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Cui Bono – Who Benefits?

Agnieszka left Poland 15 years ago and built a successful career in education administration in England. For over a decade she worked in senior roles, building a stable life. But three weeks ago everything changed. She was picked up off the street by the Metropolitan Police and told she was wanted on an extradition warrant…

25 August 20250Comments

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HMIP Visits Bronzefield: Our Demands, Their Response, and What Comes Next?

On behalf of the women enduring neglect and abuse inside HMP Bronzefield, we wrote directly to His Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons. Our letter was clear: enough women have already died. It is time to place Bronzefield under immediate special measures and withdraw Sodexo’s contract. What we laid out was not hearsay. It was detailed,…

7 August 20250Comments

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Black Women’s Maternal Health: The Pain They’re Forced to Endure

When a woman cries out for help in labour, she expects to be heard. But for far too many Black women in the UK, those cries fall on deaf ears. The Black Maternity Experiences Survey, led by campaigners Five X More, has laid bare a horrifying truth: Black women are four times more likely to…

30 July 20250Comments

Surviving Serco – Feminist Crime and justice podcast exposes the obstructions faced by Constance Marten, defendant at the Old Bailey. Podcast reveals how private prison contracts are undermining the right to a fair trial.

Surviving Serco - podcast exposes the obstructions faced by Constance Marten, and how private prison contracts are undermining the right to a fair trial. The latest episode of Rebel Justice, the podcast by The View CiC amplifies the silenced voice of an incarcerated woman - Constance Marten, a defendant currently on trial at the Old…

1 April 20250Comments

10 December 20240Comments

Welcome to The View Magazine Issue 12: Women Versus The StateNew issue

What happens when women confront the oppressive forces of state power? The View Magazine Issue 12 fearlessly examines this question, delving into the intersection of justice, trauma, and resilience. At its core, this issue is about the strength of women navigating a world where systemic failures often perpetuate marginalisation. Inside This Issue This edition illuminates the lives…

What happens to the children of mothers in prison?

“It’s hard when it’s your mum in prison…she’s supposed to be the one looking after you.” (Malik, 13) Today marks International Children’s Day. The View dedicates this day to 741 000 women in prison across the world and over 500 000 incarcerated mothers. Children of incarcerated mothers bear the brunt of the effects of unjust,…

Roe v. Wade What Next? An American View

by Sara and Abigail Plomondon, The View Summer Interns Those are the words on many young women’s minds in the United States. In 1973 the United States Supreme court ruled, in a 7-2 vote, that women had the Right to Privacy. This allowed women the right to choose whether to have an abortion without government…

Women vs The State

What happens when the State and its agencies let us down and women are harmed, lose their loved ones or gaslighted and persecuted by the State? The View Magazine with Photo North is hosting a panel Women vs The State on how the actions of the government and its agencies affect women. …

30 April 20220Comments

Artists’ Call Out

Call for art from women with lived experience of detention or incarceration who make art Exhibition dates: 15 May - 12 June 2022 www.thehouseofsmalls.art This is a call for submissions from women who create art as a release/response to having been restricted. This might include but is not limited to being held on licence in or…

19 April 20220Comments