female offenders

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

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

The Challenges for Muslim Women in Prison and Post-Release

[PSJ (2024)]

Research into needs of Muslim Women in prison and on release, includes recommendations.

Keywords: female offenders, Muslims

Effective Practice guide – working with women

[HMI Probation (2023)]

Guidance based on effective practice identified by HMI Probation. [From HMI Probation’s Research & Analysis collection].

Keywords: female offenders

Youth Connectors Programme

[Sefton YJS (2024)]

Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: Sefton’s Youth Connectors are a small team of female youth workers assigned to schools in the area to provide 1-2-1 support and mentoring to girls aged 8-15 years considered at heightened risk of offending or exploitation.

Keywords: young people, female offenders, mental health, wellbeing

WHIST Women’s Hub

[North East Probation (2024)]

Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: Women’s Health in South Tyneside (WHIST) is a charity established to address gaps in provision and support for women in the local area, with a particular focus on health and wellbeing – South Tyneside PDU have co-located their women’s services in the WHIST building to help meet their needs more effectively.

Keywords: female offenders

Walsall Women’s Hub

[West Midlands Probation (2024)]

Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: the Walsall Women’s Hub is a bespoke service for females on probation where they can access probation and commissioned services under one roof.

Keywords: female offenders

Rehabilitation and Social Inclusion Hubs

[North East Probation & Ingeus (2024)]

Kathy Biggar Trophy submission: North East Probation, in partnership with Ingeus, have set up a number of “hub” facilities, primarily for women on probation, which bring together a wide range of services to help meet the women’s needs.

Keywords: female offenders, social inclusion, engagement

Women’s Services Map

[National Women’s Justice Coalition (2023)]

Online searchable directory of services for women in contact with the criminal justice system.

Keywords: female offenders, services

Women With Learning Disabilities In Prison: What Else Needs To Be Done?

[Prison Service Journal (2023)]

PSJ article written by former Unlocked Graduate, Beth Sutherland.

Keywords: female offenders, disabilities