In this section you can find our annual reports, internal policy statements and external policy and research publications.
Our report ‘Reducing Deaths Among Prison Leavers’ finds than one person dies every day in the year after leaving prison. Read our analysis and recommendations to reduce the risk of people dying after release from prison.
This document includes Humankind’s research which is part of the Better Justice Partnership’s research into understanding media narratives.
This document summarises the results of a multi-stage process of research, development and testing, carried out by Future Narratives Lab in 2025 for the Better Justice Partnership. The research aimed to understand more about ways of communicating to increase public understanding of what works to reduce crime.
‘Experiences of ex-service personnel before contact with the criminal justice system’, published in February 2026, is the supplementary report to ‘Ex-service personnel in the criminal justice system’, published in 2024. Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) commissioned Nacro, in partnership with the University Of Northampton (UoN), to carry out research for the reports.
This is the fourth in a series of briefings that examine the steps that can be taken to support people in contact with the criminal justice system to create better futures. This briefing explores the experiences of people who have been subject to electronic monitoring, commonly referred to as ‘tagging’.Â
Nacro’s policy and research team provide evidence in response to the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee’s Call for Evidence: Electronic Monitoring, September 2025.
This report looks at the physical health of people in prison and includes a survey of over a 100 recent prison leavers. The report addresses the impact of imprisonment on physical health, including the impact of overcrowding and unsanitary conditions, lack of purposeful activity and poor quality diets. We examine the problems and barriers to accessing healthcare services, including difficulties in accessing treatment and lengthy waiting lists, missed appointments, issues with medication, feeling ‘unseen’, and issues on transfer between prisons and on release.
Nacro was commissioned by Commonweal Housing to identifies the current challenges prison leavers face accessing stable housing and suitable support and the effect this has on reoffending.
Nacro, in partnership with the University of Northampton (UON) produced research into the barriers to identification and uptake of support for ex-service personnel and their families in the criminal justice systems (CJS) of England, Wales, and Scotland, published in March 2024. This research was commissioned by Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT). This report aims to increase knowledge in this area to enable policy makers and service deliverers to better identify and meet the needs of this group, with the intention of reducing the likelihood of ex-service personnel entering the CJS or reoffending.
Nacro, in partnership with the University of Northampton (UON) produced research into the barriers to identification and uptake of support for ex-service personnel and their families in the criminal justice systems (CJS) of England, Wales, and Scotland, published in March 2024. This research was commissioned by Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT). This report aims to increase knowledge in this area to enable policy makers and service deliverers to better identify and meet the needs of this group, with the intention of reducing the likelihood of ex-service personnel entering the CJS or reoffending.
