I worked in Holloway prison for six years. Here’s what I learnt about deporting ‘foreign national offenders’
I worked in Holloway prison for six years. A number of the women I worked with were ‘foreign…
Sara Hyde
The immorality of Boris Johnson’s 10,000 new prison places pledge
It’s not so much a magic money tree but a whole orchard that Boris Johnson seems to have…
Undoing Failing Grayling’s probation privatisation is only a first step
Our criminal justice system has rarely been out of the news over the last few years – for…
The government’s new prison plan for women won’t work without proper funding
There is clearly much to celebrate in the long-delayed ‘female offenders strategy‘ announced on Wednesday morning. It’s a triumph…
Our prisons are in crisis – that’s why we need women’s centres
Our prisons are in crisis – but we are sending record numbers of people to them. In 2007…
A tale of two prisons
Prison A has been open since 1875, it holds just over 1200 men, in 2013 there were 81…
Super Prisons: not that super
Yesterday saw the latest installment of the Secretary of State, Chris Grayling’s, criminal justice Jenga – this time,…
