About this theme
This theme covers topics relating to prison and penal reform including ways to reduce reoffending in the UK. Many Fellows have undertaken projects addressing this over the years including as part of our recent programme of Fellowships developed in partnership with The Prison Reform Trust in 2013-2015. Partnership stories
Milosz Bruski (CF 2026) delivered a keynote at Instytut Wolności’s (Freedom Institute) AI: The New Social Contract conference in Warsaw, drawing on his Fellowship research into international approaches to using AI in justice systems.
By Milosz Bruski, 2026
Andrew Morris (CF 2026) spoke to Iain Dale on LBC about government proposals to bring Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentences to an end.
By Andrew Morris, 2026
By Sarah Smith, 2024
Sabrina Matani (CF 2023) has been nominated for a Webby Award for the Women Beyond Walls podcast she hosts, which shares the experiences of women who have been in prison and advocates working to reform the justice system.
By Sabrina Mahtani, 2026
From an off-the-cuff question as a teacher to lasting change across policy and practice, Sarah Beresford traces how curiosity shaped her Churchill Fellowship and everything that followed. She reflects on learning from other countries, turning insight into action, and how asking the right questions has helped centre children’s voices in the criminal justice system.
By Sarah Beresford, 2026
