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Just catching up on the great news coming out of the Supreme Court this morning Well done For Women Scotland

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“I don't think the law, in and of itself, is inherently racist, but there are triggers within the law that encourage racist practices to come out of its use” - Dr Nisha Waller in episode two of In It Together.

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“I was in a Mercedes. When they see black people and black women in an expensive car, they will stop you for no reason” www.theguardian.com/law/2025/apr...

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“We’ve explored all avenues. We’ve done campaigns. We’ve written letters. We’ve met with prime ministers, Home Office secretaries, everybody that you would think. Something needs to change” www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

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In It Together: The #JointEnterprise Podcast. Listen to the trailer here & the full series drops in April & beyond. Hosted by #MaxinePeake with real stories of unimaginable injustice & a campaign that won’t backdown. shows.acast.com/in-it-togeth...

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“There are some areas where the law isn’t working, joint enterprise is one of them” In a new podcast, Maxine Peake explores joint enterprise, who it affects, and why campaigners are arguing that justice is not being served by these vague laws.

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“The prisoners need to be broken mentally and physically” www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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Everyone seems to think a Pre-Sentence Report is some kind of gateway to a get-out-of-jail-free card but, honestly, defence barristers everywhere DREAD reading them. Your ‘two-tier justice’ is far from the reality.

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Good luck Dee O'Neill and Mike Wayne, whose tribunal claim starts tomorrow Two of the most decent and principled people I know www.thetimes.com/uk/scotland/...

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New from me Ministers should get better at making the case for reform and facing down spurious criticism www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/land-contrad...

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I’ll be talking about this case on TalkRadio at 11.30 am this morning www.thetimes.com/uk/education...

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“This seemed to be telling the same old story that all of us have been hearing ever since the first time a boy hit us and we were told it’s because he was sad. Or because he was left out. Or because the world is “confusing” for men and boys” thecritic.co.uk/does-adolesc...

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Good www.theguardian.com/law/2025/mar...

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“Short sentence reform on its own isn’t going to be enough. We are filling prison spaces as fast as we can build them, and we know all already we cannot build our way out of this crisis” www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

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“A lot has been said about media distrust. But this constant reporting of the crimes of men, but attributed to women, is but one of the issues that the public has finally become alert to” www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/03...

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The only freebies Ministers should accept are those also available to the ordinary voter www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

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“Team meeting: we’re ghostbusters, sort of, we’re tightrope-walking the high wire between care and control, calm and chaos, we’re magicians conjuring big diﬀerence from small changes” www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

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Question on the awful #IPP sentence coming up in the House of Lords on Monday How many serving the sentence “whether in prison or on licence in the community, have served more than 10 years over their original tariff; and what percentage of people serving IPPs this represents”

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I and colleagues @crimeandjustice.bsky.social are working through the back issues of Prison Service Journal as part of a project to get the entire back-catalogue digitised There’s some gems, including this from the then principal of the Danish training school for prison officers, writing in 1966

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How can you show your ❤️ for legal aid lawyers? 🌟Nominate a colleague who inspires you with their dedication to clients & access to justice. Award categories cover all areas of legal aid work & everyone working in the sector (not just the lawyers 👍). Deadline 22 April. lapg.co.uk/wp-content/u...

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“To put things into perspective: I had a Canadian passport, lawyers, resources, media attention, friends, family and even politicians advocating for me. Yet, I was still detained for nearly two weeks” www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

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“The Probation Service currently has too few staff, with too little experience and training, managing too many cases” www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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In a surprise development, support for conscription is much higher among cohorts old enough to know it definitely won't apply to them

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There’s a pretty punchy report out today from MPs on the House of Commons Public Accounts Committee, on the government’s prison-building plans How’s it going? Not at all well

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Debate in parliament next Wednesday, March 19, on compensation for miscarriages of justice whatson.parliament.uk/event/cal51163

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Ministry of Justice Permanent Secretary, Antonia Romeo, off to the Home Office www.civilserviceworld.com/professions/...

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A criminal justice system which works for women New report from @crimeandjustice.bsky.social and National Women's Justice Coalition www.russellwebster.com/a-criminal-j...

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