The government responded to a report by a joint committee of MPs and peers on the Criminal Justice and Courts Bill, in particular on the aspects of the Bill that related to increased sentences for terrorism offences, electronic monitoring following release on licence, extreme pornography, young offenders, a criminal courts charge, and contempt of court.
Source: Government Response to the Fourteenth Report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, Session 2013/14: Criminal Justice and Courts Bill, Cm 8928, Ministry of Justice, TSO
Date: 2014-Sep
A report examined the effectiveness of existing arrangements to help adult offenders in England to obtain suitable and sustainable accommodation and education, training, and employment on release from custody, as part of wider resettlement provision. The report was based on research with 80 case studies, and made extensive observations and recommendations, but highlighted the central importance of an offender's family and friends to their successful rehabilitation in many cases, as well as the variability of existing rehabilitation and pre-release work in prisons. The report was intended to inform ongoing preparation for changes under the Transforming Rehabilitation programme, due to be introduced in April 2015.
Source: HM Inspectorate of Prisons, HM Inspectorate of Probation, and Ofsted, Resettlement Provision for Adult Offenders: Accommodation and education, training and employment, HM Inspectorate of Prisons
Links: Report | CJJI press release | PACT press release | Inside Housing report
Date: 2014-Sep
The Scottish Government began consultation on a draft Public Services Reform (Inspection and Monitoring of Prisons) (formerly Prison Visiting Committees) (Scotland) Order 2014, which would abolish Prison Visiting Committees, clarify the role of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons, create the roles of Prison Monitoring Co-ordinator and Independent Prison Monitor, and require the Chief Inspector to establish a Prison Monitoring Advisory Group. This consultation followed on from an earlier consultation on this topic, and a response to the original consultation was also published. The current consultation would close on 13 October 2014.
Source: Further Consultation on the Draft Public Services Reform (Inspection and Monitoring of Prisons) (formerly Prison Visiting Committees) Order 2014, Scottish Government
Links: Consultation document | Summary | Response to initial consultation
Date: 2014-Sep
An article examined the concept of the 'health-promoting prison' and how key elements of health promotion discourse (choice, control, and empowerment) could apply in the context of imprisonment, drawing on a study in three secure prisons in England.
Source: James Woodall, Rachael Dixey, and Jane South, 'Control and choice in English prisons: developing health-promoting prisons', Health Promotion International, Volume 29 Issue 3
Links: Abstract
Date: 2014-Sep
An article examined the risk of harm that rehabilitative programmes could pose to prisoners, in particular the 'democratic therapeutic community' for prisoners with personality disorders. It said that the selective acknowledgement of human rights in penal policy both undermined programme delivery and seriously jeopardized the duty of care owed to prisoners by the state.
Source: Elaine Genders and Elaine Player, 'Rehabilitation, risk management and prisoners' rights', Criminology and Criminal Justice, Volume 14 Number 4
Links: Abstract
Date: 2014-Sep
A report discussed the practice and implications of holding immigration detainees in the United Kingdom prison estate beyond the end of a custodial sentence. It said that detainees held in prison did not have the same range of support and facilities as those held in other forms of immigration detention, and that they experienced multiple, systemic, and compounding barriers to accessing justice. The report discussed the practical barriers encountered and said that prisons should no longer be used to hold immigration detainees.
Source: Denial Of Justice: The hidden use of UK prisons for immigration detention – evidence from BID's outreach, legal & policy teams, Bail for Immigration Detainees
Links: Report | BID press release
Date: 2014-Sep
A paper examined the experiences of children who visited parents in prison in England and Wales. It said that there had been more than half a million such visits in 2013 and that children and their families often reported the experience as traumatic. It said that prisons varied considerably in the visiting facilities available and the practices adopted, and called on the government to: appoint a lead Minister with responsibility for this group of children in England and Wales; to develop a national action plan for England, to collate and promote best practice and bring together the relevant departments and agencies; and to place a statutory duty on the courts in England and Wales to record at the point of sentencing whether prisoners had children or dependents, and to check whether the immediate arrangements for their care were adequate.
Source: Gunes Kalkan and Nicola Smith, Just Visiting: Experiences of children visiting prisons, Barnardo's
Links: Paper | BBC report
Date: 2014-Sep
A paper examined women prisoners' post-custody resettlement experience in Northern Ireland, to consider the correlation between gender-responsive measures and the increasing criminalization and imprisonment of severely disadvantaged and marginalized women.
