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Member news (archive)
The news from the Criminal Justice Alliance's member organisations in 2008 is listed below. For the latest member news, click here.
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31 December 2008: Prison Reform Trust: Juliet Lyon awarded CBE. More
18 December 2008: Liberty: Liberty and the FSF team up to fight for human rights of football fans. More
17 December 2008: Nacro: Nacro launches comprehensive directory of mental health liaison and diversion schemes. More
16 December 2008: Prison Reform Trust: Racism still embedded in the culture of our overcrowded jails. More
16 December 2008: Nacro: Prison race review: real progress but a disturbing degree of inequality remains. More
15 December 2008: INQUEST: Response to the Government review into restraint of children in secure juvenile settings. More
15 December 2008: Nacro: Government stance on restraint a ‘step in the right direction’. More
12 December 2008: INQUEST: Statement on the verdict of the inquest into the death of Jean Charles De Menezes. More
12 December 2008: International Centre for Prison Studies: UN Publishes Toolkit on HIV/AIDS in Prison. More
10 December 2008: Liberty: British public overwhelmingly support human rights. More
10 December 2008: Penal Reform International: PRI celebrates Human Rights Day with a warning from America. More
8 December 2008: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies: Government approach to criminal justice ‘contradictory’, new report suggests. More
8 December 2008: Prison Reform Trust: Building Titan prisons is a costly fast-track to a failed US prison system. More
8 December 2008: Catch22: New 24/7 drug and alcohol service launched in Surrey. More
4 December 2008: Liberty: Retaining DNA samples of innocents breaches human rights. More
3 December 2008: Prison Reform Trust: PRT response to Queen's Speech. More
3 December 2008: Catch22: New measures for young offenders could save £80 million. More
3 December 2008: INQUEST: INQUEST welcomes Coroners and Justice Bill. More
2 December 2008: Catch22: James tells Minister how he helped cut crime and make his community safer. More
2 December 2008: Liberty: New Citizenship Bill to bring compulsory ID cards via the back door. More
2 December 2008: Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health: Prisoners are released with nowhere to live and inadequate health care, report finds. More
1 December 2008: Catch22: Catch22 says no to offenders wearing orange bibs. More
December 2008: INQUEST: INQUEST publishes their submission on the review of restraint. More
28 November 2008: Napo: Call for withdrawal of distinctive clothing for Community Payback. More
26 November 2008: Catch22: Catch22 steps in the help young people struggling to stay in training or education. More
25 November 2008: Prison Reform Trust: National institute for criminal justice excellence could cut crime and costs. More
25 November 2008: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies: Record numbers of people serving punishments in the community. More
25 November 2008: Prison Reform Trust: The Political Studies Association recognises Anne Owers for setting the political agenda. More
25 November 2008: International Centre for Prison Studies: Prison reform in Bangladesh. More
21 November 2008: INQUEST: Government must honour promise to allow police shooting inquest to proceed. More
21 November 2008: Penal Reform International: Another step towards universal abolition of the death penalty at the UN General Assembly and ACHPR. More
20 November 2008: Penal Reform International: Happy Children’s Day? Not for child prisoners…More
19 November 2008: Prison Reform Trust: Vulnerable people face abuse and discrimination throughout justice system. More
19 November 2008: Catch22: Duke and Princess team up to launch Catch22. More
18 November 2008: INQUEST: Catalogue of failings by police and medical staff contributed to the death of dangerously ill man. More
17 November 2008: Penal Reform International: PRI joins Prison Reform Trust for its annual lecture. More
17 November 2008: Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health: Sainsbury Centre welcomes new call for race equality in prison system. More
17 November 2008: International Centre for Prison Studies: ICPS hosts Thai Delegation. More
16 November 2008: Transform: Danny Kushlick discusses legalisation as part of the Observer's 'Drugs uncovered' series. More
