One theme in ICPR’s evidence to the Independent Sentencing Review was about the ways in which public opinion should – and shouldn’t – shape sentencing policy, and this blog summarises the evidence we offered on this.

We have again drawn on our international prisons research to inform an important inquiry seeking to raise standards in our prison system. ‘Rehabilitation and resettlement: ending the cycle of reoffending’ is the first Justice Committee inquiry of the current parliament.

ICPR today published a new report based on findings of the Voicing Loss research on the coroner service.

Journalists here and abroad have been using our prison populations data to make sense of the current crisis facing UK prisons.

ICPR is recruiting the following positions

ICPR has today published a comprehensive new briefing paper exploring the law, policy, and practice of prison work in the United States, with a particular focus on Arizona, California, and Texas.

Dr Mai Sato has been appointed as the new Professor and Director of Birkbeck’s Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research (ICPR) and is due to take up the position in February 2025. As ICPR Director, Mai will lead and oversee ICPR’s programme of academically grounded, policy-oriented research on crime and justice.

The law and practice of prison work provision in England and Wales, Northern Ireland and Scotland are explained in a new publication from the Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research