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Lucy Scott-Moncrieff swimming the Hellespont in support of the Howard League
First Leander, then Lord Byron, and now Lucy.....swimming between Asia and Europe. Every year the busy shipping lane, the Hellespont, is closed for 90 minutes so that a 4 kilometre race can take place. This year, on 30th August, legal aid lawyer Lucy Scott-Moncrieff will be racing in aid of the Howard League.
Find out more and sponsor Lucy
Last chance to nominate successful community programmes
The Howard League for Penal Reform is looking for successful and innovative community programmes in the criminal justice sector. The Awards will be presented at a celebratory event at the House of Lords. The winning schemes will be widely publicised.
The deadline to nominate for the Community Programme Award is 1 May 2008.
Prison self injury rate accelerates at four times the rise in population
Rates of self injury in prison have rocketed by almost 40% in the last five years, accelerating well beyond what would be expected from the ever rising prison population in England and Wales. Find out more
Reboot required for high security estate
Prisoners in high security jails feel that poor relationships with staff and poor regimes behind bars are undermining their preparation for life after release, with inevitable consequences for reoffending, according to a report 'High Security Prisons: Prisoner Perspective' published today (20 March 2008) by the Howard League for Penal Reform.
Real work in prisons: Howard League for Penal Reform welcomes Conservative policy proposals
Welcoming the Conservative Party's prisons review, Director of the Howard League for Penal Reform, Frances Crook, said today (Monday, 3 March 2008):"We are pleased that the Conservative Party has recognised the importance of real work in prisons and that an opportunity has now arisen to open up the debate to radical thinking."
Read the full press release here
Howard League for Penal Reform sends review team to Jersey to investigate child protection issues
The Howard League for Penal Reform can confirm today (Monday, 3 March) that it will be sending a review team to Jersey to examine issues around the treatment of children in care in Jersey.
Read the full press release here.
The Howard League for Penal Reform welcomes confirmation of inquiry
The Howard League for Penal Reform has today (Wednesday, 19 December) welcomed confirmation that Stephen Shaw, the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO), will chair a public inquiry into the treatment of SP whilst in prison service custody between 2003-2005.
Read the full press statement here
The ASBO: Wrong Turning, Dead End
The Howard League for Penal Reform has published a book that examines the anti-social behaviour order (ASBO) and its impact since its introduction in the 1997 Crime and Disorder Bill.