14 November 2008: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies: Does more law mean more order? More
13 November 2008: Action for Prisoners’ Families: Longford Prize for Lucy Gampell. More
12 November 2008: Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health: Offending behaviour programmes poorly adapted for people with mental health problems, new research finds. More
11 November 2008: UNLOCK: UNLOCK has written a think-piece for the Chartered Insurance Institute to challenge the insurance industry in providing insurance to people with previous convictions. More
10 November 2008: International Centre for Prison Studies: ICPS advises Inter American Development Bank. More
10 November 2008: Catch22: Time to crack the Catch 22 crisis for Britain's young people. Catch22 is the new charity formed by the merger of young people’s charity Rainer and crime prevention charity Crime Concern. More
6 November 2008: Liberty: Liberty warns against expensive and invasive ID card scheme. More
4 November 2008: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies: Boris's plans for tackling youth violence are unoriginal and ignore the root cause of the problem - child poverty - argues Richard Garside on the Guardian's Comment is Free website. More
3 November 2008: Nacro: Worrying emphasis on custody in Mayor's youth crime plan. More
31 October 2008: International Centre for Prison Studies: ICPS hosts Algerian Delegation. More
30 October 2008: Nacro: Offender learning failures exacerbated by lack of co-ordination and prison overcrowding. More
28 October 2008: DrugScope: New cross-party group on substance misuse launched. More
28 October 2008: Prison Reform Trust: Prison conditions may no longer be Dickensian, but young mothers are still going to jail for the same reasons they were in Victorian times, argues Juliet Lyon on the Guardian's Comment is Free website. More
27 October 2008: Prison Reform Trust: To cut crime and prevent the next victim it's what you do not what you say that counts. More
23 October 2008: Liberty: Liberty argues vulnerable psychiatric patients deserve same protections as prisoners. More
23 October 2008: INQUEST: Tenth united friends and families campaign remembrance procession on Saturday. More
23 October 2008: DrugScope: DrugScope welcomes government response to review of drug education. More
22 October 2008: Nacro: Government fails to understand sentencing policy mess. More
21 October 2008: Prisoners Abroad: Pauline Crowe, Chief Executive of Prisoners Abroad, discussed the rising number of female prisoners being held abroad on Women's Hour. More
17 October 2008: JUSTICE: Standing Committee for Youth Justice joins chorus of calls for radical improvements to youth justice system. More
17 October 2008: St Giles Trust: St Giles partners BT in scheme to give ex-offenders a clean break. More
16 October 2008: pact: 'My Visit' children's booklet officially launched at HMP Wormwood Scrubs. More
16 October 2008: Rethink: Yet again mental health services go ignored, argues Paul Corry on the Guardian website. More
16 October 2008: JUSTICE: JUSTICE has published Righting Miscarriages of Justice? Ten years of the Criminal Cases Review Commission. More
15 October 2008: International Centre for Prison Studies: 'Prison policy not sustainable', experts say. More
15 October 2008: Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health: Sainsbury Centre begins campaign for a better way for mental health and criminal justice. More
15 October 2008: Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health: Sainsbury Centre welcomes inspectors' report on Imprisonment for Public Protection and calls for better mental health care. More
15 October 2008: Nacro: Indeterminate sentences damage the prison system and British justice. More
15 October 2008: Prison Reform Trust: Response to Chief Inspector of Prisons' report on IPP prisoners. More
14 October 2008: Rethink: Recession depression - the demand for mental health services will rise in the wake of the financial crisis, argues Paul Corry on the Guardian's Comment is Free website. More
14 October 2008: INQUEST: INQUEST welcomes Government climbdown on 'secret inquest' proposals in Counter Terrorism Bill. More
13 October 2008: Suzy Lamplugh Trust: EDM in Parliament in support of National Personal Safety Day 2008. More
13 October 2008: Suzy Lamplugh Trust: New poll suggests technology is putting young people at greater risk on the streets. More
