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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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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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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.
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Watch the video: Coronavirus in prisons: What's happening across Europe?
Watch the video of yesterday's webinar, 'Coronavirus in prisons: What's happening across Europe?'
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Continued government failure to control COVID-19 in prisons
Last week the Ministry of Justice released figures for confirmed cases of COVID-19 in prisons and COVID-19 related deaths.
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Deaths from COVID-19 in prisons are not 'natural cause' deaths
Today the Ministry of Justice released the latest Safety in custody statistics covering deaths in prisons in England and Wales to June 2020 and self harm and assaults to March 2020.