SPEAK NOW OR FOREVER HOLD YOUR JUSTICE OF THE PEACE
Until last week, Abid Sharif was a magistrate who had been appointed to the Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale bench in Lancashire. Following an investigation by the Conduct Panel, Mr Sharif was removed...
View ArticleSHOW OF FORCE: Search for justice in naming a ‘suspect’ pre-charge
On the afternoon of Thursday 14th August 2014, police attended at a Berkshire residence to carry out a search of the property. They had apparently received a complaint from somebody and decided that...
View ArticlePRISON CRISIS? YOU CAN SPRAY THAT AGAIN
This week Justice Secretary Chris Grayling has been defending himself against further criticism that there is a prisons crisis. A little over a week ago Nick Hardwick, the Chief Inspector of Prisons,...
View ArticleGETTING THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM WE CHOOSE Part 3: The Philosophy of the...
Mark Fletton writes: Let me pose another question. What do we mean when we say ‘the criminal justice system’? It would be an interesting experiment to simply stop now and invite responses. It is a...
View Article1400 Children and Questions that Need Answering writes JP Riley
Rotherham has hit the headlines this week for reasons that are wrong on so many levels. It appears a huge systematic failure, on a scale that beggars belief, has occurred over a number of years and...
View ArticleParent’s “Snatch” Child from Hospital
What a week in the “news”. Yesterday, I was amazed when I read a headline claiming two parents had “snatched” a child from a Hampshire hospital. These sort of headlines grab my attention as a...
View ArticleWomen in The Justice System: Let women decide their needs on release.
Women in the Justice System is rarely out of the news. There appears to be a distinct interest in women who commit crime. As a woman who has journeyed through a court, I often wonder what is so...
View ArticlePrisoners are a part of Society. Time to face this fact..
Six weeks in from launching SHE, I have reflected on society’s perspective of prisoners and prison. The Prison Estate is needed in any society that has laws & a justice system. Prison protects the...
View ArticleUnpopular Causes – What is One?
I’ve been in a few discussions recently over unpopular causes. I compared SHE’S fundraising campaign to that of a journalist’s to live tweet from the hacking trial. We raised £65 and his campaign...
View ArticleTransforming Rehabilitation….Spinach & Mango Juice
As much as I would like to forget about this excuse for supporting those in the hands of the Criminal Justice System, I cannot let it go. Treating grown women & men as though they are devoid of...
View ArticleWhen One Gate Closes, Another Six Open…
SHE Project has survived against many odds. SHE’s belief is that no woman should leave prison without a roof over her head. A recent media spin that HMP Bronzefield issued sleeping bags & tents to...
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