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Young People
Your legal rights on remand
Developed in workshops with young adults in prison, a colourful guide aimed at 18- to 25-year-olds that may also be helpful to older adults on remand.
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Young People
What’s wrong with remanding young adults to prison
A guide for practitioners and policymakers, including the voices of remanded young adults aged 18 to 20 in a male Category B prison.
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Young People
PTown Bay MMXXX
PTown Bay MXXX is a co-produced artwork that takes the form of a board game which offers new insights into the experiences and future aspirations of young people from challenging and disadvantaged backgrounds.
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Policing
Prisons
Sentencing and the law
Community Sentences
Commission on Crime and Gambling Related Harms
The UK’s first-ever inquiry into crime linked to gambling draws to a close, with a final report that calls on the government, health bodies and criminal justice agencies to take a strategic approach to tackling the issue.
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Lived experiences of gambling, gambling-related harms, and crime within ethnic minority communities
This report considers evidence gathered from interviews with people with lived experience of gambling and crime, key stakeholders from organisations concerned with these issues, and focus groups held inside a Category B men's prison.
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Exploring gambling and its role within prison culture: “You can be flying high, then fighting”
This research, published by the Commission on Crime and Gambling Related Harms, explores the growing role of gambling in prison culture and the damaging impact this can have on people living behind bars.
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Sentencing and the law
Race consciousness and the law
Race consciousness and the law, a report written by Dr Alexandra Cox of the University of Essex, explores the stark racial and ethnic disparities that exist at all levels of the criminal justice system in England and Wales.
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Women
Holding it all together and picking up the pieces: Women’s experiences of gambling and crime
This is the first of four final reports produced by the Commission on Crime and Gambling Related Harms, on women's experiences of crime and gambling.
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Women
Arresting the entry of women into the criminal justice system: Briefing four
The fourth and final briefing from an inquiry into arrests of women, conducted by the All Party Parliamentary Group on Women in the Penal System.
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Young People
Education inside penal detention for children in England
This guide outlines key steps that practitioners can take to address the woefully inadequate provision of education for children in prisons and secure training centres.
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