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eBulletin, 13 December 2024
Our latest eBulletin, sent out to subscribers on Friday, 13 December. Sign-up for our free eBulletins here.
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The Mike Guilfoyle Prize
An annual prize for probation staff, organised by Napo and the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies.
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Peers challenge government on IPP inaction
Members of the House of Lords yesterday challenged the government to act on the Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence.
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Government's knife crime pilot criticised for lack of transparency
The roll out of a government pilot scheme to tackle knife crime has been shrouded in unjustified secrecy, according to a publication released today by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies in collaboration with StopWatch.
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Time for a reality check on unrealistic plans to expand prison capacity
Speaking today on government plans to build 14,000 prison place, costing billions of pounds, the Director of the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies, Richard Garside, said:
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Time for the government and parliament to take responsibility for growing prison crisis
The Centre for Crime and Justice Studies today claimed that successive governments and parliaments had been joint architects of a decade-in-the-making prisons crisis.
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Government “may have misunderstood” IPP resentencing call
The House of Commons Justice Committee has challenged government claims that resentencing of prisoners under the Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence is unworkable.
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Imprisonment for Public Protection sentence 'reproducing itself like a virus'
Earlier today, the government published the first Annual Report on the Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence.
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eBulletin, 1 November 2024
Our latest eBulletin, sent out to subscribers on Friday, 1 November. Sign-up for our free eBulletins here.
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Concern over slow release of IPP prisoners
New figures out today call into question the government’s claim that it is working at pace to resolve the IPP prison sentence scandal.
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Parliamentary briefing on IPP ahead of key MP debate
We have prepared a parliamentary briefing on the IPP sentence, supporting today’s Westminster Hall debate and the upcoming second reading of the Lord Woodley’s Private Members’ Bill.
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Labour’s First 100 Days: has the IPP crisis been addressed?
As Labour approaches its first 100 days, the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies today called on the government for renewed action.