“As a woman in prison, you are punished for your crime — and your biology.”

What's the best way to prepare for #BSC2025? We recommend reading BJC’s new virtual issue, which explores how #criminology can advance social justice — expertly curated by @francispakes.bsky.social and @drlisasugiura.bsky.social. :et us know your thoughts 💭 🔗 https://oxford.ly/3HYHarS

Out today: the first book in our new series on #Probation & Community Sanctions. edited by Carr, Robinson and Ruhland. More to come this year. "I thoroughly recommend this book to anyone interested in the future of probation and of penal systems." #criminology www.routledge.com/Professional...

JOB: Research Fellow, a part-time post at University of Nottingham. Working with a wonderful team on comparative research: @nicolacarr.bsky.social (PI), Beth Weaver, Jake Phillips, Fergus McNeill, myself, Fern Gillon, Sarah Doxat-Pratt. #Criminology #Probation #Job www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DMY924/r...

Come and work with me in Brussels @crisresearch.bsky.social! I’m looking for a postdoc specialised in children’s rights and digital #criminology. Please repost& send to anyone who might be interested. Deadline 9th of May #digitalcriminology #surveillance jobs.vub.be/job/Elsene-P...

❇️ New journal article ❇️ 'Exploring relational and structuring skills among Norwegian probation officers during mandatory supervision sessions' by Karl Yngvar Dale, Bjørn Kjetil Larsen, Sarah Hean, and Atle Ødegård. #Probation #SocialWork #Criminology journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Impactful piece about life after prison comparing UK and Netherlands from @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/society/vide...

‘The prison system is insanely broken’: a climate activist on his experience in jail

My school has a vacancy for an Assistant Professor in Criminology (Research and Teaching). jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/SOC109725

Why do prison officers leave the service? Sarah Nixon and Darren Woodward guest blog on their new book exploring Role Exit in Prison Officers. www.russellwebster.com/why-do-priso...

Hey Blue Sky! I'm doing a talk THIS WEDNESDAY 5 March, 4-5pm in Portsmouth. Details below. Want to join on line? Of course you can! Do please email [email protected] for a link.

Global female incarceration on the rise The sixth edition of the World Female Imprisonment List shows female prison population growing faster than male population worldwide. www.russellwebster.com/global-femal... via @icpr.bsky.social

Hey! Did you know that we in Portsmouth are hosting the British Society of Criminology Conference? 1-4 July 2025! More information here, including sign up and abstract submission: www.port.ac.uk/news-events-...

Hey Blue Sky! Professor Becky Milne is doing a talk next week in Portsmouth! Join us in St George's Building or join us on line! (email [email protected]) for a link.

🚨Call for Papers - British Society of Criminology Conference 2025🚨 If you Have a Presentation Related to Hate Crime Please E-Mail your Abstracts of No More than 250-words to Ben Colliver ([email protected]) By Monday 3rd March 2025 at 5pm. 👇👇👇

The @bschcnetwork.bsky.social (BSC Hate Crime Network) is doing a panel at this year's British Society of Criminology Conference at Portsmouth Uni. If you are interested in presenting a paper please email abstracts to Ben Colliver ([email protected]) By Monday 3rd March 2025 👇👇👇

Wow Portsmouth’s Spinnaker Tower gets it! ⚡️

For those who read German: www.blickpunkte.co.at/2025/01/23/s...

Winchester: A truly squalid, overcrowded Victorian jail. The prison received an awful inspection report in 2022, but things have gone from bad to worse. Read our response to @hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social's inspection report: howardleague.org/news/winches...

Grim conditions highlighted in today's @hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social reports. Manchester had a rodent infestation, while at Long Lartin, a continued lack of in-cell toilets led prisoners to use buckets in their cells and throw bags of excrement out of the windows. howardleague.org/news/long-la...

Hundreds of incarcerated folks are fighting fires in California— earning between $5.80 and $10.24 per *day* plus $1 per hour during active emergencies. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Ok the header is a bit ‘extra’ but the piece is interesting www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

The European Society of #Criminology (ESC) Annual Conference 2025 being hosted in Athens 🇬🇷 is now open for: (A) Delegate registration; and (B) Call for Papers: Abstract Submissions. convention2.allacademic.com/one/esc/esc25/

Open #Prisons are the best kept secret of the penal system, because they don’t suit the #punitive narrative. But, they are different from mainstream prisons. They work. There should be more. Their regimes could be adopted widely. This isn’t the way to do it. #MoJ www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

Small scale prison provision where prisoners go to work in the daytime proves, unsurprisingly, a success, in the Netherlands. www.omroepzeeland.nl/nieuws/17022...

