Research Briefing
Children remanded or sentenced to custody are placed in a Young Offenders Institution, a Secure Training Centre or a Secure Children’s Home. Concerns have been raised about the current provision of youth custody, The Government has accepted proposals to introduce secure schools.
Research Briefing
This briefing paper summarises the Commons stages of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill and the Lords amendments to the Bill.
Research Briefing
This briefing discusses the new unified model for probation services being brought in from 26 June 2021.
Research Briefing
This Library briefing provides analysis of Parts 8 and 9 of the Bill. Part 8 concerns Youth Justice and Part 9 concerns Secure Children's Homes and Secure 16-19 Academies.
Debate Pack
A Westminster Hall debate on ‘support for women leaving prison’ has been scheduled for 9 March 2021, from 2.30pm. The debate will be led by Carolyn Harris MP.
Research Briefing
The Prisons (Substance Testing) Bill 2019-21 was introduced to the House of Commons on 5 February 2020. It is a Private Members’ Bill introduced by Dame Cheryl Gillan. Report stage and third reading are due to take place on 22 January 2021. The Bill has Government support. Explanatory Notes have been prepared by the Ministry of Justice.
Research Briefing
The Prisoners (Disclosure of Information about Victims) Bill 2019-21 was introduced in the House of Commons on 8 January 2020. It completed all stages in the House of Lords on 8 September 2020 and is due to return to the Commons on 6 October 2020 for consideration of a Lords amendment.
Research Briefing
This reading list brings together statistical sources of information on inequalities between ethnic groups.
Research Briefing
On 27 April 2020 the Justice Secretary said that the numbers of coronavirus cases and deaths in prisons were lower than had been originally predicted and that prisons were coping and dealing well with the threat of covid-19.
Debate Pack
A Westminster Hall debate on health and safety for prison staff is scheduled for Wednesday 18 March 2020 at 9.30am. The Member leading the debate is Grahame Morris MP.
Research Briefing
The Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Bill 2019-20 was introduced on 11 February 2020. All stages in the House of Commons are due to take place on 12 February 2020. The Bill has been introduced in response to the terrorist attacks on London Bridge in November 2019 and in Streatham in February 2020. The offenders in each of these attacks had been released from prison automatically without the involvement of the Parole Board. The Bill would end the automatic early release of certain terrorist offenders.
Research Briefing
This briefing describes the statutory framework governing the release of prisoners in England and Wales and Government proposals to change them.
Research Briefing
The day before Parliament dissolved to hold the general election the Government announced a review of police bail legislation.
Insight
The day before Parliament dissolved to hold the general election the Government announced a review of police bail legislation.
Research Briefing
There has been a decline in prison safety since 2012. Assaults and incidents of self-harm are at record highs and the number of self-inflicted deaths has risen. Chief Inspectors of Prisons, the Prison and Probation Ombudsman, Independent Monitoring Boards and the Justice Committee have all repeatedly expressed concern. HM Prisons and Probation Service has a national strategy for safety. The Justice Committee has called for an overarching and integrated prisons strategy.
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