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Psychologically Informed Planned Environments - Russell Webster
Yesterday (13 October 2022) HMPPS published an Evaluation of Psychologically Informed Planned Environments (PIPEs). The evaluation, undertaken by a team from the Centre of Psychiatry, Wolfson Institute of Preventive Medicine, Queen Mary University of London, assessed the first five years of PIPEs operation in both prison …
What went wrong with community sentences? - Russell Webster
May 4, 2017 · The number of community orders has essentially halved over the past decade, with an increasingly sharp decline from 2011 onwards, whilst custody and fines have remained relatively stable. The rising use of suspended sentence orders has not offset. this trend. The use of community sentences has declined fastest for theft and drugs offences.
How does our prison system compare? - Russell Webster
Apr 7, 2022 · Similarly, 19.2% of prisoners in Northern Ireland were sentenced to life imprisonment in January 2021, the highest proportion across Europe; this compares to 18.1% of prisoners in Scotland, 10.4% in England & Wales and a Europe-wide average of 3.3% and median of 1.7%. The SPACE Report also ranks countries in a range of different penal ...
What incentives work in prison? - Russell Webster
Feb 5, 2019 · Incentives. Last week (30 January 2019) the Prisoner Policy Network published its first report on the subject of What incentives work in prison? based on an extensive consultation exercise with over 1,250 people with experience of prison. It presents the findings from an emerging network of current serving prisoners, ex-prisoners and connected organisations who want to share their expertise ...
How old are our prisons? - Russell Webster
Oct 23, 2019 · Interestingly, o nly one prison was opened between 1895 and 1933 (Feltham). 20 prisons were opened in the 1960s, 9 in the 19702, 13 in the 1980s, 16 in the 1990s, 7 in the first decade of the new century and four since then- HMP/YOI Isis and HMPs Oakwood, Thameside and Berwyn. The process of researching the dataset reminded me how often so many ...
The mental health impact of therapy dogs in prisons
Dec 20, 2018 · Findings. The impact of the therapy dogs on prisoner’s wellbeing was tested both quantitatively and qualitatively. Participants completed a Short Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Well-Being Scale SWEMWBS at every session. Follow up data was available for 87 participants (i.e. 87 participants had both an initial rating and a final rating on completion of the intervention).
10 principles for complex needs work - Russell Webster
Here are the 10 principles for effective complex needs services: ‘Someone on your side’: Opportunity to build consistent, positive and trusting relationships. Assertive and persistent: An assertive and persistent approach to engagement that does not give up on people. Continuous and consistent support over a prolonged period, responding ...
Why are offenders recalled to prison? - Russell Webster
Oct 19, 2017 · According to these figures, in the twelve months between 1 April 2016 and 31 March 2017, a total of 21,721 individuals were recalled, 481 of whom were IPPs. The MoJ records six reasons for recalls: Further charge; Non-compliance with their licence conditions; Failure to keep in touch; Failure to reside where directed; Breaking licence ...
Human rights for people on probation - Russell Webster
Mar 21, 2019 · The EPR highlights the importance of respecting the rights/needs of victims and the human rights of offenders. The concept of ‘the rights of offenders’ is politically controversial and even provocative. However, rhetorical oppositions such as offenders vs. victims and rights vs. obligations are usually a bad start to considered discussion.