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ADVERTORIAL
Prison reform in an age of uncertainty
Last year more people were murdered in prison than in any other year on record. Levels of
suicide behind bars are at a ten-year high. Self-harm incidents have risen by 27 per cent in
the space of a year and assaults on prison staff have increased by 40 per cent.
These are just some of the grim statistics that spell out the need for radical change and yet the
political turmoil of Brexit has created uncertainty for those engaged in prison reform. The Howard
League for Penal Reform is holding party conference fringes which will discuss the way forward.
Liberal Democrats
Tuesday 20 September 2016, 8-9am
Brighton Hilton Metropole
(Sandringham Room)
Speakers: Ian Dunt, Politics.co.uk
(chair); Rt Hon Nick Clegg MP; Lord
Marks of Henley-on-Thames (tbc);
Frances Crook, The Howard League
for Penal Reform
Labour
Tuesday 27 September 2016, 6-7pm
Liverpool Hilton (Meeting Room 3)
Speakers: Polly Toynbee, The
Guardian (chair); Jo Stevens MP;
Professor Barry Goldson, University
of Liverpool; Frances Crook, The
Howard League for Penal Reform
Conservatives
(in partnership with Bright Blue)
Tuesday 4 October 2016, 5.45-7pm
Birmingham Hilton Garden Inn
(Lismore Room)
Speakers: Ryan Shorthouse, Bright
Blue (chair); Ian Birrell, The Mail on
Sunday; Sam Gyimah MP, Minister
for Prisons; Kit Malthouse MP;
Frances Crook, The Howard League
for Penal Reform
You can join the Howard League by visiting www.howardleague.org
info@howardleague.org Charity No. 251926
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