10 October 2008: Rethink: Soaring repossesions could damage mental health of nearly half of us. More
10 October 2008: JUSTICE: JUSTICE has responded to the Policing Green Paper, From the neighbourhood to the national - policing our communities together. More
10 October 2008: Penal Reform International: World Day against the Death Penalty - PRI urges support for a UN initiative to end executions. More
9 October 2008: Action for Prisoners' Families: New Director for APF. More
8 October 2008: Release: Sebastian Saville sets out 'How drugs laws compound race inequality' on the Guardian website. More
8 October 2008: Prison Governors' Association: The experts agree that these new prisons are a titanic mistake, argues Paul Tidball in the Independent. More
7 October 2008: Napo: The criminal justice system is in crisis, says Harry Fletcher on the Guardian's Comment is Free website. More
7 October 2008: International Centre for Prison Studies: ICPS in Ecuador. More
6 October 2008: DrugScope: Rehab does work, writes Martin Barnes in a letter to The Times. More
6 October 2008: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies: Universal right for detained to see solicitor undermined by new legal scheme, claims report. More
4 October 2008: INQUEST and Prison Reform Trust: Letter to the Guardian on the use of custody for children. More
3 October 2008: INQUEST: Inquest into death of dangerously ill man following detention at Wakefield police station. More
3 October 2008: Nacro: UN's powerful indictment of UK's punitive approach to children. More
3 October 2008: JUSTICE: JUSTICE calls for action on children in custody following critical UN report. More
3 October 2008: St Giles Trust: Funding boost will expand groundbreaking gangs project. More
2 October 2008: DrugScope: DrugScope responds to NTA statistics on drug treatment. More
2 October 2008: International Centre for Prison Studies: ICPS report on young adults in the criminal justice system. More
2 October 2008: INQUEST: Inquest into death of vulnerable prisoner in HMP Swansea begins. More
2 October 2008: Nacro: UK unlikely to convince UN of progress on youth justice. More
2 October 2008: Liberty: Liberty responds to resignation of Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair. More
1 October 2008: DrugScope: New DrugScope guide for professionals tackling substance misuse among young people. More
October 2008: JUSTICE: Submission to the Home Affairs Committee inquiry on the Draft Immigration and Citizenship Bill. More
October 2008: Release: Release challenges government proposal for new prostitution legislation. More
26 September 2008: INQUEST: Inquiry opens into death of Bernard 'Sonny' Lodge in HMP Manchester. More
26 September 2008: Napo: Justice Week launched. More
25 September 2008: Transform: The biggest problem with ecstasy is that it's illegal. More
25 September 2008: International Centre for Prison Studies: ICPS hosts Bangladeshi delegation. More
24 September 2008: Prison Reform Trust: Lost, bullied and trapped; people with a learning disability in Northern Irish prisons. More
24 September 2008: Prisoners' Education Trust: More say for prisoners - letter to Guardian Society from Pat Jones, Director of the Prisoners' Education Trust. More
23 September 2008: Children's Society: The Children's Society responds to Gordon Brown's speech. More
23 September 2008: Action for Prisoners' Families: Prisoners to pay fairer price for family calls. More
22 September 2008: Prison Reform Trust: Ofcom asks Ministry of Justice and SPS to renegotiate telephone contracts. More
19 September 2008: Children's Society: Response to the Government's plan to sign the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child in full. More
19 September 2008: INQUEST: Statement for the opening of the inquest into the death of Jean Charles De Menezes. More
18 September 2008: Prison Reform Trust: Response to prison population projections. More
18 September 2008: Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health: Prisoners left 'In the dark' on indeterminate sentences, says Sainsbury Centre report. More
16 September 2008: JUSTICE: Juries as guarantors of British justice - a letter from Roger Smith in The Times on jury trials. More
15 September 2008: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies: What is crime? photography competition launched. More
