@John_Podmore “……..persuasive up, even while they’re damaging below”. Currently having a drink with 2 serving and 1 retired Governor, who all think this shouod have been written about HMPPS
https://t.co/d39AkXfLVO
For every retweet of this post, I will donate £1 to the @VC_and_GC_Assoc up to £50,000.
Time is running out following @I_W_M’s decision to close the Lord Ashcroft Gallery.
Visit while you still can, to honour the bravery of those who risked so much to protect our great nation.
@John_Podmore I’m shocked. Judging by how active those senior in the YCS are at patting themselves and each other on the back on LinkedIn, I’d have expected amazing inspection reports.
@ShipleyWrites@charlie_taylor6 I couldn’t agree more ! But sadly even the best Governors, as highlighted here, are swamped with bureaucratic trivia and have minimal autonomy.
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@ShipleyWrites@MemesKind DM me anytime and we could arrange a call ? This is an interesting topic which I discussed with charity trustees recently. Over 600 small charities in the CJ sector, many doing great work on a shoestring and often using unpaid volunteers, yet almost all funding passes them by
@ShipleyWrites@thepawnbroker1 If a Cat D is partly a test for release, as it certainly is for Lifers, then not being able to be trusted in open conditions could be seen as a good indicator that someone won’t comply in the community and on a very loose licence with minimal real supervision
@ShipleyWrites@thepawnbroker1 And there could be radical options to look at that, and ideally allow the majority to progress to release via a Cat D. If you do go to an open and deliberately mess up, time on licence is removed so you then spend more/most time in a Cat B.
@ShipleyWrites In my 4 years as Governor of an open prison, there was only 1 time PAVA and/or batons would have been useful, and that was late at night. The rate of “returns to closed”,as with things like MDT, is also linked to perceptions of better access to ROTL and real work opportunities.