Prime Minister David Cameron set out plans back in February for an overhaul of the prison system - promised to be the biggest shake up since the Victorian era, he claimed. Included in the proposals ...

Before she went to North America to see problem-solving courts in action, friends and colleagues asked Lynn Jolly why she did not visit Holland or Norway instead. The reason she did not go to ...

Blackburn Magistrates' Court is one of the first to try a problem-solving approach to work with young offenders in an effort to improve their wellbeing and cut reoffending rates. Jo Stephenson ...

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Despite seemingly universal support for the work they do, pioneering family drug and alcohol courts face a constant battle for survival in the absence of long-term funding guarantees Family drug and ...

The UK’s Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has opened three “innovative” new courts specifically for those with substance abuse problems, as part of its £900m plan to tackle drug and alcohol related crime.

Birmingham is to get a new 'problem-solving court' for female criminals to keep them out of prison. The scheme will instead look to refer persistent law-breakers to support services to address certain ...

Launch of the latest mental health court in New York's Capital Region aligns with Chief Judge Rowan Wilson and Chief Administrative Judge Joseph Zayas' shared vision to prioritize and advance ...