International News
UK: Improving Prisoners' Family Ties
13th April 2011
A new report from New Philanthropy Capital in the UK highlights the importance of maintaining family ties while in prison.
US: Pathways to Desistance: A Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Offenders
1st April 2011
A new study published from the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention in the US highlights that most young people desist from crime over time.
UK: Improving Services for Young People - an economic perspective
29th March 2011
A new report published today in the UK highlights the economic benefits of providing young people aged 16-25 with sufficient supports so that they can improve their lives.
UK: Sentencing Council - Drug Offences Guideline Public Consultation
28th March 2011
The Sentencing Council in the UK have launched a three month public consultation on sentencing for drug offences. In their draft guideline, they focus on the various factors that need to be considered when sentencing drug offenders.
NI: Review of the Northern Ireland Prison Service - interim report published
28th February 2011
Northern Ireland Justice Minister, David Ford, today published the interim report by the Prison Review Team led by Dame Anne Owers.
US report: The State of Sentencing 2010
25th February 2011
A new report published by The Sentencing Project in the US highlights how many states have enacted new sentencing measures so to manage prison populations.
(Glasgow) Prevention and intervention programmes see 'significant fall' in violent youth crime
3rd February 2011
The significant fall in the number of serious violent crimes committed by young people in Glasgow is being attributed to a range of prevention and intervention programmes.
Drop in Wisconsin's Prison Population
13th January 2011
Wisconsin's prison population dropped significantly in 2010, reversing a trend of ballooning incarceration that had been predicted to continue for years.
US: Children on the Outside
12th January 2011
Children on the Outside: Voicing the Pain and Human Costs of Parental Incarceration is a new report from Justice Strategies detailing the impacts of parental imprisonment on children.
UK: Children and Young People in Custody 2009-10
18th November 2010
HM Inspectorate of Prisons and the Youth Justice Board have published a new report detailing the experiences of children and young people in prison custody.
