REFORM & REBUILD
Reform and Rebuild is a UK-based service supporting prisoners, particularly those serving life and IPP sentences, alongside their families and friends. Drawing on personal and professional experience, we provide tailored guidance, advocacy and practical assistance to help individuals navigate the prison system, address barriers to progression and release, and access the support they need.
We specialise in indeterminate sentencing policy, complex casework and the challenges affecting parole, recall, mental health pathways and progression. Working with individuals, families, legal representatives and relevant agencies, we identify procedural shortcomings, scrutinise decisions, coordinate support and advocate for meaningful outcomes. Our approach combines practical intervention with trauma-informed support, recognising the psychological impact of imprisonment and the importance of supporting families as well as those in custody.
Our case work informs our wider commitment to sentence reform. We examine the limitations of indeterminate sentencing policy and identify how existing policies, decisions and practices can cause harm, create disadvantage and obstruct progression or release. Through policy engagement, legal work, media initiatives and campaigns, we highlight systemic concerns and advocate for meaningful change, ensuring that the experiences of prisoners and their families remain central to reform.
Through this combined approach, we consider the whole picture: the individual and their circumstances, the progress and handling of their case, the legal and policy framework, the institutions involved and the impact on their family. We work to establish what needs to happen, who needs to be involved and which available routes offer the strongest prospect of a positive outcome. Our work extends throughout a person's sentence and into their transition back into the community, recognising that effective support must respond to changing needs and the challenges that arise at different stages.
We are committed to ensuring that those who turn to us receive informed, compassionate and personalised support, and that the issues affecting them contribute to a wider understanding of the need for sentencing reform.