison and Daniel Birungi from the University of Southampton. The latest paper (free to access here) from our ‘Rehabilitating Probation’ ESRC research project draws out ...

When we told (some) colleagues that we’d been commissioned to produce an edited book about food and rehabilitation, we were met with raised eyebrows, bemusement, incredulity, even pity. Food’s ...

It has long been accepted that women take different pathways to men into the criminal justice system. These pathways often reflect life histories marked by abuse, violence, substance use and poverty.

This is a guest post by Jon Collins, Chief Exec of the Prisoners’ Education Trust. Back in April 2022 I attended the first market warming event for the procurement process for new contracts to deliver ...

Yesterday (31 July 2025), the Ministry of Justice published its Artificial Intelligence Action Plan which it says sets out how tech will cut reoffending and make streets safe. The accompanying press ...

The latest Academic Insight from HMI Probation focuses on the purpose, value and functioning of knowledge partnerships in youth justice. Dr Sean Creaney and Dr Jayne Price describe how these ...

Brian Leveson's Independent Review of the Criminal Courts proposes fewer jury trials and intermediate courts to tackle court backlogs. This review was always going to be controversial as its remit was ...

This problem is an underacknowledged factor in the prison population crisis, and Switchback has published a new report presenting recommendations for urgent change. Several other justice organisations ...

This is the second 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 Chapter Two of Mr Gauke’s ...