The Prison Reform Trust has just published its twice-yearly Prison Factfile, which gathers together monitoring statistics about the system. The evidence points to a system struggling to cope with overcrowding and staff cuts. The reports Introduction concludes: Prisons are less safe and less decent than they were even a year ago when we published our Autumn 2013 compendium of facts and figures. An incoming administration of government in May 2015 must not accept this deterioration in prison standards and conditions as the new normal. It should rebuild confidence in a vital public service and acknowledge painstaking gains made by staff and the responsible prisoners who manage to effect reform from within. It must turn its attention to the new demographic and changing needs of a rapidly ageing prison population. It must re-establish the defining principle that people are sent to prison as a punishment rather than for punishment. And from the wreckage it must create a just, fair and effective penal system. Click the link below to read more.
Posted on: Wed, 29 Oct 2014 10:23:11 +0000
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