The Howard League prison charity has responded to the government’s planned progression model set out in the forthcoming Sentencing Act by saying it is a model for ‘regression not progression’. The Problem: The government’s “earned progression” scheme aims to reduce prison overcrowding by releasing prisoners at the one-third point of their sentence instead of halfway. […]
A prison charity has responded to a government spending report warning we can’t ‘build our way out of’ the prison crisis. The Howard League for Penal Reform responded a report from the National Audit Office which criticised the previous government’s ambitious promise to expand prison capacity by 20,000 places by the mid-2020s as ‘unrealistic and […]
The Parole Board is currently updating information on IPP licence terminations to reflect the relevant provisions within the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024 that will come into force shortly. Revised guidance for Parole Board members will be published in the near future. Anyone serving an IPP or DPP sentence, or family and friends of someone […]
If you have an IPP client or loved one in prison with questions about the Victims & Prisoners Act 2004 or the forthcoming IPP Licence Termination scheme – then pass details of the above Hotline to them without delay! Howard League for Penal Reform >> Whoops! You need enhanced membership to access this page – […]
The UK’s overcrowded prisons are internationally recognised as unfit for purpose, the Howard League has said after a German court blocked the extradition of a suspected drug trafficker over human rights concerns. Lawyer Jan-Carl Janssen won the release of a suspected Albanian drug dealer, who is accused of trafficking 5kg of cocaine and laundering about […]
The Chief Inspector of Prisons said he is ‘extremely concerned’ by staffing levels at jails in England and Wales, with some forced into pandemic-style lockdowns as a result. Charlie Taylor told MPs yesterday inmates were effectively being ‘warehoused’ with very little time out of their cells, meaning they were ill-equipped for civilian life upon release. […]