Last month, the UK government rejected advice to prioritise prisoners in their vaccination scheme. Isabel Ralphs explores how the prison population have been neglected during the pandemic.
Lockdown is a patchwork, not a blanket
Where are you right now? A house? A flat? A care home? A prison? Homeless? They say coronavirus doesn’t discriminate, but the distribution of property is the product of a rigid, highly discriminatory class system. […]
Is The Chinese Government Harvesting Organs From Prisoners?
As the first country to be affected by COVID-19, China has dominated the headlines in recent months. Yet, this overriding narrative has not inhibited another sinister story from reemerging. An independent tribunal concluded that it […]
Don’t Lock Up Terrorists… Deradicalise Them Instead
On Monday of last week Sudesh Amman appallingly stabbed two people in Streatham, South London before he was shot dead by the police. It was quickly announced to be a terrorist attack of an Islamic […]
Community Orders: A Sensible Move Towards Reducing Reoffending Rates And Avoiding Trauma
Last month, Justice Secretary David Gauke outlined his vision for a “smart” justice system to reduce reoffending rates. Gauke hopes to follow Scotland’s lead in abolishing custodial sentences of less than six months in favour […]
The (in)efficacy of the prison system
When events such as the rebellion of prison inmates at the Vaughn Correctional Center in Delaware occur, they necessitate a sense of reflection upon the state of our institutions, especially those which are globally in […]
Breaking the Stigma: Businesses Move to Employ Ex-Offenders
(Photo from : thespecialised.com) As privileged students attending a Russell Group University, we have been offered every opportunity to make a success of our lives. Despite the overwhelming negative rhetoric in the media surrounding the […]
Women Behind Bars: Why does the justice system favour women?
ITV3 have allowed us to accompany Trevor McDonald as he enters two of America’s secure female correctional facilities. In the first of two episodes, Women Behind Bars explores the lives of some of America’s most […]
Film | Starred Up – Jack O'Connell is a rising star
Image: Sigma Films, Film 4 In my opinion, the vision of Film4 films and the situations they portray are like an actor’s version of a live musical performance: risky, personal, and if done well make […]
News | Campus watch
Nottingham University Bad-mouthing Prof Sociolinguistics lecturer, Anthony Fisher issued an apology after publicly ridiculing his students. The lecturer described one of his female students as ‘an idiot’ and quoted a phrase from her essay on […]
Walk for Forgiveness: Frankie Owens visits Leeds
Debates in the UK over how we can reform the punishment and rehabilitation of criminals are rife. The voices often lost within the debate are those of the offenders themselves – those who have lived […]