His Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) have launched the Rehabilitation Grants Scheme, a £3 million initiative running from 1 April 2026 to 31 March 2029.

We set out the key clauses within the Sentencing Bill, laid before Parliament on 2 September. These include a new progression model, a presumption against short sentences and changes to community orders.

We are delighted to announce a new partnership between Clinks and Black Men 4 Change (BM4C). As a core tenet of the recently secured 4-year HMPPS Infrastructure Grant, Black Men 4 Change will bring their considerable expertise in thought leadership, disrupting systems, strategic thinking and convening organisations led by and for racially minoritised people.

Ahead of the imminent introduction of the Sentencing Bill to Parliament, we have facilitated extensive voluntary sector engagement with officials to discuss the implementation of many of the Sentencing Review's recommendations. This blog provides key lines from that engagement, as well as covering core aspects of the Sentencing Review and next steps.

The Civil Society Covenant is a newly established set of principles introduced by the Government, designed to establish a ‘new model partnership between civil society and government.’ This blog explores the details of the Covenant and sets out Clinks' views on its implementation.

This response looks in detail at the final report of the Independent Prison Capacity Review, written by Dame Anne Owers. It sets out the challenges highlighted within the report and discusses what can be done to solve the prison capacity crisis.

This is a guest blog by David Kendall, the founder of "Penned Up" - a literary festival that takes place in prison. David started "Penned Up" because he felt people in prison were denied agency – art was done to them. The festival started in HMP Lewes in 2015, and has run programmes in Downview and Erlestoke with the latter becoming its base. The model is always a committee of prisoners working with the festival directors to put together a programme reflecting the interests and needs of its prison audience. 

The Families' Network was set up in 2023 to create a forum for voluntary organisations supporting families impacted by the criminal justice system. This blog tells the story of the Network so far and looks ahead to its future.

Jon Collins, Chief Executive of the Prisoners' Education Trust, has written this guest blog on how to make a success of the 'earned progression' model recommended in the Independent Sentencing Review.