County lines and cuckooing: an ‘appalling failure of child protection’

💡 Co-produced by people with lived experience for people with lived experience, the Revolving Doors Academy enables our members to build the skills and confidence to become leaders. Academy Coordinator Natalia shares her reflections in our latest blog ➡️ revolving-doors.org.uk/lived-experi...

🎧 Episode 6 of Weaving the Web, the podcast from the National Expert Citizens Group, is out now! We're keeping it close to home this time, speaking to Revolving Doors Policy Manager Kelly Grehan about how we can break the cycle of crisis and crime. Listen now ➡️ open.spotify.com/episode/1Eaj...

💡 We are pleased to see today's Sentencing Review adopts many of our recommendations. Now, policymakers across Whitehall must act: to recognise the justice system alone cannot fix what are essentially health, housing, and social care problems. Read our full response ➡️ tinyurl.com/426n5kez

🔄 On Wednesday, the Lord Chancellor has announced changes to prison recall rules via an expansion of the used of short ‘fixed-term’ recalls for people on sentences of 1 to 4 years. We are a leading voice on the recalls crisis. Read our blog on the topic now ➡️ revolving-doors.org.uk/recalls-in-c...

🎧 Tune in for Episode 5 of Weaving the Web - the podcast from the National Expert Citizens Group (NECG). It's been a big few days for justice, with more to come. Join us as we explore the groundbreaking work that's happening to tackle the cycle of crisis and crime. open.spotify.com/episode/1bL1...

🎧 Listen now: E4 of Weaving the Web, the podcast from the NECG. Join us as we speak to Alison Bearn, Programme Manager at the London Co-occurring Conditions Programme, about how integrated solutions to mental health and substance use can expand access to support. shows.acast.com/54b8e743-65b...

⚖️ Read now: our latest blog about the third policy workshop from our Lived Experience of the Law project with ICPR Birkbeck. In this workshop we looked at people’s experiences of representation in the criminal courts, specifically focusing on legal aid ➡️ revolving-doors.org.uk/lived-experi...

🕸️ Episode 3 of Weaving the Web is out now! Join the NECG as we speak to Laurence and Beth from the Essex Recovery Foundation about Essex's groundbreaking approach, where the local recovery community is working with the council to coproduce healthy outcomes. open.spotify.com/episode/3kJD...

⚖️ Earlier this year, Revolving Doors hosted two policy workshops for our Lived Experience of the Law research project. The theme of our second policy workshop was women’s experiences of domestic abuse and the family courts. Read our blog to find out more ➡️ revolving-doors.org.uk/lived-experi...

🚨 Job opportunity 🚨 @uoysbs.bsky.social are looking for a Research Trainee to work on an ESRC-funded research project aimed at understanding the interactions between the police and people who use drugs. Apply by 29 April 2025 jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

Join the NECG for Episode 2 of its new podcast series - Weaving the Web. In this episode host Charlotte is joined by Jim and Midori from homelessness charity @passagecharity.bsky.social to discuss bringing service user involvement into the mainstream. Listen now ➡️ open.spotify.com/episode/09Nm...

Revolving Doors joins the Howard League in condemning the decision to use PAVA spray in young offenders' institutes. To meaningfully manage youth offending, the complex unmet needs faced by the majority of these young people must be addressed - further violence will not break the cycle.

💡 We're ending Stephen Lawrence Day with a blog from new member Natasha. Her persistence – continuing to seek opportunities for learning, combining these with a passion for activism and creativity – is testament to the power of lived experience. Read now ➡️ revolving-doors.org.uk/knowledge-re...

💡Today is Stephen Lawrence Day 2025. This year’s theme is Knowledge Changes Everything. This is our second piece of the day, from lived experience member Kelly. This is her journey – from an unfinished education to graduating for the first time. Read now ➡️ revolving-doors.org.uk/im-graduatin...

💡Today we mark Stephen Lawrence Day 2025 with three blogs from our members. In the face of systemic racism, our lived experience members are beacons of hope: their personal journeys show exactly how #KnowledgeChangesEverything. Read Ayesha's story ➡️ revolving-doors.org.uk/long-may-my-...

🏠 Is the 'Housing First' model key to cracking the homelessness crisis? E1 of Weaving the Web, the new podcast from the NECG, is available now. Join us as we speak to Jo from Homeless Link and Georgia from St Mungo’s about their work on this pioneering model ➡️ open.spotify.com/episode/7LHh...

🖐️By blocking the latest Sentencing Council guidance on pre-sentence reports, the government is sending a message that it is willing to ignore evidence, expert opinion, and the voices of those directly affected by these decisions. Read our blog now ➡️ revolving-doors.org.uk/pre-sentence...

⛔ The Lord Chancellor’s decision to block the Sentencing Council’s guidance on pre-sentence reports is a deliberate step backwards. Blocking progress is not about fairness, it’s about maintaining a status quo that already fails too many. Read our statement ➡️ revolving-doors.org.uk/a-deliberate...

🧠 It's Neurodiversity Celebration Week. Revolving Doors members have been at the forefront of the campaign to ensure neurodivergent people are diverted away from the cycle of crisis and crime and into tailored support to address their needs. Read A*'s story ➡️ revolving-doors.org.uk/from-the-rev...