12 September 2008: UNLOCK: Reform's proposals would turn the British criminal justice system into Big Brother. More
12 September 2008: JUSTICE: JUSTICE has responded to the Ministry of Justice consultation on Bail and Murder. More
10 September 2008: Nacro: Police stations being overused as places of safety for people with mental health problems. More
9 September 2008: International Centre for Prison Studies: Flying in the face of all good prison practice - a letter from Professor Andrew Coyle in the Financial Times on Titan prisons. More
7 September 2008: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies: Richard Garside asks 'Can Nacro still reform from the inside?' on the Guardian's Comment is Free website. More
4 September 2008: Nacro: Paying companies to employ ex-offenders will dramatically reduce reoffending. More
4 September 2008: Prison Reform Trust: Employment reduces the risk of re-offending by between a third and a half. More
4 September 2008: Nacro: Response to Chief Constable Mike Fuller's comments. More
4 September 2008: Nacro: New reoffending stats reveal crime can be reduced by supervision rather than jail. More
3 September 2008: DrugScope: Concern as increasing numbers of drug users turn to benzodiazepines. More
2 September 2008: Nacro: Statement on prison bids. More
2 September 2008: Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health: Police and mental health services need to work together better. More
1 September 2008: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies: Richard Garside writes on the Guardian's Comment is Free website about the link between rising crime and the economic downturn. More
31 August 2008: Napo: Armed forces in custody. More
29 August 2008: pact: 'My Visit' - a new booklet for children. More
28 August 2008: Prison Reform Trust: Titan prisons: a gigantic mistake. More
28 August 2008: Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health: Titan prisons will damage mental health and should be put on hold. More
27 August 2008: UNLOCK: UNLOCK launches new web community for reformed offenders. More
27 August 2008: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies: Labour's youth justice reforms: hit, miss or maybe? The CCJS launches an online debate about their evaluation of the youth justice system. More
27 August 2008: Rainer Crime Concern: HBOS Foundation commit major funding to support young people's financial awareness. More
25 August 2008: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies: Summary justice widening criminal justice net. More
22 August 2008: Suzy Lamplugh Trust: Safest and most violent areas to live in England and Wales. More
15 August 2008: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies: Terrorism post 9/11 - emerging critiques - the latest issue of Criminal Justice Matters is published. More
13 August 2008: Transform: An untenable hypocrisy - Danny Kushlick writes on the Guardian's Comment is Free website about drug prohibition. More
13 August 2008: Prison Reform Trust: Older prisoners still face double punishment. More
13 August 2008: Nacro: Prison system not geared up to meet needs of older prisoners. More
11 August 2008: Prison Reform Trust: The cruellest wait - Juliet Lyon writes on the Guardian's Comment is Free website about the Conservatives' proposals to reform bail. More
7 August 2008: Prison Reform Trust: Two-thirds of prisons officially overcrowded. More
7 August 2008: Nacro: Lib Dem youth crime plan a 'refreshing dose of common sense'. More
31 July 2008: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies: Richard Garside writes on the Guardian's Comment is Free website about the increase in on-the-spot fines and cautions. More
30 July 2008: Transform: Legalisation a no-go area - Steve Rolles writes on the Guardian's Comment is Free website about drugs policy. More
22 July 2008: Prison Reform Trust: Justice Committee condemns failure in Government's sentencing policy. More
22 July 2008: Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health: Sainsbury Centre welcomes Justice Committee report on effective sentencing. More
22 July 2008: Nacro: Corrie star visits Nacro's Ladies That Lunch garden at Tatton Flower Show. More
21 July 2008: DrugScope: DrugScope responds to publication of Welfare Reform Green Paper. More
18 July 2008: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies: Knife crime: perception v reality - Richard Garside writes on the Guardian's Comment is Free website about knife crime. More
