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.

Specialist insurance support during the pandemic

Shirley Greer is a specialist in insurance cover for charities and has provided this guide for Clinks members to address some of the questions you may have about your insurance liabilities during the coronavirus lockdown.

The voluntary sector’s role in probation from June 2021 – what you need to know

Our view on the probation announcements, an overview of the services to be commissioned, and the next steps for our sector.

Covid-19 response grants - the first grants have been awarded

Seven organisations have received a Covid-19 response grant so far. Here's what they'll deliver and an update on the programme.

The probation roadmap to recovery

Key information on what the National Probation Service (NPS) will look like after the pandemic

How will the government lift lockdown in prisons?

A summary of the National Framework for Prison Regimes and Services.

Probation reform - market warming materials for the dynamic framework

The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced an important stage of the probation reform programme - that qualification for the dynamic framework will launch later this month.

What recovery should look like - update from the RR3 Special Interest Group on Covid-19

This blog summarises the discussion from the recent meeting of the RR3 SIG on Covid-19 which focussed around two documents recently published by HM Prisons and Probation Service (HMPPS).

How prisons and probation will recover from the impact of Covid-19

This blog gives an update from Jo Farrar, CEO of HMPPS, on the government’s plans for how prisons and probation will start to recover from the restrictions imposed in response to coronavirus.

Never more needed

In our latest survey, we continued to explore issues around service delivery, volunteer availability and financial support, and took a closer look at what impact Covid-19 and organisations’ different delivery models is having on the people they support.

Probation reform and the dynamic framework- what you need to know

The government has been continuing its work to deliver a reformed probation model from next year, and we are now entering a crucial stage of the process.

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