Publications library

See a copy of our response to Rehabilitation and resettlement: Ending the cycle of reoffending inquiry. We have experience of supporting thousands of people across the criminal justice system (CJS) every year and our commitment to ensuring their voices and experiences are heard.

• Consultation responses
• Justice

This report looks at the physical health of people in prison and includes a survey of over a 100 recent prison leavers. The report addresses the impact of imprisonment on physical health, including the impact of overcrowding and unsanitary conditions, lack of purposeful activity and poor quality diets. We examine the problems and barriers to accessing healthcare services, including difficulties in accessing treatment and lengthy waiting lists, missed appointments, issues with medication, feeling ‘unseen’, and issues on transfer between prisons and on release.

• Briefings, reports, and research
• Justice

Nacro was commissioned by Commonweal Housing to identifies the current challenges prison leavers face accessing stable housing and suitable support and the effect this has on reoffending.

• Briefings, reports, and research
• Justice

The young people’s views in this report were drawn from an online survey and  a series of focus groups that were conducted across Nacro Education centres and our young people’s supported housing services. We received over 240 survey responses from young people aged 14-21, which contained questions across a broad range of areas, including life satisfaction, aspirations for the future, and their views on crime and politics. Discover more.

• Campaign resource
• Education & skills
• Health & wellbeing
• Housing
• Justice

Nacro recognises that domestic abuse has a serious effect on people’s lives, both emotionally and physically.

We are committed to taking all reasonable steps possible to combat the impact of domestic abuse, for the individuals being abused, children and other family members affected by domestic abuse; as well as challenging the behaviour of perpetrators.

• Corporate
• Health & wellbeing
• Housing
• Justice
• Policies & governance

In August 2021, Nacro, in partnership with the University of Northampton (UON), was commissioned by Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) to conduct research into the barriers to identification and uptake of support for ex-service personnel and their families in the criminal justice systems (CJS) of England, Wales, and Scotland. This research aims to increase knowledge in this area to enable policy makers and service deliverers to better identify and meet the needs of this group, with the intention of reducing the likelihood of ex-service personnel entering the CJS or reoffending.

Download to read the full research and report.

• Briefings, reports, and research
• Justice

In August 2021 Nacro, in partnership with the University of Northampton (UON), was commissioned by Forces in Mind Trust (FiMT) to conduct research into the barriers to identification and uptake of support for
ex-service personnel and their families in the criminal justice systems of England, Wales and Scotland.
This briefing provides a summary of the research findings, which are fully set out in the main report.

• Briefings, reports, and research
• Justice

This guide is for organisations that recruit for jobs, roles or courses that require placements, which are exempt, or ‘excepted’, from the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974.

• Criminal record disclosure
• Justice
• Service User information

It is vital that employers take the time to understand how to recruit safely and fairly. The law around criminal record checks is complex and recent changes to the legislation mean that many employers’ policies and procedures are out of date.

• Criminal record disclosure
• Justice
• Service User information

Read the first in a series of briefings that will examine the practical steps that can be taken to support people in contact with the criminal justice system to create better futures.

• Briefings, reports, and research
• Justice