The murder of Lucy Ann Rushton in Andover in June 2019 was a brutal reminder of the epidemic of violence against women. Rushton, only 30, was killed in a prolonged attack by her estranged husband, Sean Dyson, then 28. Yet even in the aftermath of such horror, the way institutions frame these crimes continues to…
The role of the Solicitor General is not simply administrative. It carries moral weight. Decisions about whether a sentence is “unduly lenient” speak to what, and who, the state believes is worth protecting. In recent months, Ellie Reeves has exercised that power in ways that raise deeply uncomfortable questions about consistency, compassion and justice. Reeves…
Sodexo began by serving lunch and now it runs prisons where people have died in their cells. Founded in Marseille in 1966 as a modest catering business, the company has expanded into a global services empire, managing everything from hospital meals to justice and probation services. But behind the glossy rhetoric of “quality of life”…