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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.

BBC News reporting on the National Commission of Enquiry ‘Final Report’.

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 [...]

Roma Hooper Director of Make Justice Work was quoted in the Independent on Sunday responding to the current ‘sentencing frenzy’.

Roma Hooper – open letter to the Guardian.

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 [...]

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.

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 [...]