Justice and Prisons

Justice and Prisons provides an opportunity to debate issues relating to the use and practice of imprisonment around the world

[Rob Allen @robroballen]

The Southport Inquiry: A New Future for Youth Justice? https://t.co/sxljoARNSS

[Rob Allen @robroballen]

Fire Hazard. Why has the government scrapped its target for making prison buildings safe ? https://t.co/e7ritKKUqK

[Transform Justice @TransformJust1]

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨

Are courts welcoming? Are defendants judged based on appearance? Can court users understand legal jargon?

Courtwatcher Rosemin & Jessica Jacobson @BirkbeckUoL discuss courtwatcher observations from 2,000+ cases in London mags courts.

🎧 https://t.co/UY1Po2yBSz

[Rob Allen @robroballen]

Accounts Overdue: What's Happening with the Secure School? https://t.co/RdWHCtetC8

[Rob Allen @robroballen]

Are the courts ready for the Sentencing Act? https://t.co/oXLcH0cmhm

[Justice and Prisons @Justiceprisons]

Profoundly serious failures putting children at risk of harm @G4S run youth prison-and not for the first time

[Justice and Prisons @Justiceprisons]

Yet another review out today on the prison capacity crisis in England and Wales. Will it bring about a sustainable future? @robroballen has some doubts.
https://t.co/JUqWA20W8r

[Justice and Prisons @Justiceprisons]

Yet another review out today on the prison capacity crisis in England and Wales. Will it bring about a sustainable future? @robroballen has some doubts.
https://t.co/JUqWA20W8r

[Justice and Prisons @Justiceprisons]

Profoundly serious failures putting children at risk of harm @G4S run youth prison-and not for the first time

[Russell Webster ✍️ @russwebt]

Groundhog Week for Youth Custody
@robroballen on the #UrgentNotification for Oakhill STC https://t.co/B2Jo39cGgU

[Russell Webster ✍️ @russwebt]

Groundhog Week for Youth Custody
@robroballen on the #UrgentNotification for Oakhill STC https://t.co/B2Jo39cGgU

[Rob Allen @robroballen]

Will the Gauke review and the government's response to it do enough to avert a continuing prison cacacity crisis? Spoiler alert - maybe not
https://t.co/1TkwTySMIG

[Rob Allen @robroballen]

David Gauke's Sentencing Review out tomorrow is set to recommend fewer short jail terms, a new scheme of earned early release and stronger community sentences. What will all this mean in practice? https://t.co/FbuISjWuY5

[Rob Allen @robroballen]

What can the prison system in England and Wales learn from the Netherlands?
A country not long ago renting out its unused facilities to other countries is now having to consider putting mattresses in cells to increase its own capacity.
https://t.co/y02WAEIJZ3

[Rob Allen @robroballen]

Could a prison queue help avert the prison capacity crisis? It is in the Netherlands.
https://t.co/y02WAEIJZ3

[Penal Reform International (PRI) @PenalReformInt]

🌱 How can probation services promote #sustainability?

New PRI blog by @robroballen & Steve Pitts explores how greener practices in #probation can support #rehabilitation & #environmental goals.

🔗 Read: https://t.co/p727aygZeq

#GreenProbation  #CriminalJustice

[Russell Webster ✍️ @russwebt]

Incapacitating Children in Custody
@robroballen on the concerning roll out of pepper spray on children
https://t.co/8fT2pSu7GM

[Rob Allen @robroballen]

"My face felt like it was on fire, I couldn't see. I was just left on my own”.
There are better ways of reducing violence in youth prisons than spraying pepper into childrens eyes. https://t.co/jTxumqdEul

[Rob Allen @robroballen]

@OasisRestore, the first Secure School opened to great fanfare last Summer, promising a revolution in youth justice.
Two recently published inspection reports provide a mixed and sobering assessment of what’s been achieved so far.
https://t.co/btMYtiQFe3

[Rob Allen @robroballen]

The secure school promised to herald a revolution in youth justice . Monitoring reports suggest it's struggling to meet some all too familiar challenges.
https://t.co/btMYtiQFe3

[Russell Webster ✍️ @russwebt]

How Goes the Revolution? A difficult start for the first Secure School
@robroballen on two contradictory inspections of with some serious concerns:
"the inexperience and low morale of a staff team that do not have consistent boundaries and expectations."
https://t.co/Kj86iPHlYG