Less crime
We ensure that children in trouble with the law are kept safe and not made the adult criminals of tomorrow. Thanks to our work with the police, the number of child arrests fell by 59% between 2010 and 2015.
What we do →Safer communities
We work to make our communities safer and promote lasting solutions to crime. Our legal work has improved the law and secured support for young people when they are released from custody.
Change is possible →Fewer people in prison
We campaign to reduce the prison population and to change prisons. From challenging restrictions on prisoners reading books to ground-breaking research on sex behind bars, the Howard League is the leading voice on what should happen inside prisons.
Why the system is broken →This week there are 86,033 people in prisons and young offender institutions in England and Wales.
Latest posts from Frances Crook
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18 Nov 2016
Guidance issued to magistrates following Howard League legal case
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17 Nov 2016
Turning off the prison treadmill
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11 Nov 2016
Recruit 2,500 more prison officers? Balderdash
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1 Nov 2016
What is Liz Truss going to do?
Find out more about some of our current work
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What you can do
We need your help to support our campaigns
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The 3 Rs of Prison Reform
Our new campaign to reduce prison numbers
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Our 150th birthday
Find out how you can help us celebrate the milestone
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Women's centres
A briefing on the impact of Transforming Rehabilitation on women's centres
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Community Awards 2016
The awards will be presented by Lord Bach, PCC for Leicestershire at the Policing the Community conference
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Children in residential care
Our work to end the criminalisation of children living in residential care
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Legal advice
Our lawyers provide expert legal advice to anyone aged under 21 in prison
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Our challenge to legal aid cuts for prisoners
Help us challenge legal aid cuts for prisoners