Source: Jacqueline Kerr, The (Re)Settlement of Women Prisoners in Northern Ireland: From rhetoric to reality, Working Paper 8/2014, Howard League for Penal Reform
Links: Paper
Date: 2014-Aug
The Scottish Government published a Bill designed to end the right of certain long-term prisoners (sentenced to four years or more for sex offences and 10 years or more for other crimes) to automatic early release from prison at the two-thirds point of their sentences; and to allow prisoners serving all but very short sentences to be released from prison on a particular day, to ensure immediate access to support services in communities.
Source: Prisoners (Control Of Release) (Scotland) Bill, Scottish Government, TSO
Links: Bill | Explanatory notes | Policy memorandum | Scottish Government press release
Date: 2014-Aug
A paper examined the extent to which prisoners should have access to taxpayer-funded legal advice, and considered whether there might be viable, cheaper alternatives. The paper argued that prisoners should continue to have access to funded services, on the grounds of both procedural fairness and cost.
Source: Kushal Sood, The Role of the Prison Lawyer in Balancing the Scales of Justice, Working Paper 11/2014, Howard League for Penal Reform
Links: Paper
Date: 2014-Aug
A new book examined the impact on children of their parents' imprisonment, drawing on research from across Europe.
Source: Peter Scharff Smith, When the Innocent are Punished: The children of imprisoned parents, Palgrave Macmillan
Links: Summary
Date: 2014-Aug
The probation inspectorate examined the child protection work undertaken by probation staff and youth offending teams (YOTs) with young people at risk from adult offenders and young people whose own behaviour put them at risk. The report said that: YOTs were well connected to children's social care services, enquiries and referrals were made, and information was shared; there was some excellent direct work carried out by YOTs with children and their parents/carers; and there was some good work by individual probation staff. However, the report outlined areas of concern, including: elements of assessing, planning, and evidencing work (including concerns about joint planning, and the variability of relationships with local safeguarding children boards); the prioritization of child protection work as a core task; understanding (by some probation staff) of the nature and purpose of such work; variable progress in work to address child sexual exploitation; and management oversight. The report made recommendations.
Source: An Inspection of the Work of Probation Trusts and Youth Offending Teams to Protect Children and Young People, HM Inspectorate of Probation
Links: Report | HMI Probation press release
Date: 2014-Aug
A paper examined the development of Women's Community Services and its part in the 're-imagination' of penal policy for women offenders in the community.
Source: Polly Radcliffe and Gillian Hunter, Imagining Penal Policy for Women: The case for Women's Community Services, Working Paper 4/2014, Howard League for Penal Reform
Links: Paper
Date: 2014-Aug
An article examined the communications approaches and strategies (the 'messaging structures' or 'frames') used by campaigners to influence politicians, the media, and the public on the issue of penal reform for women.
Source: Gemma Birkett, 'Penal reform discourse for women offenders: campaigners, policy strategies and "issue reframing"', Crime, Media, Culture, Volume 10 Number 2
Links: Abstract
Date: 2014-Aug
A paper argued that a broader understanding of justice was needed in order to enable social justice to be achieved for prisoners' families.
Source: Anna Kotova, Justice and Prisoners' Families, Working Paper 5/2014, Howard League for Penal Reform
Links: Paper
Date: 2014-Aug
An article examined the impact on children of a play visits service based at Her Majesty's Prison Leeds, in the north of England. It said that the visits produced positive outcomes for children of imprisoned fathers and were effective in maintaining and strengthening family ties, but further research was needed to confirm whether play visits produced stronger effects than standard visits.
Source: James Woodall, Karina Kinsella, and Lee Stephenson, '"It was just like we were a family again": play as a means to maintain family ties for children visiting an imprisoned parent', International Journal of Play, Volume 3 Issue 2
Links: Abstract
Date: 2014-Jul
A report examined policy on crime and punishment in the United Kingdom and, in particular, the reliance on imprisonment, reasons behind the high prison population, and the possibilities for both reducing the number of people imprisoned, and the length of sentences. The report looked at changes in the use and practice of imprisonment in the United Kingdom over the previous twenty years and argued in favour of the reduction of the prison population, as well as offering a range of strategies to reduce reliance on imprisonment, including: diversion from the courts; greater use of alternative forms of sentence; prohibition or restriction of the imposition of short custodial sentences; removal or restriction of imprisonment as a sentencing option for certain offences; the review of sentence lengths; and the removal of people with mental illness or addictions from prisons.
