Roger Grimshaw

With the participation of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, the End Child Imprisonment coalition brings together a range of organisations and experts, which provide and spread information in order to impact positively on current policy.

‘Our reputation as a just nation demands that this IPP stain be at last eradicated.’ Lord Brown of Eaton-Under-Heywood Justice of the Supreme Court 2009-2012, in his foreword to a report by the Prison Reform Trust. 

For a long time, we have known that the mental health needs of prisoners are substantial and persistent.

We are now used to gloomy reports about prison conditions from sources close to the ground, and the duration and impact of current prisoner lockdowns leads to even more disturbing assessments.