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Great article on Comment is Free by Yvonne Roberts, one of the trustees of Women in Prison:
In 2009, the Ministry of Justice allocated over £15m to develop a range of services to divert women from custody – that is welcome (if funding is sustained) but it is loose change compared with the cost of keeping a growing number incarcerated at a price of £41,00 per year, per prisoner. If community-based punishment and a reduction in recidivism is to be achieved, that requires a proper investment with a view to the …
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Justice Secretary Maria Eagle today announced the creation of a joint fund to divert women away from crime. The Ministry of Justice and the Corston Independent Funders’ Coalition have established a joint grant fund, each contributing £1 million, to help transform the way women are treated by the criminal justice system.
The Corston Independent Funders’ Coalition is an alliance of charitable trusts and foundations working together to reduce the numbers of non-violent women in prison. The members of the Coalition are all grant-makers, with years of experience of working in the …
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Today’s Guardian contains a piece in the Response column from a two people who helped set up day centres for offenders as an alternative to prison sentences. Talking about how the programme works in the US, they say:
They are not a “soft option”. Attendance is mandatory and backed up with sanctions; there is routine drug testing; and some of those attending are electronically monitored and subject to curfews. They have reduced demand on prisons by more than seven million cell-nights per annum, saving US taxpayers a third of a …
