I’m talking with someone in prison in Texas who tells me the prison is shipping people out b/c the town is complaining the prison uses 70% of the water. There is a link between generative justice and regenerative use of our worlds resources & not wasting lives or resources @fergusmcneill.bsky.social

Delighted to have contributed to this with a brilliant @justicematters.bsky.social network of awesome people working in and around problem solving courts globally.

@prisonservicejourn.bsky.social · 2y ago

New edition 277 now available! This is a special edition focusing on women, guest edited by Jackie Lowthian - Women's Network Coordinator at Clinks. www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/prison-servi... . . . #prisonservicejournal #prisonservice #newedition #openaccess #womeninprison #women #criminaljustice

New edition 278 of Prison Service Journal available now! This is a special edition focusing on developments in youth justice across Europe. 🔗 www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/prison-service-journal-278 #prisonservice #prisonservicejournal #psj #youthjustice #europeanyouthjustice #europe #openaccess

Looking forward to listening while I cook I the tea tonight! Can’t wait!

Colorado Radio for Justice@radioforjustice.bsky.social · 2y ago

Here’s what’s on the air this week, starting May 12th, on Colorado Radio for Justice - from hard-hitting conversations to reentry resources to music shows across genres. If you’re wondering, “how do I listen?”, Check out www.radioforjustice.org!

Here’s what’s on the air this week, starting May 12th, on Colorado Radio for Justice - from hard-hitting conversations to reentry resources to music shows across genres. If you’re wondering, “how do I listen?”, Check out www.radioforjustice.org!

Very much looking forward to walking towards new horizons with a bunch of brilliant people on Saturday 10th May - if you like a gander in the hills & believe in futures that are different to true past including for those who have spent time in prison, join us! #lakedistrict #JoanWearmouthWalk25

The fact the police here have uniforms that say ‘secret service’ in big letters does not, it would appear, amuse them as much as it has amused me.

Delighted to be working with the Organisation of American States in Washington DC to think about how to understand and reliably measures experiences of people convicted of drug trafficking pre and post prison. What a great group of people working here together!

I always said for this Pope I’d turn catholic. What a loss.

NPR@npr.org · 2y ago

The pope was a strong advocate for the poor and the environment and a towering figure on the world stage, addressing not just Catholics but the men and women of our time.

Watch this and tune in! Be an early adopter! This radio station for people leaving prison in Colorado is going to shape the face of justice for good - so excited for the launch of this work & its role in @prisonradiointl.bsky.social

Colorado Radio for Justice@radioforjustice.bsky.social · 2y ago

Meet Colorado Radio for Justice in this 5-minute documentary! Last night at our RELAUNCH BLAST-OFF, this film premiered to highlight our producers and our work. Meanwhile: have you tuned in today? We’re on the air, 24/7! Learn more and listen on our website. youtu.be/Wldw-czTLFk

Brilliant to see the amazing work of prisoners and victims of crime in Argentina who set up this self governed cooperative in a prison highlighted in the UK press: www.thenews.coop/co-operation...

Co-operation beyond bars: How incarcerated people are finding purpose

Argentinian prison co-op Liberté began in 2014 as a small group of prisoners making and selling handcrafted clocks

thenews.coop

"When women are imprisoned their motherhood is expected to be set aside, as if it's a coat that can be taken off & hung on a hook... But setting motherhood aside is not like taking off a coat; it's more like peeling off your own skin." My essay for Radio 3👇 www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, New Generation Thinkers 2024, Mothers on trial

Shona Minson explores the pardoxical thinking around sending mothers to prison

bbc.co.uk

Beyond excited with this month’s AMPLIFIED 🔊 from @prisonradiointl.bsky.social featuring the amazing new project of @radioforjustice.bsky.social read all about it here: prison.radio/amplifying-v... and tune in for the launch in April 15th. You know where it’s AT!!! 💥💥💥

Impactful piece about life after prison comparing UK and Netherlands from @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/society/vide...

