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Monday, January 26, 2015 - 10:46

Scottish Government: Plans for female prison in Inverclyde will not go ahead

Howard League Scotland: HLS welcomes bold decision on Inverclyde

Holyrood: New women's prison scrapped

Turning Point Scotland: Female prison announcement made at our 218 service

Herald Scotland: New women's prisons plans scrapped

BBC: New £75m women's prison scrapped, confirms Scottish minister

The Guardian: Activists cheer Scottish government U-turn on new women’s prison

Third Force News: Charities welcome plan to scrap women's jail

Inverclyde Now: WOMEN'S Prison Plan Ditched

Archive

► 2022

Judged on Progress: the Need for Urgent Delivery on Scottish Justice Sector Reforms
21st April 2022
Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act 2019 Implemented
21st April 2022
Independent Review of the Response to Deaths in Prison Custody
21st April 2022
Scottish Sentencing Council: Guideline on the Sentencing of Young People
21st April 2022
HMIPS Annual Report 2020-2021
21st April 2022
HMIPS Health and Well-Being Pre-Inspection Survey
21st April 2022
Scottish Sentencing Council Report: Judicial Perspectives on Community-Based Disposals
21st April 2022
Reconviction Statistics: 2019-19 Offender Cohort
21st April 2022
Recorded Crime in Scotland 2020-2021
21st April 2022
HMIPS Liaison Visit to HMP Greenock
21st April 2022
HMIPS Liaison Visit to HMP Castle Huntly
21st April 2022
Audit Scotland: Community Justice Sustainable Alternatives to Custody
21st April 2022
Mental Welfare Commission Report: Women and Mental Ill-Health
21st April 2022
Membership of the new Scottish Parliament Criminal Justice Committee Announced
21st April 2022

► 2021

The Scandal of Remand in Scotland: A Report by Howard League Scotland – May 2021
21st May 2021
An Urgent Plea from Howard League Scotland Committee
21st April 2021
Expert Review of Mental Health Support For Young People Entering And In Custody At HMP&YOI Polmont - Final Progress Update
15th April 2021
Extended Presumption Against Short Sentences Monitoring Information: January – December 2020
15th April 2021
Scottish Crime & Justice Survey 2019-20
15th April 2021
Criminal Justice Social Work Statistics: 2019 -20
15th April 2021
HMIPS Liaison Visit to HMP/YOI Grampian
15th April 2021
Review of Forensic Mental Health Services in Scotland Final Report
15th April 2021
The Prisons and Young Offenders Institutions (Coronavirus) (Scotland) Rules
15th April 2021
Covid19 Court Restrictions Extended
15th April 2021
The Community Orders (Coronavirus)(Scotland) Regulations 2021
15th April 2021
The Restorative Justice (Prescribed Persons) (Scotland) Order 2021
15th April 2021
Allan Marshall FAI Recommendations
15th April 2021
The Parole Board (Scotland) Amendment Rules 2021
15th April 2021
Effects of New Covid19 Variant
15th April 2021
Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) Criminal Case Throughput Data
15th April 2021
Council of Europe's European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment Report
15th April 2021
Reconviction Rates in Scotland: 2017-18 Offender Cohort
15th April 2021
Justice Committee Evidence Session - Covid19 Effects on Criminal Justice System
15th April 2021
HMIPS Liaison Visit to HMP Kilmarnock
15th April 2021
Management of Offenders (Scotland) Act - Electronic Monitoring
15th April 2021
Outstanding Unpaid Work (Community Payback Orders)
14th April 2021
HMP Dumfries Full Inspection
14th April 2021
New European Prison Rules
14th April 2021
Scottish Prison Population Statistics 2019 - 2020
14th April 2021
HMIPS First Liaison Visit to HMP Addiewell
14th April 2021
HMIPS First Liaison Visit to HMP Edinburgh
14th April 2021
Disclosure (Scotland) Act
14th April 2021

