Archive for January, 2009

Prison officers need proper support

I gave a talk yesterday to students at Cambridge University about our work to help young people in custody.В  I attach the notes of my speech, because I said I would.В  One other thing, a student said he thought that there was a minimum entry qualification to become a prison officer and I have checked [...]

January 23, 2009   Posted in: Prison officers  One Comment

Where is the Victims’ Commissioner?

An interesting Parliamentary Question by Dominic Grieve (the new shadow justice secretary) on 12 January elicited the information that in 2004 40% ASBOs were proven to have been breached in court, in 2005 that had risen to 52% and by 2006 it was up to 66%.В  Those are the latest figures.В  Not a great success [...]

January 23, 2009   Posted in: Government policy  No Comments

Friends of the Howard League

It has been a sad start to the year, two deaths.В  John Mortimer today, who was our President for many years, amused us at social events, guided us in our tricky relations with ministers and helped to raise shed loads of money.В  And last week, Paul Buxton, who had been our Treasurer and Trustee, moral [...]

January 16, 2009   Posted in: Howard League  No Comments