Ahead of January's landmark summit - 'Justice and Women: A New Direction' - hosted by Clinks & The Worshipful Company of Weavers, this blog takes a look at the Company's work funding innovative criminal justice initiatives.

In this guest blog, Andy Keen-Downs, CEO of Pact, highlights the crucial role that family and carers play in supporting people in prison who are suffering from poor mental or physical health. Involving them more proactively in prison healthcare would help to deliver safer prisons, reduce reoffending and save taxpayers’ money.

This guest blog summarises an evaluation of a relationship skills training model based on restorative practice principles that has been piloted at HMP Warren Hill.

Christopher Stacey, Clinks Director of Support and Development, summarises which organisations will be providing prison family services across England and Wales from October this year.

Jess Mullen, Clinks Director of Influence and Communication summarises the key developments the sector needs to know about how prisons are being managed following HMPPS lifting the COVID19 National Framework and the key areas of concern that Clinks have, which we are continuing to raise on behalf of the sector.

The feedback we've given to the government on the commissioning of services for people in prisons to maintain and develop their relationships with families and loved ones.

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.

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.

This family engagement programme aimed to support prisons to ensure the role of families and significant others was integrated into decision making.

We take a closer look at Lord Farmer's review of family ties for women in the criminal justice system.