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Our response to the Ministry of Justice announcement to launch a sentencing review in light of overcrowding in prisons. Find out more.

This week the Government released its 81-page Prison’s Strategy White Paper. Here’s our response looking at it’s successes and shortcomings.

We are forced to ask, once again, why crime prevention fails to get the same emphasis as punishment.

The latest official monthly statistics show a sharp increase of 65% in Covid-19 infections in prisons across the country.

At Nacro we believe that in these unprecedented times, it is more important than ever to support those caught up in the criminal justice system, both in prison and on release.

These blogs demonstrate how the team have adapted to the challenges of Coronavirus to support service users to continue to engage and to offer much needed support during difficult times.

Prime Minister’s plans to overhaul the prison system in England and Wales, a welcome step

Faced with a COVID-19 resurgence, as case numbers, hospital admissions and deaths all continue to rise, it is time for the Government to act.

Nacro comments on Part 1 of  the Independent Sentencing Review, set up by the Government’s Ministry of Justice and chaired by David Gauke, focussing on the history and trends of sentencing. CEO Campbell Robb suggests the report “offers long-overdue recognition that the agenda to be “tough on crime” adopted by successive Governments has ultimately propelled the prison overcrowding crisis”.

Campbell Robb, Nacro, Chief Executive comments on the start of the Government’s early release scheme, known as SDS40: “The Government needed to take action in the short-term to tackle the prisons crisis but inevitably this is going to cause problems elsewhere in a broken system.”