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Click on a link to go to that page. welcome to the Prison Reform Trust website why prison reform? improving treatment and conditions International view: reflections on Norwegian prisons Inside Job Locked in a crisis strengthening the guardhouse that guards the guards Overcrowding Troubled inside: mental health care in prison promoting citizenship and human rights Anne Frank: A History For Today Barred from voting St Giles Trust Peer Advice Programme respecting diversity and the needs of minority groups experiences of minority ethnic employees in prison Prisoners' Pension Rights Old inside A fair response No one knows - learning disability and learning difficulties in prisons Foreign national prisoners: who, why and what to do about them? supporting prisoners and their families Families' rights promoting community solutions to crime The question all crime victims want answered – why me? The cost of custody Probation: 1907-2007 Our social dustbins Prison - why should I care? News Media enquiries Conditions August 2007 - Appalling conditions at Pentonville prison PRT annual lecture 2007 - Building Responsibility PRT calls for public inquiry into staff brutality at Wormwood Scrubs Deaths in custody 1 January 2008: 40% rise in apparent suicides in prison July 2007 - Suicide link to prison overcrowding September 2005 - Prison death toll January 2004 - Suicide in prison statement August 2003 - Statement on suicide at HMP Styal January 2003 - Statement on suicide at HMP Brockhill Disability 7 March 2007 - Lost, bullied and trapped: report on people with a learning disability in prison 15 Feb 2007 - High numbers of people with learning disabilities and difficulties held behind bars Disabled prisoners Drugs and Alcohol Drug treatment and testing orders Alcohol and re-offending - who cares? Elderly prisoners September 2005 - statement on the jailing of Alfred Ridley October 2004 - Statement on Still life exhibition August 2003 - Elderly prisoners neglected July 2003 - Inspection report of HMP Frankland April 2003 - Double punishment for older prisoners Families 24 June - An investigation into the market for telephone calls from prisons 160,000 children of prisoners ignored by Government February 2005 - Family contact work December 2004 - Cherie Booth QC supports move to break cycle of crime August 2004 - Scottish prisons: inmate mothers to keep children May 2004 - Young mothers from custody to community conference April 2004 - Prison visits fall despite record population Month 2001 - Lauch of young parents in prison project Foreign national prisoners Month 2006 - response to Home Secretary's statement on foreign national prisoners deportation November 2004 - Record numbers of foreign national prisoners May 2004 - Foreign national prisoners neglected Month 2001 - Asylum seekers out of prison Healthcare November 2005 - Prisons failing on HIV and Hepatitis C Inspectorate reports Chief Inspector of Prisons' annual report warns that prisons are at a crossroads 24 January 2008 - HMCIP report on Chelmsford prison September 2006 - Pentonville prison not fit for purpose September 2005 - Inspection report, HMP Durham (Women's unit) August 2005 - Inspection report, HMP Norwich July 2005 - Inspection report HMP Rye Hill June 2005 - Inspection report, HMP Bronzefield May 2003 - Inspection report, HMP Pentonville February 2003 - Inspection report, HMP/YOI Ashfield January 2003 - Inspection report, HMP Norwich Life sentenced prisoners March 2004 - England and Wales, Europe's lifer capital May 2003 - Life sentences Mental health WI votes to call a halt to the inappropriate imprisonment of the mentally ill November 2005 - Troubled Inside: meeting the mental health needs of men in prison April 2004 - Mental health crisis among male prisoners July 2003 - Troubled Inside: Responding to the mental health needs of women in prison Month 2002 - Imprisonment of mentally ill women Month 2001 - Young people with mental health problems in prison New and private prisons January 2005 - statement on the report 'Private Punishment: Who Profits?' June 2003 - Staffing problems create unsafe private prisons April 2003 - Moratorium on new prison building Overcrowding 22 February 2008 - Prisons bust Prison Service recategorises IPP prisoners 15 February 2008 - prison population hits new record high 8 February 2008 - prison population reaches another record high Watch PRT director Juliet Lyon PRT response to the publication of the Carter review December 2007 - response to the publication of the Carter review December 2007: Prison Reform Trust statement on Lord Carter's prisons review 30 March 2007 - Prison numbers reach record levels January 2007 - Government guilty of "criminal negligence" over blocked prisons October 2006 - Home Secretary advertises for prison ship places October 2006 - Seven point plan to end jail overcrowding April 2006 - Prisons face renewed crowding crisis October 2005 - Five ways to stem prison overcrowding September 2005 - Red alert for prisons: 20 days countdown 'til full capacity August 2005 - Jail breaches safe limits March 2005 - More men in prison than ever before January 2004 - England and Wales, Western Europe's jail capital October 2003 - Overcrowded prisons are unsafe prisons August 2003 - Overcrowded jails aren't working August 2003 - Use of police cells indication of prison estate in crisis June 2003 - Prisons in crisis June 2003 - Wandsworth prison overcrowded May 2003 - Prison population explosion April 2003 - Moratorium on new prison building March 2003 - Female prison population reaches new