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ICPR is delighted to have published its 7^th blog post as part of our guested edited blog series for ...

On 11 September 2025, California lawmakers unanimously approved Assembly Bill 247 (AB 247) to pay incarcerated firefighters the federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour when they are assigned to fight active fires.

Professor Mai Sato, Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Iran and Director of ICPR condemns staggering scale ...

ICPR is excited to be collaborating with Currys – the UK’s largest tech retailer - and RED Consultancy on evaluating the effectiveness of the ‘Mind the Grab’ anti-phone theft initiative.

The law, policy and practice of prison work provision in Brazil are explained in a new briefing by the Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research.

A new study by Birkbeck, University of London, and the University of York has found that easy access to crack cocaine is driving addiction, mental health struggles, and homelessness— especially in deprived communities in the North of England.

ICPR is seeking a fixed-term, part-time Research Assistant to join the School of Social Sciences this Summer 2025. 

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Alex Murray, Research Fellow at ICPR, is conducting a survey into the impact of disability benefits on the wellbeing of disabled people.