Professor Jim McManus appointed new Chair of Pact
Professor Jim McManus has been appointed as the new Chair of Pact (Prison Advice and Care Trust). Pact is the
Read moreProfessor Jim McManus has been appointed as the new Chair of Pact (Prison Advice and Care Trust). Pact is the
Read moreChristmas is a tough time of year to be in prison. If you are a mum or dad, it can
Read moreWith the prison population now at an all-time high, new research published today demonstrates how prisoners’ families are facing their
Read moreFor the first time on record, an estimated 100,000 children have a parent in prison on any given day, according
Read moreIt is still shocking to me, after so many years of raising this issue, to see how many mentally ill
Read moreLast week the CEO of a Catholic prisons charity had a once-in-a-lifetime privilege to greet Pope Francis. Andy Keen-Downs was
Read more‘We incarcerate more people than any other country in Europe. Far too many people in our prison system are there
Read moreThis is an auspicious year for two Catholic organisations with long histories. In January this year, Catholic Womens’ League President
Read moreYou may have seen Children’s Commissioner, Dame Rachel de Souza, robustly drawing attention to the awful practice of police strip-searching
Read moreThe Government is carrying out its plan to increase by 20,000, the number of prison places over the next few
Read moreOn 2nd March, Andy Keen-Downs, CEO of the Catholic prisons charity Pact (Prison advice and Care Trust), attended an event
Read moreThere are more than 93,000 children in England & Wales whose mum or dad is in prison today. There are
Read morePact, the national Catholic prison charity, has today (Friday 3rd February) published Nobody’s Listening, a new report which amplifies the
Read moreI’ve written a great deal about prisons over the years, and frankly most of it has made for fairly depressing
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