Source: Rob Allen, Andrew Ashworth, Roger Cotterrell, Andrew Coyle, Antony Duff, Nicola Lacey, Alison Liebling, and Rod Morgan, A Presumption Against Imprisonment: Social order and social values, British Academy
Links: Report | British Academy press release
Date: 2014-Jul
A special issue of a journal examined privatization of provision across a range of policy areas.
Source: Economic Affairs, Volume 34 Issue 2
Links: Table of contents
Notes: Articles included:
Peter Zweifel, 'Does privatisation contribute to the performance of a health care system?'
Richard Wellings, 'The privatisation of the UK railway industry: an experiment in railway structure'
Guy Opperman, 'Change your prison, change your outcomes, change your community'
Date: 2014-Jul
An article examined how the design of probation offices affected practice, drawing on Goffman's notion of 'front stage' and 'back stage' to suggest that the architecture of probation created and perpetuated an 'us and them' attitude. The article also considered the impact of the exterior and location of the office and the consequences of design for shifts in probation practice, before discussing more inclusive forms of office design and architecture.
Source: Jake Phillips, 'The architecture of a probation office: a reflection of policy and an impact on practice', Probation Journal, Volume 61 Number 2
Links: Abstract
Date: 2014-Jul
A report by a committee of MPs said that changes to rehabilitation services for prisoners, that aimed to introduce new private and voluntary providers, payment by results, a new National Probation Service, and additional probation services for short-term prisoners, were being introduced on an ambitiously short timescale. The committee's report discussed risks that would need to be managed, including a lack of piloting and the service procurement process.
Source: Probation: Landscape review, Fifty-eighth Report (Session 2013–14), HC 1114, House of Commons Public Accounts Select Committee, TSO
Links: Report | Committee press release | BBC report | Guardian report
Date: 2014-May
A report provided findings from the Active Risk Management System (ARMS) pilot, undertaken by the National Offender Management Service in 2012. ARMS was a structured assessment process to assess risk and was intended to provide the police and probation services with information to plan the management of convicted sex offenders in the community. The report noted limitations of the small scale of the pilot and made a range of recommendations regarding use, integration, training, and inter-agency working, and called for more extensive piloting to be undertaken and evaluated.
Source: Carol McNaughton Nicholls and Stephen Webster, Sex Offender Management and Dynamic Risk: Pilot evaluation of the Active Risk Management System (ARMS), National Offender Management Service (Ministry of Justice)
Links: Report
Date: 2014-May
A report said that 70 per cent of United Kingdom prisoners responding to a survey admitted they had been drinking when they committed the offence for which they were imprisoned, yet only half of those prisoners recognized their drinking as a problem. The report said that services available in prison were based on alcohol dependency rather than behaviour, and that only 40 per cent of the survey respondents had been made aware of the support available to them when they left prison. The report called for alcohol treatment services to form a key part of prison rehabilitation, for all frontline prison staff to be given specialist alcohol awareness training, for specialist support services for women, for a needs analysis to inform the commissioning of alcohol-related services, and for continuing 'through the gate' support for prisoners on release from prison.
Source: Sophie Kydd and Natalie Roe, The Alcohol and Crime Commission Report, Alcohol and Crime Commission
Links: Report | Addaction press release | Durham University press release
Date: 2014-May
An article examined the media debates around the United Kingdom Government's plans to privatize 70 per cent of probation trusts' work, and considered alternative strategies and arguments against the reforms that might have been proposed.
Source: Jake Phillips, 'Probation in the news: Transforming Rehabilitation', British Journal of Community Justice, Volume 12 Issue 1
Links: Abstract
Date: 2014-May
An article examined the development of an action learning group including healthcare staff, prison staff, and older prisoners at a prison in England, to develop a health and social care assessment and care planning process for older prisoners. It said that action learning was a valuable approach for developing practice, but there were important considerations when using action learning in the prison setting, including: maintaining focus of the group; the clarification of roles and procedures; providing practical and theoretical space; and consideration of the composition of the group.
