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Commission on

English Prisons Today

 

This independent Commission will look at the driving forces influencing change and practice including legislation, politics and the media.  It will consider the principles, purpose and limits of a penal system and how it should sit alongside other social policy strategies.  

 

The Commission will prompt public debate using local and national media, consultation meetings with key players, seminars and public events including evidence sessions in public, feature articles, consultation papers, website consultations/questionnaires and other ways of engaging with people. 

 

Commissioners will make visits to explore new ideas and where effective and systemic change has been achieved.  Final report will be published in 2009.