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.
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.
Watch the video of yesterday's webinar, 'Coronavirus in prisons: What's happening across Europe?'
Last week the Ministry of Justice released figures for confirmed cases of COVID-19 in prisons and COVID-19 related 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.
Next week we will release the latest tranche of raw data from part of our survey on coronavirus in prisons in Europe.
The keen-eyed prison population watchers amongst you will have noticed the sharp fall in the prison population since the pandemic took hold.
On Sunday it was reported that four new prisons will be built as part of a wider government construction programme designed to restore jobs and growth in the wake of the economic fallout of the coronavirus pandemic.
The ninth in an annual series from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, supported by The Hadley Trust, assessing year-on-year developments in criminal justice across the United Kingdom.
Great Britain is on course for a massive expansion in prison capacity, according to a new assessment from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, out today.
Today we heard the news of the first prisoner to die after testing positive for coronavirus. It was sadly not unexpected.
Matt was the Centre's Research Analyst. He joined the Centre in July 2014, leaving in November 2021.
The eighth edition of UK Justice Policy Review is out now, covering the period from the 2017 General Election to the summer of 2018.
Produced annually, the Review uniquely offers concise coverage of key policy developments in criminal justice across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
To improve accessibility and raise public awareness of the changing criminal justice landscape, data are presented in a...