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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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Rebel Justice

What is justice? Who does it serve? Why should you care?

When we think about justice, we think about it as an abstract, something that happens to someone else, somewhere else. But justice and the law regulate every aspect of our interactions with each other, with organisations, and with the government.

We never think about it until it impacts our lives, or that of someone close.

Our guests are women with lived experience of the justice system whether as victims or women who have committed crimes; or people at the forefront of civic action who put their lives on the line to demand a better world..

We ask them to share their insight into how we might repair a broken and harmful system, with humanity and dignity.

We also speak with people who are in the heart of the justice system creating important change; climate activists, judges, barristers, human rights campaigners, mental health advocates, artists and healers.

109. FJC fundraising Campaign & Cancer in Womens Prisons

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What happens when the law’s most vulnerable clients meet the system at its most rigid? We trace the rise of a student‑led pro bono centre determined to give women real access to justice—from survivors of domestic abuse and single mothers to refugees and women in custody—while exposing the hidden mechanics that keep help out of reach. Our guests share how early encounters with prison abuse and death‑penalty training cracked open a lifelong mission, and why specialist women’s services deliver not only dignity but concrete savings and better outcomes.

We break down the centre’s plan: trauma‑informed family law support, public and housing law advocacy, and expert supervision across human rights, criminal law, and safeguarding. The funding needs are immediate and practical—secure case systems, insured advice, protected communications, and kit that lets volunteers act fast—so we can move women from crisis to counsel without delay. Along the way, we map the limits of domestic protections and show how international law, from CEDAW to regional courts and UN guidance, can pressure institutions and back strategic cases when local remedies fail.

Then we pull the fire alarm on cancer care inside women’s prisons in England. Fragmented commissioning, failing providers, broken data sharing, and security‑led decisions mean missed appointments, inappropriate surgeries, blocked helplines, and routine chaining during hospital visits. Dietetic needs are ignored, senior posts go unfilled, and hospitals discharge without care plans, closing the window for chemo and radiotherapy. These are preventable harms. We outline concrete fixes—joined‑up protocols, lawful restraint policies, access to records and support lines, and real oversight of contracts—that align with community standards and basic human rights.

If this conversation moves you, help us build the foundation that cases and lives can stand on. Subscribe, share the episode with someone who cares about justice reform, and leave a review to boost the signal. If you can, donate to help us reach £10,000 and open the doors of the Feminist Justice Coalition pro bono law centre.

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