This blog provides clarity on the Government's new measure to reduce time served in prison for certain people currently serving Standard Determinate Sentences.

This blog takes an in-depth look and summarises further detail on the provisions in each Bill that are likely to engage the voluntary sector.

On Tuesday 7 November, the government set its legislative agenda for the next Parliamentary session, announcing a total of 21 Bills. Of those, three focussed specifically on the criminal justice system. Below, we set out some of the key measures that were proposed as part of those pieces of legislation. More details about these Bills, and all the others announced in the speech, can be found in the government’s Background Briefing Notes.

Clinks CEO, Anne Fox, provides her thoughts on the statement made by the Secretary of State for Justice, Alex Chalk, announcing a range of measures to reduce the pressure on prison places.

This blog outlines developments in the Dynamic Framework simplification process and Clinks' work alongside HMPPS & the MoJ.

Natalie Maidment, Clinks Development Officer, summarises the development of the newly launched probation grants process, and the opportunities for voluntary organisations to register and apply for upcoming grants.

This blog summarises the Regional Reducing Reoffending Plans produced in August 2021 by the 12 Regional Probation Directors. It also looks at how voluntary organisations can play their part in helping to define and strengthen probation strategies at a regional level.

Richard Oldfield recommends that there should be a large-scale adoption of grants as the funding mechanism for some of the services; simplification of contracts; and a system which obliges large entities to include more specialised smaller organisations in their bids.

This blog provides a summary of a Ministry of Justice pilot to increase the delivery of quality pre-sentence reports across 15 magistrates’ courts in England and Wales.

Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) has announced which organisations have been successful in bidding for contracts to provide resettlement and rehabilitation services to support people under the new model.