“You’re not alone.” That’s the steady heartbeat of this week’s Rebel Justice from The View Magazine, where host and guest peel back the idea that justice is something distant and abstract. It’s not. It regulates our everyday lives until it fails, and the failure lands at home. Our guest, Janine Ewen, grew up in Northern…
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…
What really happens behind the wigs, gowns, and solemn rituals of Britain’s criminal courts? In Behind the Wig: The Human Cost of the Criminal Bar, two barristers open up about the unseen emotional toll of defending justice in a system that often feels broken. Criminal defence barrister Catherine “Kate” Kelleher says it plainly: “The minute…
The picture looks stark. The HM Prison & Probation Service (HMPPS) supervises around 241,540 people in England and Wales. Yet it only has 5,636 full‐time equivalent probation-officer grade staff. The ratio is plainly unmanageable. According to the National Audit Office (NAO), only around one-quarter of probation services’ performance targets were met in the past 12…
The Independent Monitoring Boards (IMBs) exist to provide a vital check on the treatment of people in custody. Every prison in England and Wales must have an IMB, composed of volunteers appointed to monitor whether prisoners are being treated fairly, humanely and in accordance with rules. Yet today the IMBs in women’s prisons are…
On 13 November 2025, the Government announced that the role of elected Police and Crime Commissioners (PCCs) will be abolished before the end of this Parliament. Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood described the system as a “failed experiment” and promised that its removal would save £100 million over the next few years. The current 41 commissioners…
Every day across India, millions of flowers are offered at temples, weddings, and festivals — only to be discarded hours later. This “sacred waste” often clogs rivers, fills landfills, and releases harmful gases. But a growing movement is transforming what was once pollution into purpose. In Turning Petals into Purpose, writer Jhanvi Kaur explores how…
The mothers of Palestine Action campaigners Zoey and Fatima Zinab have spoken out about the toll of their daughters’ imprisonment, calling it a misuse of counter-terrorism powers to silence dissent.
Fatima Zainab, just 20 years old, has spent the last nine months on remand in HMP Bronzefield. Instead of preparing to graduate with her degree…
In Cambodia, one in three men admits to using violence against a partner. Even more troubling, only 8% of Cambodians know that domestic violence is a crime. To confront this, the NGO This Life Cambodia launched a bold initiative — using virtual reality to shift perceptions and spark conversations.
In 2021, they released a VR…