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.
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What's going on with joint enterprise?
Joint enterprise refers to the principles governing how more than one person can be held responsible for the same crime relating to a single incident.
Comment
Thinking beyond the prison
We tend to think that prisons are there forever.
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Mapping prison sites in England and Wales
Today we launched our new interactive map of prisons in England and Wales.
News
Explore prisons in your area with our new interactive map
We are delighted to publish our interactive map of prisons in England and Wales.
Comment
Join our movement!
Last March, I wrote that when we come out of the pandemic, things should not go back to business as usual.
News
Matt Ford at joint enterprise protest
Last week our reseach analyst Matt Ford attended the campaign organisation JENGbA's demonstration against the joint enterprise doctrine in Parliament Square.
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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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The pandemic in prisons could be ended in a day
Up to 15 March, there have now been 15,472 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in prisons, and 130 COVID-related deaths (105 confirmed or suspected to be due to COVID).
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Second wave in prisons more deadly than the first
Since my last update in December, HMPPS have released another two weeks worth of data on infection levels in prisons in England and Wales.
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Update on second wave of COVID-19 in prisons
Here’s another update on the second wave of the pandemic in prisons as the Ministry of Justice have switched back to releasing weekly data.
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Update on what's been happening to the prison population during COVID-19
As promised back in July, I’m revisiting my blog on the drivers behind the drop in prison population now the data covering the first stage of the lockdown period is available.