Archive for the ‘Women in custody’ Category

The consequences of a political stampede on anti-social behaviour

The Guardian has a front page story today based on an ICM poll of voting intentions that the Conservative lead is down to 9 points over Labour. So the outcome of the general election is looking a lot less certain than in recent months. We could have a hung parliament, or a slim Labour lead [...]

December 15, 2009  Tags: , ,   Posted in: Government policy, Sentencing, Women in custody, anti-social behaviour  2 Comments

Some good news

For once there is some good news.
Dominic Grieve, the shadow secretary of state for justice, announced a Conservative government would not now build 5,000 new prison places if elected but would focus on regulating the prison population.
The government justice secretary, Jack Straw, announced on Thursday that women should be sentenced in the community and no [...]

December 8, 2009  Tags: , , ,   Posted in: Government policy, Prisons, Women in custody  One Comment

Some interesting meetings today

Once a month, we hold staff meetings. We now have 29 staff and so they are lively affairs. This morning Frances Flaxington, head of women’s policy at the ministry of justice, came along to talk to us.В 
Our campaign to prevent the deaths of women in prison – Lost Daughters – was the focus for the [...]

October 12, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Mental health, Women in custody  No Comments

Women dying in custody

We launched a campaign to prevent women dying in custody today and had a bit of a run about with the figures.В  So some explanation might be helpful.В  The main focus of our work over years has been how we could work to reduce the use of prison for women (and men) and prevent deaths.
I [...]

July 13, 2009  Tags: ,   Posted in: Campaigns, Government policy, Howard League, Inside prisons, Self-injuring, Women in custody  One Comment