Artists’ Call Out

Call for art from women with lived experience of detention or incarceration who make art Exhibition dates: 15 May - 12 June 2022 www.thehouseofsmalls.art This is a call for submissions from women who create art as a release/response to having been restricted. This might include but is not limited to being held on licence in or…

19 April 20220Comments

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Gaslighting by the State

by Tabitha Lean CW: Discusses domestic violence, abuse and carceral violence As conversations in white Australian feminist circles have centred on coercive control and the attempts to have it criminalised, I have been thinking a lot about gaslighting as a form of emotional abuse. The gaslighting I am familiar with (the type of abuse that…

29 March 20220Comments

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Banning the Use of Restraints on Pregnant Woman in Custody

In the United States, one third of corrections institutions restrain pregnant and labouring women. This goes against the best practice recommendations of medical, legal, and human rights organisations. Restraining women during pregnancy and childbirth pose health and developmental risks to both mother and baby. We call for federal legislation to ban the use of restraints…

28 March 20220Comments

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A Suspect Population

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…

22 February 20220Comments

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Hanging On and Letting Go

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…

15 February 20220Comments

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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…

11 February 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…

6 February 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…

1 February 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…

15 November 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…

4 November 20210Comments

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