Great letters in The Times and The Sunday Times today by Kate Paradine + Women in Prison's Nicola Drinkwater reiterating prisons are not safe places for women. The answer to the prisons crisis lies in community-based services, welfare + MH care, holistic, trauma-informed specialist support & #womenscentres

"If only there were more Hope Streets I’m sure custody could be avoided for many women in the first place" Community based support + #womenscentres are vital to improving outcomes 4 women in contact with the CJS. Great blog Dr LauraJanes highlighting One Small Thing pioneering work

National Women's Justice Coalition is now on Instagram where we hope to share content, updates + news direct to women & girls affected by the criminal justice system. Drop us a follow!👉instagram.com/we_are_nwjc/

We know women's orgs have been undervalued & underfunded to crisis point with many forced to suspend services, loose staff + close centres. So it's now vital UK Gov now commits equitable sustainable funding to the women's sector as a matter of urgency wearenwjc.org.uk/wp-content/upl…

📣 Take part in our research! Do you work in the #justice or #community sector? Please take our short #survey and feed into #research on community justice solutions for women 👉 buff.ly/4djbQ1g

"Women’s prisons have been suffering their own specific crisis-within-a-crisis... release the vast majority of women who are people who have been failed by a system obsessed with punishment rather than prevention"#PrisonIsNotTheAnswer #WomensCentresWork theguardian.com/society/articl…

An inspiring film by Causeway Charity that tells Sabrina's story & aims to increase awareness + understanding about criminal exploitation and shines a light on how it can affect women and girls

So many brilliant #womensservices have recently been added to WomensServicesMap.com incl those from The Daddyless Daughters Project CIC Women Acting In Today's Society (WAITS) Aurora New Dawn Yada P.H.O.E.B.E Clean Break Phoenix Futures. The directory now features 328 #specialistwomensservices & 88 different #womenscentres!

We support our partner Advance's new campaign #NotGoingBacktoSchool that highlights the disproportionate impact of truancy prosecutions on women & calls for the decriminalisation of truancy + more support for families facing multiple disadvantages. Pls support + share🙏

Women’s centres & specialist orgs will be needed more than ever when 1700 people are released early to elevate pressure on prison places. Additional, sustainable funding will be vital to enable orgs to meet the increase in demand for support #funding ➡️ wearenwjc.org.uk/sustainablefun…

Women from our National Voice & Advisory Panel (NVAP) are developing a brand identity + logo to convey the ambition and power of the panel & illustrate its aims + mission. So look out for the launch of the NVAP logo soon! #Expertsbyexperience #WeCollaborate #LivedExperience