The International Centre for Prison Studies launched its new academic partnership with the University of Essex at the House of Lords on 4 April 2011.
In July 2010 the International Centre for Prison Studies incorporated and registered as a charity with the Charities Commission of England and Wales (Registered Charity No 1136787). Between 1997 and 2010 ICPS was based in King's College London. It was launched formally by Home Secretary Jack Straw in October 1997.
It was decided from the outset that the Centre should be independent of governmental and intergovernmental agencies, although it would work closely with them. It was also decided that it needed to be located in an outstanding academic environment.
One important way of underlining the international nature of the work of the Centre has been through the composition of its Advisory Board. The Centre is able to call on 15 advisers from around the world who between them are representative of the best academic thinking on punishment and imprisonment and of the widest practical experience in the criminal justice field.
The Centre is self-funding. A number of charitable trusts gave generous grants which allowed the Centre to start work. Funds are now raised on a project basis.
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