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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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Community Sentences
Policing
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“Surviving, not living”: Lived experiences of crime and gambling
This report outlines the lived experiences of people in England and Wales whose lives have been affected by crime linked to gambling-related harms.
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Prisons
The experience of fatherhood post–imprisonment
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Prisons
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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Women
Prisons
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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Young People
Prisons
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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Women
Prisons
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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Prisons
Young People
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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Young People
Prisons
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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Young People
Prisons
Children in prison during the Covid-19 pandemic
The Howard League’s legal work and contact with children during the Covid-19 pandemic shows that this is a particularly difficult time for children in custody
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