Howard League Blog
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Margery Fry and the Howard League
Guest blog by Dr Anne Logan, Emeritus Reader in Social Science, University of Kent Read more
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First do no harm – or do some good
Guest blog by Dr Martin Wright, restorative justice consultant and former director of the Howard League for Penal Reform. Read more
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Celebrating the centenary of the formation of the Howard League for Penal Reform
Next week we are going to celebrate the centenary of the formation of the Howard League for Penal Reform. It is a hundred years since two organisations came together, the Howard Association and the Penal Reform League, under the leadership of Margery Fry. Read more
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Celebrate your work by entering the 2021 Howard League Community Awards
We are launching this year’s Community Awards and inviting projects to come forward and celebrate their work. Read more
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My life’s work, my mission, has been at the Howard League
The Howard League is a special organisation; it has always held a central place in the political and justice landscape of the country. We contribute to the public discourse on the most important issues facing a government – how to keep people safe and how to respond to challenges to public order. Read more
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The crime that most of us experience, but no one is talking about
It seems that the two main political parties have once again descended into a public spat about whose punishment is bigger. Read more
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There can be no doubt that an enduring racism disadvantages children in the criminal justice system
Media coverage trailing today's report by Downing Street's Commission on Race and Ethnic Disparities quote the conclusion that claims of institutional racism are 'not borne out by the evidence'. Read more
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An evidence-free punishment Bill that will do nothing to protect women
There has been a lot of public concern about the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill whose second reading is in the Commons today. Read more
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Mothers in prison
I am a mother. I have spent a lot of time in prisons and I know prison is no place for mothers. On Mothers’ Day, I am asking you to think about mothers in prison. Read more
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Long Covid in prison
We are all aware that contracting Covid can have devastating effects and I know two people who have been suffering from ‘long Covid’ that has laid them out for almost a year. Health services are only just beginning to investigate the many different symptoms and what treatments might be useful. Read more
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