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Good Behaviour, Bad Policy: Why Sentence Reductions Handed to Prison Staff Risk Injustice and Corruption

The government’s Sentencing Bill, currently progressing through Parliament, proposes reducing prison sentences for “good behaviour.” On the surface, this sounds like a progressive reform, rewarding rehabilitation and incentivising positive conduct. In reality, without rigorous safeguards, training, and oversight, it risks embedding corruption, inequality, and arbitrariness deep into the prison system. Under the proposals, offender managers…

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Issue 16 of The View is here 

The View Magazine Launches Issue 16 Focused on Solidarity Through Creativity London, UK–22 December 2025, The View Magazine, the award-winning independent platform dedicated to amplifying the voices of women impacted by the criminal justice system, announces the release of Issue 16, a 120+ page winter edition examining systemic failures in medical care for women…

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Criminalising Conscience: How Young Women Protesters Are Being Punished for Standing Up to the Arms Trade

The ongoing trials of Palestinian Action campaigners raise serious concerns about the treatment of peaceful protesters, the narrowing of the right to protest, and the unequal power dynamics between the state and young women who dare to dissent. Many of those facing prosecution are young women with no previous conviction; students training to become lawyers,…

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Is “Overdiagnosis” Just a Pretext for Cuts to ADHD & Autism Support?

On 4 December 2025, the government announced that Wes Streeting is launching an independent review into the rising demand for mental health, autism and ADHD services, a move officially presented as a necessary measure to ensure “timely access to accurate diagnosis and effective support.” But for many campaigners, disabled people and families, the real fear…

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One Rule for the Powerful, Another for Women: Why the Met’s Decision on Prince Andrew Exposes Deep Inequality

The Metropolitan Police’s decision not to pursue charges against Prince Andrew over allegations that he abused his position by attempting to use a publicly funded police protection officer to investigate and discredit his accuser, Virginia Giuffre, raises serious questions about equality before the law, institutional misogyny, and public confidence in policing. According to widely reported…

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“AI systems are only as objective as the data that feeds them.”

The View Magazine opinion piece by Verity Butler. As AI quietly enters the justice system, urgent questions are arising over fairness, transparency, and control. In recent months, the stealthy adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) within the UK’s criminal justice system has begun to attract sharper public scrutiny. Reports have revealed that the Ministry of Justice…

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When Complaints Vanish and Punishment Replaces Care: The Abuse of IEPs at Eastwood Park

The Incentives and Earned Privileges (IEP) scheme was introduced to encourage “good behaviour” in prisons. But in practice, “good behaviour” is a vague, patronising and fundamentally subjective concept, one that gives frontline staff enormous discretionary power. What counts as “good” too often depends not on clear rules, but on the personal attitudes, frustrations or prejudices…

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