{"id":113132,"date":"2022-04-26T06:50:09","date_gmt":"2022-04-26T05:50:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/politicscouk.wpengine.com\/?post_type=opinion-former&#038;p=113132"},"modified":"2022-09-26T10:11:43","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T09:11:43","slug":"howard-league-for-penal-reform","status":"publish","type":"opinion-former","link":"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/opinion-former\/howard-league-for-penal-reform\/","title":{"rendered":"Howard League for Penal Reform"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Howard League for Penal Reform is a charity working for less crime, safer communities and\u00a0fewer\u00a0people in prison.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Established in 1866 and named after the prison reformer John Howard, the charity was at the forefront of the campaign to abolish capital punishment and helped to create the probation service.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Today, through research, campaigning and legal work, and with the support of our members, we discover and promote solutions that deliver better justice and prevent people becoming victims of crime.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everything we do is aimed at reducing the harm caused by crime and punishment, and at building a safer and fairer society for all.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Howard League for Penal Reform is a charity working for less crime, safer communities and\u00a0fewer\u00a0people in prison. Established in 1866 and named after the prison reformer John Howard, the charity was at the forefront of the campaign to abolish capital punishment and helped to create the probation service. Today, through research, campaigning and legal&#8230;  <a class=\"excerpt-read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/opinion-former\/howard-league-for-penal-reform\/\" title=\"Read Howard League for Penal Reform\">Read more &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":227,"featured_media":113133,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"tags":[],"letter":[5613],"campaign-type":[5933],"class_list":["post-113132","opinion-former","type-opinion-former","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","letter-h","campaign-type-communities"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Howard League for Penal Reform - Politics.co.uk<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.politics.co.uk\/opinion-former\/howard-league-for-penal-reform\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Howard League for Penal Reform - Politics.co.uk\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The Howard League for Penal Reform is a charity working for less crime, safer communities and\u00a0fewer\u00a0people in prison. 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