► 2020

HMIPS: Remote Monitoring and Liaison Visits
16th November 2020
Virtual Visits and Mobile Phones in Scottish Prisons
16th November 2020
SPS Covid19 Route Map
16th November 2020
Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2018-19
16th November 2020
HMIPS Inspection of HMP Edinburgh
16th November 2020
Jackie Tombs – A Note of Appreciation
20th August 2020
Three Keys to Unlocking the Problem of Prisons in a Pandemic
25th June 2020
‘Prisoner householding’: the latest threat from Covid-19
29th April 2020
COVID-19 in Scottish Prisons: Update #1
30th March 2020
COVID-19 in Scottish Prisons
30th March 2020
Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representations) Bill Passed
30th March 2020
Disclosure (Scotland) Bill Report
23rd March 2020
Age of Criminal Responsibility (Scotland) Act
23rd March 2020
Scottish Elections (Franchise and Representations) Bill Report
23rd March 2020
Independent Review of the Handling of Deaths in Custody
23rd March 2020
Evidence to Education and Skills Committee: Disclosure (Scotland) Bill
23rd March 2020
HMP Glenochil Full Inspection
23rd March 2020
Council of Europe's European Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment
23rd March 2020
Pre-Budget Scrutiny
11th February 2020
Throughcare Service Provision Announcement
11th February 2020
Recorded Crime in Scotland: 2018-2019
11th February 2020
Evidence to Standards, Procedures and Public Appointments Committee: Prisoner Voting
11th February 2020
Audit Scotland audit of SPS
11th February 2020
Scottish Government - Programme for Government 2019/20
11th February 2020

► 2019

HMIPS Annual Report 2018-19
5th November 2019
Fatal Accident Inquiry - Allan Marshall (HMP Edinburgh)
5th November 2019
Franchise Extended to Prisoners to Vote in the Shetland By-Election
5th November 2019
Suspension of SPS Throughcare Support Service
25th July 2019
Management of Offenders (Scotland) Bill
1st July 2019
Presumption Against Short Sentences (PASS)
28th June 2019
UN Committee Against Torture - Key Concerns
11th March 2019
New Strapline Brief
28th January 2019

► 2018

Call for Submissions: 40th Anniversary Conference 'Reimagining the Future'
20th December 2018
First HLS Student Society Launches
28th September 2018
Critical Issues in Scottish Penal Policy: Prison Reductionism
21st September 2018
Critical Issues in Scottish Penal Policy: Disclosure of Convictions
20th September 2018
Critical Issues in Scottish Penal Policy: Prisoner Voting Rights
19th September 2018
Critical Issues in Scottish Penal Policy: Inequality & Imprisonment
18th September 2018
Critical Issues in Scottish Penal Policy: Prison Officers
17th September 2018
Remand: A life or death crisis in Scotland
8th August 2018
Phones in Prisons: Reconnect or Rehabilitate?
11th July 2018
Raising the bar of youth justice: the minimum age of criminal responsibility
9th July 2018
Justice Committee Remand Report
25th June 2018
HLS Gives Evidence to Parliament
17th May 2018
HLS Management of Offenders Submission
17th May 2018
Press Release: HLS Statement on Equality and Human Rights Committee
14th May 2018
Committee Recommends ban on prisoner voting should be removed in its entirety
14th May 2018
Call for Trustees
9th May 2018
Achieving Social Justice in 2018: Prisoner Voting Rights
19th April 2018
Scottish Prisons in Comparative Perspective
20th March 2018
HLS Welcomes Increase in Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility
14th March 2018
Scotland Must Reform Life Sentences
12th March 2018
International Women's Day
8th March 2018
Proposed Advances in Electronic Monitoring
28th February 2018
Crime falls, but the prison remains
28th February 2018
Vision for Scottish Penal Reform in 2018
21st February 2018
Spent Convictions Legislation
14th February 2018
How long until my conviction is spent?
14th February 2018

► 2017

Evidence on prisoner voting rights for Equalities and Human Rights Committee
7th September 2017
Howard League Scotland response to Scottish Government's 2017/18 Programme for Government
6th September 2017
Reviewing progress on female imprisonment in Scotland
26th June 2017
HOWARD LEAGUE SCOTLAND RESPONSE TO DRAFT SCOTTISH INDEPENDENCE REFERENDUM BILL (2016)
13th March 2017

