Ministry of Justice and HMPPS have released their quarterly statistics on the criminal justice system, covering topics such as changes in the prison population, reoffending, substance misuse treatment and self-harm in custody.
2022 looks set to be our busiest policy and campaigning year yet as we build on a successful 2021 which included: securing accommodation funding for prison leavers at risk of homelessness, an increased discharge grant and more progress in our ambition to significantly reduce Friday prison releases. As always, our work was driven, and will continue to be driven, by the views of our service users and staff across the country.
Find out how Nacro delivers education and training in HMP Featherstone, and hear about the difference it makes to our service users.
Carl shares his story of being released from prison on a Friday.
Read about how Nacro’s Departure Lounge in HMP Doncaster is supporting prison leavers over the festive period.
At the end of 2021, we underwent an assessment of our organisation-wide Information Advice and Guidance Services (IAG) against the matrix Standard, an international quality standard for organisations that deliver information, advice and/or guidance either as their sole purpose or as part of their service offering. We are pleased to confirm that we have retained our matrix Standard accreditation for another three years.
Nacro Education learners write letters to their future selves, detailing their hopes and ambitions as part of a letter writing competition.
Our SWITCH women’s service created a video showing how to recognise and stop domestic violence, and how to support survivors as part of the 16 Days of Action Against Domestic Violence campaign.
This week the Government released its 81-page Prison’s Strategy White Paper. Here’s our response looking at it’s successes and shortcomings.
Over the past few days, the Government has released a series of announcements on prisons and reducing reoffending. Read our response to this series of announcements, and what it means for the future of the prison system.
