Howard League Blog

Outgoing Prison Governors’ Association President Andrea Albutt gave this year’s Howard League Lecture, reflecting on government prison policy since 2010 and its impact on those living and working in jails.  Read more

Ten years ago, the Howard League published a research briefing which revealed the devastating impact that the sentence of imprisonment for public protection (IPP) was having on people living and working in prison.  Read more

Broken promises. Embarrassing delays. Spiralling costs. A colossal planning failure that will hold the country back. Most of the headlines from the Conservative party conference have been about HS2, but these stinging criticisms better describe the mess that the government has got itself into with prison overcrowding.  Read more

On 14 September 2023, our Chief Executive, Andrea Coomber KC (Hon.), gave a lecture at the City Law School in London about the letters we receive from our members and people in prison.  Read more

For most people, summer offers a chance to wind down. Many of us will have entered September refreshed after spending time on holiday and with family. This is not the case for those in prison.  Read more

We hope the video below will be helpful for anyone wanting to know more about licence and recall. It will be accessible to young people in prisons on their in-cell laptops, and to practitioners and the public, who may be unfamiliar with much of the recall process.   Read more

We commissioned a one-off podcast produced by Transform Justice to explore the issue of remand, aimed at lawyers and criminal practitioners working with children.  Read more

On 12 July 2023, we held a special event at City, University of London to celebrate the achievements of Dr Martin Wright, a former Director of the Howard League. Martin's speech at the event, titled 'What's wrong with criminal justice?' is reproduced with his permission.  Read more