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A couple of weeks ago, Adam Elliott Cooper of the University of Greenwich and The Monitoring Group, and Liz Fekete of the Institute of Race Relations, spoke about black lives matter, policing and the criminal justice system at one of our webinars.
Great Britain is on course for a massive expansion in prison capacity, according to a new assessment from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, out today.
At our webinar on socially distanced justice, Adam Elliott-Cooper from The Monitoring Group and the University of Greenwich spoke about the recent black lives matter mobilisations.
As part of our work tracking coronavirus in prisons we have been producing infographics showing the main data.
At our webinar on socially-distanced justice yesterday, Liz Fekete of the Institute of Race Relations argued that a focus on racial disproportionalities failed to address the real causes of criminalisation of young people.
This week's speakers considered the longer-term implications, and how a positive legacy for criminal justice might be achieved.
Presenting our latest infographic on the state of play of Covid-19 in prisons in Northern Ireland
This week's speakers explored the political dimensions to the COVID-19 changes and the implications for criminal justice.
Released earlier this week, the briefing on coronavirus in prisons in England and Wales cited an article by our Head of Programmes, Helen Mills.
The article is one of a two-part series on prison sentencing in the context of the 'new normal' of coronavirus.
Read the House of Commons briefing on coronavirus in prisons here, and Helen's...
Richard Garside provides context on policing numbers in a Vice article published today.
The article on defunding the Metropolitan Police Service also featured Adam Pugh and Dr. Adam Elliott-Cooper, who will be a speaker at our final webinar next...
Presenting our latest infographic on the state of play of Covid-19 in prisons in England and Wales
The government and public bodies often refuse to release the data they hold on confidentiality grounds.
