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…
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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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…
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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…