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Thinking beyond the prison
We tend to think that prisons are there forever.
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Building back better?
We recently launched a new interactive map of prisons in England and Wales, as a resource for people to explore prisons in their local area, the footprint the prisons occupy, and how the prisons relate to the surrounding area.
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Share your ideas for redeveloping prison land
We want to hear your ideas about how prison land near you could be used differently.
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Mapping prison sites in England and Wales
Today we launched our new interactive map of prisons in England and Wales.
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Explore prisons in your area with our new interactive map
We are delighted to publish our interactive map of prisons in England and Wales.
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Planning for the future
The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies has been operating without a formal strategy for over a year, with lockdown disrupting our normal planning cycle.
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Join our movement!
Last March, I wrote that when we come out of the pandemic, things should not go back to business as usual.
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A better future
At the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, we believe that there is always a better use for a piece of land than as a place for a prison.
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Communities in deindustrialised areas deserve better than prisons
Earlier this year the Centre published a paper, Coal today, gone tomorrow, by colleagues from the Universities of Sheffield and Derby.
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Every three days
“Over the ten years from 2009 to 2018, at least 1,425 women were killed by men in the UK. This means that a man killed a woman every three days.”
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Matt Ford interview in Sputnik News
The Centre's Research Analyst, Matt Ford answers questions on UK's "skyrocketing" prison population and government prison building programme.
The interview, appearing in Sputnik News last week by Mohamed Elmaazi covers the general state of prison conditions, the politics of the prison building programme and realistic alternatives to imprisonment.
On the subject of alternatives to imprisonment, Matt said:...
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Abolitionism and decarceration: Our summer reading list
As the summer holidays get underway, even if you're staying at home for your holiday, we thought you might be interested in reading our back catalogue of articles on prison abolitionism and decarceration.