Can the UK fix its broken prison system? – video

The prison population in England and Wales has doubled in the last 30 years, with overcrowding now endemic across the system. But the government's strategy of easing this pressure by granting early re...

theguardian.com

New billboard in Clacton, Farage’s constituency. He’s still the UK’s #1 grifter. No other MP takes more from second jobs while being employed to represent their constituents in Parliament

Today is an exciting day! I’m off to #HMPPrescoed #PrisonFarm with #sixinchesofsoil to see the work they are doing and discuss #regenerativefarming and #generativejustice - are there principles we can pull through the ways we love together that would help us to do all of our life better together?

An amazing opportunity from @longfordtrust.bsky.social - get applying if you’re a #longfordscholar and #aspiringwriter www.longfordtrust.org/runninguptha...

Running Up That Hill - The Longford Trust

As part of our Employability programme, we offer travelling scholarships to our award holders to enable them to see the world and build their skills […]

longfordtrust.org

Quite enjoyed the sun going down on this soviet block

Loving listening to my former student @roscasworld1410 on YouTube performing in memory of our friend & colleague #jackmerritt in Cambridge tonight #LTforever

"Celebrated human rights lawyer's hubby to make Broadway debut" Nah. That wouldn't happen. Would it.

To add to the many, many reviews currently going on, there is now a review of the handling of prison capacity. WMS here: questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat... Terms of reference here: www.gov.uk/government/p... Dame Anne Owers is leading it.

Ruth thank you! We're so excited to be back in action - and grateful for your support along the way.

Amazing to see y’all on here! Can’t wait to get back to listening to your radio shows!

Colorado Radio for Justice@radioforjustice.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hey! We're Colorado radioforjustice.org, a nonpartisan, nonprofit media organization that empowers people impacted by the criminal-legal system. Our lived-experience producers create & host innovative media, beaming stories, news, music, & entertainment. We amplify voices. We transform systems.

A privilege to work on this with you and everyone in the room yesterday because @justicematters.bsky.social and it takes all of us and the relationships between us to make change.

Shona Minson @shonaminson.bsky.social · 2y ago

Yesterday I presented present a report commissioned by The Weavers' and co-authored with @rutharmstrong.bsky.social in which we used problem solving courts for women to think about what works for justice involved women, and what a women-centric system would look like. www.clinks.org/sites/defaul...

Beyond excited to receive this debut novel from #RachelBower today - thanks for the tip off @jakephillips.bsky.social can’t wait to start it!

We're at the Weavers 'Collaboration to Change the Shape of Justice for Women' event. Great to hear our problem-solving court work being referenced by @rutharmstrong.bsky.social & @shonaminson.bsky.social in the launch of their new research: www.clinks.org/publication/... #WeaversSummit

‘My vulnerabilities were not palatable … so I entered a grey area. Was I a victim or a perpetrator?’ Excellent presentation from #AliyaAli CEO of #www.daddylessdaughters.co.uk

Enroute and excited for this event #justicematters #systemschange #evidence/act/change #relationshipsarekey !

Justice Matters@justicematters.bsky.social · 2y ago

Excited for todays event on #criminaljusticereform where @rutharmstrong.bsky.social will be speaking for #Clinks & #Weavers with @shonaminson.bsky.social about what evidence about #problemsolvingcourts for #womeninjustice can teach us about #systems change.

Delighted to be presenting for over 200 delegates on behalf of the Organisation of American States with Judge Jimena Monsalve who leads problem solving courts in Argentina, talking about what the evidence on problem-solving courts for women can teach us about justice systems change.

Exciting news - this powerfully vulnerable , astutely observed & cogently argued personal (and yet so familiar it’s surely replicable) account & theorisation by @schreeche.bsky.social of post prison experiences in academia is published! We can, and must, do better. link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Insecurity and Fragility: The Perpetual Duo of Precarity for ‘Convict Criminologists’ in a Risk Averse Academy - Critical Criminology

Risk management in the criminal justice system reflects a wider societal risk consciousness. People with criminal records are seen as risks requiring governance. Despite the recent interest in embeddi...

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