Prisons
22/03/2019
Hundreds of Prison Officers marched through Westminster on Wednesday (20th March) demanding action against soaring levels of violence, an end to private prisons, and a fair […]
08/03/2019
It was announced today that Holloway Prison has been sold to a housing developer in an £81.5m deal. The site is expected to provide 1,000 homes […]
12/10/2018
The Offender Management in Custody (OMiC) model is another significant change for the NPS staff – particularly for our probation officers. I am the Implementation Manager […]
12/10/2018
23/04/2018
How and why did The Clink come into existence? Today’s challenge is that there are 86,413 adults in prison in England & Wales (82,403 men and […]
13/04/2018
Napo has published a briefing for members setting out the union’s view on Offender Management in Custody (OMIC). Napo members understandably many questions about the model […]
05/04/2018
The Parliamentary Group on Women in the Penal System, chaired by Baroness Jean Corston and Victoria Prentis MP, has recently launched a new Inquiry into the […]
05/04/2018
When Transforming Rehabilitation (TR) was launched, its proponents heralded it as a justice revolution. What has borne out instead is an initiative riddled with problems; including […]
17/03/2018
The Guardian recently published a welcome article on women in the prison estate. Entitled UK penal system designed by men for men, it focusses on the […]