“Pinch, punch, first of the month – no returns” (to prison).
Richard Kirkham, Principal Investigator, SALIENT Programme Mike Lewis, Co-Investigator, SALIENT Programme On the 1st July 2026, the UK Government launched an independent review of the prison system. It will be led by the former Home Secretary, the Rt Hon. Amber Rudd. There was a degree of inevitability surrounding this announcement; the prison system has been ‘running hot’ for a considerable amount of time and the commissioning of an independent report to…