Who are they? Established in 1866, the Howard League for Penal Reform is a charity campaigning for important change within the justice system. The Howard League is the oldest penal reform charity in the [...]
Young black people are far more likely to be jailed than young white people, according to a new government report. The full “exploratory study” into the treatment of young people [...]
Young offenders in the UK are regularly subjected to “inhuman and degrading treatment”, according to Europe’s anti-torture committee. In a damning report, young offender institutions (YOIs) are criticised for breaching [...]
Private Prisons – G4S to Sell Youth Prison Contracts After Scandal and Poor Performance After criticism in Ofsted reports and damning exposure on Panorama, G4S have finally announced their plans [...]
Damning Report on HMP Cookham Wood Shows Increased Levels of Violence HMP Cookham Wood has often hit the headlines for the wrong reasons. Back in 2003, when still a female [...]
EXCLUSIVE: TB Breakout at YOI Swinfen Hall – The Truth In June 2015, news broke that there were three further cases of tuberculosis at YOI Swinfen Hall – bringing the [...]
