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The Howard
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Publications
Howard League for Penal Reform publishes a range of books, reports and briefing papers which can be ordered online. A number of the publications can be downloaded for free.
Featured
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What’s wrong with remanding children to prison?
This report discusses the experiences of children on remand and how practitioners can effectively support children with bail applications and resettlement.
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Making Black lives matter in the criminal justice system
The guide is designed to support lawyers to be antiracist at each phase of a client’s journey through the system.
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Arresting the entry of women into the criminal justice system: Briefing three
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Making Youth Justice
Making Youth Justice: Local penal cultures and differential outcomes – lessons and prospects for policy and practice
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Child arrests in England and Wales 2019
Howard League briefing on arrests of children in England and Wales in 2019
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Justice does not stop at the prison gate
The briefing explores how rule-breaking in prisons in England and Wales is managed through formal disciplinary hearings
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Prison for their own protection: The case for repeal
This briefing argues that the use of prison for protection or welfare has no place in a modern justice system.
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Arresting the entry of women into the criminal justice system: Briefing Two
The second briefing from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Women in the Penal System's inquiry into arrests of women.
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Relaunched in 2016
The Howard Journal of Crime and Justice
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.
Our expert advice
Submissions to consultations and Parliamentary briefings
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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