18 July 2008: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies: Boast if you must, but not too loudly - Richard Garside writes in The Times about crime statistics. More
17 July 2008: Prison Reform Trust: Juliet Lyon writes on the Guardian's Comment is Free website about the Youth Crime Action Plan. More
16 July 2008: Transform: UK Youth Strongest Supporters of Drug Legalisation in Europe. More
16 July 2008: Suzy Lamplugh Trust: Men are more at risk of being a victim of violent crime. More
16 July 2008: Rainer Crime Concern: Response to the Youth Crime Action Plan. More
15 July 2008: Prison Reform Trust and SmartJustice: Youth Crime Action Plan ignores the state as problem parent. More
15 July 2008: Napo: Youth Crime Action Plan 'extremely disappointing'. More
14 July 2008: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies: Understanding the rise in prison numbers. More
10 July 2008: Prison Reform Trust: Old age prisoners neglected as their numbers grow. More
10 July 2008: Nacro: Sentencing Commission should take prison resources into account. More
10 July 2008: Prison Reform Trust: Response to Government review on sentencing commission. More
9 July 2008: Pact: 10 Downing Street reception for pact. More
8 July 2008: Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health: Sainsbury Centre welcomes new report on prison mental health. More
7 July 2008: Nacro: Treatment of offenders with mental health needs a national disgrace: Nacro welcomes Policy Exchange report. More
7 July 2008: JUSTICE: Anonymous witness law 'misconceived'. More
7 July 2008: Prison Reform Trust: Sentencing commission could help end prison capacity crisis and stop sentence inflation. More
3 July 2008: Rethinking Crime and Punishment: Manifesto published for how the Government's £2.3 billion earmarked for building 'Titan prisons' could be better spent. More
2 July 2008: Action for Prisoners' Families: Director opportunity at APF. More
June 200830 June 2008: INQUEST: Jury condemns the use of excessive restraint in the death of Kurt Howard. More
30 June 2008: Prison Reform Trust: Make councils foot the bill for children in jail and fewer will be imprisoned. More
30 June 2008: The Children's Society: Good Childhood Inquiry highlights concern about values children learn from adults. More
28 June 2008: Prison Reform Trust: Juliet Lyon writes on the Guardian's Comment is Free website about why the Government must act on the Corston report. More
28 June 2008: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies: Most of the problems associated with the illegal use of firearms require social and economic rather than criminal justice solutions. More
27 June 2008: Napo: Casey report on criminal justice. More
27 June 2008: Napo: Domestic violence and the End of Custody Licence - the problems continue. More
26 June 2008: INQUEST: Inquest to open into death of prisoner Stephen Brown. More
26 June 2008: Transform: United Nations Secretary General calls for greater focus on the rights of prisoners and drug users. More
25 June 2008: Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health: Prisoners need urgent help for trauma and abuse, says Sainsbury Centre report. More
25 June 2008: Nacro: ippr report reveals regrettable increase in prosecutions of children. More
24 June 2008: Sainsbury Centre for Mental Health: Call for urgent action to improve mental health of prisoners across Europe launched in UK. More24 June 2008: Pact: Pact highly commended in Charity Awards 2008. More
24 June 2008: Prison Reform Trust: Government announces half-hearted reforms of justice system for women. More
24 June 2008: Prison Reform Trust: Investigation into the market for telephone calls from prisons. More
18 June 2008: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies: High-visibility gimmick won't work - Letter in the Guardian. More
18 June 2008: Nacro: Harsh crime policies damage prospects of rehabilitation. More
18 June 2008: UNLOCK: Young offender academies backed by reformed offenders. More
17 June 2008: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies: More die through workplace death than through murder, new CCJS report claims. More
17 June 2008: SmartJustice: Beyond shame - Letter in The Times. More
16 June 2008: Nacro: Youth Justice Board budget wasted on ineffective custody. More
