What is justice? Re-imagining penal policy
The Howard League Symposium seeks to develop innovative, credible and challenging ideas that build into models to change penal practice and outcomes.
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Commission on Sex in Prison
The purpose of the Commission is to understand the nature and scale of sex in prisons, investigate the key issues and problems and make recommendations with a view to make prisons safer.
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Community Programmes Awards
These annual awards celebrate best practice in community sentencing and champion the cutting edge of the criminal justice system, with work in the community that challenges and changes people for the better.
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U R BOSS
Supported by the Big Lottery Fund, U R Boss provides a national programme of participation opportunities and support for young people in custody and recently released into the community.
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RESEARCH
The Howard League for Penal Reform has a strong history of working alongside the academic and research communities.
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OUR LEGAL WORK
The Howard League legal team provide free, independent and confidential advice, assistance and representation on a wide range of issues to young people under 21 in custody.
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MEMBERSHIP
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Read moreUpdates from The Howard League
- 20.05.13 / Police take DNA samples from children every 10 minutes Police take a DNA sample from a child every 10 minutes in England and Wales, figures obtained by the Howard League for Penal Reform reveal today. New research by the charity has found that officers took swabs from almost 54,000 boys and girls aged 17 or under during 2011. Read the full statement >
- 17.05.13 / Howard League briefing: Offender Rehabilitation Bill The Howard League has prepared a briefing for Members of the House of Lords ahead of second reading of the Offender Rehabilitation Bill in the Lords on Monday 20 May. Download the briefing >
- 14.05.13 / Serco-run Thameside is a private prison ‘out of control’ Responding to the HM Inspectorate of Prisons’ report on Thameside prison published today, Andrew Neilson, Director of Campaigns at the Howard League for Penal Reform, said: “Conditions at Thameside are truly alarming. Violence was so common that the Serco management put the prison in a state of lockdown, and yet this extreme measure has done little to bring down the number of attacks. Staff are inexperienced and often resort to physical force. The prisoners have no confidence in them. Despite enforcing one of the most restricted regimes ever seen by inspectors, this is a large private prison out of control." Read the full press statement >
- 09.05.13 / Post-prison supervision plans ‘set people up to fail’ Responding to the Ministry of Justice’s proposals to expand community supervision, Andrew Neilson, Director of Campaigns at the Howard League for Penal Reform, said: “These proposals are an admission of the abject failure of short-term prison sentences, with 58 per cent of those leaving custody after a short sentence being reconvicted within a year. The public deserve a value-for-money system based around what works to keep us safe. Read the full press statement >
