Meeting the Needs of Young Adult Women in Custody

9 March 2016

Meeting the Needs of Young Adult Women in Custody

Prison, Women offenders

Open report

How best can the prison system meet the needs of young adult women? The contents of this report were based on a literature review, an analysis of prison statistics, and of Prisons Inspectorate, and other reports about women’s prisons, as well as visits to four prison establishments.

Publisher: T2A
Author: Rob Allen

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