Alternatives to prison
This page highlights some of the current parliamentary material available on alternatives to prison. This includes select committee reports, briefing papers on current legislation and other subjects produced by the parliamentary research services, and the latest Early Day Motions put down by MPs.
Standard Notes
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 19.01.2010 | Youth crime and punishment in England and Wales |
| This note summarises the statistics relating to the youth criminal justice system in England and Wales. |
Research Papers
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 03.12.2002 | Criminal Justice Bill:Sentencing (Bill 8 2002/03) |
| Criminal Justice Bill:Sentencing (Bill 8 of 2002/03) .House of Commons Library Research Paper 02/76. | |
| 27.03.2000 | Criminal Justice and Court Services Bill: probation, community sentences and exclusion orders (Bill 91 1999 /2000) |
| Criminal Justice and Court Services Bill: probation, community sentences and exclusion orders (Bill 91 of 1999/2000). House of Commons Library Research Paper 00/36. | |
| 01.11.1996 | The Crime (Sentences) Bill 1996/97 |
| The Crime (Sentences) Bill (Bill 3 1996/97). House of Commons Library Research Paper 96/99. |
Select Committee Reports
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 16.03.2010 | Cutting crime: the case for justice reinvestment. |
| Government response. Ministry of Justice report [Commons] | |
| 01.12.2009 | Cutting crime: the case for justice reinvestment. |
| Justice Select Committee report [Commons] |
Early Day Motions
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 12.01.2012 | COMMUNITY SENTENCES |
| <p>That this House recognises the contribution community sentences make to reducing reoffending rates and keeping communities safer as a result; notes that community sentences cost ... | |
| 13.07.2011 | COMPETITIVE TENDERING OF PROBATION WORK |
| That this House notes that the Ministry of Justice intend to put all probation work out to competitive tender; believes that prior privatisations in the probation sector have been unsuccessful; ... | |
| 08.02.2010 | NATIONAL OFFENDER MANAGEMENT SERVICES |
| That this House believes that the record high prison population and reducing budgets have undermined the National Offender Management Service's objective of tackling re-offending; considers ... | |
| 15.12.2009 | PROBATION |
| That this House urges the Government to ensure that the Probation Service in England and Wales has sufficient resources to ensure that it can carry out its statutory duties in an effective ... | |
| 18.05.2009 | PROBATION SERVICE |
| That this House urges the Government to ensure that the Probation Service in England and Wales has sufficient resources to ensure that it can carry out its statutory duties in an effective ... |
POST Papers
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 01.05.2008 | Alternatives to custodial sentencing, May 2008 |
| Alternatives to custodial sentencing, May 2008. POSTnote 08/308. |
