Less crime
Safer communities
Fewer people in prison
Find out more about our work
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Spotlights
Our series of online events aimed at lifting the lid on prisons.
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Our strategy
We want to build a more humane and effective response to crime that provides justice and helps to reduce reoffending.
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Briefings and submissions
We advise politicians, policy-makers and senior practitioners on prisons and the wider criminal justice system.
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Legal advice for children and young people in prison
The only dedicated advice line for children and young people in custody in England and Wales.
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Don't let PAVA spray be used on children
We will take whatever steps necessary, including legal action, to challenge this weapon's use in prisons holding children.
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What is sentence inflation?
Explaining how longer sentences have contributed to the prisons crisis.
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Grasping the nettle
Our briefing offers the government a range of policy options for a lasting solution to the prison capacity crisis.
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Why are prisons overcrowded?
Explaining the problem, how it arose, and how we might solve it.
Latest blog posts
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15 Nov 2024
Reforms in the Mental Health Bill
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1 Nov 2024
A long-awaited day for many on IPP sentences
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25 Oct 2024
We cannot build our way out of this crisis
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4 Oct 2024
A decade of decline in young offender institutions