Comment
Tough talk costs lives
Michael Gove is the latest politician to accept that we lock up too many people in prison.
Comment
Michael Gove and the future of electronic monitoring
The hubristically named 'New World' electronic montoring (EM) strategy, devised by the Conservative-led Coalition Government back in 2012, was a commercial, technological and penal fiasco and there is nothing to be regretted about its passing.
News
Grayling tried to interfere with inspection reports
The outgoing Chief Inspector of Prisons, Nick Hardwick, has told The Guardian that former Justice Secretary, Chris Grayling, tried to prevent him from...
Speech
Current criminal justice policy and the legacy of coalition
This is the text of the speech our Director Richard Garside gave at the University of Kent on current developments in criminal justice and the legacy of the coalition.
Comment
Better an ideologue than a barbarian
That an air of cautious optimism has attended Michael Gove's appointment as Justice Secretary is in no small part down to his predecessor.
Chris Grayling was, by some distance, the worst...
Comment
Imposing austerity through nationalisation
Faced with a barristers' boycott last year in a dispute over legal aid fees, the then Justice Secretary, Chris Grayling, underwent what appeared to be an unlikely political conversion.
A...
News
National media cover our research on tagging contracts
You might have noticed that our work has been getting some media coverage recently. An analysis of government spending data by our Research and Policy Assistant, Matt Ford, published on 25 June, was picked up by a number of news...
News
A tale of two Chief Inspectors
The Chief Inspector of Constabulary for England and Wales, Tom Winsor, was yesterday reappointed for a further five year term, apparently without the post being advertised. The Home...
News
Prisons inspector won't reapply for job
Nick Hardwick, the Chief Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales, took to Twitter today to announce that he wouldn't be reapplying for his job.
Nick Hardwick: Told MoJ ministers & officials I won't be reapplying for my post.
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Chris Grayling, how do you account for these prison suicides?
Charlie Gilmour, writing in The Independent,...
News
Cancelling probation contracts could cost £300-£400m
Unprecendented clauses in probation contracts which guarantee private providers their projected profits in the event of early cancellation could cost the taxpayer £300-400m, reports...
News
'Safety' in custody figures released
According to Ministry of Justice figures released last Thursday, there has been a 69% rise in suicides in penal institutions in the 12 months ending in March 2014. ...