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UK: Families Workshops in Prison

26th February 2010

The provision of families workshops in prison is providing many men with real incentives to change their lives.

UK: Prisons Inspectorate and Investing in 'Not Prison'

24th February 2010

Dame Anne Owers takes an opportunity to highlight the progress made, and the distance yet to go.

Scotland: Police Chief calls for radical overhaul of community sentences

19th February 2010

Chief constable of Lothian and Borders Police, David Strang, calls for a radical change in way the system as a whole works to prevent crime rather than simply mop up the aftermath.

Guardian: Where's the victim support for troubled perpetrators?

17th February 2010

A Guardian article highlights the familiar story that many young offenders are themselves victims.

NY Times: 'Prisoners of Parole'

8th February 2010

New initiatives in Hawaii seeking to reduce probation violations signal a new approach to criminal justice policy.

UK: The Importance of Skills and Training in Successful Reintegration

4th February 2010

A report introduced in the UK today puts skills and training at the forefront as the key to aiding reintegration and reducing re-offending.

NY Times: 'City Signals Intent to Put Fewer Teenagers in Jail'

20th January 2010

The mayor's office has announced plans to merge the city’s Department of Juvenile Justice into its child welfare agency. This signals a "more therapeutic approach toward delinquency" that will see fewer young offenders sent to prison.

Cutting crime: the case for justice reinvestment (England & Wales)

15th January 2010

A new report from a Commons select committee has identified that the current prison building programme is unsustainable, and the cash would be better spent on rehabilitation and prevention so as to cut crime.

MPs say £4.2 billion plan for prison expansion is a costly mistake

14th January 2010

An article by Alan Travis in the Guardian outlines how the Commons select committee report on justice describes how money would be better spent on rehabilitation and prevention to cut crime as opposed to expanding the prison building programme.

UK: 'Healthy Children, Safer Communities'

8th December 2009

A new cross-government strategy to promote the health and well-being of children and young people in contact with the youth justice system.

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