bthechange CIC

bthechange CIC Our team are vastly experienced in working with people with complex needs and from a range of diverse backgrounds and cultures.

Multi-award winning Community Interest Company spanning the Southwest of England and South Wales, dedicated to empowering first-time entrants, racially minoritised individuals, and women that are facing challenges within the criminal justice system. bthechange CIC is an award-winning Community Interest Company that operates across The Southwest of England and South & Mid Wales providing a range of life changing initiatives to directly support over a thousand individuals a year with moving forward with their lives that are either at risk of entering or who are in the criminal justice system. bthechange not only provides structured programmes for client support, but we also play an active role in system change, working with those ‘intermediaries’ whose policies, rules, processes, cultures, and attitudes affect people with convictions. We have specialists in our team that covers: Substance misuse (psychosocial motivational interventions relapse prevention – managing/recognising triggers), Finance Benefit and Debt, Welfare support including Housing, universal credit, bank account & I.D applications, Employment support – CV writing, job applications & Neurodivergent inclusive programmes. We are extremely committed and proud of being an equal opportunities and diverse organisation, of which is demonstrated by our team who come from a multitude of backgrounds, with varied cultures, beliefs, and sexual orientations. We truly are a company that represents society.

05/11/2025

: Prison deaths rise to record high The number of people dying in prison has reached a record high, with more deaths over the past 12 months than at the peak of the Covid pandemic. In the year to September 2025 there were 411 deaths recorded in prisons in England and Wales, of which 96 were self-inflicted. https://insidetime.org/newsround/prison-deaths-rise-to-record-high

05/11/2025

Earned regression? Howard League outlines concern about government’s prison reforms
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The government’s flagship proposal to address prison overcrowding risks ending in failure because it relies on a flawed and unfair punishment process that could lead to people being released without supervision or support, a briefing published by the Howard League for Penal Reform warns today (Tuesday 4 November).
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Earned regression?, explains how the proposal, which was recommended by an Independent Sentencing Review led by former Secretary of State for Justice, David Gauke, may result in further overcrowding and injustice in the prison system because of the way the government has decided to implement it.
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https://howardleague.org/news/earned-regression-howard-league-outlines-concern-about-governments-prison-reforms/

The government’s flagship proposal to address prison overcrowding risks ending in failure because it relies on a flawed ...
05/11/2025

The government’s flagship proposal to address prison overcrowding risks ending in failure because it relies on a flawed and unfair punishment process that could lead to people being released without supervision or support, a briefing published by the Howard League for Penal Reform warns today (Tuesday 4 November).

Ministers have set out plans to tackle the prisons crisis in a Sentencing Bill, which is being scrutinised in Parliament. The draft legislation includes a proposal to introduce an ‘earned progression’ model that would enable some people to be released from prison one-third of the way through their sentences.

But the Howard League briefing, Earned regression?, explains how the proposal, which was recommended by an Independent Sentencing Review led by former Secretary of State for Justice, David Gauke, may result in further overcrowding and injustice in the prison system because of the way the government has decided to implement it.
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https://howardleague.org/news/earned-regression-howard-league-outlines-concern-about-governments-prison-reforms/

04/11/2025

FIVE STILL IN JAIL 16 YEARS AFTER BEING GIVEN IPP SENTENCES OF BELOW SIX MONTHS, DATA SHOWS
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‘Horrendous’ MoJ figures show some prisoners given indeterminate sentences in England and Wales before 2008 still behind bars
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Prisoners serving controversial indeterminate sentences were given minimum terms of less than six months but have remained in jail for at least 16 years, newly released data shows.
A total of five inmates serving sentences known as imprisonment for public protection (IPP) in England and Wales were handed tariffs less than six months, Ministry of Justice (MoJ) data shows.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/oct/29/prisoners-indeterminate-sentences-ipp-ministry-of-justice-data

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FIVE STILL IN JAIL 16 YEARS AFTER BEING GIVEN IPP SENTENCES OF BELOW SIX MONTHS, DATA SHOWS‘Horrendous’ MoJ figures show...
04/11/2025

FIVE STILL IN JAIL 16 YEARS AFTER BEING GIVEN IPP SENTENCES OF BELOW SIX MONTHS, DATA SHOWS

‘Horrendous’ MoJ figures show some prisoners given indeterminate sentences in England and Wales before 2008 still behind bars

Prisoners serving controversial indeterminate sentences were given minimum terms of less than six months but have remained in jail for at least 16 years, newly released data shows.
A total of five inmates serving sentences known as imprisonment for public protection (IPP) in England and Wales were handed tariffs less than six months, Ministry of Justice (MoJ) data shows.
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/oct/29/prisoners-indeterminate-sentences-ipp-ministry-of-justice-data

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Prisoner's death due to indefinite term - report-The report noted that a parliamentary Justice Select Committee found in...
04/11/2025

Prisoner's death due to indefinite term - report
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The report noted that a parliamentary Justice Select Committee found in 2022 "that the psychological harm caused by IPP sentences is a considerable barrier to progression for some IPP prisoners and that the indefinite nature of the sentence has contributed to hopelessness and despair that has resulted in high levels of self-harm and some su***des."

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c20195qvxe6o?fbclid=IwY2xjawN2pK9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHoGa4ibxJrcM96To2gb9sIIiolemWxrf41Ixra6W1MiouxPmB3nVHnKSM3wl_aem_HrxLN_fKjoqQhMp6v1eYxg

04/11/2025

Justice Committee highlights endemic drug use in prisons and says dangerous culture of acceptance must be broken.

03/11/2025

Professor Jane Monckton Smith OBE – Written Statement

As an expert in traumatic deaths related to domestic abuse, I have some concerns that I feel need urgent consideration with specific reference to the Bill.

First, domestic abuse related su***de is already a significant issue that is creating more fatalities than homicide. We have only recently started officially counting su***de related to domestic abuse, the first official count found two people taking their lives every week (NPCC), other research has estimated that 13% of all su***des of women could be related to domestic abuse, 30% of all su***de and up to 34 people a week.

Research suggests that people are taking their own lives when they are unable to endure the entrapment caused and the abuse.
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Read the full report here
https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/151420/pdf/

Professor Jane Monckton Smith OBE – Written StatementAs an expert in traumatic deaths related to domestic abuse, I have ...
03/11/2025

Professor Jane Monckton Smith OBE – Written Statement

As an expert in traumatic deaths related to domestic abuse, I have some
concerns that I feel need urgent consideration with specific reference to the Bill.
First, domestic abuse related su***de is already a significant issue that is creating
more fatalities than homicide. We have only recently started officially counting
su***de related to domestic abuse, the first official count found two people taking
their lives every week (NPCC), other research has estimated that 13% of all
su***des of women could be related to domestic abuse, 30% of all
su***de and up to 34 people a week. Research suggests that people are taking their own lives when they are
unable to endure the entrapment caused and the abuse.
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Read the full report here
https://committees.parliament.uk/writtenevidence/151420/pdf/

Suicides linked to domestic abuse should be investigated as potential homicides, say UK families-Landmark meeting in Wes...
29/10/2025

Suicides linked to domestic abuse should be investigated as potential homicides, say UK families
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Landmark meeting in Westminster hears from string of relatives who say laws are not being used to pursue prosecutions
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Every su***de in which the deceased has been a victim of domestic violence should be investigated as a potential homicide, according to campaigners who want see abusers held to account for the devastating effects of their actions.

The move was necessary because police and prosecutors were not doing enough to bring perpetrators to justice in cases of su***de after domestic abuse
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https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/oct/25/enforce-law-when-su***de-linked-to-domestic-violence-say-uk-campaigners
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