Significant up-front investment in tough community sentences is needed if they are to be more effective than short prison terms in stopping persistent low-level offending, experts have said.
Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke has announced plans for a “rehabilitation revolution” to cut re-offending which currently sees three in five criminals jailed for less than 12 months re-convicted [...]
The latest from the Justice Select Committee ‘The Role of the Probation Service’. ‘In order to deliver effective and sustainable intensive community sentencing, the Probation [...]
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 [...]
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 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 [...]
