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It was encouraging to hear the Justice Minister, Rory Stewart, acknowledge that the current probation model 'is not working', following the latest damning verdict from the outgoing Chief Inspector of Probation, Glenys Stacey.

The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies is working with the Probation Institute, Napo, Unison and other partners, calling for the creation of a publicly owned, reunified probation service. You can read our 'Principles for a Future Probation Model' here.

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Richard Garside, Director

In this bulletin 

• News
• Comment and analysis
• Out now
• What are we up to?
• The great giveaway!
• We value your support
• And finally...

News

Our director, Richard Garside, was quoted in The Times on Justice Secretary David Gauke's recently announced prison reform plans saying:

Over the past decade, sentences have already got a lot tougher. Those calling for even tougher sentences need to explain why they think this will work. 

We're holding an emergency meeting this Saturday 30 March as part of the Community Plan for Holloway. The meeting comes in the wake of the news that housing association, Peabody, has bought the Holloway site and will be developing the land in partnership with private property developer, London Square. 

The event will take place at St George's Church, Crayford Road, Tufnell Park, N17 0ND from 14.00-16.00. 

Comment and analysis 

Debbie Hayton asks whether transgender prison wings are the answer and finds that they have a superficial appeal and yet they remain problematic. Read the full article here. 

Out now 

The latest edition of the Prison Service Journal focuses on drugs in prison and paths to rehabilitation. 

What are we up to? 

We're busy finalising UK Justice Policy Review 8, our annual assessment of criminal justice policy developments across the UK. In the meantime, check out several years' worth of criminal justice analysis with our UK Justice Policy Review back catalogue. 

We've kicked off our latest project which will build on last year's project findings - Young adults and street enforcements - in order to reduce overreliance on criminalisation as a solution to social problems. Keep an eye out for project updates. 

The great giveaway!

Last bulletin, we offered a free copy of Alex Vitale's book, The End of Policing, to one person who threw their name into the raffle. We've informed the lucky winner and the book will be on its way shortly.

We value your support 

Last year, around 20 per cent of our income came from generous donations by our members and supporters. If you value our work, please consider making a regular donation. Just a £3 a month will help us to continue our vital work challenging criminal justice overreach and championing social justice solutions to the problems society faces. 

And finally...

'We can either educate or electrocute. We can create meaningful jobs, rebuilding our society, or we can build more jails...let us create a society of hope and compassion, not one of hate and vengeance.'

Bernie Sanders, 1994