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People want offenders to make amends, poll reveals

ICM survey results offer massive vote of support for community payback and restorative justice.

The results of an ICM telephone poll of 1,000 members of the public, conducted one month after the riots in England, show overwhelming popular support for constructive ways in which offenders can make amends to victims for the harm they have caused.

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Doing time, the experiences and needs of older people in prison

10/07/2008 14:30:00

A report published by the Prison Reform Trust provides evidence that older prisoners face isolation and discrimination because the government is failing to meet their specialist health, social and resettlement needs, with some prisoners who use wheelchairs unable to join in day-to-day prison activities.

Sentencing commission could help end prison capacity crisis and stop sentence inflation

07/07/2008 14:13:00

The government should reject US-style sentencing grids in favour of establishing a permanent sentencing commission capable of ending the prison capacity crisis and reversing the excessive politicisation of sentencing, according to an independent report published by the Prison Reform Trust.

WI votes to call a halt to the inappropriate imprisonment of the mentally ill

30/06/2008 12:51:00

Following three months of debate in every branch in England and Wales, delegates at the WI national conference in Liverpool voted overwhelmingly - 6,205 in favour and 173 against - to call a halt to the inappropriate imprisonment of the mentally ill.

An investigation into the market for telephone calls from prisons

24/06/2008 14:42:00

Consumer organisations have issued a super-complaint about the cost of telephone calls from prisons, provided by BT in England and Wales and Siemens in Scotland.

No One Knows: Police responses to suspects with learning disabilities and learning difficulties

12/06/2008 18:44:00

Police responses to suspects with learning disabilities and learning difficulties: a review of policy and practice.

Jessica Jacobson

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Children with learning disabilities and other impairments are more likely to go to prison than other young people because the youth justice system is failing to recognise their needs, according to a major survey of youth offending team (YOT) staff.