Ep64: Escaping the prison capacity "doom loop"

“Doom loop” - a damning description of the prison capacity crisis, delivered by the Lord Chancellor himself. From deporting foreign prisoners, to making cells out of office space, it seems everything has been considered but nothing is working to bring our prison population under control.In this episode, Penelope and Rob are joined by Enver Solomon, CEO of Nacro, and Cassia Rowland, Associate Director with the Institute for Government, to discuss how we got here and what we must do to escape the cycle. They cover early release schemes, the increase in recalls to prisons, and proposals to find more prisons spaces. Finally, they ask the question haunting all prison reformers: why is it so difficult to reduce the prison population once and for all?Enver SolomanRead Nacro's proposals for a more proportionate approach to prison recall here: https://www.nacro.org.uk/resource/a-proportionate-recall-system/Cassia RowlandFind the Institute for Government's work on prisons here: https://www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/our-work/topics/public-services/criminal-justiceTransform JusticeTwitter: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@TransformJust1⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠BlueSky: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@transformjustice.bsky.social⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Email: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠[email protected]⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠The Transform Justice podcast is hosted by Penelope Gibbs and Rob Allen and produced and edited by Alexandra Kimmons.