prison reform trust

• charity established in 1981
• aims

  • to create a just, human and effective penal system
  • to improve prison regimes and conditions
  • defend and promote prisoners human rights
  • address the needs of prisoners families
  • promote alternatives to custody
• objectives

  1. reducing unnecessary imprisonment and promoting community solutions
  2. improving treatment and conditions for prisoners and their families
  3. promoting equality and human rights in the justice system
• working practises

  • carries out research on aspects of prison life
  • provides information to prisoners and their families, students, members of the public
  • organises lectures and conferences to educate and promote work
  • campaigns
  • publish reports to influence policy makers e.g bromley briefings
• 'out of trouble' campaign

  • campaign seeking to reduce number of children and young people in prison
  • an independent review chaired by lord laming looked at how to protect children in care from ending up in the cjs
• funding 


  voluntary donations - by post, phone, bank transfer, online

  subscriptions - 'become a friend' - pay regular donations £2 a month
• become a friend scheme


  donate £2 a month

  secures you updates on our work, invitations to PRT events and entitles you to free copies of our regular publications.
• 'out for good' - lessons for the future campaign

  • a two-year action learning project
  • project to secure employment for prisoners on release
  • The project looked at the opportunities for prisons to engage with employers to help prisoners become job- ready and find work on release from prison. 
  • E.g worked with HMP brixton and set up job fairs
  • a03- found many of the prisoners lacked employment skills to be accepted job offers - had no bank account, CV
• bromley briefings prison factfile

  • advices public on latest statistics about prisons and prisoners
  • issued twice a year
  • focus on the state of our prisons and the people in prison
• relationship with other agencies

  • prison - to improve penal system e.g out for good campaign
  • ministry of justice - influence/ advices government debate on issues in prisons/ prison reform
• a03

  • Parliament dont need to listen to them - only if they reach certain amount of petitions