Second reading of the Crime and Courts Bill
MJW sent a briefing out to Peers before the secong reading of the Crime and Courts bill and we were very pleased to read there was support from peers for effective community sentences. You can [...]
By Roma Hooper
Posted Government Proposals will add more pressure to over worked prisons and court system
“Proposals published by the Government to tackle anti-social behaviour risk adding to the pressures on our already overworked courts system and over-crowded prisons. Unless sufficient [...]
MJW Visit North Liverpool Community Court
Yesterday, Peter, my deputy, and I visited Judge David Fletcher at the North Liverpool Community Court. It was an inspirational visit and a welcome antidote to the Queen’s Speech, where [...]
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 should get time out of jail to see their children – Daily Telegraph
Given that the majority of women in prison are serving sentences as a result of non-violent crimes, there is a need to reconsider whether many of them should be separated from their children in [...]
Make Justice Work’s submission to the Leveson Inquiry
Make Justice Work urges the Leveson Inquiry to be bold and seize the opportunity to affect a sea change in the culture and ethics of the British media and bring back an ethos of responsibility, [...]
The Howard League’s submission to the Leveson Enquiry
The Howard League for Penal Reform have sent a really interesting submission to the Leveson Enquiry addressing the mainstream media’s coverage of crime ‘Culture, Practice and Ethics [...]
The Archbishop of Canterbury is right to warn that the riots could return
The Archbishop of Canterbury is right to warn that the riots could return (The Guardian, Investigating England’s Summer of Disorder, 5th December 2011). As a result of the violence in [...]
Overcrowded prisons are a national disgrace
The Independent’s leader (Overcrowded prisons are a national disgrace, 24 Nov) is right to call short prison sentences the most obviously dysfunctional part of what Ken Clarke called our [...]
Authentic Face of Crime?
The argument that prison is the answer to tackling re-offending is flawed (Daily Express, Opinion, 24 November). Most offenders who serve short prison sentences re-offend once they are [...]
Right on Crime
While the right in Texas have started to look at more effective ways of punishing and rehabilitating offenders, Britain’s prison population is now at a record high (Ian Birrell, 21 November). [...]
