Welcome to HMPPS Insights
In-person tickets close midday on Friday 31 October!
General release tickets for those working in the wider Criminal Justice System are now live, but in-person tickets close midday on Friday 31 October.
VIP tickets are now closed, and lucky winners will find out if they have been successful soon.
The Insights Festival will take place on 17 – 28 November 2025.
The Insights Festival brings together prison, probation, youth services, voluntary sector and wider justice services to learn from insight, data and evidence, share, connect and celebrate the great work we do.
Find out more about this year’s festival, or head straight to the Festival ticket page.
What is HMPPS Insights?
HMPPS Insights brings people together from across the Criminal Justice System to learn, share, connect and celebrate the excellent and innovative work that we do.
We are delighted to bring you the Insights Festival, as well as a range of exciting Events and Guest Blog articles throughout the year, created by you, for you.
What is the Insights Festival?
The Insights Festival is an award-winning programme of events which aims to showcase the breadth of innovative work taking place across prison, probation, youth services, voluntary sector and wider justice services.
HMPPS Insights Festival at a glance
- Four festivals since 2019
- Almost 18k tickets booked over 358 events at Insights23
- Proud winner of the 2022 Inspire Justice Award
Latest Insights Blog Posts
View our most recent guest blogs, where HMPPS staff and our partners across the public, private, and voluntary sector will be share knowledge, ideas, and best practice, as well as updates on new projects.
Kevin Wong is Reader in Community Justice and Associate Director, Criminal Justice at the Policy Evaluation and Research Unit (PERU), Manchester Metropolitan University. He is responsible for leading the unit’s work on criminal and community justice and voluntary sector delivery of justice services. He has over 25 years’ experience in criminal justice as a researcher, policy adviser, commissioner and practitioner. Kevin is Co-Editor of the British Journal of Community Justice a member of the Advisory Panel on Probation Learning, Chair of the Criminal Justice Alliance and a trustee of Manchester based charity Back on Track
Published on October 29, 2025
Read full articleCharlie Taylor was initially appointed as HM Chief Inspector of Prisons in 2020 and was reappointed in 2023.
Published on October 23, 2025
Read full articleNic Smith is an innovation and creativity professional in the MoJ’s learning and development function. He is currently researching the effect of art in shared corporate spaces for idea generation and problem solving.
Published on October 15, 2025
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