Nacro responds to YOI Wetherby, where a teenage girl was restrained and stripped by male prison staff.
Nacro comments on YOI Wetherby, where a teenage girl was restrained and stripped by male prison staff.
Nacro comments on YOI Wetherby, where a teenage girl was restrained and stripped by male prison staff.
Following the release this morning of the Independent Monitoring Board’s annual report into the Cookham Wood young offenders institution which raised serious concerns over safety and decency for children at HMYOI Cookham Wood.
Nacro comments on the report by the HM Chief Inspector of Prisons concerning the inadequate state of Bedford prison.
Blog by Recycling Lives, CEO, Alasdair Jackson OBE about his charity’s work in prisons and with people on release.
See Nacro’s comment on new Government data about the rise in self-harm and violence against women in prisons.
Following our End Friday Releases campaign, releases from prison on a Friday will end in the majority of cases from the middle of December.
See Nacro’s comment on reports on children in custody and Werrington Young Offender Institution.
Changes to criminal records disclosure law came into force on 28th October. Some convictions that previously had to be disclosed may now be spent. Find out more in our updated guide.
Most prisons are already overcrowded and hold well beyond the numbers of people they should be holding – putting strain on the services prisons should be delivering and the potential for rehabilitation. Read our blog on the crisis in prisons across England and Wales.
Judges have been told to delay the sentencing of people currently on bail due to prison overcrowding, according to a report.