The sad loss of a treasured ambassador
It was with great sadness that we learnt today of Lord Bingham’s death. When Make Justice Work was established last year, we invited him to become one of our very first ambassadors. His [...]
Our event a success at the LibDem Party Conference
07.15 on a Monday morning is a strange time to be talking about prisons versus community sentences but I am delighted to say that our fringe event at the Lib Dem conference was really well [...]
Channel 4 documentary yet again highlights the poignant problem of drugs in our prisons
Angus Macqueen’s “Our Drugs War” exposes many of the complex issues around the drugs trade. Well worth watching again if you can.
National Enquiry Launch in Manchester Town Hall
Make Justice Work has just launched its National Commission of Enquiry in Manchester. Our panel – Lord Ian Blair, Paul McDowell (CEO of Nacro), Owen Sharp (acting CEO of Victim Support), John [...]
Community payback is part of a bigger picture
Whilst shedding light on slack supervision of offenders on community payback, unsurprisingly the ITV programme last night did nothing to provide a more balanced view and did nothing to explain [...]
Criminal justice is the hot topic for all parties this election
As the political parties remove their boxing gloves, criminal justice joins the ring. The media this week has provided some interesting insights. The Liberal Democrats have shown some courage by [...]
When it comes to punishment, one size does not fit all
Well, the race has begun. How long will it take the parties to start playing the ‘let’s be tough’ on crime game? And it won’t be difficult to guess how some of the media will respond to the mantra.
The public needs to understand what is really going on around criminal justice today
This has been a really interesting week starting with, rather bizarrely, sitting in the Empire, Leicester Square, watching the screening of the Fear Factory. Very decadent for a Monday morning. [...]
Effective rehabilitation lies beyond short term prison sentences
Just in case anyone should think going to prison for a couple of months is of more use than building bird boxes (see Bird-brained Justice, Daily Mail, 20th February 2010), then they should think [...]
Finally a welcome turn in criminal justice policy debate
This week marks a major shift in the real reducing re-offending arena. Finally, the beginning of a more open debate around how to reduce crime without building more prison places. But let’s be [...]
Make Justice Work respond to HM Inspector of Prisons for England and Wales Annual Report
Press Statement: Government must heed warnings before it is too late Following the publication of the Chief Inspector of Prisons, Dame Anne Owers, annual report, Roma Hooper, Director of a new [...]
