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Publications
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.
Featured
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Justice does not stop at the prison gate – Briefing two
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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Your Rights During Covid-19
A leaflet to help young people in custody and reassure them that their rights have not disappeared
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Reset: Rethinking remand for women
The briefing shows how thousands of women are being sent to prison unnecessarily, damaging them and their families, including the children who depend on them, and piling more pressure on prisons and the wider criminal justice system.
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Young Adults in prison during the Covid-19 pandemic
The regime in prisons has been severely restricted in response to Covid-19, leaving young adults in prolonged solitary confinement
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Crime and problem gambling: A research landscape
An academic literature review prepared for the Howard League’s Commission on Crime and Problem Gambling which reveals a dearth of knowledge worldwide about the links between crime and problem gambling.
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Ending the detention of unsentenced children during the Covid-19 pandemic
This guide provides legal and practical guidance for defence lawyers to resist applications to remand children to custody.
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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.
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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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