The latest views and discussion from Clinks staff and guest writers. We also use blogs to give short updates on our latest projects, as well as briefings on topics of interest to members.

How the financial sustainability of voluntary organisations is under threat

Long before the pandemic, the criminal justice voluntary sector was struggling for resource in a complex, competitive and challenging commissioning environment. Covid-19 has exacerbated a crisis in sustainability.

Tackling racism and inequality: What does Clinks think and, more importantly, what are we doing?

Our work so far, how we'll be going further and our commitment to becoming an anti-racist organisation.

Leaving prison in a pandemic: how services are responding

People who are being released from prison are entering an unrecognisable world. Amanda Sherriff describes how services are responding to their needs.

Advising the government: an update from the chair of the RR3

Anne Fox gives an update on the work of the group and how it has adapted to the changing policy environment of the last few months.

Lucy Frazer MP’s update on the rollout of video calling in prisons

Prisons and Probation Minister Lucy Frazer QC MP gives an update on the rollout of video calling in prisons, what’s involved in setting establishments up with this technology, and what prisoners and their friends and family can expect.

What does recovery look like?

The Reducing Reoffending Third Sector Advisory Group Covid-19 Special Interest Group has produced a think piece presenting the voluntary sector’s views on the recovery of voluntary services in the criminal justice system after the pandemic.

Three months in: the impact of Covid-19 on services delivered by the criminal justice voluntary sector

With the landscape changing so rapidly, we wanted to see how the sector was still faring and track the impact these changes were having on organisations.

Health and justice: during and beyond the Covid-19 pandemic

Clinks’ Health and Justice Policy and Development Officer Zahra Wynne writes about the impact that the Covid-19 pandemic has had on voluntary organisations working in health and justice.

Covid-19 Response Grants - looking towards recovery

The Covid-19 Response Grants fund has now been open for two months, and we are very excited to have funded 32 brilliant organisations.

£2.5m funding for specialist women’s services

Women’s Network Coordinator, Jackie Lowthian, gives details of the funding announced by the Ministry of Justice for specialist women’s services.

What's New

Blogs

Prison regime delivery during national lockdown: what voluntary organisations need to know

This blog provides an update on what the prison regime now looks like after the implementation of national restrictions in England on Tuesday 5th January and Wales moving to alert level 4 from 19th December 2020.

Publications

HMIP womens expectations- Clinks response to second consultation

Her Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons consultation on second version of Expectations for Women

Clinks provided further feedback to Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) on the development of a revised set of Expectations for Women, the criteria used to conduct inspections of women’s prisons.

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Without support in the community, stricter curfews and increased tagging are likely to cause more people breaching the terms of their licence and returning to a prison system that is underfunded and overcrowded. Latest blog on the sentencing white paper https://www.clinks.org/community/blog-posts/sentencing-white-paper-alte…

Events

Influencing policy: Unlock’s landmark challenge to the government’s criminal records disclosure regime

Date

Thursday 21 January

Location

Online

From

Free