HMPPS has taken the first steps towards informing staff and service users of the likely road ahead.

This blog post gives details from official guidance on End of Custody Temporary Release (ECTR) in the youth estate.

Clinks is launching a grant programme to support voluntary organisations working in criminal justice with an annual income under £500,000 to continue their work through the Covid-19 crisis.

This blog gives an update on how HMPPS and the Ministry of Justice are working with Clinks and the Third sector more broadly during this challenging time.

This blog post gives details from the official guidance on what the Through the Gate service should consist of for prisoners released under the government's coronavirus End of Custody Temporary Release scheme.

This blog post provides the latest detail of the government's plan and accompanying guidance for releasing some prisoners early in order to mitigate the impact of COVID-19 on prisoners and staff living in our overcrowded prisons and “to protect the NHS and save lives”.

Examining the results of our latest survey, this blog looks at the challenges of delivering services remotely, the loss of volunteers, and the need for financial support for voluntary organisations working in criminal justice.

At this meeting, the group discussed the possible implications of findings of an interim assessment of the strategies implemented in prison in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.

The Covid-19 pandemic is an unprecedented situation and organisations face incredible and unforeseen challenges in continuing to operate, in safeguarding their service users, staff and volunteers and in ensuring the sustainability of their organisation throughout this time.

In this blog, Jo Farrar, gives an update on what HMPPS is doing to protect staff, delivery partners and the people in its care and supervision during the Covid-19 crisis.