Probation, ‘Borderline’ Offenders and the need for Boundaries

BY SUE WHEATCROFT The lack of mental health training for probation staff can have dire consequences for people being managed on license in the community. Sue Wheatcroft tells The View about her experience in an article written for The Probation Journal, which was later censored and removed. How are organisations meant to learn when they…

February 11, 20220Comments

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Statement by The View on recent statistics released by Ministry of Justice

The View condemns the unacceptable rise of death in custody following the publication of the Ministry of Justice Safety in Custody Statistics: Quarterly Update to September 2021 The Ministry of Justice Safety in Custody Statistics September 2021 report found that there was an increase in deaths in prisons from the 12 months to December…

February 6, 20220Comments

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New Digital Edition

Our Autumn Winter 2022 edition is packed with news views and trues by women in the justice system. Someone’s Daughter – More portraits by leading photographers of women in the justice system from our campaign, which launched at Photo London in September 2021. The Right to be Forgotten by Joy Martin. How does the Google Effect play on…

February 1, 20220Comments

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The problem with ‘green’ prisons

Last summer, the British government unveiled their new prison expansion project, Alliance 4 New Prisons (A4NP). It is just one £1bn-sized part of a pledge to spend £4bn of public funding on creating 18,000 new prison places. Under the plan, 4 new male prisons have been proposed: one confirmed next to HMP Full Sutton in…

November 15, 20210Comments

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Climate Justice

Monday marked the start of the 2 week long COP26 meeting in Glasgow that will see world leaders including the UK and USA outline future plans to combat climate change. This time, they say, it will be different as they make new promises that they will almost undoubtedly fail to deliver. They are striving to…

November 4, 20210Comments

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Former prisoner campaigns for alternatives to jail for female offenders

A former female prisoner from Reading is calling for alternatives to jail for women who commit crime. 41-year-old Francesca Fattore, who spent three years and eight months in prison for drug offences, says there are better ways to help women reform and rebuild their lives. According to figures from the Ministry of Justice, there are…

September 16, 20210Comments

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Prison was the best thing that ever happened to me – but it destroyed so many women I met inside

In jail, Francesca Fattore was finally able to leave a life of addiction and crime behind her – but the suffering she saw there spurred her to campaign for alternatives to prison for female offenders. Here, she speaks to Jenn Selby View full article

September 9, 20210Comments

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Another woman and her daughter failed by the State and community?

I am much exercised about the case of Verphy Kudi, a Brighton teenage Mum just sentenced to 9 years for the manslaughter of her 20-moth-old daughter by neglect. Verphi went off to celebrate her 18th birthday and left the child alone for nearly 6 days in a “supported” flat in Brighton. Social services had the…

August 22, 20210Comments

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The project challenging how we view women in the prison system

When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez responded to Republican congressman Ted Yoho’s abusive and sexist comments towards her in a now-viral speech in 2020, she spoke for women everywhere. “I am someone’s daughter,” AOC said. She called out people – specifically Yoho but everyone – not giving all women decency and respect and reframed the conversation around the treatment of and language used…

August 14, 20210Comments

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Are you aware of your own unconscious prejudice?

Are you prejudiced? What do you really think about people with mental health issues in the criminal justice system? An online research study, run by Meagan Hanley, an MSc Forensic Psychology Student at Birmingham City University and Dr. Chrisa Pornari, a senior lecturer at Birmingham City University, aims to track the subconscious and conscious attitudes we have about people…

June 17, 20210Comments

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