Our annual lecture by Prof Francis Pakes on 'Small Worlds: What Can We Learn From Iceland's Prisons?' will take place at 6pm on Wed 22 May at University of Strathclyde. It's not a secret. You can tell everyone about it!!!
Tickets: tinyurl.com/3mrysffc

🚨📣 Diaries out folks!! This is Prof Francis Pakes who's giving our 2024 Annual Lecture on 'Small Worlds: What Can We Learn From Iceland's Prisons?' (Spoiler alert: it's a lot.) Wed. 22 May 6pm, Collins Building, Strathclyde University. Tickets available at: tinyurl.com/3mrysffc

Our increasing total Scottish Prison Service population is of huge concern, but looking at this graph of the women's population from July '22 - July '23, can anyone tell me if this looks like the correct time to close services in the community like Turning Point Scotland 218 project? Anyone?

The openness of ⁦Scottish Prison Service⁩ in terms of laying bare the reality of the situation is unusual & to be commended here. It *is* time for them to say ‘no more’. It’s not scaremongering. It’s what we’ve been saying for years. bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotla…

Almost one in five people in prison are on remand – awaiting trial or sentence – and the number has been rising fast. At the end of 2023, it stood at more than 16,000 – the highest level for at least half a century.

Don't miss our event next week, where we'll be discussing the

There are some sensible suggestions here, but as we know, the biggest problem of all is the overly high prison population. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

🎄 New on the blog: Christmas in prison.

No one knows what it is like to spend the holiday period in prison better than those who have experienced it. We asked three men who have spent Christmas inside to describe what they remember: howardleague.org/blog/christmas…

#ChristmasInPrison

Today we hosted our Primary 5 festival of rugby at Academy Park! The day went amazingly with over 350 attending. Everyone showed off some great rugby skills that they have learned over the past 6 weeks, well done all!

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Come with me to visit our newest therapeutic community offering CQC-registered drug and alcohol residential care to women.

Developed to meet the needs of women who require abstinence-based #residential substance use treatment in a safe and #therapeutic environment.

Please share and take part if you work with children and young people in Scotland! As I shape my plan for the next 4 years their views will be at the heart of it! We are asking for responses by the end of January 2024!

Speakers include:

🗣️ David Mackie
🗣️ Professor Tali Gal (Hebrew University of Jerusalem)
🗣️ G15 Youth Project (SCIO) and Iain Corbett 💜
🗣️ Karen Ralston (CYCJ)
🗣️Estelle Zinsstag (Edinburgh Napier)

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Next week is Addiction Awareness Week. The campaign is calling for addiction to be treated as a serious mental health condition and for increased access to support so that recovery can be possible for everyone. This year's campaign theme is 'Everybody Knows Somebody'

Jim Simon from Restorative Justice Council opening the conference on Restorative Practices and Justice in Belfast 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Ending The Harm The Executive Office

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Between 1 April 2021 and 31 March 2023, a total number of 1,352 statutory funded placements for residential rehabilitation were approved in Scotland - increasing year on year. publichealthscotland.scot/media/20502/20…

Today we publish our review of segregation in Scotland's prisons. prisonsinspectoratescotland.gov.uk/publications/t…

Board member Ciara spent her Friday putting together this fantastic window display at the SCRA Glasgow hearings centre. The display highlights the links between the 40 Calls to Action and the recommendations made in the #HearingsForChildren report by The Promise Scotland ❤️

Want to see, feel and know what real differences a redesigned children's hearings system would make to children? Listen to Ciara, young board member Our Hearings, Our Voice narrating this beautiful animation by The Promise Scotland ohov.co.uk/2023/05/25/isl…

It's important to demonstrate how the recommendations can drastically change the experience of children and families. The story of a designed system is told in the new film of Isla’s journey through a redesigned Children’s Hearings System.

Young people from OHOV will be speaking about the change they need in Children's Hearings on BBC and STV news this evening. Tune in or check out the child friendly recommendations here👉 thepromise.scot/resources/2023…