Prison & Penal Reform

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• Changing the way people with convictions are viewed by the law

  News, 28 Apr 2015

  The UK should introduce measures that allow all people with convictions to be potentially regarded as legally ‘rehabilitated’, and therefore not have to disclose their...

• Pioneering ideas to stop reoffending

  News, 23 Mar 2015

  Helen Collins, a Probation Manager in Durham Tees Valley Community Rehabilitation Company Ltd, has recently returned from a seven week fact-finding tour of Canada and...

• Special Needs - Understanding their Symptoms and Assisting Desistance from Crime

  Report, 27 Feb 2015

  Ronald McMaster, a prison officer from Downpatrick, will be travelling to the USA to research programmes that aim to prevent young people with special needs from...

• The impact of effective mentoring on reoffending and community safety

  Report, 27 Feb 2015

  Andy Laidlaw, a prison service manager from Liverpool, will be travelling to the USA to explore the impact of effective mentoring on reoffending and community safety.

• The Forgiveness Project wins Longford Prize

  News, 2 Dec 2014

  The Forgiveness Project has won the 2014 Longford Prize, awarded to an outstanding individual or organisation working in the field of prison and social reform.

• The Role of Schools in Supporting Families Affected by Imprisonment

  Report, 25 Sep 2014

• Resettlement needs of female offenders

  Report, 25 Sep 2014

• A study to develop alternatives to women's imprisonment in Wales

  Report, 25 Sep 2014

• Naked state: creativity and the empowerment of incarcerated women and girls

  Report, 25 Sep 2014

• Reducing recidivism in serious / violent offenders through welfare lead rehabilitation

  Report, 25 Sep 2014

• Prisoner rehabilitation involving Restorative Justice and voluntary agencies

  Report, 25 Sep 2014

• Comparing practice in the support of learning disabled offenders

  Report, 25 Sep 2014

• From custody to community: a more realistic & helpful approach.

  Report, 25 Sep 2014

• Learning from other restorative justice programmes in custodial settings

  Report, 25 Sep 2014

• Alternatives to custody for young people

  Report, 25 Sep 2014

• Diverting offenders with mental illness from the criminal justice system

  Report, 25 Sep 2014

• Assessing the impact of drug decriminalisation policies on the efficiency and integrity of the criminal justice system

  Report, 25 Sep 2014

• Peer Courts UK: ‘Restorative Justice for youths administered by youths’

  Report, 25 Sep 2014

• Mental Health and Criminal Justice

  Report, 25 Sep 2014