Make Justice Work is putting out a call to action
The government’s Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill is having its Second Reading in the House of Commons today and Make Justice Work is putting out a call to action to [...]
We must not miss the opportunity for a rehabilitation revolution
Roma Hooper’s open letter to the Guardian ‘Much in the government’s plans to reform the criminal justice system is to be welcomed (Clarke faces twin-track assault on prison [...]
David Cameron speaks out about Community Sentences
In the press conference, after his statement on Criminal Justice (21st June 2011), this is what David Cameron had to say about community sentences:
Reaction to sentencing U-turn: Damilola Taylor’s father calls for PM to sack Clarke
Richard Taylor, the father of Damilola Taylor, called for the Prime Minister to sack Ken Clarke as Justice Secretary after the u-turn on sentencing.
Drug addiciton and lower-level offending
Drug abuse is one of the biggest causes of low-level offending. If we stop locking these people up at great expense and begin properly addressing their drug taking, we will see crime rates and [...]
Probation Works
Roma Hooper’s open letter to the Telegraph. ‘SIR – Reoffending rates (report, June 13) are highest among offenders serving sentences of under one year. This is partly because they are [...]
Roma Hooper speaks to Andrew Pierce on LBC
Roma Hooper of Make Justice Work talks to Andrew Pierce on LBC about the Justice Minister’s plans to shorten prison sentences. Roma also talks about the Community or Custody National [...]
The real problem in prisons is the ‘revolving door’
Ministers under pressure on sentencing reforms must keep their eyes on the prize: the real problem in prisons is the ‘revolving door’ of offenders going in, out, and in again for short sentences [...]
Roma Hooper speaks to Adam Boulton on Sky News
Sky’s Adam Boulton was joined by Philip Davies Conservative MP and Roma Hooper from Make Justice Work for their views on sentencing and what the Justice Minister can do to save £2bn from [...]
The increasing incarceration of women is a disgraceful situation which must be challenged
Few sensible politicians would support locking up the thousands of women who receive the shortest sentences, at the highest cost to the state and to their families, and make up a tiny proportion [...]
Women’s prisons ‘seen as temporary housing’
Women’s prisons are now seen as stop-gap providers of social care and temporary housing – a refuge for those who have slipped through the net of local services, a new report has [...]
