A Woman-Centred Approach: Freeing vulnerable women from the revolving door of crime

A Woman-Centred Approach: Freeing vulnerable women from the revolving door of crime

Much of our female prison population can be traced to state failure and social breakdown. Successive governments have failed to firmly grip the issue of female offending. It is the sort of social problem that a government committed to reform can and should tackle.

As many other report authors – including Baroness Corston – have concluded: there is a way forward. However, it will take a clear commitment from the current Government, future governments, and Parliament if real progress is to be made. The remedies and proposals that we set out do not need huge new funding commitments, nor significant new legislation. They are, rather, a question of political will.