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@icpr.bsky.social

ICPR conducts justice-focused research that drives meaningful policy change and public debate while upholding principles of fairness and human rights. www.icpr.org.uk Manages the World Prison Brief @worldprisonbrief.bsky.social

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Criminal Justice Alliance and Media Trust Films | Criminal Justice Alliance Criminal Justice Alliance and Media Trust Films

🎬 Watch What Do You Think?, a powerful film created by @revdoors.bsky.social & @icpr.bsky.social as part of our partnership with @mediatrust.bsky.social

The film highlights the role of co-produced research in creating a fairer justice system.

www.criminaljusticealliance.org/resources/me...

08.10.2025 08:45 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
The image shows a research flyer with information about the study. The survey with all the details can be found via this link https://forms.office.com/e/7Kda0UzP6G

The image shows a research flyer with information about the study. The survey with all the details can be found via this link https://forms.office.com/e/7Kda0UzP6G

I am doing a survey to gather people’s experiences of receiving Personal Independence Payment (PIP) or Adult Disability Payment
(ADP) to highlight the impact that disability benefits can have on the wellbeing of disabled people.

forms.office.com/e/7Kda0UzP6G

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Our upcoming criminal justice research symposium on 8 May will include a workshop on AI in criminal justice, featuring:

- Griff Ferris, @statewatch.bsky.social
- Dr Patrick Williams, Harm to Healing Coalition
- Dr Bina Bhardwa, @icpr.bsky.social

criminaljusticealliance.org/symposium-20...

28.04.2025 09:10 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜I’m utterly utterly despondent and disappointed.’ Bereaved families describe being failed by the inquest system Many bereaved relatives hope an inquest will identify institutional failings that contributed to the death - but the system is often not up to the challenge.

Findings of ICPR's Voicing Loss project are the subject of an article published today in The Conversation. theconversation.com/im-utterly-u...

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Photo of security gates at Coldingley prison, by Andy Aitchison.

Photo of security gates at Coldingley prison, by Andy Aitchison.

The prison population stands at 87,199. There are 105 more people in prison than there were last week.

By the prison service's own measure of safe and decent accommodation, there is room for only 79,428. The population is 7,771 above this level.

howardleague.org/prison-watch/

25.02.2025 13:36 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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On 5 March ICPR Director and UN Special Rapporteur on the Situation of Human Rights in Iran, Dr Mai Sato, will speak at an Amnesty International roundtable discussion on "Voices of Resistance: Progressing Women's Rights in Iran." More information and registration details can be found below.

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Global female incarceration on the rise - Russell Webster The sixth edition of the World Female Imprisonment List shows female prison population growing faster than male population worldwide.

Global female incarceration on the rise
The sixth edition of the World Female Imprisonment List shows female prison population growing faster than male population worldwide. www.russellwebster.com/global-femal... via @icpr.bsky.social

13.02.2025 06:43 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Female prison population growing faster than male, worldwide | World Prison Brief New prison population data reveals that the number of female prisoners has grown much faster than that of male prisoners. Since 2000, the number of women and girls in prison has surged by 57%, compare...

Female prison population growing faster than male, worldwide, according to the 6th edition of our World Female Imprisonment List, published today www.prisonstudies.org/news/female-...

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Our new briefing, Out of Court Resolutions and Young Adults, provides practitioners with practice principles to improve the use of out of court resolutions for young adults aged 18–24.

Read it in full here: justiceinnovation.org/publications...

03.02.2025 11:55 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Professor Mike Hough: Public opinion and sentencing reform | Institute for Criminal Policy Research

"Public opinion and sentencing reform" - new blog by Professor Mike Hough www.icpr.org.uk/news-events/...

27.01.2025 11:29 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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GwL families in first-ever study of gambling at inquests - gamblingwithlives.org Today the Voicing Loss project has published a ground-breaking report on the experiences of families bereaved by gambling-related suicide during the inquest process.

"I am utterly, utterly despondent and disappointed in the whole system."

Today, @icpr.bsky.social has published the first-ever report on the experiences of families bereaved by gambling at inquests.

www.gamblingwithlives.org/press/gwl-fa...

20.01.2025 16:36 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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β€˜Unwilling’ coroners failed us, say families of gambling addicts who took their own lives Bereaved relatives claim betting industry is not being held to account, report reveals

This report, and bereaved families' concerns about the coroner service, are the subject an article in yesterday's Observer: www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

20.01.2025 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
New report on findings of ICPR's Voicing Loss study, co-published with Gambling with Lives | Institute for Criminal Policy Research

ICPR today published a new report based on findings of the Voicing Loss research on the coroner service. This report, produced with Gamble With Lives, examines experiences of the inquest process among families and bereaved by gambling-related suicide. www.icpr.org.uk/news-events/...

20.01.2025 10:02 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1

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