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The campaign to highlight the wastefulness of short-term prison sentences and promote the wider adoption of intensive community sentences. The campaign to highlight the wastefulness of short-term prison sentences and promote the wider adoption of intensive community sentences. The campaign to highlight the wastefulness of short-term prison sentences and promote the wider adoption of intensive community sentences. The campaign to highlight the wastefulness of short-term prison sentences and promote the wider adoption of intensive community sentences.
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 The wrong end of the sentence
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By Roma Hooper
In Community Sentences, Court, Prison, Right On Crime, Roma's Blog
Posted May 9, 2013

The wrong end of the sentence

The Offender Rehabilitation Bill outlined in the Queen’s Speech yesterday, and Chris Grayling’s further announcements today brings some positive news about the extension of probation [...]

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 MJW responds to PRT’s prison overcrowding statistics
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By Roma Hooper
In Prison, Roma's Blog
Posted August 28, 2012

MJW responds to PRT’s prison overcrowding statistics

This morning the Prison Reform Trust (PRT) published the latest statistics on prison population and reported that 77 out of 131 prisons in England and Wales are overcrowded.

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 Government Proposals will add more pressure to over worked prisons and court system
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By Roma Hooper
In Community Sentences, Offender Education, Offender Rehabilitation, Prison, Roma's Blog
Posted May 23, 2012

Government Proposals will add more pressure to over worked prisons and court system

“Proposals published by the Government to tackle anti-social behaviour risk adding to the pressures on our already overworked courts system and over-crowded prisons. Unless sufficient [...]

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 Staggering re-offending statistics
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By Roma Hooper
In Offender Rehabilitation, Prison, Roma's Blog
Posted October 28, 2011

Staggering re-offending statistics

The government should take note when Mothers Against Murder and Aggression rightly say “there is no point in someone being locked up for six weeks and then released with the same issues and [...]

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 The role of the probation service
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By Roma Hooper
In Community Sentences, Intensive Community Sentences, Offender Rehabilitation, Politics, Prison, Roma's Blog
Posted August 1, 2011

The role of the probation service

The Justice Select Committee have just published their report into the Role of the Probation Service (July, 2011).  I thought the following quotation was particularly appropriate:

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About Make Justice Work

Make Justice Work was established in 2009 as a campaign to boost public support for a change in how Britain deals with lower-level offenders – a switch from expensive and futile short prison terms to intensive and effective sanctions.

MJW closed in June 2013 following the launch of it’s final report ‘Lighting the Flame: a report on the impact of Make Justice Work’.

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Recent Posts
  • Paramedics called out twice a week to G4S prison HMP Oakwood
    Paramedics called out twice a week to G4S prison HMP Oakwood
    June 23, 2013
  • The wrong end of the sentence
    The wrong end of the sentence
    May 9, 2013
  • Measuring our impact
    Measuring our impact
    April 18, 2013
Popular Posts
  • We must invest time, relationships and resources to stop reoffending – by Rob Allen, Ambassador for Make Justice Work
    We must invest time, relationships and resources to stop reoffending – by Rob Allen, Ambassador for Make Justice Work
    April 12, 2012
  • Women should get time out of jail to see their children – Daily Telegraph
    Women should get time out of jail to see their children – Daily Telegraph
    February 15, 2012
  • Majority think prison isn’t working
    Majority think prison isn’t working
    April 4, 2011
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