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Planning for the future
The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies has been operating without a formal strategy for over a year, with lockdown disrupting our normal planning cycle.
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High Court ruling on male prisoners in women's prisons
The High Court today ruled that the prison service was acting within the current law by housing some male prisoners who identify as women in women's prisons.
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An abundance of law and an absence of order
At the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, we envisage a society less dominated by criminalisation and punishment, because we find better ways to prevent and address the problems we face.
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A 19th century solution to a 21st century problem
More than a quarter of all prisoners in England and Wales are held in prisons built in the Victorian era.
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An inspector calls
News this week that the prisons inspectorate has resumed full inspections is very welcome.
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Quite worked up
A new report from the government’s scientific advisors on COVID-19 in prison is very clear.
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The long shadow of imprisonment
The heavy price being paid by prisoners from the ongoing COVID-19 lockdown is well-documented.
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Article on prisoner vulnerability, out now
Richard Garside cited as co-author in recent peer reviewed article on prisoner vulnerability by lead author, Professor Paul Bebbington.
Co-authored with Paul Bebbington, Sally McManus, Jeremy W. Coid, Terry Brugha and Richard Garside, 'The mental health of ex-prisoners: analysis of the 2014 English National Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity' is the first...
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The political barriers to prisoner vaccination
When the coronavirus crisis hit last year, many of us were deeply worried about the prospect of its spread through the prison system, and the severe illness and death that would follow in its wake.
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Moving beyond the stuckness of the present
“The ultimate expression of law is not order – it’s prison”
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Watch the video: After Strangeways, Webinar 3
Watch the video of our third 'After Strangeways' webinar held on Wednesday 24 February.
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Watch the video: After Strangeways, webinar 1
Watch the video of our first 'After Strangeways' webinar held on Monday 22 February.