Comment
In praise of the unusual suspects
The annual Longford Lecture, now in its 21st year, has become something of a fixture in the criminal justice reformer’s calendar.
Comment
A sense of justice
At the beginning of July I was honoured to attend a powerful exhibition in parliament on the appalling Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence.
News
Time to reform "torturous and unfair" indeterminate sentences
Indeterminate sentences across the UK could amount to psychological torture and require urgent reform, argues our latest briefing, out today.
News
Event video: Hope and Change
Watch the full video of yesterday's Hope and Change event.
News
Imprisonment for Public Protection. Ten years on
Despite parliament abolishing the unjust Imprisonment for Public Protection(IPP) sentence ten years ago today, more than 3,000 people are still languishing in prison on IPPs.
Comment
The Pains of Indeterminacy, and the Pains of Hope
The Justice Committee have published their report on the Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence, a discredited indeterminate sentence introduced in 2005.
News
Comment on the Justice Committee report on the IPP prison sentence
The House of Commons Justice Committee report on the open-ended Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence is a step in the right direction, but there is some way to go.
Comment
Both visionaries and pragmatists are necessary
Richard Garside’s recent piece on the problems the voluntary sector encounters in achieving real change raised some interesting questions.
News
New video: Lunch with Shirley Debono and Donna Mooney
The video of our February Lunch with... discussion with UNGRIPP's Shirley Debono and Donna Mooney is now out.
Comment
It was evident there was a problem
The ongoing Justice Committee inquiry into the dreadful Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence this week heard from its architect, David Blunkett, and Lord Thomas, the former Lord Chief Justice.