How the Bail System disadvantages Foreign National Women Foreign national women are more likely to be remanded in custody while awaiting trial or sentencing than British women, often for less serious offences. They make up a significant and increasing proportion of prison admissions on remand in England and Wales, raising concerns that compliance with national…

It took four years and tireless advocacy, but Middletown mom Nikki Tierney’s crusade to change New Jersey law came to fruition Tuesday. Gov. Phil Murphy signed a bill that expands the offenses eligible for expungement for drug court graduates. The measure, which passed the state legislature with strong bipartisan support, creates a path to expungement for recovering…

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…

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…

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…

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…