Investigating the flawed policies within the UK prison system, and lobbying to bring tangible radical change! Views are my own. RTs are not endorsements.
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ThePrisonProfessor retweeted
@PRTuk recently celebrated the initiatives of people in prison involved in #education , #healthcare and #selfharm and #suicide #prevention .
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Messages reveal prison staff violence towards inmates bbc.in/3E455Ve
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Excellent article from @matt_dathan on HMP Oakwood, currently the best prison in the country.
👉Very high expectations of prisoner behaviour
👉Lots of incentives for those who behave well
👉Strong leadership
👉Well-trained, effective staff
See my blog - hmiprisons.justiceinspectora…
Freedom is not a word usually associated with prisons.
But in HMP Oakwood, it was a word that kept on being mentioned by inmates when @TheTimes visited shortly before Christmas.
Behind the usual high security fences and air-locked doors, the prisoners run the show - from the drug recovery wing, the woodwork shop, the in-house media centre, the farm and garden centre and even the visitation unit.
But is running a relaxed regime the right way to run a prison? Read on to find out more:
thetimes.com/uk/politics/art…
ThePrisonProfessor retweeted
With prisons full, sentences in a queue, people being released after serving 40%, prisons with dangerous inspection results & probation on their knees - it’s time, literally right now, for a brave government to start the conversation about what punishment can & should look like.
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The headline doesn’t quite tell the whole story.
Oakwood Prison is the biggest in the UK, with 80% of prisoners there judged ‘high risk’..
…and yet, it’s rated the ‘best’ in the country - a rare ray of hope in a prison system full of gloom.
Here’s why: telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/08…
ThePrisonProfessor retweeted
It is also a reflection of the breakdown in staff-prisoner relationships across the estate- the backbone of safe, secure and meaningful prisons- which is about recruitment, training, leadership and management
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Delivering ‘Hope and Opportunity’ through effective partnerships. Here’s our headline data:
*4 years since last self harm
*4 and half years since last staff assault
*4 years -best staff survey results in service
*Highest employment on release outcomes in the service
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Watch this it’s fascinating - I asked James Timpson what he’d do about prisons and sentencing if he was in charge. He believes only a third of prisoners in jail should definitely be there. He’s now in charge of prisons (but not sentencing).
ThePrisonProfessor retweeted
How Norway’s reformed, humane and successful prison system puts Britain’s model - and our posturing politicians - to shame. My report from Oslo for @theipaper inews.co.uk/news/world/norwa…
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New: Govt refuse to rule out further extensions to prisoner release scheme.
Following👇 @ShabanaMahmood asks UQ. Presses govt on numbers released, probation ability to assess risk & 70 days / further extensions
Govt say measure will stay under “review”
New: As it’s extended again, signs building of implementation problems with prison early release scheme as @HMIPrisonsnews report into Chelmsford prison finds scheme releasing people with no accommodation, forcing them to be recalled called days later👇 news.sky.com/story/prisoners…
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New: As it’s extended again, signs building of implementation problems with prison early release scheme as @HMIPrisonsnews report into Chelmsford prison finds scheme releasing people with no accommodation, forcing them to be recalled called days later👇 news.sky.com/story/prisoners…
ThePrisonProfessor retweeted
Prison governors tell government to stop worrying about votes and cut jail population ind.pn/2ycDjl5
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Our prisons should not hold more than 79,507 people. They currently hold 87,973.
Seven prisons are at 150+% capacity.
You can’t improve a human in conditions like that. You can’t rehabilitate. You can’t reform.
We are simply warehousing people, at huge expense, before release.
The prison population in England and Wales stands at 87,973. There are 37 more people in prison today than there were last week, and 4,129 more than this time last year.
The prison estate should not hold more than 79,507 people, there are currently 8,466 men and women held above this level.
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ALT A view of the cell doors on different levels through the wire fencing inside a wing at Featherstone prison, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire United Kingdom. HMP Featherstone is a Category C adult male training prison with a population of around 700 and operated by HM Prison Services. (Picture credit: © Andy Aitchison)
ThePrisonProfessor retweeted
Rats, dirt , lack of clothes , decent food. The “horrific”conditions at Wandsworth Prison.
Our investigation into one of England’s failing prisons.
channel4.com/news/inside-the… via @JackieLongc4 Prod @sallyches 🎥@LondonLuke
ThePrisonProfessor retweeted
🎧 "There needs to be a proper public conversation about what the purpose of prison really is. And it can’t be just about retribution.”
Our Chief Executive, Andrea Coomber KC (Hon.), joined @AgnesChambre on @POLITICOEurope podcast Westminster Insider: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcas…
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ThePrisonProfessor retweeted
"Mr Taylor also called for a 'proper' debate over what prisons are trying to achieve, why people are imprisoned, what happens to inmates when they are locked up and what the public want prisoners to be like when they come out."
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Forget the stories about “lavish” meals; what’s Christmas in prison really like?
By me for @spectator
spectator.co.uk/article/how-…
