Earlier this week (1 July 2026), the government announced the launch of an independent review of the prison system to ...

N early two-thirds of people entering prison (65%) are likely to struggle with everyday literacy, while 69% are likely to ...

Academic Insight in HMI Probation’s extensive series features Dr Sean Brophy writing on Contemporary leadership evidence for ...

Many readers, especially those involved in criminal justice research, will know of the Dawes Trust which funded over £28 million of research and service delivery in the criminal justice sector between ...

Recent (May 2026) research from the law department at RMIT University based in Melbourne, Australia makes for interesting reading. Beyond the Charge: Understanding support needs of women prosecuted ...

The latest (28 May 2026) in a series of reports from Nuffield Trust exploring prisoners’ experiences of the NHS examines emergency care. What’s the emergency when prisoners go to A&E? draws on ...

The Muslim charity Maslaha has just published the third in a series of briefings under the title “The hidden life of Muslims in prison”. The new briefing focuses on adjudications in prisons and argues ...

In the 2025 national annual report published today (10 June 2026) for the adult prison and youth estate, Independent Monitoring Boards (IMBs) from across the country present a consistent and deeply ...