This blog looks at the evidence for social prescribing, the approach being taken to support its growth across prisons and probation, and how you can get involved.

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 blog covers the Justice Committee's report on adult custodial remand and the evidence Clinks submitted to the Committee's inquiry into the topic.

After gathering the views of voluntary organisations, our response to the government focusses on utilising their expertise, reducing the prison population, equality and fairness and resettlement support.

This guest blog by Cara Mohan-Carr from Children Heard and Seen explores the context for parental imprisonment and outlines a new pilot for Early Identification of Children Impacted by Parental Imprisonment.

We take a closer look at the government's proposals for the future of our prisons, many of which will have significant consequences for the way prisons are run over the next decade.

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.

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.

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

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.