We have launched this year's State of the sector survey. Help us build on last year's evidence and identify changes and challenges for the sector. Your answers will help us to advocate on your behalf and prioritise our work so that we can meet your needs.

This September, Samaritans is marking the 30th Anniversary of the first prison Listener scheme in HMP Swansea. Fran Deschampsneufs, Samaritans’ Functional Lead for Prison Support, explains why the scheme is as vital as it has ever been.

Third and final blog in a series on the Community Sentence Treatment Requirements (CSTR) programme, this piece by Clinks and Nacro looks at the Northamptonshire CSTR site to learn how they became a CSTR site, their learnings, and how service users benefit from this change.

Clinks announces the launch of the first phase of our Stronger voice training programme. This blog sets out what you can expect from the programme and how you can sign up.

London Development Officer Tiegan Mercer outlines details of the Local Leadership and Integration Fund – a Ministry of Justice grant funding scheme to support the development of locally-led pilots to improve outcomes for prison leavers.

Richard Oldfield recommends that there should be a large-scale adoption of grants as the funding mechanism for some of the services; simplification of contracts; and a system which obliges large entities to include more specialised smaller organisations in their bids.

Second in a series of blogs on the Community Sentence Treatment Requirements (CSTR) programme, this blog by Clinks and Nacro looks at the Plymouth CSTR site to learn how they became a CSTR site, their learnings, and how service users benefit from this change.

Russell Webster has been curating an online evidence library on behalf of Clinks and we are delighted to announce four new additions to the library this week.

This blog by Policy Officer Noorjehan Piperdy explores the review of neurodiversity in the criminal justice system, published by the Criminal Justice Joint Inspectorates, alongside two service user reports published by KeyRing and User Voice.

This blog looks at part two of Professor Dame Carol Black’s independent review of drugs, focussed on prevention, treatment, and recovery.