The Howard League for Penal Reform has a long and strong history of working alongside the academic and research communities. A guiding principle of our work has been to develop new ideas and understanding of the consequences of changes and innovations in the penal system.
Redesigning Justice: Promoting civil rights, trust and fairness international conference was held on 21–22 March 2018 at Keble college, Oxford. The conference brought together academics, policy makers and practitioners from a variety of disciplines to shine a light on seemingly intransigent aspects of justice systems, including why prison is still so central to justice responses to crime.
Howard League briefing on arrests of children in England and Wales in 2019
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The briefing explores how rule-breaking in prisons in England and Wales is managed through formal disciplinary hearings
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This briefing argues that the use of prison for protection or welfare has no place in a modern justice system.
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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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A leaflet to help young people in custody and reassure them that their rights have not disappeared
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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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The regime in prisons has been severely restricted in response to Covid-19, leaving young adults in prolonged solitary confinement
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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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