Evidence Hub

7th January 2025

Response to the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody consultation on suicide prevention

This response discusses prison deaths related to mental health and suicide.

7th January 2025

Avoidable natural deaths in prison custody: putting things right

This briefing paper presents the conclusions of an initiative to identify how natural deaths in prison might be prevented.

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7th January 2025

Prison education: a review of the evidence

This evidence review looks at the educational needs of people in prison and the current state of prison education.

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1st January 2025

Prison Reform Trust response to the Justice Committee’s inquiry on Rehabilitation and resettlement: ending the cycle of reoffending- January 2025

It calls for a review of the purposes of sentencing, with greater priority given to rehabilitation in sentencing decisions

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1st January 2025

AYJ response to Justice Select Committee inquiry Rehabilitation and resettlement: ending the cycle of reoffending

The response draws on research on youth custody and on racially minoritised children and young people in the justice system

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1st January 2025

No one will want to be my friend because I’m a murderer

This is an exploration into the experience of change in women convicted of murder.

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1st January 2025

Gambling Harm and Offenders: A survey of prisoners’ experiences

This investigates people's experience of gambling in prison and in their lives before custody.

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1st January 2025

Injustice? : Towards a better understanding of health care access challenges for prisoners

It discusses people's challenges to accessing healthcare and hospital services in prison.

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1st January 2025

The Howard League for Penal Reform Submission to the Independent Review of the Criminal Courts

The response questions how widening the opportunities to pass custodial sentences is an effective way to reduce the prison population.

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1st January 2025

A fork in the road: Probation unification in England and Wales two years on

This article argues that the process of its ‘unification’ continues to be a painful process whose end state remains elusive.

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31st December 2024

Nehemiah Project: 2024 Impact Report

This impact report covers their work in providing a home and support for men with a history of addiction.

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7th December 2024

Women, Shame, and Stigma: Responding to (In)justice Through Zine

The pages expose the complex continuums of shame and stigma and the gendered nature of systems in inducing women’s experiences.

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25th November 2024

Examining the Effectiveness of Interventions for Criminal Justice-involved Women

A review of women's gendered pathways into the criminal justice system and its growth over the last 20 years.

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24th November 2024

Masculinity contest cultures and organizational outcomes in police organizations

The study suggested that an officer’s perception of their work within an MCC can predict job engagement and work meaning

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7th November 2024

Mental health in prison

This briefing examines the steps that can be taken to support people's mental health in the criminal justice system.

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7th November 2024

Beyond the Blame Game

This report calls for a cultural shift away from “hands off” delegation by government to the private sector.

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5th November 2024

Creating a people-centred view of risk and restorative justice

The article argues that risk assessment in restorative justice incorporates a different paradigm.

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1st November 2024

Law and Policy on the use of the Artificial Intelligence by Police and Criminal Justice Systems

The report identifies the state of regulation and policies surrounding the use of AI by security and Criminal Justice Systems

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Response to the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody consultation on suicide prevention

Avoidable natural deaths in prison custody: putting things right

Prison education: a review of the evidence

Prison Reform Trust response to the Justice Committee’s inquiry on Rehabilitation and resettlement: ending the cycle of reoffending- January 2025

AYJ response to Justice Select Committee inquiry Rehabilitation and resettlement: ending the cycle of reoffending

No one will want to be my friend because I’m a murderer

Gambling Harm and Offenders: A survey of prisoners’ experiences

Injustice? : Towards a better understanding of health care access challenges for prisoners

The Howard League for Penal Reform Submission to the Independent Review of the Criminal Courts

A fork in the road: Probation unification in England and Wales two years on

Nehemiah Project: 2024 Impact Report

Women, Shame, and Stigma: Responding to (In)justice Through Zine

Examining the Effectiveness of Interventions for Criminal Justice-involved Women

Masculinity contest cultures and organizational outcomes in police organizations

Mental health in prison

Beyond the Blame Game

Creating a people-centred view of risk and restorative justice

Law and Policy on the use of the Artificial Intelligence by Police and Criminal Justice Systems

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