Advance Hampshire Women’s Centre celebrates milestone
The centre, in Portsmouth, offers specialist support to women who are in contact with the criminal justice system, and who may also be experiencing or have experienced domestic abuse. The 3rd birthday celebrations were attended by staff, women who use the centre, and representatives from partner services including Probation and Portsmouth City Council. Charlotte Ferguson, […]
Advance Statement on Early and Automatic Releases
We strongly urge the Government to consider applying changes with the women’s estate, as well as the men’s. Evidence proves that custodial sentences often do not work to break the cycle of offending for women who are in contact with the criminal justice system, most of whom have underlying needs which drive their offending behaviour […]
Advance Statement on the Newly Appointed Cabinet
We want to extend a warm welcome to the new Cabinet. Yvette Cooper MP, as the new Home Secretary, Shabana Mahmood, as the Lord High Chancellor, and Richard Herner KC, as the Attorney General, have the power to implement fundamental changes to the ways in which the criminal justice system responds to women. Bridget Phillipson […]
Advance launches annual Lunch & Learn sessions
To ensure public safety, reduce costs and ultimately save lives, solutions to reduce women’s re-offending must include addressing the root causes. In 2023, at least 7 in 10 of the women supported by Advance’s Criminal Justice services disclosed that they were survivors of abuse, and we suspect the actual figure to be higher. Research has […]
Victims and Prisoners Act 2024
This is an important step in improving outcomes for victim/survivors of domestic abuse. However, we are disappointed that yet again we see a piece of legislation that fails to protect migrant women who are often denied the support and protection they deserve due to their insecure immigration status. Advance’s report, ‘Her Story, Her Justice’, examined […]
New report demands better treatment for women in CJS
A key recommendation is that domestic abuse be included in CRS pathway, recognising the fact that over two thirds of women in contact with the CJS are victims of abuse. The report highlights how important specialist ‘by and for’ organisations are in meeting specific needs. Most of the women supported by Advance’s CJS services are […]