Director of Communications and Engagement @prisonadvice Views and opinions are my own etc ....
Camberwell, London
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Hi - I’m keeping my X account open for monitoring purposes but won’t be posting any more.
Moved over to Bluesky about a week ago and it’s great. Would recommend making the move. You can find me on there on @nick-mann.bsky.social
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Self-harm in prisons has reached its highest level since current recording practices began in 2004.
These shocking statistics are a barometer of a system under immense pressure.
We reflect on @MoJGovUK's stats: howardleague.org/news/self-h…
ALT One incident of self-harm recorded every seven minutes
It's always the photos that hit the hardest in @HMIPrisonsnews reports.
Rats, flies and crumbling walls: The physical state of prisons is getting worse.
The disintegrating infrastructure in Winchester prison and other jails was highlighted in a blogpost we published in May: howardleague.org/blog/rats-f…
ALT Cramped cell at Brinsford prisons, published in HM Inspectorate of Prisons' 2023 report.
ALT Toilet in empty cell on induction unit at Brinsford prison, from HM Inspectorate of Prisons 2023 report.
Excellent programme about some of the problems with the recall system. Many thanks to @alysharte and @scatatkins for shedding some light .... 👇👇
Around 1 in 7 people in prison have been previously released and recalled. Listen to one of our service users speak on @BBCRadio4 #Fileon4 about his experience and the support he's received from Pact: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m00244…
Across the country, our staff are working hard today to make sure that prison leavers and their families get the best chance to make a fresh start.
Find out more here 👇👇
From welcoming families in our Visitors’ Centres to ensuring those leaving prison have the basics to see them through the first few days and weeks on the outside, our teams across England and Wales have been stepping up to support those being released early today: prisonadvice.org.uk/latest/n…
#PrisonAdvice #PrisonersFamilies #EarlyRelease
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Missed our @BBCRadio4 appeal message on Sunday? Don’t worry! It airs again on Thursday, or you can listen here: bbc.in/4dLwsyW
We're taking part in @BBCRadio4's charity appeal!
Hear Clean Break Patron Dame Harriet Walter deliver our full charity appeal message on Sunday 20 October at 7:54am, or listen afterwards on the BBC website.
Read more: bit.ly/CBR4appealnews
We’re gearing up for the next round of early releases next week. If prison leavers don’t get the right support, there’s a big risk they’ll just end up back behind bars again.
Here’s how we’re doing our bit 👇👇
More people will be released early from prison next week. Our dedicated staff and volunteers are on hand to ensure the best possible start for those leaving.
This work supports people leaving prison to effectively resettle and avoid reoffending, making communities safer for everyone. Want to know more? Go to prisonadvice.org.uk/latest/n…
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Above all, we need to see government introduce a National Refugee Strategy, that guarantees people a fair hearing on UK soil and delivers order and compassion. refugeecouncil.org.uk/latest…
Of all the indicators showing that prisons are in crisis - this has to be one of the most worrying. The impact on rehabilitation and mental / physical health is immense.
Two thirds of prisoners spending most of their days in their cells buff.ly/3UaBrT2
Pretty rare to get such a level of agreement across the spectrum - women’s prisons don’t work in their current form 👇👇
"If you're only thinking about working with women at the point at which they're sent to prison, you're starting too late. Real solutions are earlier upstream, where change needs to happen." Lucy Russell, Head of Policy & Public Affairs via @BBCNews
bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c243…
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Lord Timpson: Prisons "teetering on edge of disaster" - running at 99% capacity when we came to office
Great initiative 👏👏
☎️ Opening today, our IPP licence termination hotline.
If you, or someone you know, is serving an IPP sentence and has questions about the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024, you can call our free hotline.
Find out more here: howardleague.org/publication… #IPP #IPPSentence
ALT IPP LICENCE TERMINATION HOTLINE Our lawyers have trained volunteers at Peters and Peters LLP to host an advice line to support with queries about the changes in the Victims and Prisoners Act 2024. Call our hotline for confidential legal advice on: 01209 701 888. Running from 7 October until 18 December 2024. Mondays: 5pm to 7pm. Wednesdays: 1pm to 3pm.
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The great irony here is that Donald Trump is the ONLY sitting US president to have attended Davos in the past 24 years.
Indeed, he went to the World Economic Forum twice while president, which was twice as many times as Bill Clinton...
Excellent piece by @matt_dathan on the true cost of imprisoning mothers.
Too often women are sent to prison for minor offences with devastating and life-changing results for them and their children. The ripple effects can be felt for years and decades.
The hidden cost of jailing mothers:
thetimes.com/uk/crime/articl…
Not a party political comment but this is why people don’t trust politicians.
Q: Who has given you £75k?
A: I’ve not broken the law but I’m not going to tell you.
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Note to 30p Lee.
MP’s register of interests is open to anyone on the internet.
Best not to throw stones whilst in glass houses. It’s called hypocrisy.
Prison crisis left by last Gov extends well beyond overcrowding.
1 in 4 prisoners only spend 2 hours a day out of their cell. And we wonder why our prisons too often fail to rehabilitate people ….
Deeply worrying report from @HMIPrisonsnews. Prisoners stuck in their cells for long periods are more likely to reoffend and suffer with their health. With the budget due in October @HMTreasury and @MoJGovUK must reverse the years of brutal funding cuts in our prisons.
#CriminalJustice #PrisonReform #CriminalJusticeReform
A striking and sobering graphic
Day 82 of a new government
The white dots show the 2,734 people still in prison serving an IPP sentence
The red dots show the 90 people who’ve taken their own life in prison whilst serving an IPP sentence
@Keir_Starmer @ShabanaMahmood @JamesTCobbler
#ippreform #theforgotten
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This morning, while touring TV & Radio news studios, Jeffrey Archer - a man once convicted and imprisoned for perverting the course of justice - was asked to pontificate about Keir Starmer’s integrity.
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It’s easy to criticise less so to offer solutions. Halt the new build prison programme and put that 4 billion back into the public sector. Reduce the population, modernise the estate, eradicate overcrowding and reform sentencing.
@PeterStefanovi2 theguardian.com/society/2024…