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…

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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…

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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…

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97. Inside Medomsley Detention Centre: Abuse, Predators, Government Ignorance & Operation Deerness with PPO Adrian Usher

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A detention centre meant to correct young men became a blueprint for how institutions can enable predators. We dig into Medomsley’s regime of fear, the violence that greeted boys at the gate, and the sexual abuse that flourished where power went unchecked. Guided by survivors’ testimonies and an in-depth conversation with the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman behind Operation Dearness, we explore how culture, leadership, and weak oversight combined to normalise harm and silence complaints.

Across the episode, we follow the path from scalding baths and forced humiliation to predation in the kitchens, where Neville Husband exploited access and impunity. We examine preventable deaths and missed interventions by staff, police, and social workers

The investigation’s findings lay out the full scale: thousands of victims, decades of abuse, and a system that prized order over care. More importantly, we map the reforms that can stop this cycle—proactive safeguarding that looks for abuse, child-friendly complaint systems, independent listeners, and tightly defined routes for families to raise serious concerns.

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Producer: Charlotte Janes

Actors: John E Saxon, Benn Cordrey, Simon Green & David Wilson

Soundtrack: Particles (Revo Main Version) by [Coma-Media]

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