On 16th September 2020, the government published A Smarter Approach to Sentencing. This white paper sets out a number of proposals for changes to sentencing in England and Wales.

People who are being released from prison are entering an unrecognisable world. Amanda Sherriff describes how services are responding to their needs.

A summary of the National Framework for Prison Regimes and Services.

This blog summarises the discussion from the recent meeting of the RR3 SIG on Covid-19 which focussed around two documents recently published by HM Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS).

This blog gives an update from Jo Farrar, CEO of HMPPS, on the government’s plans for how prisons and probation will start to recover from the restrictions imposed in response to coronavirus.

HMPPS has taken the first steps towards informing staff and service users of the likely road ahead.

This blog post provides the latest detail of the government's plan and accompanying guidance for releasing some prisoners early in order to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on prisoners and staff living in our overcrowded prisons and “to protect the NHS and save lives”.

Over the past year we’ve seen the debate around sentencing grow, and throughout that relatively short period, the focus of it has changed quite significantly. This blog looks at three key asks of sentencing reform.

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.