The Transform Justice Podcast · Episode

Solving the endemic problems of youth custody

Solving the endemic problems of youth custody

The Transform Justice Podcast · Episode

I finally managed to see “Woodhill”, the powerful documentary/drama about three young men who died in the Milton Keynes prison.

The Rapid Evidence Assessment on safety in prison published by the Ministry of Justice today contains one or two striking findings; strict sanctions and segregation don’t seem to be effective at count...

The Rapid Evidence Assessment on safety in prison published by the Ministry of Justice today contains one or two striking findings; strict sanctions and segregation don’t seem to be effective at count...

Thoughts on the Latest Prison Crisis

Thoughts on the Latest Prison Crisis

Thoughts on the Latest Prison Crisis

Could one alternative to unpalatable earlier releases from prison be delaying admissions into it?

Inspectorate updates their register of concerns about prison.

Could one alternative to unpalatable earlier releases from prison be delaying admissions into it?

Thoughts on the latest prison capacity crisis

What do recent reports tell us about secure units in the youth justice system?

What do recent reports tell us about secure units in the youth justice system?

What do recent reports tell us about secure units in the youth justice system?

Thoughts on the latest prison capacity crisis

The news of Anne Widdecombe’s death reminded me of her time as Prisons Minister thirty years ago under Michael “Prison Works” Howard. She became embroiled in a huge row about the handcuffing of pregna...

What is the Amber Rudd Prison Review actually for and what can it really look at in five short months? The Terms of Reference set wide ranging questions but constrain the possible solutions. Why I w...

Thoughts on the Independent Review of Prisons

It’s disappointing to see government plans to restrict visits for prisoners who breach prison rules.

In preparing for a podcast out today, it was with immense sadness that I read Sir Adrian Fulford’s report into the events of 29 July 2024- a catastrophe he rightly describes as one of the darkest mome...

My personal Substack

My personal Substack

So the government has ditched its pledge to ensure fire safety standards are met in all the prisons in England and Wales by the end of next year, a deadline agreed with the Crown Premises fire Safety ...

With the prison population almost 1,200 higher than it was when the Sentencing Act became law in January, its easy to see why the government want its key provisions to come into force quickly.

So the government has ditched its pledge to ensure fire safety standards are met in all the prisons in England and Wales by the end of next year, a deadline agreed with the Crown Premises fire Safety ...

With the prison population almost 1,200 higher than it was when the Sentencing Act became law in January, its easy to see why the government want its key provisions to come into force quickly.

With the prison population almost 1,200 higher than it was when the Sentencing Act became law in January, its easy to see why the governm...

It’s good to see the House of Commons Justice Committee asking the government tough questions about the controversial Courts and Tribunals...

It’s good to see the House of Commons Justice Committee asking the government tough questions about the controversial Courts and Tribunals...

There are some things to welcome in the government’s youth justice policy statement presented to Parliament today.   Improved funding arr...

There are some things to welcome in the government’s youth justice policy statement presented to Parliament today.   Improved funding arr...

Welcome “Muddling through” – the 2025 Independent Sentencing Review “Muddling through” Charles Lindblom’s (1959) description of policy makers’ approach to […]

HMP Dartmoor was first built because overcrowding, poor sanitation and lack of fresh air on the floating hulks off Plymouth were causing s...

HMP Dartmoor was first built because overcrowding, poor sanitation and lack of fresh air on the floating hulks off Plymouth were causing s...