Pact, together with voluntary sector partners and the Ministry of Justice’s Local Leadership and Integration Fund, is launching a new project supporting women leaving HMP Eastwood Park in Gloucestershire. Read more
Independent think tank The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has today published its report, ‘The Golden Thread: Putting family at the heart of the criminal justice system’. Read more
Our 2022 Sir Harold Hood Memorial Lecture explored 'Reimagining Human Dignity in Dark Times'. Missed the lecture? Listen to the audio recording now. Read more
Cardinal Vincent Nichols today met with prisoners at HMP Wormwood Scrubs in response to Pope Francis’s call ‘to engage in the exercise of deep and respectful listening to one another’. Read more
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This week, award-winning current-affairs radio programme File on 4 interviewed Pact CEO Andy Keen-Downs about the reality of living with mental ill health in prison. Read more
Pact is seeking to commission an evaluation for the Routes2Change programme at HMP/YOI Isis based on our 'Theory of Change'. The deadline for submissions is 27th May 2022. Read more
One of the UK’s largest grant-making charities, Benefact Trust, has awarded the Prison Advice & Care Trust (Pact) funds to recruit and train a new cohort of specialist volunteers who will work with prisoners, people with convictions, and their families throughout the southeast of England to help them to make a fresh start. Read more
Pact has welcomed Professor Jim McManus as its pro-bono Public Health Advisor. Prof McManus will provide specialist expertise to the charity’s trustees and senior staff. Read more
Further to the recent letter from Director General Prisons Phil Copple, HMPPS has this week provided further information for families and loved ones on how they can help to keep prisoners safe. Read more
We are commissioning a small consultancy project as a result of the recent mobilisation of our Routes 2 Change service delivery at HMP/YOI Isis. The closing date to apply is Sunday 16th January. Read more