'THE REMOVED is a short film about a woman's search for a lost past' in pre-production with independent company Swift Rocket Films which 'examines the lasting effects of forced adoption'.

Please support this fascinating and timely project if you can.
swiftrocketfilms.com/latest-project

For anyone (still) wondering why pregnancy is now a mitigating factor, here's a 3 minute film Dr Laura Abbott & I made about it in 2020.
For a while it felt like we were shouting into the void, but with today's announcement that's changed... youtu.be/ydrISNYoECk?si… via YouTube

Today, we are celebrating the @SentencingCCL’s move to limit the use of prison custody for pregnant and postnatal women, through their new mitigating factor which guides magistrates and Crown Court judges in sentencing decisions.🧵

After two years in the making, Free Loaves on Fridays has made it to the warehouse!

To know future generations of children/adults from care will see themselves represented in mainstream bookshops means everything.

2 Years
1 Book
100 Authors

Thank you to all our supporters 🥖

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128% increase in self-harm amongst women in HMP Eastwood Park, says report from Independent Monitoring Boards

Read our full response here: bit.ly/48ZMRNL

#WomenInPrison

Did you miss The Howard League's #IWD2024 discussion on #WomenInPrison ?

Watch back to hear from our CEO Sonya Ruparel paula harriott & Jules Rowan from Life After Prison on women's experiences in the Criminal Justice System. 👇

📣 New guidance for #schools in England to support #children who have a parent in #prison . The guidance aims to help #teachers remove the stigma associated with parental imprisonment. Read more: pact1.link/12Mar24

Evidence has been mounting that carers who come to the UK on the health & care visa are being subjected to exploitation & fraud.

We can now reveal this is in large part due to a visa design that punishes workers for whistleblowing🧵

CW:references to rape
thebureauinvestigates.com/stories/2024-0…

🚨ALERT! Police have issued a section 35 dispersal order and are forcing people experiencing homelessness to move or face arrest.

This is outrageous from Camden Council. Camden Police must immediately halt this operation. We call on all to get down and help resist.

Under this government we have documented an 85% increase in deaths of people experiencing homelessness since 2019.

These are largely preventable deaths.

Don't let any politician distract from this record

museumofhomelessness.org/news/museum-of…

Super excited to share this podcast with Turnaround Project thank you so much for having me💜 Anne Fox Clinks CEO (she/her) #MyNameIs AN for sending them my way and all the amazing organisations that have given me opportunities PRA Sounddelivery Media Artsadm*n National Criminal Justice Arts Alliance TEDxLondon

34% of pregnant women in prison are being held on remand awaiting trial.
52% of women remanded in 2021 never received a custodial sentence.
We must not focus only on the dangers of sentencing pregnant women. We must also end the spiralling use of remand.
theguardian.com/society/2023/o…

Most of us buy fruit and veg from supermarkets but do we know the realities the workers picking our food face at the farms across the country? Investigation by Emiliano Mellino reveals state-sponsored exploitation. A must read.

Excited to be presenting about Oasis Restore’s unique opportunity to change children’s lives at #Eurocrim2023 this morning with Yvonne Jewkes and Donna Arrondelle in beautiful Florence.

Donna Arrondelle presenting on Hope St and its hub for women on remand or on licence, able to live with their children and take up tailored support in a beautiful and inspiring, safe environment. #Eurocrim2023 #OasisRestore #HopeSt

In this blog, PRT Associate Sarah Beresford shares a recent example to demonstrate how Child Impact Assessments can contribute to a more effective response for primary carers in the criminal justice system prisonreformtrust.org.uk/blog-stephs-st…