The Metropolitan Police’s decision not to pursue charges against Prince Andrew over allegations that he abused his position by attempting to use a publicly funded police protection officer to investigate and discredit his accuser, Virginia Giuffre, raises serious questions about equality before the law, institutional misogyny, and public confidence in policing. According to widely reported…
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…
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…
On 2 December 2025, a damning report by the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) into the tragedy of Hillsborough disaster found that 12 former officers would have faced gross-misconduct proceedings over their roles in the 1989 stadium crush, including failures in planning, crowd control, and a “concerted effort” to shift blame onto fans. Yet,…
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…
There’s a striking line in the latest Angiolini Inquiry report: the government should consider a wider Good Samaritan (or “duty to act”) law as part of a package to prevent sexually motivated attacks in public. The recommendation, which includes a timetable for ministers to look at the case by July 2026, has reignited a heated…
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…
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,…
Grief in Britain is often a private affair, spoken about quietly, if at all. Yet in a culture that keeps loss behind closed doors, a new movement is inviting people to bring their sorrow into the light. Grief Raves: The Groove is in the Heart explores how artist Annie Frost Nicholson and Carly Attridge, founder…
The Angiolini Inquiry’s new Part 2 First Report, published on 2 December, is a stark reminder of a truth women already know in their bones: public spaces still don’t belong to us. Four years after the abduction, rape and murder of Sarah Everard by a serving Metropolitan Police officer, this report asks a deceptively simple…