Our response to COVID-19 and prisons
- 22 October 2021
Covid-19 dilution of children’s legal protections in custody – joint letter from the Howard League and Article 39 to Victoria Atkins MP - 12 October 2021
Response from Victoria Atkins MP, Minister of State for Justice to the joint letter from the Howard League and Article 39 expressing concern over Covid-19 dilution of children’s legal protections in custody - 3 September 2021
Joint letter from the Howard League and Article 39 to The Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice expressing concern over Covid-19 dilution of children’s legal protections in custody - 11 January 2021
Howard League for Penal Reform’s response to the House of Lords Constitution Committee inquiry into the impact of Covid-19 on the operation of the courts - 17 December 2020
Response from Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice to the Howard League and Prison Reform Trust letter on Covid plans for prison population rise - November 2020
Howard League for Penal Reform’s submission to the Justice Committee’s Call for Evidence on the Future of Legal Aid - 13 November 2020
Letter from the Howard League and Prison Reform Trust to Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice on Covid-19 and prisons: the next phase - 11 November 2020
Letter from Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, on Covid-19 and prisons: the next phase - 9 November 2020
Letter from the Howard League and Prison Reform Trust to Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice on Covid-19 and prisons: the next phase - 13 October 2020
Letter to Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, on Covid-19 and prisons: the next phase - 13 October 2020
Letter from Lucy Frazer QC MP, Minister of State for Justice, on changes to custody time limits in the crown court - 30 September 2020
Letter to Lucy Frazer QC MP, Minister of State for Justice, on changes to custody time limits in the crown court - 25 September 2020
Letter from Lucy Frazer QC MP, Minister of State for Justice, on changes to custody time limits in the crown court - 16 September 2020
Letter to Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, on changes to custody time limits in the crown court - 17 July 2020
Letter from Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, on registering prisoners under the coronavirus job retention scheme - 17 July 2020
Letter to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from the Howard League and supporting charities on judicial decision-making concerning young adults in the criminal courts in light of the Coronavirus pandemic - 15 July 2020
Letter from Lucy Frazer QC MP, Minister of State for Justice, on resumption of release on temporary licence (ROTL) - 14 July 2020
Your Rights During Covid-19. A leaflet to help young people in custody and reassure them that their rights have not disappeared - 6 July 2020
Letter from Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP to the Howard League for Penal Reform and Prison Reform Trust on Covid-19 and prisons: The next phase - 2 July 2020
100 Days of Solitude: The impact of coronavirus in prisons - 29 June 2020
Letter to Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP on registering employed prisoners under the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (“furlough scheme”) - 25 June 2020
Young Adults in prison during the Covid-19 pandemic: A briefing from the Howard League for Penal Reform - 16 June 2020
Letter to Max Hill QC, Director of Public Prosecutions on Covid-19 and prosecutions - 15 June 2020
Letter to Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, on Covid-19 and prisons: the next phase - 10 June 2020
Letter to the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales on Judicial decision-making concerning women in the criminal courts in light of the Coronavirus pandemic - 1 June 2020
Covid-19 In Prisons: The Next Phase: Letter from Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, to the Howard League for Penal Reform and Prison Reform Trust - 28 May 2020
Submission to the Justice Committee for Evidence Session on Coronavirus: The impact on prison, probation and court systems in the youth justice system (2 June 2020) - 21 May 2020
A letter from the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Women in the Penal System to the Secretary of State for Justice, Robert Buckland, calling on the government to release more women from prison during the coronavirus pandemic - 19 May 2020
Women in prison under Covid-19: Issues for charging, remand and sentence
Our submission to the Justice Committee for Evidence Sessions with the Director of Public Prosecutions and the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales (21/22 May 2020) - 18 May 2020
Ending the detention of unsentenced children during the Covid-19 pandemic: A practitioner’s guide by the Howard League and Garden Court Chambers
This practical guide has been designed to support criminal practitioners to keep unsentenced children out of custody by resisting remands and seeking bail during the coronavirus pandemic. - 7 May 2020
Justice and fairness under Covid-19 restrictions briefing for the Justice Select Committee - 6 May 2020
- 28 April 2020
Letter and enclosures from the Government Legal Department - 28 April 2020
Children in prison during the Covid-19 pandemic: A briefing from the Howard League for Penal Reform - 29 April 2020
COVID-19 letter before claim: Update from the Howard League for Penal Reform and Prison Reform Trust - 17 April 2020
Judicial review: Howard League and Prison Reform Trust issue government with letter before action over its response to coronavirus in prisons
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Read the letter before claim: pre-action protocol for judicial review
- 16 April 2020
Weekly briefing to the Justice Select Committee on Covid-19 and prisons in England and Wales - 8 April 2020
Media statement:
Howard League and Prison Reform Trust urge ministers to move further and faster to protect prisoners, staff and public from coronavirus - 8 April 2020
Letter to Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice on Covid-19 and prisons: the need for urgent further action - 8 April 2020
Weekly briefing to the Justice Select Committee on Covid-19 and prisons in England and Wales - 2 April 2020
Media statement:
Howard League and Prison Reform Trust call for further early release to protect prisoners, staff and wider public from coronavirus - 2 April 2020
Report by Professor Richard Coker, Emeritus Professor of Public Health at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, on Covid-19 and prisons in England and Wales - 2 April 2020
Weekly briefing to the Justice Select Committee on Covid-19 and prisons in England and Wales - 1 April 2020
Letter to Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, on Covid-19 - 27 March 2020
A blog by Frances Crook on releasing women from custody - 27 March 2020
Letter on judicial decision making concerning children in the criminal courts in light of the Coronavirus pandemic - 18 March 2020
A blog by Frances Crook on measures which government could consider to release prisoners - 11 March 2020
Letter to Rt Hon Robert Buckland QC MP, Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice, asking for a statement about what precautions he is taking on coronavirus in prisons
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