Source: Elizabeth Walsh, Katrina Forsyth, Jane Senior, Kate O'Hara, and Jenny Shaw, 'Undertaking action research in prison: developing the Older Prisoner Health and Social Care Assessment and Plan', Action Research, Volume 12 Number 2
Links: Abstract
Date: 2014-May
An article examined perceived physical health, psychological distress, and social support among prison officers in the United Kingdom. It said that prison officers reported poor perceived physical health and a high level of psychological distress, and that correlations indicated that, as physical health worsened, psychological distress rose. It said there was some evidence that social support from within the prison affected the relationship, but external support did not.
Source: Joel Harvey, 'Perceived physical health, psychological distress, and social support among prison officers', The Prison Journal, Volume 94 Number 2
Links: Abstract
Date: 2014-May
The Scottish Government published an analysis of responses to a consultation on proposals to change the independent monitoring of prisons in Scotland.
Source: Consultation on the Draft Public Services Reform (Prison Visiting Committees) (Scotland) Order 2014 – Analysis of written responses, Scottish Government
Date: 2014-Apr
A report provided findings from the Offender Management Community Cohort Study, a longitudinal cohort study of offenders, aged 18 and over, who started Community Orders between October 2009 and December 2010. The report described which offenders received punitive requirements as part of a Community Order, the nature of these punitive elements, offenders' views of their sentences, and the level of compliance and breach within the orders. The report was part of a series of outputs from the study.
Source: Jack Cattell, Tom Kenny, Chris Lord, and Martin Wood, Community Orders with Punitive Requirements: Results from the Offender Management Community Cohort Study, Ministry of Justice
Links: Report | Technical reports
Date: 2014-Apr
A report by a committee of MPs said that the National Offender Management Service's strategy for managing the prison estate, involving closing uneconomic prisons and opening more efficient new facilities, had delivered cost savings and a good standard of accommodation, to time and within budget. However, the report said that two new prisons (HMP Oakwood and HMP Thameside) had performed poorly on providing sufficient, high-quality purposeful activity for prisoners, and that the department had closed some older prisons that had previously performed well. The committee said that increased offender behaviour provision and the removal from the United Kingdom of more foreign national prisoners would reduce prison overcrowding and generate additional cost savings.
Source: Ministry of Justice and National Offender Management Service: Managing the prison estate, Fifty-third Report (Session 2013–14), HC 1001, House of Commons Public Accounts Select Committee, TSO
Links: Report | Committee press release | Guardian report
Date: 2014-Apr
A report examined factors associated with employment after release, for longer-sentenced prisoners. Drawing on data from the Surveying Prisoner Crime Reduction survey, it said that factors associated with increased likelihood of employment after release from custody were: having been in work just prior to custody; participation in paid work while in custody; vocational training in custody; undertaking accredited programmes to address offending behaviour and reduce drug or alcohol use; and qualifications. Factors associated with reduced likelihood of employment after release included: homelessness after release from prison; disability; needing help with job-related skills; and being in treatment/counselling.
Source: Ian Brunton-Smith and Kathryn Hopkins, The Impact of Experience in Prison on the Employment Status of Longer-Sentenced Prisoners after Release: Results from the Surveying Prisoner Crime Reduction (SPCR) longitudinal cohort study of prisoners, Ministry of Justice
Links: Report
Date: 2014-Apr
Two reports outlined findings from phase two of the process evaluations of different payment by results pilots at Peterborough and Doncaster prisons. The pilot programmes were designed to introduce interventions to reduce reoffending by providing ongoing support following release from prison. The Peterborough project had informed ongoing reforms to the probation service, including the extension of supervision to all offenders on release from prison.
Source: Emma Disley and Jennifer Rubin, Phase 2 Report from the Payment by Results Social Impact Bond Pilot at HMP Peterborough, Ministry of Justice
Links: Report | MOJ press release
Source: Evelyn Hichens and Simon Pearce, Process Evaluation of the HMP Doncaster Payment by Results Pilot: Phase 2 findings, Ministry of Justice
Links: Report | MOJ press release
Date: 2014-Apr
A report examined the way that Community Order sentences were delivered, how this varied for different types of offender, and offenders' compliance with their sentences. Drawing on data from the Offender Management Community Cohort Study (a longitudinal cohort study of offenders, aged 18 and over, who started Community Orders between October 2009 and December 2010), it said that sentencers used a wide range of combinations of sentence requirements, that sentence requirements were sometimes tailored to offenders, and that sentences were being implemented in accordance with the principles of good offender management. The report was part of a series of outputs from the study.
