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Behind Bars, Beyond Care: The Preventable Death of Diana Grant

A stark and compelling new investigation in the View 16 exposes the systemic failures that led to the preventable death of Diana Ocean Grant, a woman living with paranoid schizophrenia who died alone in her cell at HMP Bronzefield. The death of Diana Ocean Grant is more than a tragedy. It is a devastating indictment…

17 January 20260Comments

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Mark Rowley’s Met: A Crisis of Trust and Accountability

When Sir Mark Rowley took over as Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police in 2022, he spoke about cleaning up the force and restoring public confidence. Three years on, that promise feels hollow to many Londoners watching crime go unaddressed and the very institution meant to protect them appears unable – or unwilling – to hold…

3 January 20260Comments

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Ireland Opens Its Doors: Malacha’s Journey from Gaza to Trinity

When war closed in on Gaza, Malacha faced an impossible choice. She had been offered a PhD place in England, a dream opportunity, but the British government made no provision for her family. Leaving them behind under bombardment was unthinkable. “I wasn’t going to abandon my family. Education means nothing if you lose the people…

30 December 20250Comments

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CPT Launches Thematic Review of Women’s Prisons

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…

19 December 20250Comments

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“AI systems are only as objective as the data that feeds them.”

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…

18 December 20250Comments

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When Complaints Vanish and Punishment Replaces Care: The Abuse of IEPs at Eastwood Park

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…

18 December 20250Comments

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Rebuilding Life With a Painting – Prodigal Arts

Prodigal Arts is a charity that helps people in prison and former offenders to start a new life by giving them an opportunity to explore their artistic talents and ‘unlocking’ their creativity. “Creativity can unlock potential and foster a sense of purpose in people society too often forgets.” Based in Bristol, Prodigal Arts is a…

13 December 20250Comments

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Trauma and Hope

Science increasingly shows that hope is one of the most powerful emotions we possess. It shapes wellbeing, strengthens resilience, and buffers the long-term effects of trauma. But new research raises a crucial question: what if a traumatised brain can no longer access hope at all? Groundbreaking studies at Yale University reveal that PTSD alters the…

11 December 20250Comments

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Lord Timpson and the Push to Rethink Women’s Imprisonment: The Women’s Justice Board

The launch of the Women’s Justice Board on 21 January 2025 marks a significant moment in rethinking how the UK treats women in the criminal justice system. Campaigners have stressed that women’s offending is often rooted in trauma, domestic abuse, poverty and addiction. Prisons rarely address these issues and often deepen the harm. Chaired by…

10 December 20250Comments

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Women’s Health Review: When Promises Collapse Behind Prison Walls

The NHS says prison healthcare should mirror the care available in the community. But behind locked doors, that promise crumbles. In Women’s Health Review – Is the NHS Just Banging Its Own Drum Again?, writer Mason Morgan exposes a system stretched past breaking point; where cost-cutting, understaffing, and bureaucratic denial leave women fighting not just…

9 December 20250Comments

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