► 2016

Scottish prisons design capacity and average daily populations (2015/16)
20th September 2016
HLS response on minimum age of criminal responsibility
23rd June 2016
2016 HOLYROOD ELECTIONS: REVIEW OF PARTY MANIFESTOS
29th April 2016
Statement on presumption against short periods of imprisonment
9th February 2016

► 2015

Response from Howard League Scotland to consultation on proposals to strengthen the presumption against short periods of imprisonment
23rd December 2015
Briefing on Community Justice (Scotland) Bill
19th November 2015
Howard League Scotland website problems
20th October 2015
Reform of the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974
7th September 2015
Guest blog: Restructuring Community Justice in Scotland
1st September 2015
Response to Scottish Government announcement on women offenders
22nd June 2015
Prisoners (Control of Release) Bill - Stage 3 briefing
21st June 2015
Women's Penal Policy Campaign Still Needs Champions
18th April 2015
Latest Crime and Punishment Statistics Scotland
23rd March 2015
Perspectives from inside Barlinnie
23rd March 2015
Prisoner Voting
23rd March 2015
Experiencing Long-term Imprisonment in Scotland
23rd March 2015
Standards for Inspecting and Monitoring Prisons in Scotland
23rd March 2015
Automatic Early Release
27th February 2015
Prisoners (Control of Release) (Scotland) Bill Feb 2015
24th February 2015
Blueprint for Reform
19th February 2015
Automatic Early Release
4th February 2015
Inverclyde in the news
26th January 2015
Howard League Scotland welcomes bold decision on Inverclyde
26th January 2015
HLS in the news: automatic early release
19th January 2015
Ban on automatic early release
13th January 2015
Grampian Prison Radio Station
13th January 2015
January 2015 Scottish Prison Population
12th January 2015
Pat Carlen on Women in Prison - an indictment of society
7th January 2015
Death, Addiction and Decay - Health matters in Scottish prisons
5th January 2015

