The Jury’s out on prison numbers. Thoughts on whether the proposed court reforms will lead to fewer people behind bars or more. reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2025/12/cour...

Local monitoring board at Brinsford Prison worried by 56 in-cell fires over the reporting year, "which seems very high and potentially dangerous for the whole prison". One of many concerns in a troubling report. cloud-platform-e218f50a4812967ba1215eaecede923f.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/site...

Local monitoring board at Brinsford Prison worried by 56 in-cell fires over the reporting year, "which seems very high and potentially dangerous for the whole prison". One of many concerns in a troubling report. cloud-platform-e218f50a4812967ba1215eaecede923f.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/site...

The Jury’s out on prison numbers. Thoughts on whether the proposed court reforms will lead to fewer people behind bars or more. reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2025/12/cour...

How will court reform impact on prison numbers? reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2025/12/cour...

How will court reform impact on prison numbers? reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2025/12/cour...

David Lammy wants to end the court backlog by restricting the usage of jury trials. Listen to our podcast episode from March where Alex Chalk KC and Dominic Thomas debate this issue, discussing the introduction of intermediate courts and other solutions to reduce the backlog. 🎧➡️ pod.fo/e/2b5a06

In March barrister Dominic Thomas passionately put the argument against restricting jury trials in our podcast.

More Questions than Answers on Fire Safety in Prisons @robroballen.bsky.social reveals that the 116 prisons in England saw 534 fire related injuries in the last financial year with most fires started by vapes. reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2025/11/more...

Which Way for Youth Custody? @robroballen.bsky.social analyses constructive options for a better way forward reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2025/11/whic...

A busy week in respect of youth custody in England and Wales Some thoughts on the best way forward. reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2025/11/whic...

The latest prison fire safety report is out - but it raises as many questions as it answers. "It may not seem the highest priority just now, but issues like fire safety never are until they are". reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2025/11/more...

Reminded of this correction today

Latest update: MoJ Permanent Secretary tells Public Accounts Committee they hope to reopen the site in March 2026. Also says spec for faulty doors was the same as has been used in other secure units. Which begs the question- are they a risk to the safety of residents and staff in those places too?

Latest on the Secure School Fiasco reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2025/10/beyo...

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 IPP ended in 2012, but 1,000+ people are still serving indefinite sentences in prison. Andrew Morris & Matthew Parris discuss why people are still held under IPP & how we can rid ourselves of its legacy once and for all. 🎧Listen now: pod.fo/e/33eb2a

📢 New episode of the Transform Justice Podcast out tomorrow! This week we were joined by Matthew Parris and Andrew Morris to discuss the injustice and long-term consequences of IPP sentences. Follow the podcast and tune in from tomorrow morning: ➡️https://podfollow.com/the-transform-justice-podcast

HMP Stafford housing many older prisoners has longstanding legionella issue, with shower blocks often closed. Local watchdog says there's insufficient funding to provide a permanent fix. HSE should pay a visit imo cloud-platform-e218f50a4812967ba1215eaecede923f.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/site...

Achievement of the week: Leaders at G4S Oakhill Secure Training Centre have acted to ensure that children have adequate meals and access to food to prevent them feeling hungry files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/5028... What's more the kitchen has been deep cleaned and is now a hygienic environment...

As ever, I learned a lot during this podcast - not only about the serious failings in our current approach to women in conflict with the law but how to go about creating a more just and effective system. Do have a listen to two very well informed contributors sharing their thoughts and experience.

Well worth a listen. Women’s prisons are genuinely appalling and getting worse. They receive very little press coverage despite being more violent than men’s prisons and having a self-harm rate equivalent to around 6 incidents per prisoner per year

Young Adults in Custody- Yet Another Challenge for Prisons @robroballen.bsky.social on violent and out of control HMP Swinfen Hall reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2025/09/youn...

No go areas for staff too scared to challenge young prisoners, uncontrolled meal queues leaving some with no food. Grim watchdog report on HMP Swinfen Hall. reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2025/09/youn...

Inspectors blame Ministry of Justice for infrastructure failings resulting in the closure of the Secure School. reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-bi...

Inspectors blame Ministry of Justice for infrastructure failings resulting in the closure of the Secure School. reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2025/09/a-bi...

As fires in prisons rise, efforts to ensure safety are limited and slow. Todays watchdog report on HMP Styal is a case in point. reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2025/09/more...

As fires in prisons rise, efforts to ensure safety are limited and slow. Todays watchdog report on HMP Styal is a case in point. reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2025/09/more...

