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Welcome to HMPPS Insights

Save the date for Insights25!

The Insights Festival is back and will take place from 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.

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Audience members at the Insights23 women in justice event

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.

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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.

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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.

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Loneliness within the Criminal Justice System

At an upcoming Insights event, Sarah McKnight, Deputy Director for Employment, Skills and Education in HMPPS and Marie-Elise Howells, Deputy Director for Volunteering and Tackling Loneliness at the Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS), will talk us through why it is very important that we consider how loneliness and its negative effects may be exacerbated for people serving time in prison or on community sentences.

Published on March 21, 2025

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Event Recording: watch it back. Why HMPPS is moving towards Recovery-Oriented Systems to tackle drug and alcohol use

Mike Wheatley, Head of Drug and Alcohol Group in HMPPS, reflects on our hugely successful, interesting and informative event on 5th March.

Published on March 19, 2025

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Why HMPPS is moving towards Recovery-Oriented Systems to tackle drug and alcohol use

Mike Wheatley talks us through what this means for HMPPS and our partners and invites you to register for our exciting panel event on 5th March with Keynote Speaker Professor David Best Ph.d., which delves deeper into the issues and supporting evidence.

Published on January 28, 2025

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