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…

12 May 20210Comments

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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…

6 May 20210Comments

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Pink Punishment? Women’s centres and punishment

by Dr Gemma Ahearne ‘Women empowering women’ screams the headline. An alternative would be ‘Our Sisters’ Keepers’ given that organizations are competing for funding in order to punish women. We cannot punish women in the spaces we are trying to heal them. Services must be trauma-led by qualified professionals. Painting something pink and calling it empowerment is…

4 August 20200Comments

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Women’s Centres: are they fit for purpose?

An Introduction Women’s centres came came into place after The Corston Report in 2007 which made 43 recommendations for gendered criminal justice reform in order to create a more women-centred and holistic approach to supporting women affected by the criminal justice system. Many such centres were set up with little oversight, all claimed to be gender…

3 August 20200Comments

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Why are women’s concerns are not being taken seriously?

We are Invisible is a report that focuses on women from BAME backgrounds within the criminal justice system and their experiences with domestic abuse. The report contains the results of survey questions from over 100 women and includes 3 qualitative case study interviews with women who were comfortable to discuss their experiences in more detail. The first…

1 August 20200Comments

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