► 2014

Inverclyde - a new year's resolution?
18th December 2014
Can Prison Work?
1st December 2014
New Cabinet Secretary for Justice
21st November 2014
Ageing Prison Population
19th November 2014
People in prison: a snapshot
5th November 2014
Possible Smoking Ban in Scottish Prisons
3rd November 2014
Scottish Government’s Draft Budget 2015-16
3rd November 2014
Scottish Imprisonment - Recent trends and Costs
31st October 2014
HLS Convenor, John Scott QC, Annual SACRO Lecture
30th October 2014
Prison Visiting Committee Reform
30th October 2014
Lord Carloway Drummond Hunter Lecture - full paper
27th October 2014
Scottish Government’s Draft Budget 2014/15
11th October 2014
Scottish Government: What Works to Reduce Crime?
10th October 2014
Prison Population
8th October 2014
Rehabilitation and Resettlement
8th October 2014
Getting it Right For Every Child
6th October 2014
Youth Justice Under the Radar
6th October 2014
Extended Family Visits
6th October 2014
Is prison the only future for women's penal policy?
1st October 2014
Baroness Corston: Inverclyde prison 'will fail'
1st October 2014
Scottish Imprisonment September 2014
26th September 2014
Greenock Inspection
26th September 2014
Howard League Scotland calls for voting rights for prisoners
23rd September 2014
VOTERS ASKED TO REMEMBER THOSE WITH NO VOICE
18th September 2014
Prison Population - September 2014
9th September 2014
Prison Population - September 2014
9th September 2014
Past, Present & Future - Women's Penal Policy
20th August 2014
HMP Grampian - Incapacitant Spray Used
13th August 2014
A Shine Mentor on Women Offenders: From Where I Stand...
11th August 2014
SPS Annual Report 2013-2014
16th July 2014
Prison Population - July 2014
11th July 2014
Scottish Prisoner Voting Arrangements
3rd July 2014
Breaking the Cycle of Building Bigger Prisons
1st July 2014
HM Chief Inspector of Prisons Report 2013-2014 Published
25th June 2014
The problem with prison population predictions
12th June 2014
SPS Prisoner Surveys 2011-2013
10th June 2014
SPS Custodial History and Substance Misuse 2014
6th June 2014
Scottish Prison Population May 2014
4th June 2014
Criminal Justice Social Work Annual Report 2012-13
29th May 2014
SCCJR Report on Training for SPS Staff
26th May 2014
Prison Transformation in Dominican Republic
24th May 2014
WHO Report on Prison Health Care
24th May 2014
Problems Implementing Human Rights in Prison Practice
20th May 2014
Automatic Early Release May 2014
16th May 2014
Prison and Desistance - (Re)turning point?
15th May 2014
PQ re pregnant women in HMP Inverclyde
14th May 2014
PQ on healthcare services for HMP Inverclyde
14th May 2014
PQ on transport links to Inverclyde
14th May 2014
PQ on Inverclyde - which experts consulted in design phase?
14th May 2014
PQ on Inverclyde - different security levels?
14th May 2014
Children are 'Innocent Victims' of imprisonment
14th May 2014
PQ on Inverclyde Family Visiting Facilities
14th May 2014
Proposal to end automatic early release
12th May 2014
Prison Population - May 2014
11th May 2014
Startling Differences in Regional Imprisonment Rates
2nd May 2014
Moral Panic or Moral Crusade?
1st May 2014
Moral Panic or Moral Crusade?
1st May 2014
Criminal Justice Social Work Annual Report 2012-13
1st May 2014
Cabinet Secretary for Justice Kenny MacAskill - Women's Penal Policy
24th April 2014
218 Service - Case Studies
18th April 2014
218 Project - Women's Penal Policy
18th April 2014
Anne Pinkman, SWGWO - Women's Penal Policy
17th April 2014
Karyn McCluskey,Violence Reduction - Women's Penal Policy
17th April 2014
Maura Daly, Circle - Women's Penal Policy
16th April 2014
Sarah Roberts, Families Outside - Women's Penal Policy
16th April 2014
Tam Bailie, Commissioner for Children and Young People
15th April 2014
CJA Chief Officers - Women's Penal Policy
15th April 2014
Thinking about women's penal policy
14th April 2014
Thinking about women's penal policy
14th April 2014
Thinking about women's penal policy
14th April 2014
Thinking about women's penal policy
14th April 2014
Howard League Scotland in the News
14th April 2014
Dr Margaret Malloch - Women's Penal Policy
14th April 2014
Tom Halpin, Sacro - Women's Penal Policy
14th April 2014
What's right for women offenders?
13th April 2014
CPT Recommendations Scotland - March 2014
27th March 2014
Scotland's Prison Population 1998-2013
5th March 2014
Scottish Sentences
13th February 2014
HLS Event in the News
13th February 2014
Scottish Prisons in the News
7th February 2014
Recruiting ex-offenders - James Timpson Lecture
3rd February 2014
Prison Visiting Committee Reform
30th January 2014
Scottish Prison Population 3rd January 2014
21st January 2014
Prison Policy in the News
18th January 2014

► 2013

Women Offenders
23rd December 2013
Children and Young People (Scotland) Bill
23rd December 2013
Prisoner voting and the independence referendum
23rd December 2013
Independent monitoring of prisons
23rd December 2013
Appointment of Howard League Scotland’s first President
23rd December 2013
Female Imprisonment in Scotland - Survey 2013
12th December 2013
Scottish Crime and Convictions Figures 2012-2013
26th November 2013
Justice Budget 2014/15
11th October 2013
Howard League Scotland Calls On MSPs To Let Short Term Prisoners Vote In The Independence Referendum
12th September 2013
SPS Annual Report 2012-13
1st July 2013
Prisoner Voting
21st March 2013

► 2012

Angiolini Commission on Women Offenders
1st May 2012

► 2011

Scottish Survey - Female Offenders (2011)
1st December 2011
SCCJR: Female Imprisonment in Scotland
31st October 2011
Cornton Vale Inspector of Prisons Report 2011
11th June 2011

► 2009

SCCJR Report on Developing Sentencing & Penal Policy
9th August 2009

► 2006

Women in Prison in Scotland, SCCCJ Report
3rd November 2006