Source: Jack Cattell, Alan Mackie, Tricia Capes, and Chris Lord, Implementation of Community Orders: Results from the Offender Manager Community Cohort Study, Ministry of Justice
Links: Report | Tables | Technical reports
Date: 2014-Apr
A report provided findings from the Offender Management Community Cohort Study, a longitudinal cohort study of offenders, aged 18 and over, who started Community Orders between October 2009 and December 2010. The report examined the role of Offender Managers in assessment, monitoring, and rehabilitation, the relationship between offenders and Offender Managers, and the impact on sentence outcomes. It said that the majority of offenders reported having a good or excellent relationship with Offender Managers, which other research had found to be an important factor in offender rehabilitation. The report was part of a series of outputs from the study.
Source: Chris Lord, Tom Kenny, and Martin Wood, The Role of Offender Managers in Community Orders: Results from the Offender Manager Community Cohort Study, Ministry of Justice
Links: Report | Technical reports
Date: 2014-Apr
A report examined the similarities between the criminal justice system and the social care sector with regards to personalization. The report described how greater 'personalization' in criminal justice might look, with offenders and their supervisors working together, and the need to focus on relationships, communities, and offender responsibility.
Source: Chris Fox, Alex Fox, and Caroline Marsh, Personalisation in the Criminal Justice System: What is the potential?, Criminal Justice Alliance
Links: Report
Date: 2014-Apr
A report provided an overview of evidence regarding the role of social enterprises in enabling adult and young offenders to access training and employment opportunities. It said that many of the social enterprises and their programmes were still in their first year of operation, and their varied approaches made it difficult to make comparisons about their impact, but some case studies did report observing reduced reoffending by their service users. It outlined the range of services offered by the case study organizations, noted the importance of partnership working and inter-agency relationships, and discussed the value of the social enterprise model. A range of case studies were published alongside this report.
Source: Providing Employment and Training Opportunities for Offenders: Growing sustainable work integration social enterprises – a report of learning from this programme, Home Office/Social Firms UK/Clinks
Links: Report | Case study reports | Social Firms UK press release
Date: 2014-Apr
An article examined whether – and if so, how and why – concerns regarding risk were affecting probation work in England and Wales from the practitioner perspective. Its findings were at odds with the 'critical consensus' that risk had dramatically altered the nature of practice.
Source: Mark Hardy, 'Practitioner perspectives on risk: using governmentality to understand contemporary probation practice', European Journal of Criminology, Volume 11 Number 3
Links: Abstract
Date: 2014-Apr
A report provided the key results from Wave 2 (in-custody, pre-release) and Wave 3 (post-custody) of the Surveying Prisoner Crime Reduction survey. The report examined prison routine, prisoners' expectations of life after custody, and actual outcomes on release, including employment, accommodation, drugs and alcohol, and finance, benefits, and debt.
Source: Kathryn Hopkins and Ian Brunton-Smith, Prisoners' Experience of Prison and Outcomes on Release: Waves 2 and 3 of SPCR – Results from the Surveying Prisoner Crime Reduction (SPCR) longitudinal cohort study of prisoners, Ministry of Justice
Links: Report | Technical reports
Date: 2014-Apr
An article examined the views of probation staff in England and Wales about the meaning(s) of 'quality' in probation practice.
Source: Gwen Robinson, Camilla Priede, Stephen Farrall, Joanna Shapland, and Fergus McNeill, 'Understanding "quality" in probation practice: frontline perspectives in England & Wales', Criminology and Criminal Justice, Volume 14 Number 2
Links: Abstract
Date: 2014-Mar
An article examined the application of action research in a project that sought to understand prisoner experiences in high security prisons in England. It discussed the challenges and limitations of the approach and the role of power relations, and suggested that facilitating change might require the development of two separate 'pedagogies'.
Source: Deborah Drake, 'Researching prisoner experiences with prison officers: an action research-inspired approach', Action Research, Volume 12 Number 1
Links: Abstract
Date: 2014-Mar
An article examined the implementation of the Intensive Alternative to Custody initiative in Greater Manchester, England, and considered the role played by probation staff in overcoming the concerns voiced by sentencers when presented with a pre-sentence report that proposed an alternative to custody.
