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…

16 September 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

9 September 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…

22 August 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…

14 August 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…

17 June 20210Comments

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Do Something Good

Do Something Good and get an Original Artwork - ONLY 7 AVAILABLE Get an original piece of art if you pledge £50 or more to our CrowdJustice appeal and support mental health reform for incarcerated women The View is supporting a legal case against a key NHS trust for more transparency and better mental health services for…

10 June 20210Comments

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“Why am I stuck here with no mental health support?”

Becks is an IPP prisoner who was given a tariff of 17 months and 21 days. She is still in custody nearly 14 years later. Becks received a diagnosis of Adult ADHD just after she was released from prison last year. This has helped her to understand the negative effects ADHD has had on her…

No, 500 times NO

No, 500 Times NO The View urges you to support our call for the release of incarcerated women who are not dangerous or a risk to themselves or society and imprisoned, by writing to your MP. We ask that your MP contacts the Secretary of State for Justice, raise our concerns and request the Ministry of…

Care not Cages

Our Spring 2021 issue features Sue Wheatcroft, a former prisoner with a diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD), “Why are there so many women with Borderline Personality Disorder in prison?” BPD is the most common personality disorder among women, both in prison and the community. It is estimated that around 20% of women in UK prisons have…

Mayors for London but what about Women?

On Wednesday 21st April, End Violence Against Women, Imkaan and Women’s Resource Centre hosted a Mayoral hustings with the candidates for the upcoming Mayor of London election and representatives standing for election at the local government elections. As the elections draw nearer, The View joined in the hustings to hear what mayoral candidates were pledging to…

1 May 20210Comments

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