🌍 This #WorldEnvironmentDay we're sharing this striking diptych we received last year. A reminder to examine our impact on the planet, and care for nature as much as we admire it.
Artwork credit: Honest Pollution, HM Prison Maghaberry, Bronze Baseroom Award for Painting, 2024
Great article by @charleshymas in @Telegraph exploring childhood offences holding people back 30-40+ years later.
@WorkingChance research shows 30% of employers will automatically reject an applicant with any criminal record.
How can people be expected to move on & find work?
Better ways to solve the prison overcrowding crisis. Longford Trust director Peter Stanford urges long-term spending on education and rehabilitation to stop the chaos in our prisons in an essay in the Telegraph
https://t.co/GutPzyDN5r
It was great to meet the amazing probation team in Camden and Islington this week. I was so impressed by their dedication and passion for helping offenders turn their lives around. We know we need more staff to help, so recruiting 1000 more probation officers will make a big difference.
Longford scholar, Sian was 26 had a successful career when a night out at the bingo catapulted her into gambling addiction it ultimately saw her jailed.
She credits
@BCTNorthWest the charity that saved her life, and how her degree helped
https://t.co/wj4pAHJ2aH
James Timpson OBE @JamesTCobbler has been appointed Minister of State (Minister for Prisons, Parole and Probation) in the Ministry of Justice @MoJGovUK.
Something @campbellclaret@RoryStewartUK have repeatedly been saying on @RestIsPolitics. The focus on entire justice system is essentfrom the get-go.
Worth noting on election day- people in prison are denied the vote. Rory Stewart told @LongfordTrust lecture that must change
So very sad to hear about the loss of Frank Field, who was always such a kind and considerate gentleman, a man who was in politics for a purpose and stood by his principles, fighting for justice and reform. I knew him well and we would often chat about things and usually agree.
#RestorativeJustice can empower victims & help them move on from a crime. Following a robbery by a man who lived locally this victim felt prepared for when they saw him again.
If you feel as though RJ could be right for you please get in touch.
https://t.co/O6eSqg6SBA
@fmspear@CrimeandJustice@RichardJGarside Am so sorry to read this - I met Mike at several events and it quickly became clear that he was a thoroughly decent man.
We are pleased to announce the return of the Birkbeck Law Review.
We are working on a special edition due to publish in 2023, themed ‘Borders, Boundaries and the Law’.
You can find the call for submissions along with all the relevant guidlines here: https://t.co/tkQOyGP2c6
🧵Our Campaigns Director @neilsonandrew remembers the former chief inspector of prisons, Lord Ramsbotham who passed away in December - "he remained a tireless campaigner on improving prison conditions and a staunch voice for penal reform... He will be much missed."
I'm very sorry to hear of the death of David Ramsbotham. He was fearless in his fight to improve the treatment of prisoners and to maintain the independence of the inspectorate - a fight he continued in his time in the House of Lords. He will be very much missed.
‘The story comes first & politics always second': @ElliotLTyler talks to Jimmy McGovern about his BAFTA winning prison drama Time. ‘There hasn’t been a "prisons crisis" coming, they've been in crisis for ages.' Interview features in #proofmagazine https://t.co/9NfTw99hOY