Raise the Bars: Co-producing practice guidance with Romany Gypsy and Irish Traveller people

7 October 2026

Raise the Bars: Co-producing practice guidance with Romany Gypsy and Irish Traveller people

Prison, Women, Young adults

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This Friends, Families and Travellers report summarises focus groups with 57 Romany Gypsy and Irish Traveller young adults across 20 prisons. The report explores the experiences of young adults, and sets out recommendations including increased staff training, trauma-informed practice, and systemic reform.

prison, young adults

Raise the Bars: Co-producing practice guidance with Romany Gypsy and Irish Traveller people

This Friends, Families and Travellers report summarises focus groups with 57 Romany, Gypsy and Irish Traveller young adults across 20 prisons, with recommendations for reform based on their experiences.

Criminal Justice, young adults

Behind the decline

This Centre for Crime and Justice Studies report looks at the shrinking young adult population within the criminal justice system who are experiencing increasingly harsher treatment.

May 2026