It is incredibly powerful to watch Rianna bravely speak out for the first time 🤍 What happened to her must never, ever happen again. The only way to prevent future babies dying is to stop women giving birth in prison - it will never be a safe place to be pregnant.

Join us for #16DaysOfActivism! In our magazine, @Kate Fraser, our Head of Prisons, discusses the UN campaign against Gender-Based Violence. Explore the impact on women in the criminal justice system. Read more: rb.gy/4llx0f #EndViolenceAgainstWomen #WIP16Days

Join us in #16DaysOfActivism. Read Tiffany's story, a testament to strength and resilience after domestic abuse. In the latest Still I Rise: rb.gy/4llx0f #WIP16Days #EndViolenceTogether

Children are being unlawfully convicted in a fast-track justice system Investigation nope s reveals magistrates are dishing out Single Justice Procedure fines to 16 & 17-year-olds Convictions overturned & new legal checks brought in as a result standard.co.uk/news/uk/single…

Tomorrow we will give oral evidence to the Justice Select Committee alongside our friends & partners Clinks & Prison Reform Trust. Watch live to hear our CEO, Sonya Ruparel, share why prison is not working for women. Watch tomorrow, 2.30pm: ow.ly/vbaw50QoPQJ

Prevention through community support services are better for women than prison. Today we give evidence to the Justice Select Committee to advocate for prevention, not prison, to stop women being swept into the Criminal Justice System. Watch live, 3.30pm: ow.ly/vbaw50QoPQJ

The Justice Committee Select Committee is starting now. Alongside partners Clinks & Prison Reform Trust our CEO Sonya Ruparel will give evidence from 3.30pm, amplifying women's experience in prison and advocating for preventative community support services. bit.ly/48oxgI9

Currently have a couple of spaces available on this #perinatal group beginning in a couple of weeks at @McrMuseum. If you work with/know a mum that could benefit from this, please share with them. @HomeStartMCR @motherswhomake WomenMATTA #arttherapy

Women in Prison are hiring! We're looking for a part time Advocate in South London. - £17,466 pro rata - 21 hours per week - permanent position Apply by 9am on Wednesday 24th January. ow.ly/IPsY50QrhAM #CharityJobs #WomenInPrison #AdvocateJobs

Prevention, early intervention & community-based support are best at helping women affected by the #CriminalJusticeSystem to rebuild their lives. Evidence from our work fed into Lords Committee on Justice and Home Affairs report: “Cutting crime: better community sentences” Read more bit.ly/3SLwekh

Other, similarly bleak cases are reported in my piece here, and I've spoken to two of the vulnerable people who were prosecuted. Do give it a read. walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-new…

Are you a woman with lived experience of the criminal justice system? We're amplifying your stories this #InternationalWomensDay with a mini campaign “My story is...” to share the realities and nuances of women’s lives. DM us with "IWD" to take part! 📩 #IWD2024 #WomenInPrison

There's still time to contribute to our #IWD2024 campaign highlighting the stories of women with lived experience of prison / contact with the #CriminalJusticeSystem DM us if you want to take part! #InternationalWomensDay #WomenInPrison

We are deeply concerned to see this inspection report detail troubling treatment of children in custody, including using pain-inducing force and strip searches of girls by all-male teams of officers. Read our joint response with Agenda Alliance: bit.ly/4376TVA

"This is a child in need of support, not traumatisation and wholly inappropriate treatment in a prison." Sonya Ruparel & @IndyMCross in The Guardian responding to HMI Prisons recent report highlighting treatment of girls in Wetherby YOI. bit.ly/436Vy7K

Trigger ⚠️ 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

Join the Women in Prison team! We're hiring for: 🙋‍♀️Programme Manager (Surrey) 🙋‍♀️Programme Manager (Manchester) 🙋‍♀️Advocate (South London) Find out more and apply: bit.ly/49GGe47 #WomenInPrison #WomenSupportWomen

Women's mental health in the #CriminalJusticeSystem, particularly "dramatic increases" in self-harm and use of prison as a "place of safety" for unwell women: all highlighted today in Independent Monitoring Boards 2023 National Annual Report. #WomenInPrison

Today would have been the 80th birthday of our late founder, Chris Tchaikovsky. Her enduring legacy is our commitment to ending the harm of prison on the lives of women, their families, and our communities.

We support Agenda Alliance open letter #CallingSOS for women and girls, including those in contact with the criminal justice system, ahead of the general election. 👇🏻