In this section you can find our annual reports, internal policy statements and external policy and research publications.
Nacro’s policy and research team provide evidence in response to the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee’s Call for Evidence: Electronic Monitoring, September 2025.
Our response to the House of Lords Justice and Home Affairs Committee call for evidence: Prison Culture: Governance, Leadership and Staffing. Our response is based on the views and experiences of the members of Nacro’s Justice ExChange and the wider people we support.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
