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Sep19 |
19/09/2011 09:19:00 by juliet lyon |
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An ICM poll last week revealed that the overwhelming majority want a system where offenders are required to make amends for the harm they have done. Just over a month after the riots shook our cities, 94% of the 1,000 people polled said that people who commit theft or vandalism should do unpaid community work as part of their sentence. read more...
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Aug12 |
12/08/2011 21:48:00 by |
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People will be looking to our courts and prisons to deliver justice in the weeks and months ahead as the full human and economic cost of the recent disturbances is revealed. The justice system has proved robust in the past and our prison estate, while under considerable pressure has, in the main, an impressive track record of discipline and decency. However, swingeing cuts and a massive influx of suspects and offenders will present an unprecedented test of its durability and of the resilience of staff. read more...
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Jun29 |
29/06/2011 09:55:00 by Juliet Lyon |
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Reform of our justice system is at the centre of parliamentary debate. Today sees the second reading of a bill which started life as a justice green paper and entered parliament as a punishment bill. read more...
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May26 |
26/05/2011 10:34:00 by Jenny Talbot |
In 1999, a prison governor writing in the Prison Service Journal, said:
"We… have a young offender who is due for release shortly… Everyone working with this woman accepts that she should not be in prison. She is severely learning disabled as a result of a physical abnormality of the brain…We know that regardless of court diversion schemes, many like her slip through the net....Perhaps the courts think such people are insolent when they don’t reply. In fact, when we had one of these women assessed we discovered that she had a mental age of between seven and eight."
Seven years later, concerned at the on-going plight of people with learning disabilities in the criminal justice system, the Prison Reform Trust embarked on a three year programme to draw attention to the particular experiences of people with learning disabilities and difficulties who offend, and the staff who work with them. read more...
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