11 June 2008: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies: Report published on the views and attitudes of sentencers of the community order and the suspended sentence order. More
10 June 2008: Nacro: Ex-offenders contribute greatly to improving the quality of criminal justice services. More
10 June 2008: St Giles Trust: National conference uncovers the power of peers. More
10 June 2008: CLINKS: Greater offender involvement the key to rehabilitation. More
9 June 2008: Action for Prisoners' Families: Rising imprisonment creating increasing need for helpline. More
9 June 2008: Nacro: Level of youth custody a 'national disgrace'. More
6 June 2008: Prison Reform Trust: Juliet Lyon writes on the Guardian's Comment is Free website on mental health and prisons. More
6 June 2008: Rainer Crime Concern: Locking up more young people won't reduce knife crime. More
5 June 2008: Nacro: Titan prisons could squeeze resources for rehabilitation. More
5 June 2008: Prison Reform Trust: Government's titans consultation - 'a gigantic and costly mistake'. More
5 June 2008: Rainer: Locking up more young people won't reduce knife crime, say charities. More
5 June 2008: Prison Reform Trust: New Bromley Briefings prisons factfile published. More
5 June 2008: Pact: Pact shortlisted for prestigious Charity Award. More
4 June 2008: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies: Criminal justice policy making too often 'an evidence-free zone'. More
4 June 2008: SmartJustice: Women's Institute passes historic resolution. More
4 June 2008: Prison Reform Trust: WI votes to call a halt to the inappropriate imprisonment of the mentally ill. More
3 June 2008: Action for Prisoners Families: APF supports Government report on community sentencing. More
3 June 2008: Napo: Probation staff vote for strike action. More
2 June 2008: JUSTICE: JUSTICE responds to A Structured Sentencing Framework and Sentencing Commission. More
June 2008: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies: Nominations open for 2008 Una Padel Awards. More
28 May 2008: Suzy Lamplugh Trust: Steven Gauge speaks out about the risks of journeys home. More
27 May 2008: Nacro: Prison mental health report welcome but investment also needed outside the prison gate. More
27 May 2008: Prison Officers' Association: Prison population at record high. More
27 May 2008: Prison Officers' Association: Prisons house 83,000 for the first time. More
27 May 2008: Release: Join the campaign to prevent reclassification. More
23 May 2008: Pact: Campaign for prisoners' families - Early Day Motion gains cross-party support. More
21 May: Rainer: Charities call for shift back to tackling the causes of crime. More
21 May 2008: Prison Officers' Association: Youth justice reform. More
21 May 2008: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies: Ten years of Labour's youth justice reforms: an independent audit. More
15 May 2008: INQUEST: INQUEST statement on the death of Pauline Campbell. More
15 May 2008: Nacro: Girl crime figures a "statistical illusion" reflecting readiness to report minor offences. More
15 May 2008: Nacro: Changes to crime survey will redress balance by presenting young people seen as victims not offenders. More
12 May 2008: SmartJustice: The question all crime victims want answered - why me? More
7 May 2008: Rethink: Cannabis - decision to reclassify is wrong [but public health campaign partly compensates]. More
7 May 2008: Action for Prisoners Families: Prison is not an easy option - APF comments on the POA's statement on 'Cushy or comfy' jails. More
7 May 2008: DrugScope: DrugScope 'extremely disappointed' by cannabis reclassification decision. More
7 May 2008: DrugScope: DrugScope calls for urgent action to improve harm reduction services for drug users. More
6 May 2008: Prison Officers' Association: Prison Service faces up to the threat of industrial action. More
6 May 2008: Prison Officers' Association: The POA calls for immediate action. More
6 May 2008: Prison Officers' Association: Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill. More
5 May 2008: Centre for Crime and Justice Studies: Report on women and community sentences published. More
2 May 2008: Prison Officers' Association: Union boss calls for stab proof vests for prison staff. More
2 May 2008: Prison Officers' Association: Prison Officer Stabbed. More
1 May 2008: Prison Officers' Association: Legal Action Threatened Against Prison Officers. More
1 May 2008: Prison Officers' Association: Prison Staff Threatens Walkout. More