Comment
28 May 2021

More than a quarter of all prisoners in England and Wales are held in prisons built in the...

Comment
26 May 2021

A few weeks ago my colleague Helen announced our new project on joint enterprise and briefly...

Comment
14 May 2021

News this week that the prisons inspectorate has resumed full inspections is very welcome.

Comment
13 May 2021

The Centre has begun a new initiative on joint enterprise.

Comment
4 May 2021

One of my abiding pleasures in recounting past accounts of my probation career is to read...

Comment
30 April 2021

A new report from the government’s scientific advisors on COVID-19 in prison is very clear.

Comment
29 April 2021

Earlier this year the Centre published a paper, Coal today, gone tomorrow, by colleagues from...

Comment
22 April 2021

The government’s avid enthusiasm for electronic monitoring in criminal justice is clear.

Comment
9 April 2021

The heavy price being paid by prisoners from the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown is well-documented....

Comment
1 April 2021

The very high levels of psychiatric disturbance and suicidal thinking in prisoners are well...

Comment
31 March 2021

Since retiring from the probation service, I have remained a seasoned observer of the relentless...

Comment
26 March 2021

Up to 15 March, there have now been 15,472 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in prisons, and 130 COVID...