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Celebrating skills development, in Prison, to support rehabilitation, on release
For nearly four years now we have endeavoured, through our Foundation, to identify and activate practical ways for offenders to build skills and gain a job upon release. Reoffending co [...]
An Overview of Labeling Theory
Labeling theory states that people come to identify and behave in ways that reflect how others label them. This theory is most commonly associated with the sociology of crime since lab [...]
Sir John Major: “We over-use prison and under value alternative sentences”
The former Prime Minister, Sir John Major delivered a speech at the Old Bailey on 9 May 2023, in which he set out his case for penal reform. Sir John acknowledged that the problems now [...]
Norway has ditched the word ‘prison’. Scotland should think about doing the same – Karyn McCluskey
What is in a term? Offender or person with convictions, victim or survivor? Language is about the communication of ideas – and it’s important to get it right, particularly when it come [...]
How the UK prison system ‘sets people up to fail’
People in prison are often barred from technology, leaving them without the basic tools they need to survive in the outside world. The government has pledged to expand digital in pris [...]
MoJ to ramp up HMP Academies in prisons
At least 17 new prisons identified for employer-led work programmes. A training programme to get prison leavers into work is to be expanded to include at least 17 more prisons in the n [...]