Tag: PrisonHealthcare

Farah’s Appeal: Cancer, CPTSD and the Human Cost of Imprisonment

As Farah Damji’s case reaches the Court of Appeal, new legal submissions, expert witness evidence, and campaigning research expose a stark picture: a criminal justice system failing women with cancer and complex trauma. This week’s hearing on Wednesday 14th January before the full Court of Appeal raises urgent questions about punishment, healthcare, and humanity behind…

14 January 20260Comments

Two Cases, One Office, and a Justice System Without Moral Coherence

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…

5 January 20260Comments

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

A woman diagnosed with aggressive breast cancer is taking the UK government to court, making the case that she was denied life-saving treatment whilst in prison.

In a new press release, the Feminist Justice Coalition explains how Farah Damji, a 59‑year‑old woman held in the women’s estate, launched legal action against the Ministry of Justice. This comes after Farah was made to miss months of oncology appointments and was refused key scans and therapies. Farah has stage‑three HER2‑positive breast cancer and,…

9 December 20250Comments

The System Is Failing Fran: A Woman With Cancer Lost in the Gaps of Probation, Prisons, and Healthcare

At 39, Fran Geary should be focusing on surviving stage two breast cancer. Instead, she is fighting for her life inside a system that treats her illness as an inconvenience rather than an emergency. In this shocking investigation, The View Magazine exposes the dangerous failings that have defined Fran’s journey; from delayed diagnosis to brutal…

7 December 20250Comments

Prison Shouldn’t Be a Death Sentence: Cancer and Cruelty Behind Bars

Prison is meant to take away freedom, not life itself. Yet for many women behind bars in Britain, a cancer diagnosis becomes a slow and silent execution. Prison Shouldn’t Be a Death Sentence: Cancer and Cruelty Behind Bars exposes the devastating reality of medical neglect faced by incarcerated women living with cancer. Through the harrowing…

3 December 20250Comments

19 November 20250Comments

Death in Custody: The Case of Christopher Pearson at HMP Leeds

On 10 September 2021, Christopher “Chris” Pearson, aged 42, died in HMP Leeds. His death is now at the centre of a landmark criminal prosecution. Two nurses and a senior prison official have been charged in connection with his death; one of the rare cases in which healthcare staff and prison officers face serious criminal…

12 November 20250Comments

A Race Between A Narcissist and His Reflection: Labour’s Crisis of Conscience

On the 11th of November 2025, veteran labour MP Barry Gardiner appeared on Newsnight and delivered a line that has since echoed across political circles: “The race between Keir Starmer PM and Wes Streeting is like a race between a Narcissist and his reflection.” It was a moment of brutal clarity in a party that…