Highlights

News

Should we send fewer people to prison?

Our director, Richard Garside, was on Sunday Morning Live on BBC One yesterday, discussing whether we should send fewer people to prison.

18 March 2024
Publication

How to resolve the IPP crisis for good

This report sets out a five-point plan to resolve the 21-year injustice of the Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence.

22 February 2024
Comment

The parliamentary battle to reform the IPP sentence

The long, slow march to IPP justice took a significant step forward last week with wide-ranging agreement across the House of Lords that new Government proposals, although welcome, don’t go nearly far enough.

19 March 2024

Recent commentary

Comment

Only connect

My last two articles outlined my experience working with individuals pretrial and during incarceration.

22 March 2024
Comment

Accuracy in criminal statistics matters

I have been concerned for some years about the implications of the preference for gender self-identification over birth-sex for criminal justice.

8 March 2024

Latest news

News

Should we send fewer people to prison?

Our director, Richard Garside, was on Sunday Morning Live on BBC One yesterday, discussing whether we should send fewer people to prison.

18 March 2024
News

Working in partnership for IPP reform

We have joined forces with ten other organisations, pressing for reform of the dreadful Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence.

26 February 2024
News

More ambition needed on IPP reform, new report

A compassionate release programme, reparations and resentencing are among proposals in a new five-point plan from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies to resolve the IPP crisis.

22 February 2024