Contents
Introduction 6
Government's response to the Justice Committee's conclusions and recommendations 8
Trends in women's offending and sentencing 8
Governance arrangements 9
Equality duties 10
New Governance arrangements 11
Segmentation of women offenders 13
Sentencing guidelines 14
Gaps in provision for women offenders 16
Funding for women's community services and commissioning arrangements 17
The implications for women offenders of the Transforming Rehabilitation proposals 19
The custodial estate 24
Foreign national prisoners 26
The ethos of regimes 26
Staffing and training 27
Self-harm and deaths in custody 27
Small custodial units and the female custodial estate 28
An integrated approach to vulnerable women and their families 30
Lessening the inter-generational impact of crime 31
Political courage 31