Gillian Dickinson

Lecturer in Criminology at UCBC

[Reform & Rebuild @Reform_Rebuild]

Prisons minister Lord Timpson has announced IPP prisoners will not have their cases addressed in the government’s planned sentencing review.

[Robin Moore @RMooreHMIP]

Many thanks to Nina Maxwell for this Academic Insights paper which examines service responses to child criminal exploitation. The barriers and facilitators to an effective approach are set out, highlighting the value of a strengths-based, child-centred, child rights approach.

[The Howard League @TheHowardLeague]

'Terminating your IPP licence: a legal guide' was created by the Howard league, together with @LauraJanes_UK, @PRTuk and @PrisonersAdvice, for people serving IPPs, and their family and friends to better understand their position.

⬇️ Download here: https://t.co/W5BC1Sx1mm #IPP

[Shirley De Bono @LloydSewing]

#justiceforipps #IPPscandal
So dissapointed in @JamesTCobbler
Have a read yourselves on what he has to say here about IPPs.
https://t.co/Ybf0pNpe96

[The Howard League @TheHowardLeague]

🧵 The Howard League for Penal Reform has responded to the Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood’s statement on measures to address prison capacity, announced today.

https://t.co/yTXS5ZIyg9

[The Howard League @TheHowardLeague]

Missed our event 'SPOTLIGHTS: The IPP sentence' with @UNGRIPP member Donna Mooney and Expert by Experience, Andrew Morris? Catch up on the recording here: https://t.co/cLX5f1X3nc

Book your place for our next SPOTLIGHTS event 'What are prisons for?' here: https://t.co/80pDr0Az4t

[Gillian Dickinson @dickinson_g]

@LloydSewing Absolutely devastating news @Lloyd

[Richard Garside @RichardJGarside]

The #IPP scandal was covered this lunchtime by @BBCWorldatOne

Includes some very powerful testimony from @ClaraWh42946380

16 mins 50 seconds in:

https://t.co/RB8IZENPiN

[Richard Garside @RichardJGarside]

“IPP sentences were abandoned more than a decade ago. There can be no justification for the continued indefinite detention of so many individuals... Perpetual uncertainty is wholly incompatible with the rule of law and is inhuman treatment”

https://t.co/9LDbnoLcsU

[Gillian Dickinson @dickinson_g]

@DrLBainbridge @Kirsty_MBennett I would love to apply for this post but the commute is just a little too far from Blackburn.

[Justice Unions Parliamentary Group @JusticeUnions]

.@CommonsJustice chair @neill_bob calls for a “proper conversation with the public about what is a reasonable expectation of what can be done in #prisons, what is the best use of prisons and who should be there” @POAUnion @Napo_News @ucuprisoned @PCSMOJNOMS

[Peter Stefanovic @PeterStefanovi2]

Millions have now seen this shocking film & thank you to the thousands who have already signed the PETITION to end these egregious miscarriages Justice.

Please keep signing & sharing. Let’s end this, together

Sign the petition here👇
https://t.co/YDz5Qyrtyq

[Gillian Dickinson @dickinson_g]

@criminographer @GranadaReports @MelBarhamITV You are immensely brave and thank you for bringing understand and raising awareness of SUDC.

[Gillian Dickinson @dickinson_g]

We have been really lucky to be involved in creating a CCU hub at @bbcollege. Thank you to Dr Kirsty Bennett and @LeedsTrinity for this great opportunity.

[Shirley De Bono @LloydSewing]

Please sign and share this petition. Help those trapped in the IPP nightmare https://t.co/luYszl4dH1

[Forrest Stuart @ForrestDStuart]

We've concentrated a lot on the rise of mass incarceration and the prison boom, but we've been surprisingly slow to ask about the prison "bust." It turns out, prisons are closing faster than new ones open.

So why the heck are we seeing this surprising decline in prisons?

🧵

[AYJ @the_AYJ]

Signed by over 30 organisations working with and on behalf of children and young people, our open letter to @DamianHinds highlights that the appalling use of PAVA spray against children violates welfare principles - and must not be given the green light. https://t.co/JbVEU5Op3R

[Shadd Maruna @criminology]

Getting ready for ASC in Philadelphia, @fadergator and I had a few things to say about the treatment of children by the criminal legal system across the state (check it out)...
https://t.co/Hw3OnZhwvJ

[susan mcvie @susanmcvie]

For those interested in the Minimum Age of Criminal Responsibility (#MACR), see @lesleymcara1 and my recent published paper discussing our take on lessons from the #Scottish experience. https://t.co/vNY1ByDmwP

[Gillian Dickinson @dickinson_g]

@TomStadeComic You've got to admit, @GarethMutch is great at impersonating you 🤔