Earlier this week (1 July 2026), the government announced the launch of an independent review of the prison system to ...

N early two-thirds of people entering prison (65%) are likely to struggle with everyday literacy, while 69% are likely to ...

Academic Insight in HMI Probation’s extensive series features Dr Sean Brophy writing on Contemporary leadership evidence for ...

The Government has announced an independent review of the prison system to be led by Amber Rudd. New Australian research finds that women’s driving offences are often linked to family violence. Sean ...

The Week in Justice 28 June 2026 Amidst speculation around which Ministers will be moving post should Andy Burnham take over as PM as everyone expects, this week brought a mainly positive inspection ...

Everyone knows that finding work is a key component to going straight; a factor which is confirmed by the evidence base. There are four key reasons why employment promotes desistance: An individual ...

This is a guest post by John Harding, CBE, Pictured below) ex Chief Probation Officer for Inner London, who directed the first Home Office pilot for community service orders in Nottinghamshire from ...

This is a guest post by Dr Nicole Renehan of Durham University & Professor Kate Fitz-Gibbon, Director of Monash Gender and Family Violence Prevention Centre, Victoria, Australia. This new research ...

Crest Advisory research find the effects of maternal imprisonment can be severe and long-lasting on children, leading to exclusion and exploitation. Clinks and Birth Companions report into the needs ...

C links Reducing Reoffending Third Sector Advisory Group (RR3) Special Interest Group has just (14 January 2026) published a report on a ‘Whole Systems Approach’ for women in contact with the criminal ...

L ast week (3 April 2025), Clinks published its latest annual annual State of the Sector report. For over a decade, Clinks has surveyed the voluntary sector working with people in contact with the ...

This is a guest post by Jon Collins, Chief Exec of the Prisoners’ Education Trust. Back in April 2022 I attended the first market warming event for the procurement process for new contracts to deliver ...