record February 2003 - UK highest imprisonment rate in EU Month 2002 - Police cells used to hold prisoners Month 2002 - HMP Ford overcrowded Month 2002 - Overcrowding crisis Policy 6 June 2008 - Justice Committee opens web forum on prison costs 5 June 2008: government's titans consultation - 'a gigantic and costly mistake' 1 April 2008 - Lord Chief Justice attacks politicisation of sentencing 28 March 2008 -Storing up trouble 1 Feb 2008: Court of Appeal upholds Parole Board independence decision 1 Feb 2008 - IPP judgement Appeal court rules on IPPs PRT responds to Ministry of Justice re-offending reduction proposals January 2008 - criminal justice and immigration bil Juliet Lyon giving evidence to the House of Commons Justice Committee November 2007 - 'There when you need them most': review of pact's first night in custody services October 2007 - mitigation: the role of personal factors in sentencing 31 July 2007 - Runaway sentence causes havoc - the indeterminate sentence for public protection July 2007 - PRT response to Criminal Justice and Immigration Bill July 2007 - Straw to review indeterminate prison sentence 9 May 2007 - new Ministry of Justice launched February 2007 - Making Sentencing Clearer 5 Feb 2007 - Government defeated on Corporate Manslaughter Bill exclusions November 2006 - Queen's speech October 17 2006 - independence of prisons inspectorate saved October 11 2006 - Lords defeat government on prisons inspectorate September 2005 - Buckley Hall, re-rolled as a men's prison August 2004 - overcrowded jails July 2004 - Government paln to cut crime July 2003 - Prison league tables June 2003 - Statement on 'The Decision to Imprison' report May 2003 - Hilary Benn, Minister for Prisons, leaves post April 2003 - budget March 2003 - 100,000 offenders tagged January 2003 - Crime figures July 2002 - Crime figures July 2002 - Prison governors lose power to extend prisoners' sentences Month 2002 - Prisons failing Key Performance Indicators Month 2002 - Statement on Blunkett speech Prison staff June 2003 - Prison staffing crisis March 2003 - High turnover of governors and record sickness levels amongst prison officers Race and prison July 2003 - statement on Zahid Mubarek Recalls to custody May 2005 - Dramatic rise in offenders returned to prison Remand September 2004 - Thousands of women needlessly imprisoned November 2003 - Thousands of innocent people jailed September 2003 - Remand needs reform Month 2002 - Remand prisoners denied right to prepare for trial Resettlement Month 2004 - Archbishop Desmond Tutu speaks at the third Longford lecture October 2003 - statement on report 'Time to learn' July 2003 - the need to tackle re-offending by ex-prisoners March 2003 - Probation Inspectorate report on drug treatment and testing orders February 2003 - Juvenile re-offending significantly reduced February 2003 - dilemmas of housing ex-prisoners November 2002 - Wandsworth shows prisoners are an untapped resource January 2002 - Wandsworth resettlement project Voting/Citizenship February 2007 - PRT response to the DCA consultation on prisoners' voting rights December 14 2006 - Government begins consultation on prisoners' voting rights Februry 2006 - response to DCA statement on prisoners' voting rights October 2005 - Grand chamber judgement: men and women in prison to vote April 2005 - Barred from voting February 2004 - Barred from voting January 2004 - Prisoner councils May 2003 - Barred citizens Month 2002 - Barred citizens November 2002 - Wandsworth St Giles statement Women 24 June - government announces half-hearted reforms of justice system for women 3 December 2007 - locking up women poor value for money 14 March 2007 - Women’s imprisonment: Corston review provides blueprint for reform. March 6 2007 - Public say: stop sending women to prison March 2006 - SmartJustice for women September 2005 - Women abandoned in male jail September 2004 - thousands of women needlessly imprisoned August 2004 - Scottish Prisons: imprisoned mothers to keep children for longer November 2003 - Urgent need for women's justice board July 2003 - Mental illness in female prisons February 2003 - Inspection of HMP Holloway Month 2002 - Stop imprisoning mentally ill women Young People 30 June: Prison Reform Trust report calls for councils to foot the bill for children in jail 22 October 2007 - Passing on the baton 8 May 2007 - government won't abolish detention in young offenders institutions May 2007 - PRT announces a five-year strategy to reduce child and youth imprisonment in the UK August 2005 - Rex Bloomstein's 'Kids behind bars' December 2004 - Young parents in prison October 2004 - reality of young people's experiences in prison May 2004 - Young mothers from custody to community April 2004 - Children in the prison system February 2003 - Inspection of HMP/YOI Ashfield February 2003 - Juvenile re-offending significantly reduced Month 2002 - Tagging children remanded on bail Month 2001 - Too many young people with mental health problems in prison Events May/June 2008: synergy theatre project -the criminal justice system in crisis The Guardian Criminal Justice Summit - 10th March 2008 Longford Lecture 2002, Cherie Booth QC: law, victims and the vulnerable Publications & downloads PRT/Bromley Briefings Prison Factfile June 2008 Bromley Briefings Prison Factfile December 2007 Bromley Briefing prison factfile Bromley Briefing prison factfile May 2007 November 2006 Bromley Briefings: Prison Factfile Annual Review 2005/6 Books and Pamphlets Asylum seekers and foreign nationals Health Human Rights, Policy and the Law Mental Health Race Relations Treatment and conditions <