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The Howard newspaper is published quarterly and sent to all our members. To receive a regular copy of the Howard please join as a member and help support us.
The Howard League for Penal Reform publishes a comprehensive range of books, reports and briefing papers which can be ordered online. A number of the Howard League's publications can be downloaded for free.
NEW This guide has been designed to help staff in custody to use the law protecting children’s rights to ensure that children leave custody at the earliest opportunity with the support they need
DownloadHoward League briefing an arrests of children in England and Wales in 2018
DownloadThe work of the Howard League to make the rights of children in trouble a reality in England and Wales
DownloadA step-by-step guide for lawyers.
DownloadA report by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Women in the Penal System. This briefing scopes the situation as regards the arrests of women.
DownloadThis is the fifth briefing from the Howard League’s programme to end the criminalisation of children in residential care.
DownloadThe report exploring Probationary: The Game of Life on Licence, a co-produced artwork that takes the form of a board game which aims to offer new insights into the lived experiences of those on licence to probation.
DownloadThe report sets out how principled guidelines would help judges and magistrates to understand young adults better, and provide a legal framework to achieve better sentencing decisions.
DownloadThe Howard newspaper is published quarterly and sent to all our members. To receive a regular copy of the Howard please join as a member and help support us.
The Howard League for Penal Reform's journal was relaunched in 2016 with a new title, The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice, and with a new editor, Professor Ian Loader from the University of Oxford.
The Howard League for Penal Reform is often consulted when policy makers need expert advice. We were one of the first organisations to be given consultative status from both the United Nations and the Council of Europe.
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