Source: Emmeline Taylor, Rebecca Clarke, and Dervla McArt, 'The Intensive Alternative to Custody: "selling" sentences and satisfying judicial concerns', Probation Journal, Volume 61 Number 1
Links: Abstract
Date: 2014-Mar
An article examined a theory of 'social capital portfolios', developed from the social capital, substance misuse, and desistance literatures and refined through an 18-month longitudinal study of probation-managed drug interventions. The article applied the theory in the evaluation of contemporary probation drug policy and developments, and made recommendations.
Source: Helen Beckett Wilson, 'Criminal justice? Using a social capital theory to evaluate probation-managed drug policy', Probation Journal, Volume 61 Number 1
Links: Abstract
Date: 2014-Mar
An article examined the prevalence of self-harm among prisoners in England and Wales. It said that 5-6 per cent of male prisoners and 20-24 per cent of female inmates self-harmed every year, and repetition of such harm was particularly common in women and teenage girls. It said that prevalence varied by age, ethnicity, prison type, and sentence duration, and the article discussed clustering, and the risks of subsequent suicide. The article concluded that prevention and treatment of self-harm was essential for suicide prevention in prisons.
Source: Keith Hawton, Louise Linsell, Tunde Adeniji, Amir Sariaslan, and Seena Fazel, 'Self-harm in prisons in England and Wales: an epidemiological study of prevalence, risk factors, clustering, and subsequent suicide', The Lancet, Volume 383 Issue 9923
Links: Abstract | BBC report | Guardian report
Date: 2014-Mar
A report provided the findings from a study of drug recovery wings, launched in five adult prisons in England in 2011 to address needs of offenders with drugs/alcohol dependency. It said that all of the wings operated well, delivering recovery-focused interventions and with established links to community services to provide continuity of care on release from prison. Noting a number of limitations on the research, the report made recommendations, including for further study.
Source: Beverly Powis, Chris Walton, and Kiran Randhawa, Drug Recovery Wings Set Up, Delivery and Lessons Learned: Process study of first tranche DRW pilot sites, National Offender Management Service, Ministry of Justice
Links: Report
Date: 2014-Mar
An article examined the potential influence of a range of factors on the future of probation practice: moves to more law-enforcement practices; theories of desistance; new developments in offender engagement; and the emergence of payment by results. It said that the future of the service might be unrecognizable from anything that had gone before.
Source: John Deering, 'A future for probation?', Howard Journal of Criminal Justice, Volume 53 Issue 1
Links: Abstract
Date: 2014-Feb
The Welsh Government began consultation on proposals to implement guidance for mental health services for prisoners in Wales. The consultation would close on 24 February 2014.
Source: Policy Implementation Guidance: Mental health services for prisoners in Wales, Welsh Government
Links: Consultation document
Date: 2014-Jan
The Offender Rehabilitation Bill was given a third reading. The Bill was designed to make provision for: the release, and supervision after release, of offenders, to ensure that all adult offenders serving custodial sentences (and those who reached age 18 while in custody) could be supervised on release for a period of at least 12 months; the extension period for extended sentence prisoners; new court process and sanctions for breach of supervision requirements for those serving sentences of less than 2 years; changes to the drug testing requirements for those released from custody; changes to rehabilitative elements of community orders and suspended sentence orders; and new requirements for those on community or suspended sentence orders.
Source: Offender Rehabilitation Bill, Ministry of Justice, TSO | Debate 14 January 2014, columns 814-822, House of Commons Hansard, TSO
Links: Bill | Explanatory notes | Hansard
Date: 2014-Jan
A report by a committee of MPs said that there were a number of risks that arose from the scale and nature of Transforming Rehabilitation, a programme of work to change the scope and structure of community and prison-based probation and rehabilitative services, including opening up the provision of such services to a greater diversity of providers and the introduction of an element of payment for results achieved in reducing reoffending. The committee noted that witnesses had concerns about the scale and pace of change, had raised questions about whether the split of offender management between the public and private sector providers would be effective, and had raised concerns about the lack of piloting. The committee noted a lack of clarity over risk management and contingency planning for the transition phase, and said that it had not been able to assess whether the programme was adequately funded.
Source: Crime Reduction Policies: A co-ordinated approach? Interim report on the government's Transforming Rehabilitation programme, Twelfth Report (Session 2013–14), HC 1004, House of Commons Justice Select Committee, TSO
Links: Report
Date: 2014-Jan