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Over half of people think prisons are not effective according to a new survey. It has revealed a significant lack of knowledge about prisons, including the kinds of offences the prison population is being held for, and rates of reoffending thejusticegap.com/survey-reveals…

We invited Sentencing Academy to reflect on the findings of its recent survey on the public’s knowledge of the prison population and the purpose of imprisonment. Find out more in Dr Jonathan Bild's blog: magistrates-association.org.uk/blog/what-do-t…

What do children know and think about sentencing? - Report from Sentencing Academy russellwebster.com/what-do-childr…

Join us on Friday 10 January for a free day-long event - 'Perspectives on Sentencing' - held in conjunction with Sentencing Council and The City Law School. Topics include the Government's Sentencing Review and the issue of sentence inflation. Sign up here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/perspectives…

Merry Christmas Eve! A good day for a "personal news" tweet. I'm delighted to be joining Sentencing Academy as a director. Starting with the David Gauke review, an important public conversation is coming about sentencing- about nothing less than what justice really means. (1/2)

NEW SPEAKERS for Friday's sentencing seminar. The Lady Chief Justice will be joining us and we’ll be getting an update on the Independent Sentencing Review from Chairman the Rt Hon David Gauke. For full programme and to sign up: bit.ly/3AZV4H9

Fellow charity the Sentencing Academy recently released a piece of research entitled ‘who is in prison and what is the purpose of imprisonment’? 73% of people surveyed said they knew ‘not very much’ or ‘nothing at all’. But how much do YOU know? 🤔

We have now published our response to the Independent Sentencing Review. Our response includes analyses of the extent to which the greater use of custody may have been caused by more serious offences appearing before the courts. Read our response: sentencingacademy.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

Georgia-Mae Chung has written an article for the Sentencing Academy on the topic of totality. The article forms part of the Sentencing Explained series and provides an overview of the current law. mountfordchambers.com/georgia-mae-ch… Sentencing Academy

My first blog outing for the Sentencing Academy. It looks as though big changes are coming for sentencing policy this year. But one question that shouldn't get lost: how on earth do politicians ensure they aren't put in this situation again in the future? sentencingacademy.org.uk/a-review-of-th…

Following the publication of the Independent Sentencing Review's interim report last week, our Director of External Relations Ellie Cumbo considers the challenges ahead: sentencingacademy.org.uk/a-review-of-th…

A new post from us explains the role of the Pre-Sentence Report at sentencing in light of the response to the updated Imposition sentencing guideline. Read the post here: sentencingacademy.org.uk/the-new-imposi…

Would you like to join the Sentencing Academy at a time of great significance for sentencing in England and Wales? We are looking for a Research and Policy Officer for an initial one year fixed-term to help us develop our new Sentencing Hub. Full details: sentencingacademy.org.uk/research-and-p…

With the possibility of emergency legislation being introduced to override an aspect of a sentencing guideline, an Explainer by us sets out the relationship between the Government, Parliament and the Sentencing Council. Read our Explainer here: sentencingacademy.org.uk/the-government…

As Parliament legislates to override an aspect of a sentencing guideline for the first time, we have produced a Briefing that considers the implications of the Sentencing Guidelines (Pre-sentence Reports) Bill. Read our Briefing here: sentencingacademy.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

New research analysis by Prof Jose Pina-Sánchez & Sentencing Academy They estimate 87% of the increase in sentence severity in England & Wales over last 2 decades is due to a genuine change in #sentencing practice (sentence inflation 📈⬆️), ie. more punitive sentencingacademy.org.uk/measuring-sent…

Measuring Sentence Inflation in England and Wales Our new analysis leads us to estimate that sentencing in England and Wales is today 54% more punitive than it was in 2005. Read our report here: sentencingacademy.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

For the rest of today, I'm focusing on another bit of law justice world- sentencing policy. I'm off to Edinburgh to attend tomorrow's symposium held by Scottish Sentencing Council, SCCJR Sentencing Academy on effectiveness in sentencing. An important conversation in both jurisdictions.

Highly consequential recommendations due this week from the David Gauke-chaired independent sentencing review. Amongst the more newsworthy things, we at Sentencing Academy are especially interested in the expansion of deferred sentencing (different from suspended sentences). (1/3)