Publication

How to resolve the IPP crisis for good

This report sets out a five-point plan to resolve the 21-year injustice of the Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence.

22 February 2024
News

In the news

Over the summer, we contributed to several news pieces, including on prison reform, witness anonymity, crime waves, police investigations and the Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence.

11 September 2023
Publication

A death row of sorts

Across the UK, an individual can find themselves detained, with no clear sense of when they might be released, under a number of different powers, laws and regulations.

24 July 2023
News

Grave concerns about children’s prisons

We are one of a number signatories of a letter to the prison’s minister, Damian Hinds, expressing “grave concerns regarding the children’s secure estate”.

12 July 2023
Comment

How much punishment?

If criminal justice is to be a proper function of a democratic state, it makes sense to consult public opinion.

21 December 2022
Publication

The usual suspects second edition

The Usual Suspects uses national data to assess the use of joint enterprise laws in prosecutions for serious violence in England and Wales over the last fifteen years.

22 November 2022
Comment

A scandal foretold

The recent report by the police Inspectorate on police vetting has garnered a great deal of publicity.

15 November 2022
News

Whiff of scandal over electronic monitoring

The Centre for Crime and Justice today called for the use of electronic monitoring (so-called “tagging”) as part of a criminal justice sanction to be based on proper evidence and guided by clear principles.

21 October 2022
News

Time for "toxic" IPP sentence to be abolished, new report

The “toxic” Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence should be abolished as a matter of urgency, to restore a sense of justice and hope, according to a new report from the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies.

12 October 2022