Progress on reducing women’s imprisonment risks stalling unless the government matches its welcome ambition in this area with ...

Every year the MoJ publishes official statistics on Deaths of offenders in the community for the previous year. Unsurprisingly, this is the statistical bulletin I least look forward to covering but it ...

For at least the last 25 years a prisoner survey has been part of almost every prison inspection undertaken by HM ...

The National Audit Office finds that the electric monitoring system is not working as intended, despite a huge increase in ...

Adrian Usher, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, has used the publication of his annual report to call for an independent ...

In the final Annual Report of his six year tenure as Chief Inspector of Prisons, Charlie Taylor describes how long lock up ...

The Magistrates’ Association has warned that a lack of accessible, useable justice data in England and Wales is undermining ...

Earlier this week (1 July 2026), the government announced the launch of an independent review of the prison system to ...

Earlier this week (28 November 2023), the Ministry of Justice published its annual report and accounts for 2022/23. I’ve perused the 286 page report to unearth some noteworthy nuggets of information.

N early two-thirds of people entering prison (65%) are likely to struggle with everyday literacy, while 69% are likely to ...

Last week (14 November 2024), the Ministry of Justice published its annual report and accounts for 2023/4. I’ve perused the 292 page report (and its associated spreadsheet) so that you don’t have to ...