When: Wednesday 4th September, 4:30pm to 5:30pm Where: Online To book your space please visit our Tailor Ticket page here. Overview: In response to severe lack of capacity in prison, various new rules around when certain determinate prisoners are released have been introduced. This means that the question “when will I get out?” is more […]
We are delighted to announce that bookings are now open for our online roundtables on women. Each event will be on Teams and take place between 1730 and 1830. For each event we will be joined by senior HMPPS psychologists Jude Kelman and Gillian Sutcliffe who will provide a short presentation followed by discussion with […]
APL has today published a follow up report to Justice Barred, which revealed widespread delays and difficulties lawyers face in getting to see their clients in prison. Justice Still Barred shows the despite the response to our first report that every prison has the facilities for video links with solicitors, practitioners are still finding many […]
The Victims and Prisoners Bill has now been approved by both Houses of Parliament and will become law. Speaking in the House of Lords on Tuesday 21 May 2024, Lord Moylan said that “I do not think it is at all an exaggeration to say that more has been achieved, both operationally and legally, for […]
Click here to buy ticketsSell tickets online with Ticket Tailor Thu 23 May 2024 5:30 PM – 6:30 PM BST Online, Zoom IPP termination applications are becoming increasingly common, and following the proposals in the Victims and Prisoners Bill will become even more common. This focused one hour seminar presented by APL Committee members, Emma McClure, (consultant solicitor) and Dr Laura […]
PRESS RELEASE 01 February 2024 The Association of Prison Lawyers welcomes the High Court’s judgment on criminal legal aid funding handed down yesterday. The Law Society took the government to court over the decision not to raise criminal legal aid fees by the minimum 15% recommended in the independent criminal legal aid review (the “Bellamy […]
22 January 2024 APL has today published a new report which illustrates widespread delays and difficulties lawyers face in getting to see their clients in prison. Despite the exponential leap in the development of technologies in prison, exacerbated by Covid, these facilities are not equally and easily accessible to lawyers who need to see their […]
Earlier this week the Justice Secretary announced he is considering reducing the qualifying period after which IPP licences can be terminated from ten years to five years. Yet, information obtained under the Freedom of Information Act shows that of 141 applications for termination considered between March and May this year, only 22 were represented – […]
Our report on sustainability in prison law legal aid published today 7 August 2023, shows three-quarters of respondents do not anticipate being prison law legal aid lawyers in three years’ time. A copy of the report can be viewed here. The number of prison law legal aid providers has already been decimated, falling by 85% […]
The government response to Lord Bellamy’s Legal Aid review on prison law is bitterly disappointing. The government has dismissed the calls for an uplift in prison law fees at this stage by both Lord Bellamy’s advice and the majority of respondents to the consultation. The only reason provided is the government’s desire to “focus available […]