Criminal Justice Organisations

Clinks

Clinks supports, represents and campaigns for the Voluntary and Community Sector working with offenders - it aims to ensure the Sector and all those with whom they work, are informed and engaged in order to transform the lives of offenders.

Clinks many services are designed to further their strategic aims of representing the VCS, promoting its work and providing specialist support.

Criminal Justice Alliance

The Criminal Justice Alliance is a coalition of 67 organisations - including campaigning charities, voluntary sector service providers, research institutions, staff associations and trade unions - involved in policy and practice across the criminal justice system. The Criminal Justice Alliance provides the focal point of a network for its members. It disseminates information, organises meetings, and supports its members to work together. The Criminal Justice Alliance also campaigns - on behalf of and with its members - for a fairer and more effective criminal justice system. Read more

Howard League for Penal Reform

The Howard League for Penal Reform has a strong and long history of working alongside the academic and research communities. A guiding principle of their work has been to develop new ideas and understanding of the consequences of changes and innovations in the penal system. Their work includes campaigns, inquriies, research and publications Read more

International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS)

The International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS) assists governments and other relevant agencies to develop appropriate policies on prisons and the use of imprisonment and has an academic partnership with the University of Essex.The Centre makes the results of its academic research and projects widely available to groups and individuals, both nationally and internationally. These include policy makers, practitioners and administrators, the media and the general public - such dissemination helps to increase an understanding of the purpose of prison and what can be expected of it. ICPS carries out work on a project or consultancy basis for international agencies, governmental and non-governmental organisations. Read more

Make Justice Work

Make Justice Work is a campaign to boost public support for a change in how Britain deals with minor offenders – a switch from expensive and futile short prison terms to intensive and effective sanctions, delivered in the community. The brainchild of criminal justice campaigner, Roma Hooper, (founder of the Prison Radio Association), Make Justice Work is backed by leading experts from the criminal justice system – including former prison governors, charity directors and renowned academics. It also enjoys the support of a wealth of key players and opinion formers from outside the organisation. Read more

Prison Reform Trust

The Prison Reform Trust (PRT) is an independent UK charity working to create a just, humane and effective penal system - they do this by inquiring into the workings of the system; informing prisoners, staff and the wider public; and by influencing Parliament, government and officials towards reform. its main objectives are: reducing unnecessary imprisonment and promoting community solutions to crime improving treatment and conditions for prisoners and their families promoting equality and human rights in the justice system. Read more

Prisoners' Education Trust

Prisoners Education Trust was established in 1989, the brainchild of the two founders, David Burton and Vernon Cocking. They had become disillusioned with the narrow range of classes on offer to prisoners, and with colleagues considered how a broader education could be provided. This led to the charity being founded. Initially working in just Wandsworth prison, then gradually spreading, they now offer access to a grants programme to prisoners throughout England and Wales -the grants programme enables prisoners to study through distance learning. Read more

Transition to Adulthood Alliance (T2A)

The T2A Alliance evidences and promotes effective approaches for young people in the transition to adulthood (16-25 year olds) throughout the criminal justice process. T2A is a coalition of 12 of the leading criminal justice, health and youth organisations, convened by the Barrow Cadbury Trust. Since 2008, the T2A Alliance has produced more than 40 research and policy reports, which support the campaign priorities and recommendations.

Three pilot projects running since 2009, have been testing different approaches to improving services for young adults in the criminal justice system - they are delivering different community interventions all tailored to the needs of individual young adults.