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2008 Press Releases

The Howard League for Penal Reform is one of the key sources of information and comment on penal matters. Follow the links below to read the news releases.

15 December 2008 Private prisons to continue hurting children

14 November 2008 Howard League report on Jersey youth justice system urges island to sign up to United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child

10 November 2008 Independent review of prison work accuses Prison Service of incompetence

5 November 2008 Report on youth justice systems across Europe questions UK's punitive approach to children

29 October 2008 Big Lottery Fund awards the Howard League for Penal Reform over £2.6m to establish a national programme of support for young people in custody

16 October 2008 Book on teenage knife crime questions effectiveness of current government policies

29 September 2008 Privately run child jails top the league table for restraining children

5 September 2008 Should local government take control of prisons? asks Commission on English Prisons Today

28 August 2008 50,000 prisoners released on your doorstep each year: the Titan nightmare which awaits local communities

20 August 2008 Challenge and change for the better: new handbook reveals scale of excellent work in community sentencing

28 July 2008 Quashing of restraint rules welcomed by Howard League

2 July 2008 Only one social worker to every 171 children: The Howard League for Penal Reform launches Growing Up, Shut Up campaign to improve care for children in the penal system

26 June 2008 Chair of SP public inquiry into the right to life quits at “unwarranted and unacceptable attempt” by Prison Service to fetter independence

24 June 2008 Good news Britain! Community sentences can work, can involve communities and can change lives

14 April 2008 Prison self injury rate accelerates at four times the rise in population

20 March 2008 Reboot required for high security estate

5 March 2008 International study of children in custody slams England and Wales as "repressive"

3 March 2008 Real work in prisons: Howard League for Penal Reform welcomes Conservative policy proposals

3 March 2008 Howard League for Penal Reform sends review team to Jersey to investigate child protection issues

27 February 2008 Homeless teenagers: landmark judgment from the Law Lords

11 January 2008 House of Lords case to consider resettlement of children leaving custody

2 January 2008 Prison suicides leap by 37% in 2007