custodial

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Reducing Reoffending A Synthesis of Evidence on Effectiveness of Interventions

[Ministry of Justice (2025)]

Updated evidence review on what works in reducing reoffending.

Time to care: What helps women cope in prison?

[HMI Prisons (2025)]

Inspectorate report focuses on what practical support officers and leaders can offer women to reduce the likelihood that they will resort to self-harm.

Keywords: female offenders

Sport and physical activity as an intervention for reintegration and resettlement

[HMI Probation (2024)]

This report sets out six key mechanisms for the effective design and implementation of sport-based criminal justice interventions. [From HMI Probation’s Research & Analysis collection].

Keywords: sport, resettlement

What makes a good prison officer?

[PRT (2024)]

Prisoner and staff consensus on what makes a good prison officer.

Keywords: prison officers

The lived experience of drug testing and Incentivised Substance Free Living wings

[Ministry of Justice (2024)]

Research into ISLFs.

Keywords: substance misuse

Protecting the wellbeing of prison staff

[Prison Service Journal (2025)]

Lecture on how organisations can protect the well-being of prison staff.

Keywords: prison officers

Responding to women in prison for modern slavery offending

[Prison Service Journal (2024)]

The needs of women convicted of modern slavery are similar to other female offenders.

Keywords: female offenders, modern slavery

Post-release death investigations

[Prison & Probation Ombudsman (2023)]

This learning lessons bulletin summarises the learning from PPO investigations into the deaths of those who died within 14 days of release from prison.

Keywords: resettlement, health

Standards for Domestic Abuse Perpetrator Interventions

[Home Office (2023)]

Overarching principles and practice guidelines for commissioning and delivering interventions for perpetrators of domestic abuse – from the Home Office.

Keywords: domestic violence

Barriers to Effective Staff Communication in a Custodial Setting

[Prison Service Journal (2023)]

PSJ article written by former Unlocked Graduate, Bethany Kendle, on barriers to effective communication and how they might be addressed in custodial settings.

Keywords: communication