Tackling the over-representation of BAME people in criminal justice
Wipers UK is holding ‘Uncomfortable conversations: unconscious bias and disproportionality in the criminal justice system’ training [£100, various dates and locations]. This training course is targeted towards youth justice practitioners and aims to enhance awareness of unconscious bias within the context of racial disproportionality and overrepresentation of young black, Asian and minority ethnic people within […]
Arts in prison recognised
The Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport recognised the value of arts in prisons in a speech announcing the winners of the Cultural Development Fund. Speaking on the ‘Value of Culture’ Jeremy Wright MP spoke of his time as prisons minister and the change he saw when people in criminal justice settings […]
Newsletter exploring racial disparity in criminal justice
As part of the Ministry of Justice commitment to share the work it is doing to address racial disparities in the criminal justice system, it has begun to produce a quarterly stakeholder newsletter sharing updates and news on its work. Download the newsletter here (PDF). Or sRace disparity newsletter 12-18ign up to receive future newsletters […]
Two new vacancies at PLIAS Resettlement
We are recruiting for the following two roles: Youth Engagement Caseworker Employer Engagement Worker Please click on the role above to download the Job Description for each role. Download application form. To apply for one or both of these exciting roles and join an Organisation that is positively impacting the community please send your completed […]
Progress for race equality in the criminal justice system?
Clinks’ Head of Policy and Communications Jessica Mullen reflects on progress for race equality in the criminal justice system one year on from the publication of the Lammy Review. Following the Ministry of Justice’s publication of an update on the action they have taken, the blog asks: where are we? Did we seize the opportunity? […]
Curing Violence: How can we become a less violent society?
Reducing violence is a responsibility for everyone in society Curing violence: How we can become a less violent society is a collection of essays that seek to not only describe the problem of violence in our society but also to offer solutions. Contributors make the case that reducing violence is a responsibility for everyone in society: […]
PLIAS to manage David Stewart Bursary
PLIAS Resettlement are managing the David Stewart Bursary, set up to provide a financial contribution to enable young people to access career-focused extra-curricular activities. David Stewart was a fun loving, high achieving, and athletic 19-year-old with his whole life ahead of him. On the 30th March 2001 David’s life suddenly came to end. He died […]
Tackling racial disparity in criminal justice
The Ministry of Justice has published ‘Tackling Racial Disparity in the Criminal Justice System’, marking one year since the release of the Lammy Review into the treatment of, and outcomes for, black, Asian and minority ethnic individuals in the criminal justice system. The report includes the progress that has been made so far in responding […]
Reducing suicide in prisons
The Samaritans has worked with HM Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS) to train former prisoners to help new prisoners deal with life inside, with the aim of reducing suicide and self-harm. The risk of suicide is higher when prisoners enter or move prisons, and prisoners are 10 times more likely to take their own lives […]
Foreign national women in prison
The Prison Reform Trust has published an updated report on foreign national women in prison called Still No Way Out, based on evidence gathered by Hibiscus. Foreign national women are over-represented in the women’s prison population and despite the introduction of a defence for victims of modern slavery, there is evidence that these victims continue […]
Sentencing Young Adults: Making the case for sentencing principles for young adults
Sentencing Young Adults: Making the case for sentencing principles for young adults from The Howard League and Transition to Adulthood (T2A) Alliance argues that formal sentencing principles for young adults aged 18 to 25, similar to the Sentencing Council guidelines in place for children, would assist the courts and improve sentencing outcomes. The report draws […]
Rehabilitating black, Asian and minority ethnic people
Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service has published a rapid evidence assessment into the effectiveness of rehabilitative services for black, Asian and minority ethnic (BAME) people. The review focused on a range of populations both in prison and in the community. The evidence suggests that the content of ‘standard’ correctional programmes can be experienced as relevant […]