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In a major speech on the Government’s approach to the criminal justice system, the Prime Minister said that he wanted a ‘tough but intelligent’ response to offending.

My experience of working at Feltham Young Offenders and establishing the UK’s first prison radio station – I am convinced that far too many young people were ending up in Feltham with short [...]

The motley gaggle of miscreants shuffles into the court, lining up silently in three rows on the benches. There are some 20 of them, men and women of all ages, most with long records of theft, [...]

Roma Hooper responding to Liberal Democrat party conference and their commitment to putting fewer people in prison. You can listen to Roma Hooper on BBC Radio London Drivetime at 1:22 

Maria Jackson, a single mother-of-three, stole a lasagne from Marks and Spencer. Her youngest son was having a friend round for tea. That morning she had discovered that her benefits had been [...]

New research from the charity Victim Support and the campaigning group Make Justice Work shows that most victims of crime support the use of community sentences instead of prison, but need to [...]

Roma Hooper is Director And Founder of Make Justice Work. Here she gives a personal perspective on the effectiveness of community sentences and how this is relevant to the role of Police and [...]

The launch of the Make Justice Work report – Just Results – into the use of Payment by Results for community sentencing has generated some positive feedback and made a valuable contribution [...]

Make Justice Work, the campaign to highlight the cost of short-term prison sentences and to improve public confidence in community sentences, just published an interesting report on payment by [...]

Make Justice Work has today published ‘Just Results’, which is an in-depth report looking at the principles of using a Payment by Results in the delivery of offenders services.

The British Government and its Ministry of Justice are coming under increasing criticism over plans to introduce Payment by Results (PbR) to community sentences.