Prisons

Clinks response: children and young people in custody

Clinks response: The Justice Committee’s inquiry into children and young people in custody

This is a joint response by Clinks, EQUAL and Barrow Cadbury Trust. Our response specifically focuses on the experience and outcomes of BAME children in the youth justice system.

Clinks Response - the ageing prison population

Clinks and RECOOP submission to the Justice Select Committee’s enquiry into the ageing prison population

Older people are the fastest growing age group in the prison population. There are triple the number of people aged 60 and over in prison than there were 16 years ago. This response details a range of issues facing older people in prison and gives recommendations for how the criminal justice system can adapt to meet their needs.

Clinks response: HMIP consultation on Expectations for Women

Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons consultation on Expectations for Women

Clinks welcomes this chance to identify opportunities to strengthen HMIP's Expectations for Women and also to ensure the revised criteria reflect the changes that have occurred in government policy over the last five years.

Sentencing in England and Wales

The key facts, the impact on the voluntary sector and an update on sentencing policy

Providing families of people serving the indeterminate IPP sentence with ‘A Helping Hand’

Harry Annison and Christina Straub from the University of Southampton have been leading a research project with Prison Reform Trust on the views of families of people serving Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences.

The secret life of prisons

Paula Harriott of Prison Reform Trust, one of the presenters of a revealing new audio series, explains why it was important to create The Secret Life of Prisons podcasts.

10 Prisons Project: Think Family briefings

This series of briefings have been developed as part of the 10 Prison Project family engagement programme.

10 Prison Project: Family engagement programme resources

A series of resources developed as part of the 10 Prison Project family engagement programme. They can be downloaded, adapted and used to support the development of Think Family working.

The impact of changes to prison education commissioning

Clinks and the Prisoner Learning Alliance have been monitoring the impact of the Dynamic Purchasing System on the voluntary sector. Here's what we've found and the government's response.

What new data reveals about criminal justice in Wales

A new set of fact files, written by Dr Robert Jones from the Wales Governance Centre, reveal important statistics on Welsh prisons and Welsh prisoners. This blog, written by Clinks' development officer for Wales, Bryn Hall, highlights the main findings which are of interest to the voluntary sector.