Category - prison reform trust

The Prison Reform Trust has published its response to HM Treasury’s consultation on this year’s Budget, which highlights concerns about the viability of the Ministry of Justice’s prison building programme in light of the projected increase in prison numbers.

Prison Reform Trust research finds black and mixed ethnicity women are more likely than white women to be arrested, remanded, and sentenced to custody.

There should be a step change in the availability of release on temporary licence out of prisons to give more businesses the opportunity to employ prisoners in the community as part of preparation for their release, according to a new report published by the Prison Reform Trust.

Only one in 100 prisoners who made an allegation of discrimination against prison staff had their case upheld by the prison. By contrast, three in four staff (76 per cent) reports of alleged discrimination by a prisoner were upheld, an in-depth research report by the Zahid Mubarek Trust and the Prison Reform Trust reveals.