On Friday 29th September, Dr Lauren Smith, Dr Niko Kargas, and Rachael Mason (FCRG member from Health and Social Care) delivered a session to the HMPPS Insights Festival on the project (led by Niko Kargas) entitled ‘Meeting the Needs of Autistic Adults and Adults with Learning Disability in Midlands Prisons’.
The session was attended by 80 HMPPS staff, predominantly psychologists.
Also, on Thursday 5th October, Lauren contributed to a session on the HMPPS Insights Festival (led by The Howard League) on crime and gambling harms. She talked about the work developed in HMP Lincoln to address gambling-related harms. The HMP Lincoln ‘whole prison approach’ was developed in response to findings from research by Lauren, as well as by Prof Amanda Roberts