⭐ A great lived experience opportunity here from Just Fair - check it out!

"...to succeed, any reforms to sentencing must ensure the Probation Service is properly resourced to be able to deal with the cases it is required to manage." Latest annual Probation Inspectorate report highlights overwork and inexperience ➡️ hmiprobation.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/news/the-pro...

♀️ Saturday was International Women's Day. This year's theme - Accelerate Action - made us think of our inspirational Women's Forum members who are at the forefront of the campaign for transformative change in the way the justice system treats women and girls. revolving-doors.org.uk/internationa...

💡 "A part of a bigger whole." Julian’s journey with the National Expert Citizens Group shows the power of lived experience. From crisis to recovery, he’s now helping shape better support for those facing multiple disadvantage. Read his story ➡️ revolving-doors.org.uk/a-part-of-a-...

💡 "Where else would you get an informed national perspective on all aspects of multiple disadvantage?" Charlotte’s journey with the NECG shows how lived experience drives change. Once overwhelmed by meetings, she’s now using her voice to shape services. revolving-doors.org.uk/using-the-vo...

⏰ Today's the day! The application window for our Director of Communications vacancy closes at 5pm. Salary: £60k. Flexible 4.5-day week. Hybrid role with a minimum of two days in our London office. More details here ➡️ revolving-doors.org.uk/were-hiring-...

👐 By the time care-experienced people are 24 years old, 50% will have served a custodial sentence in either a young offenders institute or an adult prison. Read lived experience member Anthony's blog about what #VoicesThatCare really means ➡️ revolving-doors.org.uk/care-day-202... #CareDay2025

A very distressing C4 report tonight on pregnant women prisoners being handcuffed during childbirth, despite it being against MoJ policy. Those policies aren’t worth the paper they’re written on — the only way to keep pregnant women safe is to stop sending them to prison.

📈 It's time to move beyond cycles of punishment in sentencing. Our latest blog explores this week's report from the Independent Sentencing Review and how 'tough on crime' approaches have undermined public safety and perpetuated social inequalities. Read on ➡️ revolving-doors.org.uk/rethinking-j...

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🫵 Could YOU be our new Director of Communications? Lead our policy, public affairs, and communications to drive systemic change. Salary: £60k. Flexible 4.5-day week. Hybrid role with a minimum of two days in our London office. Apply by 5pm, 3 March 2025. revolving-doors.org.uk/were-hiring-...

💡 Revolving Doors' Head of Evidence & Impact Lauren Bennett was at yesterday's Black Criminology Network Conference, sharing findings from our recent review of initiatives tackling racial disparity in the youth justice system. Read more below ⬇️

📈 Yesterday's Ministry of Justice statistics show a staggering 42% increase in recalls since 2023. 7 out of 10 people released from prison are recalled - compared to 2 in 10 in 2012. Fewer than 25% have committed new offences. The situation is desperate. What needs to change? tinyurl.com/34k83y33

💡 "To my mind, every court in the country should be a problem solving court." Revolving Doors CEO Pavan Dhaliwal spoke to LBC News' Jim Diamond on Monday about how courts tackling the root causes of offending can help end the revolving door. Read now ➡️ revolving-doors.org.uk/publications...

💡 Yesterday the Ministry of Justice published the interim report for its Intensive Supervision Courts pilot, which we are evaluating with CFE Research. CEO Pavan Dhaliwal was quoted in the Times explaining how a problem-solving approach is the way forwards. Link ➡️ www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...

This is welcome news. Redirecting focus from imprisoning women to exploring alternatives marks an important shift. Women’s centres achieve better outcomes and are more cost-effective, but they must be adequately funded to succeed. www.theguardian.com/society/2025...

🧩 The Government’s newly appointed Women’s Justice Board meets for the first time today. Bringing together sector experts – including Revolving Doors trustee Dame Vera Baird KC – the Board aims to reduce the number of women in custody. Read our response ➡️ revolving-doors.org.uk/deeds-not-wo...

First findings from intensive supervision courts Process evaluation by @revdoors.bsky.social finds rigorous requirements have helped give people a purpose and a routine which can have wider positive effects on their behaviour and wellbeing. www.russellwebster.com/first-findin...

💥 It's been a busy start to 2025! Earlier this week members hosted a workshop as part of the new NHS South West Integrated Non-Custodial Services (INCS) - a groundbreaking initiative to ensure people in the justice system with unmet needs can access cross-service support to exit the revolving door.

💡 The Ministry of Justice UK has announced the launch of Employment Councils to lower reoffending by supporting people away from offending and into work. Read our statement here: revolving-doors.org.uk/a-positive-n...

The lack of understanding around the process of recall can have significant consequences. To address this, we have created a resource for people leaving prison on licence, and their families, to help them better understand the process. Watch our animation here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDat...

🎆 Happy New Year everyone! Here's what you've all been waiting for: our first ever post on Bluesky. Be sure to give us a follow (if you haven't already), and join us on our journey #BeyondTheCycle of crisis and crime.