CAPScotland

Coalition against Punishment- Building a movement of mutual support and action to disrupt the punishment system in Scotland. Join us!

[NOLR Campaign Scotland @NOLRScotland]

The OLR violates the basic principles of justice and has no place in Scotland if it wishes to be a fair and progressive country.
Want to help? Go to https://t.co/WafP2vWByF, where you can find a template letter to your MSP, make a donation or contact us and join us as a member.

[NOLR Campaign Scotland @NOLRScotland]

'I think an awful lot of this is about the containment of anxiety and I think it makes us feel an awful lot better to have spent thousands of pounds on a snazzy report, it makes us feel better' (Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist) #NOLR #JusticeSystem

[NOLR Campaign Scotland @NOLRScotland]

When you are on an OLR, the system is so rigid and it is so bureaucratic, it’s not like any other long sentence because it has so many extra layers of bureaucracy, so it is easier being a life sentenced prisoner (Consultant Forensic Psychiatrist) #NOLR

[NOLR Campaign Scotland @NOLRScotland]

'I think one of the biggest flaws for me is that it's under-resourced, and there isn't enough case managers, there is not enough specialist services' (Policy professional, RMA) #JusticeScot #NOLR

[NOLR Campaign Scotland @NOLRScotland]

The OLR no's rise and we can't manage them effectively. Then it impacts on the life population … it was just assumed that we dealt with what was given to us, but the practical application of managing it was not realised and then it got worse and worse and worse (Prison manager)

[NOLR Campaign Scotland @NOLRScotland]

''You've got some OLRs that have the tiniest punishment part, you're talking months, up to a few years. So, by the time they access any kind of intervention they are already post tariff...” (Forensic psychologist) #NOLR #JustcieReform

[NOLR Campaign Scotland @NOLRScotland]

'A lot of what the OLR was about was the preparation of the risk assessment. Nobody needs an assessment, they need the outcome of the assessment to be delivered, too often the assessment becomes an end in itself' (Former member, Parole Board for Scotland) #ScotJustice #NOLR

[NOLR Campaign Scotland @NOLRScotland]

'He's not motivated to progress with anything. He is too reluctant three years in to have any type of relationship, form peers or get a job because he's like, what's the point? I’ve got an OLR' (Community Justice Social Worker) #NOLR #CommunityJustice

[NOLR Campaign Scotland @NOLRScotland]

One prisoner said,“I have to accept I’m never gonnae get out of jail, I’m gonnae die in here”. He got an 18-month sentence and was slapped with an OLR and he’s thinking, “I could die in this place”. (Prison Chaplain) #NOLR #CriminalJusticeReform

[NOLR Campaign Scotland @NOLRScotland]

Today we are drawing on Nicola Ceesay’s forthcoming PhD thesis to highlight the perspectives of practitioners. #NOLR

[NOLR Campaign Scotland @NOLRScotland]

Want to help? Go to https://t.co/WafP2vWByF, where you can find a template letter to your MSP, make a donation or contact us and join us as a member. #NOLR

[Marguerite Schinkel @margueritesch]

A powerful illustration how OLRs impact people who have endured a lot and are motivated, plus the people who support them 1/5. #NOLR @familiesoutside @markmcsherry @prtuk @ScotGovJustice @CoE_CPT @DebbieC24231410 @scottishprisons @glenochilenquiries

[Marguerite Schinkel @margueritesch]

Families try to maintain hope for OLR prisoners, and vice versa, but it is almost impossible. 1/5 #NOLR @FamiliesOutside @PRTuk

[CAPScotland @ScotlandCap]

In deciding to support 'R' she has lost people in her life and feels isolated. She's trying to stay positive for him. He has told her to forget him and get on with her life. He feels his only way of coping is by ‘disengaging and self-harming, which is being used against me’ 4/4

[CAPScotland @ScotlandCap]

One story that clearly shows how OLRs follow and worsen poor mental health - which then becomes a reason against release. 1/4 #NOLR Please repost @DrPeterPratt @UNGRIPP @ScotHumanRights

[NOLR Campaign Scotland @NOLRScotland]

‘R’s Mum is struggling to cope since her son’s OLR 16 years ago at the age of 24. His punishment tariff was 4 years and he remains in prison. She has significant mental health issues which have worsened over the years by having to cope with her son’s indeterminate sentence. #NOLR

[CAPScotland @ScotlandCap]

There is help available for her son OUTSIDE the prison setting and it is being offered for free. Her son cannot progress without this help but he cannot access it. It is frustrating for her to see him suffer. 3/4 #NOLR