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
Publication

Prison Service Journal 271

This special edition of the Prison Service Journal is dedicated to the subject of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) in criminal justice settings.
Prison Service Journal
11 March 2024

Recent commentary

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
Comment

Education behind bars

In my last article, I shared my experience working behind the cellblock of a courthouse in Washington, D.C.

27 February 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
News

Changing the law on joint enterprise

We are working with the Labour MP Kim Johnson, JENGbA and legal experts in a fresh attempt to narrow the scope of joint enterprise prosecution.

6 December 2023