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Formal Complaint has been lodged with Chief Probation Officer Kim Thornden-Edwards and Lord Timpson: Misconduct and Abuse of Power by Probation Officer Natasha Price, HMP Eastwood Park

By Feminist Justice Coalition At HMP Eastwood Park, a troubling case has emerged that raises urgent questions about accountability, human rights, and the treatment of vulnerable women in custody. A formal complaint has been lodged against Probation Officer Natasha Price, alleging persistent misconduct, obstruction of healthcare access, and abuse-paralleling behaviour in her supervision of Ms…
18 November 20250Comments

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Broken Supervision: When the Probation Service Can’t Do Its Job

The picture looks stark. The HM Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) supervises around 241,540 people in England and Wales. Yet it only has 5,636 full‐time equivalent probation-officer grade staff. The ratio is plainly unmanageable. According to the National Audit Office (NAO), only around one-quarter of probation services’ performance targets were met in the past 12…
18 November 20250Comments

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Queer, Imprisoned, Unbroken: Stories of Resistance from Nigeria’s Justice System

In a country where LGBTQ+ identity is criminalized, LBQ+ Nigerian Women Navigating the Justice System by Obinna Tony-Francis Ochem brings us face-to-face with the brutal realities endured by Aluka Obioma Joan and Maryam Yau. Joan, a trans woman, was imprisoned and denied vital hormone therapy, subjected to sexual exploitation by prison officers. Maryam, a lesbian…
17 November 20250Comments

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Passing the baton – or dropping it? How visa-cutting threatens a prison officer workforce in crisis

Last year the recruitment figures were billed as a success: more than 700 Nigerians recruited into UK prisons, accounting for nearly one-third of overseas applications into the service and a 12 % share of hires. The headline read well. But the picture today is very different—and hugely worrying. Because while the service faced deep staffing…
16 November 20250Comments

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Child Imprisonment in England and Wales: The Case for Abolition

Child Imprisonment in England and Wales: The Case for Abolition By Jodie Hodgson England and Wales imprison more children than any other country in Western Europe despite overwhelming evidence that custody harms rather than helps. The average child custody population in 2023–24 was 430, with nearly half held on remand. These children, often already traumatised,…
15 November 20250Comments

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