Earlier this week (1 July 2026), the government announced the launch of an independent review of the prison system to ...

N early two-thirds of people entering prison (65%) are likely to struggle with everyday literacy, while 69% are likely to ...

Academic Insight in HMI Probation’s extensive series features Dr Sean Brophy writing on Contemporary leadership evidence for ...

The Week in Justice 28 June 2026 Amidst speculation around which Ministers will be moving post should Andy Burnham take over as PM as everyone expects, this week brought a mainly positive inspection ...

New Australian research finds that women’s driving offences are often linked to family violence. Sean Brophy writes on contemporary leadership evidence for probation and youth justice for HMI ...

T he MoJ yesterday (9 January 2025) published an evaluation of the Kaizen offending behaviour programme which is designed for adult males who have been convicted of sexual (SO), intimate partner ...

This is a guest post by Jon Collins, Chief Exec of the Prisoners’ Education Trust. Back in April 2022 I attended the first market warming event for the procurement process for new contracts to deliver ...

C links Reducing Reoffending Third Sector Advisory Group (RR3) Special Interest Group has just (14 January 2026) published a report on a ‘Whole Systems Approach’ for women in contact with the criminal ...

L ast week (3 April 2025), Clinks published its latest annual annual State of the Sector report. For over a decade, Clinks has surveyed the voluntary sector working with people in contact with the ...

Many readers will be familiar with Hope Street, the pioneering residential community for women and their children which operates as an alternative to custody which opened just over one year ago. The ...

Everyone knows that finding work is a key component to going straight; a factor which is confirmed by the evidence base. There are four key reasons why employment promotes desistance: An individual ...

My post on the MoJ ministerial team has been updated today (13 May 2026) following Alex Davies-Jones resignation yesterday urging the Prime Minister to stand down. Interestingly, the Government has ...