Justice often feels distant until it brushes our lives, yet it quietly structures every choice the courts make, and every hour the people inside them endure. This conversation with criminal defence barrister Kate Kelleher and CBA communications lead James Rosseter pulls the curtain on a profession that balances solemn duty with shrinking margins. They describe…
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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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
The European Committee for the Prevention of Torture (CPT) has announced a landmark thematic review of all women’s prisons across Europe. Established in 1989 under the European Convention for the Prevention of Torture, the CPT’s mandate is to monitor the treatment of people deprived of their liberty, from prisons and police custody to psychiatric institutions…
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…
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…
By [Niklas], Legal Volunteer, Feminist Justice Coalition In university, we learn about justice as a set of clean rules and principles. But since volunteering with the Feminist Justice Coalition (FJC), I’ve learned that for many women, the “system” is actually just a mess of red tape that ruins lives. My ambition has always been to…