Tragically, the PPO started investigations into 486 deaths last year, a 35% increase on the year before. 2 There were 398 ...

Brian Leveson's Independent Review of the Criminal Courts proposes fewer jury trials and intermediate courts to tackle court backlogs.

Resolving crime out of court can meet many of these priorities for victims – and it often does. When it worked well, victims ...

Overcrowding, coupled with a lack of activity, caused boredom and frustration among prisoners, which heightened the demand ...

Recall decisions are largely at the discretion of probation officers with no clear structure to support decision-making.

Clare Birtwistle of Manchester Metropolitan University guest blogs on reducing the over-representation of looked after children in the CJS ...

Alexandria Bradley & Sarah Waite guest blog on their qualitative evaluation of Greater Manchester's women's problem-solving court.

Sam Boyd of the Common Ground Justice Project guest posts on latest public opinion research on the criminal justice system.

David Gauke's Sentencing Review sets the policy direction for criminal justice for the Labour Government. But what's in it?

Disconnection P robation staff accounts revealed a strong sense of disconnect from both their community counterparts and their colleagues in prison. POMs described being uncomfortably sat in the ...

Y esterday (14 May 2025), Clinks published the latest article in its online evidence library which I am lucky enough to curate. The evidence library was created to develop a far-reaching and ...