Prison Fire Safety Delay ? @robroballen.bsky.social on how HMPPS is still failing to make all prison cells safe from fire reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2025/09/pris...

One in four prison cells dont meet fire safety standards and 6,000 still wont by end of 2027. The red line about not using non compliant cells after that deadline no longer looks so red. reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2025/09/pris...

Didnt expect much in the way of sunsets in Norfolk but got a good one in Sheringham

The single justice procedure has been used extensively to prosecute Covid rulebreakers - but was this really a fair way of dealing with the issue? @kirstybrimelow.bsky.social discusses in the latest episode of the Transform Justice Podcast ⬇️ 🔗🎧Catch up on the full episode now: pod.fo/e/30221c

Will the first Secure School be the last? @robroballen.bsky.social on the multiple failings in the Children's and Young People's Secure Estate. www.russellwebster.com/will-the-fir...

The latest episode of the Transform Justice Podcast explores the ins and outs and failings of the controversial single justice procedure. Here @penelopegibbs.bsky.social discusses one particularly shocking case ⬇️ 🎧🔗Catch up on the full episode now: pod.fo/e/30221c

"A prisoner recently reported he saw a mouse actually giving birth in his cell" Rochester Jail Watchdog says vermin still a challenge with prisoners making barriers across cell door thresholds to try to keep mice out cloud-platform-e218f50a4812967ba1215eaecede923f.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/site...

Like Gauke’s review of sentencing and Leveson’s on the courts, Dame Anne Owers final report in the trilogy is stronger on diagnosing the problems than prescribing remedies reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2025/08/capa...

Find out more: 📖 Read our latest report: ‘Industrial-scale prosecution? Why the single justice procedure needs radical reform’ www.transformjustice.org.uk/publication/... 🎧 Listen to the latest Transform Justice Podcast episode on the single justice procedure: pod.fo/e/30221c 🧵[4/4]

Speed has replaced just decision making with the convey belt Single Justice Procedure (SJP) - reform is needed now. On this Transform Justice podcast, our Vice Chair Kirsty Brimelow KC discusses how the SJP works and what it means for people facing charges. Listen now ⬇️ lnkd.in/e4N4ADKm

Today's Prison Capacity Review is stronger on diagnosis than cure. It should have recommended bolder and more concrete measures to ensure a sustainable future. reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2025/08/capa...

Today's Prison Capacity Review is stronger on diagnosis than cure. It should have recommended bolder and more concrete measures to ensure a sustainable future. reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2025/08/capa...

Groundhog Week for Youth Custody @robroballen.bsky.social on the #UrgentNotification for Oakhill STC reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2025/07/grou...

Has the Sentencing Council overreacted to the new law on guidelines and pre sentence reports? I think so. reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2025/06/ex-a...

Yet more serious failings at G4S Secure Training Centre show chronic lack of progress in reforming youth custody over last decade reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2025/07/grou...

Yet more serious failings at G4S Secure Training Centre show chronic lack of progress in reforming youth custody over last decade reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2025/07/grou...

🎧Have you listened to our latest podcast episode yet? @kirstybrimelow.bsky.social joins @penelopegibbs.bsky.social & @robroballen.bsky.social to explore the single justice procedure and what it means for the vulnerable people who often fall victim of its impersonal nature. 🔗➡️ pod.fo/e/30221c

The very first podcast @penelopegibbs.bsky.social and I did more than 3 years ago was on the conveyor belt of the single justice procedure. Have a listen to the latest episode to find out what if anything has changed about it since then.

"It seems frankly absurd to negotiate a lease that has resulted in the prison being unusable for over a year while still having to pay rent". MPs press Ministry of Justice about HMP Dartmoor, closed for over a year because of levels of Radon gas committees.parliament.uk/publications...

Troubling data on fire safety in prisons reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2025/07/catc...

Troubling data on fire safety in prisons reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2025/07/catc...

Strange letter - in timing at least-from Justice Committee Chair ‪@hammersmithandy.bsky.social‬ to the Lord Chancellor voicing concern about recent & expected changes to prison recall. The recent ones are already law - Mr Slaughter voted in favour - and the expected ones arent yet published.

Strange letter - in timing at least-from Justice Committee Chair ‪@hammersmithandy.bsky.social‬ to the Lord Chancellor voicing concern about recent & expected changes to prison recall. The recent ones are already law - Mr Slaughter voted in favour - and the expected ones arent yet published.