Take action: don’t let victims suffer twice
The Government’s proposals in ‘Getting it right for victims and witnesses‘ contain some good ideas. But Victim Support is very concerned about one key element of these plans.
By Roma Hooper
Posted MJW and Victim Support visit to No.10 – Roma Hooper
“Our chair, David Barrie, Javed khan CEO of Victim Support and I met with a Private Secretary to the Prime Minister at no 1o. It was an open and encouraging discussion and enabled us to [...]
Women in prison – Letter in the Daily Telegraph signed by Roma Hooper
SIR – Five years after Baroness Corston’s review of women in prison, we still send 600 first-time, non-violent female offenders to prison each year. A further 900 are locked up for breaching a [...]
We must invest time, relationships and resources to stop reoffending – by Rob Allen, Ambassador for Make Justice Work
Rob Allen works on prison reform in the UK and internationally. From 2005 to 2010 he was director of the International Centre for Prison Studies (ICPS) at King’s College London and is currently [...]
“In this Together?” by Iqbal Wahhab, Ambassador of MJW in Business First Magazine
Ambassador of Make Justice Work Iqbal Wahhab writes about the importance of getting offenders into training and employment after their sentence. Go to page 66 of Business First Magazine to read [...]
“People dancing look ridiculous to those who can’t hear the music” by Bob Turney, Ambassador for Make Justice Work
When a crime is committed it is deemed to be committed against the state. The victim goes one way, and the perpetrator goes the other way and never the twain shall meet. Thus, the offenders have [...]
