News
Probation contracts unsustainable, Financial Times
Almost every contract to provide probation services in England and Wales is lossmaking, according to a report in today's Financial Times (£).
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News
Probation reforms are sabotaging rehabilitation
The government's reforms of probation in England and Wales appear to be sabotaging, rather than transforming, the rehabilitation and resettlement of prisoners, our Director Richard Garside says today.
Richard was reacting to...
News
Comment on report on women's community services
Our Director, Richard Garside, expressed alarm at the findings of a new report from the Probation Inspectorate on community-based services for criminalised women.
The report identifies a dramatic...
News
Comment on Transforming Rehabilitation report
Our Director Richard Garside today welcomed a new report by the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee...
News
Comment on police body-worn cameras research
Reacting to new research suggesting that police body-worn cameras reduce complaints against the police, our Director Richard Garside said...
Comment
Five prisoners a day
The state of the prison system in England and Wales is so grim, so awful, it is easy to feel at a loss over where to start and what to do about it.
Earlier this week the Prisons and...
Publication
Transitions to adulthood
Richard Garside considers the findings from two new briefings on outcomes for young adults.
Publication
Crime: myth or reality?
Richard Garside considers definitions of crime in the myth making process.
Publication
Risky individuals, risky families or risky societies?
Richard Garside questions the risk factor prevention paradigm
News
Comment on Justice and Home Secretary appointments
Commenting on the appointment of Liz Truss as Justice Secretary our Director, Richard Garside, said:
Liz Truss' predecessor, Michael Gove, seems destined to go down as the great prison reformer whose career was ended before he had time to disappoint prison reformers.
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News
Justice Matters for Sadiq Khan
Our Director Richard Garside has welcomed the news that Mayor of London Sadiq Khan will invest the money made from selling three second-hand water cannons in youth services....
News
Comment on 'elder abuse' data
Our director, Richard Garside, is quoted in The Times today (subscription required), commenting on new data on the abuse of elderly people, which has been uncovered by...