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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.
Howard League briefing on arrests of children in England and Wales in 2019
DownloadThe briefing explores how rule-breaking in prisons in England and Wales is managed through formal disciplinary hearings
DownloadThis briefing argues that the use of prison for protection or welfare has no place in a modern justice system.
DownloadThe second briefing from the All Party Parliamentary Group on Women in the Penal System's inquiry into arrests of women.
DownloadA leaflet to help young people in custody and reassure them that their rights have not disappeared
DownloadThe 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.
DownloadThe regime in prisons has been severely restricted in response to Covid-19, leaving young adults in prolonged solitary confinement
DownloadAn 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.
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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