Life inside a therapeutic prison At HMP Grendon, psychology professionals aim to ‘re-child’ a group of Britain’s most serious offenders. Does the treatment work?https://www.theguardian.com/society/2024/dec/18/hmp-grendon-therapeutic-prison-psychology-offenders-treatment @zoesqwilliams.bsky.social

Right everyone! Time to switch off. Just adding a pic of beautiful Iceland where the ground shudders and the wind is fierce…. Stay safe wherever you are…. ❤️❤️❤️

What It Was Like When Hurricane Helene Hit Our Prison No electricity. No water. Dwindling food supplies. Here’s how we coped after the storm — and what happened next. prisonjournalismproject.org/2024/12/04/w...

Uk Government have published a 10 year (!) prison strategy: assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/67586f...

Prisons infamous for torture in and around Damascus, inc notorious Sednaya, were broken open early on Sunday, with videos showing dozens of women & small children being held in cells and one shaken man so badly treated he had lost his memory and struggled to talk www.theguardian.com/world/2024/d...

New Publication: "The Rehabilitation Industry: Lived Experience and Performance" (10min read) Andi Brierley & I explore our observations of what we describe as a Rehabilitation Industry and reflect on our roles within it We pose tough questions for all CJS stakeholders—read & join the discussion!

Dutch prisons are full, and prisoners are being sent home 3 days early, @nieuws.nos.nl are reporting today. nos.nl/artikel/2547...

Helgi Gunnlaugsson (University of Iceland) and I wrote a piece on prison escapes in Iceland. It allowed us to tell some surprising stories about imprisonment in this county! www.idunn.no/eprint/S57QB...

"I didn’t need prison; it didn’t touch the sides. I needed rehab. There was no 12-step programme in prison. There were no education programmes, no nothing. Chelmsford prison was a bucket in the corner." www.theguardian.com/football/202...

Two prison officers sentenced for sexual offences against women prisoners (Netherlands) Celstraffen voor medewerkers vrouwengevangenis voor misbruik

Last year I gave the Prisons’ Week lecture at Liverpool Cathedral, on Changemakers and women’s justice. I talked about Elizabeth Fry, and hopeful uncertainty and where imagination might take us. I’ve discovered it’s on YouTube so sharing it (& my Betsy Fry obsession) m.youtube.com/watch?v=-Jgb...

The Institute of Criminology is advertising the position of an Associate Professor to lead the Master of Studies (MSt) programme in Applied Criminology, Penology & Management. This is a part-time role on a fixed-term basis for three years. Further information here: www.jobs.cam.ac.uk/job/49313/

Still wintert on the Portsdown Hill next to Portsmouth ❄️❄️❄️

Earlier this morning, Grindavíkurvegur - the most direct road connection between the town of Grindavík and Reykjanesbraut leading towards the International Airport and Reykjavik - was overflown by the lava yet again. Photos by Vísir's Vilhelm Gunnarsson www.visir.is/g/2024265279...

This from the RUV.is in Iceland (screenshot). The lava has reached the car park of Iceland's premier tourist attraction, hot spring complex the Blue Lagoon... (before you ask, yes it has been evacuated).

Interested in a PhD scholarship within Sociology (eg, gender, popular culture, human rights) or Criminology (eg, families & crime, policing and inequality)? Have a look at the SENSS scheme below and get in touch! www.roehampton.ac.uk/study/academ...

Exciting news! At Swansea University we’re hosting the 5th Narrative Criminology Symposium -‘Narrating harm, narrating hope’ - 15th-17th June 2025. More info: www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/narrative-...

Another eruption near Reykjavik and the Blue Lagoon in Iceland. www.ruv.is/english/2024...

For my criminology folks, University of Vienna is looking for a tenure-track professor in Criminology, check it our www.researchgate.net/job/1017025_...

The British Criminology Society Probation & Community Justice Network is holding its 1st Annual Conference, 14 Jan 2025, Sheffield Hallam University. The call for papers deadline is 29 Nov 2024 www.britsoccrim.org/probation-an...

Hi all, Early notice for our public lecture by Prof Lorraine Hope: Capturing memory at the sharp end! 11 December St George's Building Portsmouth. Email [email protected] for a link if you want to join us on line!

Interesting to see the Independent Sentencing Review in England & Wales have launched an open call for evidence across 7 themes. Submissions are encouraged to be ambitious, challenging, innovative, and spotlighting good practice. consult.justice.gov.uk/digital-comm... #Criminology #Law #AcademicSky

Morning everyone! With many more people joining us here - hello! 👋 I am a criminologist from the Netherlands, working in Portsmouth, UK, and studying Iceland's prisons. In particular the open prisons: small, rural, informal and endlessly fascinating. Lovely to see you all here.

Hi everyone! Bella says good morning

Public talk at the university of Portsmouth!