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richarowley.bsky.social
Criminal justice professional. Head of Strategic Partnerships at Working Chance and retired chef. https://uk.linkedin.com/in/richardrowley1
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Four in ten who took their lives in prison were denied adequate healthcare: “These figures show the tragic results of a prison system stretched too far” - @andrewjamesneilson.bsky.social: www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...

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The author asks a very good question! Prison is absolutely not a place of safety for women. You could argue that the system is indeed broken, but with the introduction of the Women’s Justice Board, surely now is the time to really start to embed change? www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

submitted 11 days ago • 0 comments

A great article that recognises the size of the task ahead, but also highlights that we have a Minister that genuinely believes he can make positive change if given the time. www.thetimes.com/article/d6e9...

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Please vote now for @fairchecks.bsky.social #charityfilmawards #TheSmileys #CFA25 #Smiley smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/fairch...

submitted 28 days ago • 1 comment

“We would like to get to a stage where we can close a women’s prison.” www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

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So sad to hear of Denis Law passing away. Rest in peace legend #MUFC ❤️

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www.thetimes.com/uk/crime/art...

submitted 43 days ago • 0 comments

COME ON!!! #MUFC

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

Yet again we give the opposition a helping hand #dalot #mufc #FACup 😡

submitted 45 days ago • 0 comments

A perfectly cooked homemade loaf, absolutely a #GoodNewsSaturday #HappyWeekend

submitted 46 days ago • 0 comments

Could have won that but what a spirited performance. Real togetherness and fight. #GGMU #MUFC

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Punchy article by @POAnatchair Mark Fairhurst on the terrible state of our prisons “Do we risk ending up with ‘Tainted Timpson’ to join ‘Failing Grayling’... Minister Timpson... needs to stop listening to the people who drove our jails into a ditch” morningstaronline.co.uk/article/our-...

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“The government seem happy to hide behind the Parole Board when it suits them, but to ignore their advice when it doesn’t” www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crim...

submitted 60 days ago • 0 comments

We need a Christmas miracle if we’re to get anything from this game #MUFC 🙏🏻

submitted 62 days ago • 0 comments

My happy place in the kitchen with the kids, making almond snowball biscuits. #GoodNewsSaturday

submitted 67 days ago • 0 comments

Embarrassing from Walker #mufc #MCIMUN

submitted 73 days ago • 0 comments

First attempt at Chicken Ruby from the Dishoom cookbook, definitely a #GoodNewsSaturday

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Some real concerns in here from charity leaders, with 61% of respondents likely or very likely to consider reductions in staff 🙁 cfg.org.uk/knowledge-hu...

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New @ofstednews.bsky.social Annual Report notes that prison education can have a "transformative effect" but also that "prison education remains weak, almost without exception". www.gov.uk/government/p...

submitted 84 days ago • 1 comment

Another reminder of how some of the players need to have a long hard look at themselves. Common denominator sadly 🙁 #MUFC

submitted 84 days ago • 0 comments

Let’s give this a whirl! #BlueSky

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