Publication
Imprisonment for Public Protection: Psychic Pain Redoubled
A timely assessment of the profound psychological toll of the Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence and what needs to be done.
Publication
The usual suspects
The Usual Suspects uses national data to assess the use of joint enterprise laws in prosecutions for serious violence in England and Wales over the last fifteen years.
News
Tackling the injustices of joint enterprise prosecutions
Our friends at JENGbA are holding an online event on Tuesday, 1 February, to launch a new push to change the law on 'joint enterprise' convictions.
Project
Imprisonment for Public Protection
The sentence of Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) was abolished in 2012, yet more than 3,000 IPP prisoners continue to languish in custody.
Project
Joint enterprise
Joint enterprise refers to legal principles on the use of the law of complicity.
Project
Is it a crime to be poor?
We are working with partners on the theme: Is it a crime to be poor?
Challenging injustices
A fair, impartial and proportionate criminal justice system is important. But much about today’s justice system is unfair.