News & Updates

The Responsible Business Initiative for Justice (RBIJ) and Unlock are joining forces.

Unlock welcomed six new Trustees at our October Board meeting.

It's time for change, explains Mark Blake from the Criminal Justice Alliance

You may find criminal records information you aren't entitled to know - especially harmful for people with a distinctive name

Policy Officer Brendan outlines how people from racially minoritised communities are disproportionally impacted by criminal records

Government has a chance to include protections from unfair dismissal for people with criminal records

Research finds even fleeting brushes with the criminal justice system can have long-lasting negative impact

There is no clear list of which offences can be put on your criminal record - causing confusion and anxiety

Justice and young people's sector experts gather at Unlock's roundtable to discuss childhood offences

Twenty years ago, Paula Harriott was in a prison cell, starting an eight-year sentence. Now she's in her third week as Unlock's CEO.

If your conviction is overturned, your criminal record may not be automatically cleared. Brendan Shepherd takes a look.

Today (31 July) marks exactly 50 years since the act gained royal assent. It's time to reform the ROA.

Online searches and news websites mean some criminal convictions may never be forgotten, even when they are spent. Jo Easton takes a look.

Freedom of Information request reveals small but concerning increase on previous years

Unlock calls on the new Lord Chancellor and Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood to consider urgent criminal records reforms

Policy officer Brendan Shepherd searches the main party manifestos for any sign of progress on criminal records reforms