Martin Read - Bushido Films

Observational insomniac filmmaker - Investigative journalist - Using documentary to do good!

[Martin Read - Bushido Films @SAMARIUN]

We're proud to announce the World Premiere of Britain's Forgotten Prisoners at this years #SheffDocFest2024 A moving film (6 years in the making) about thousands of IPP prisoners held in UK jails indefinitely years after completing sentences for often minor crimes. 6 years in the making Classed as the greatest Stain on the Justice System #IPP #IPPScandal #IBritainsforgottenprisone

To find out more: https://t.co/0KyKR9StSk

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Welsh probation services recorded 500 people rough sleeping on the day of their release from prison in 2023/24, with an average of five people leaving HMP Cardiff homeless every week that year.

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The MoJ statistics show that 24% of recalls involved reoffending. The rest were people who breached their licence conditions for reasons such as failing to stay off alcohol or drugs, missing curfews and failing to attend appointments with Probation Officers.

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The long-term high-security estate is becoming more dangerous, mainly because a large proportion of prisoners have indefinite sentences or extremely long tariffs, & there are no resources to meet their needs. Combined with inexperienced staff, creates a recipe for disaster.

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No spaces are left in prisons again, so how many are stuck in segregation because of this? The UN considers segregation lasting over 15 days a form of torture, calling it "cruel & "inhuman." Since 2011, the Special Rapporteur on Torture has called for a global ban on segregation.

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Well bloody done Level Up!

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🎉CAMPAIGN WIN: Sentencing Council announce new Imposition guideline that acknowledges prison is high-risk for pregnant women and tells courts to avoid sending women there! 📣🎉✨

Now we need to see government implement statutory sentencing reform & changes to the Bail Act!

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A pregnant woman who was unlawfully handcuffed to an officer for 48 hours during labour says “I feel I was treated as less than an animal.” She's calling for an independent investigation into why this was allowed to happen – and she needs your support:

https://t.co/txFSAxclcp

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At least two women were made to give birth while handcuffed between 2021 and 2023 | Pregnant prisoners have given birth handcuffed to male officers, in a breach of the Ministry of Justice policy: https://t.co/KT6feOnJsL

[Amy-Clare Martin @AmyClareMartin]

EXCL: ‘I stole a mobile phone almost 20 years ago – I’ve spent half my life in prison’

Leroy Douglas has begged for his freedom, describing his IPP jail term as ‘cripplingly cruel’ as he languishes in prison

https://t.co/lsSTHZ93vZ

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@realMaalouf Mate I live 2 mins from the mosque and the only time they do a prayer call is on a Friday afternoon you mug!

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@ccwild79 @TerryGalloway We’ll done mate

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Women being released from prison are being given tents because they do not have secure housing. Devastating.

Critical reporting from @Victoria_Spratt ft. @LauraJanes_UK @WIP_live @prisonadvice

https://t.co/jGIzOVhEmS

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Shabina needs to correct the record!

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

Thank you @GreenJennyJones for your passionate support today for Lord Woodley’s Bill to end once & for all the shocking & cruel injustice of the #IPPscandal & for raising my latest film in the debate

Come on @Keir_Starmer, let’s not wait for an ITV drama to do the right thing

[Deborah Coles @DebatINQUEST]

Great to see the fantastic ⁦⁦@UNGRIPP⁩ receive the ⁦⁦@LongfordTrust⁩ prize 2024. Recognition of their tireless campaigning that has raised awareness of the injustice of the IPP sentence and the human stories of those impacted.

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IPP TERMINATED, IM FINALLY FREE 🎉

NO MORE PROBATION & NO MORE CONDITIONS

BACK TO THE NARM 🏴 SO IM DEFINITELY POWERED UP

BACK TO THE MUSIC…..

NEVER FOLD , NEVER BEND , NEVER BREAK

FREEDOM IS PRICELESS

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It will never end until you resentence them

[Diane Abbott @HackneyAbbott]

There are horrendous figures, and real people's lives ruined. It must be put to an end.
https://t.co/bTrk9Ohxfu

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Kayleigh should never have been sent to prison!

[Deborah Coles @DebatINQUEST]

Utterly shameful. This is not an isolated death but part of a systemic pattern. Time and again women are ending up in prisons which further inflict harm. Women prisons are fundamentally unsafe and need to be closed down and money reinvested in communities. https://t.co/sPE8D7OeWk

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Well done for educating this twat!

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Nick: They only go behind bars if it’s a fairly major crime, Janey

Janey: I’m sorry to correct you but the most prevalent offence is shoplifting. Have you looked at the latest stats on what women are in prison for?

Nick: I haven’t, no. I’ve got no idea, no.

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@realMaalouf I live 2 mins away from this mosque - there is no prayer call at 5am or in the day apart from Friday,

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‘Where man obeys without being presumed good, there is neither liberty nor a native land’ @Keir_Starmer @ShabanaMahmood

[Dave @djsweens36]

@SAMARIUN @LloydSewing The most damaging thing to prisoners and society is a psychologist. It’s not possible to predict the future and govt stats prove this as we have the worst reoffending rates anywhere in the developed world. If govt really wanted to reduce recidivism they would adopt Scandi model