Having taught 15-17 year olds in prison in the late 90s, it’s unforgivably criminal to note that we are still failing those who have been failed from birth: theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

This evidence based, progressive and productive approach makes a lot of sense.

#rethinkandreset

The latest Prison & Probation Ombudsman (PPO) report lays bare the tragic cost of structural under-resourcing of the Probation Service and the lack of early intervention for people leaving prison and their loved ones. 🧵

"If you haven't got time to do one thing, do five." Let it be known to all the lands, all the worlds, all the people… In this, the Year of Our Lady of Discord 3189, on Prickle-Prickle the 69th of Chaos, the directors of the Erisian Entity known only as Notwork 23

A recent piece I’ve done… nowthenmagazine.com/articles/greg-…

An effective solution: move away from short sentences and prioritise community options for low-level crimes, which cost <1/10th of what prison places cost per year & have lower reoffending rates. We need to invest in what truly makes communities safer. independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/…

Mentally ill prisoners need proper secure hospital treatment or society faces ‘greater risks’, says chief inspector of prisons channel4.com/news/mentally-…

Before long, the state of the prison estate will result in national disorder if urgent action isn’t taken.

Decades of "lock 'em up" has created crisis, and made us all less safe theguardian.com/society/articl…

Scandalous and dangerous that this isn’t being addressed - theguardian.com/commentisfree/…

Our country is in a mess right now. The obvious way to fix it is to cause £mns of criminal damage, steal shoes & mobile phones from high street shops and attack the police. Don’t bother voting or listening to facts, just smash things while saying immigrants don’t respect the UK.

It’s inaccurate to define racist thugs as protestors. BBC TV pls, pls stop it. This is the story: Far Right groups have attempted to set a hotel in Rotherham alight after rumours circulated that it housed asylum seekers. Several police officers have been injured as they 1/

It’s more important than ever to know exactly who Farage is 👇

Last night we had the premiere of our anti knife crime film. This was commissioned by West Yorkshire Violence Reduction Partnership and Safer Kirklees and we are so buzzing with the outcome. 100+ people Tracy Brabin WY 🌹 and Alison Lowe OBE attended. THANK YOU. The film is out at 8am this morning!😜

The hand holding the knife never predicts whose heart it will break🎬 Please watch. So important♥️ Sam Teale Productions

The media told me a lot about the multi-millionaires who tragically lost their lives in the yacht sinking, just as I learnt plenty about the billionaires who lost their lives in the titanic sub I will never know anything about the migrants who lost their lives in the channel

Enjoyed talking about the walk we (SheffieldArtsLab) did a couple of weeks ago around Sheffield city as part of 4th World Congress of Psychogeography

The Duke of Edinburgh’s Award "In the last decade, local authority funding for youth services has been cut by 73% in real terms" Jason Stacey from YMCA England & Wales outlines the drastic cuts that youth services have faced and what needs to change