A Crisis Behind Bars: Why Eastwood Park Must Be Reformed

HMP & YOI Eastwood Park, the women’s prison in Gloucestershire, is once again under the spotlight, and for all the wrong reasons. An unannounced inspection by His Majesty’s Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) from 17 June to 3 July 2025, published on 22 September 2025, reveals a distressing environment of self-harm, violence, and despair. Although Chief…

22 November 20250Comments

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Why the New Hillsborough Law Could Be a Game-Changer for Truth and Justice

This month, the UK government introduced landmark legislation widely known as the Hillsborough Law; a long-fought legacy for the 97 lives lost in the Hillsborough disaster, and a promise to prevent institutional cover-ups of state wrongdoing ever again. Formally called the Public Office (Accountability) Bill, the law is being hailed by campaigners as transformative: it…

21 November 20250Comments

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Rebel Justice: Janine Ewen on Survival, Systems—and Building Something Better

“You’re not alone.” That’s the steady heartbeat of this week’s Rebel Justice from The View Magazine, where host and guest peel back the idea that justice is something distant and abstract. It’s not. It regulates our everyday lives until it fails, and the failure lands at home. Our guest, Janine Ewen, grew up in Northern…

20 November 20250Comments

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Ariana Grande: Assault on the red carpet

On-screen celebrity has evolved in the wake of social media - fans are able to get closer than ever to the lives of those they adore. But where does the boundary lie between being a fan and being unhealthily obsessed with the rich and famous? One fan crossed that boundary at the weekend, hopping over…

20 November 20250Comments

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Death in Custody: The Case of Christopher Pearson at HMP Leeds

On 10 September 2021, Christopher “Chris” Pearson, aged 42, died in HMP Leeds. His death is now at the centre of a landmark criminal prosecution. Two nurses and a senior prison official have been charged in connection with his death; one of the rare cases in which healthcare staff and prison officers face serious criminal…

19 November 20250Comments

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Behind the Wig: The Hidden Cost of the Criminal Bar

What really happens behind the wigs, gowns, and solemn rituals of Britain’s criminal courts? In Behind the Wig: The Human Cost of the Criminal Bar, two barristers open up about the unseen emotional toll of defending justice in a system that often feels broken. Criminal defence barrister Catherine “Kate” Kelleher says it plainly: “The minute…

18 November 20250Comments

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Formal Complaint has been lodged with Chief Probation Officer Kim Thornden-Edwards and Lord Timpson: Misconduct and Abuse of Power by Probation Officer Natasha Price, HMP Eastwood Park

By Feminist Justice Coalition At HMP Eastwood Park, a troubling case has emerged that raises urgent questions about accountability, human rights, and the treatment of vulnerable women in custody. A formal complaint has been lodged against Probation Officer Natasha Price, alleging persistent misconduct, obstruction of healthcare access, and abuse-paralleling behaviour in her supervision of Ms…

18 November 20250Comments

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Broken Supervision: When the Probation Service Can’t Do Its Job

The picture looks stark. The HM Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) supervises around 241,540 people in England and Wales. Yet it only has 5,636 full‐time equivalent probation-officer grade staff. The ratio is plainly unmanageable. According to the National Audit Office (NAO), only around one-quarter of probation services’ performance targets were met in the past 12…

18 November 20250Comments

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Queer, Imprisoned, Unbroken: Stories of Resistance from Nigeria’s Justice System

In a country where LGBTQ+ identity is criminalized, LBQ+ Nigerian Women Navigating the Justice System by Obinna Tony-Francis Ochem brings us face-to-face with the brutal realities endured by Aluka Obioma Joan and Maryam Yau. Joan, a trans woman, was imprisoned and denied vital hormone therapy, subjected to sexual exploitation by prison officers. Maryam, a lesbian…

17 November 20250Comments

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When oversight retreats: IMBs, women’s prisons and the monitoring-gap

The Independent Monitoring Boards (IMBs) exist to provide a vital check on the treatment of people in custody. Every prison in England and Wales must have an IMB, composed of volunteers appointed to monitor whether prisoners are being treated fairly, humanely and in accordance with rules. Yet today the IMBs in women’s prisons are…

17 November 20250Comments

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