Is it possible to live a good life in confinement? How do 'official' moral discourses shape what prison makes morally possible, inside and outside? Join us on 17th Oct as we launch a special issue of Incarceration discussing these questions and more events.humanitix.com/themed-issue...

🚨I'm very excited to announce the launch of my report: Release from long-term imprisonment. This report is based on a new empirical study I conducted last year into the release experiences of people who have served very long prison sentences. prisonreformtrust.org.uk/publication/...

What a lovely way to start the week: 🚨 New publication alert! 🚨 My article about the lives of life-sentenced women in the community after release from prison is now available #OpenAccess in Theoretical Criminology: doi.org/10.1177/1362... Key points:

My wonderful co-researchers Brittany Jackson and Holly Whyte have written an insightful piece about what it was like attending the British Society of Criminology conference as non-academics. Have a read - there is much for us to learn and even more to do!! thebscblog.wordpress.com

⏰ It's almost time for our PhD conference! ⏰ The programme can now be accessed on our website: sites.google.com/view/phdcrim...

Delighted to share the publication of my first lead-author article! We discuss the needs & experiences of foreign national women in Irish prisons, as their narrative is often missing from research in this area. We also highlight adaptation strategies undertaken in an attempt to navigate prison life

I would write, but the blossom

Criminology people with interest in experiences of families of people in prison! I am keen to finally get this idea moving: an edited collection of chapters on stigma. Quite a lot to explore and lots of policy interest. Get in touch and pls share! docs.google.com/document/u/1...

Excited to announce the 3rd run of our PhD conference for doctoral students researching in areas of criminology and criminal justice! We welcome submissions from PhDs at any stage of their degree, from the UK and abroad.

Mid-week sweet treat 🍪

And another talk -- this one in Feb by me about my new book, in Cambridge:

Hello criminology friends, Do you know of any literature on the impact (+/-) of ROTL (or furlough, prison leave, etc) on people’s families outside (or more broadly family ties)?

My paper in Punishment & Society discusses sentence review decision-making for life prisoners in India. Based on findings from quant-qual sequential design, I argue that SRB significantly violates lifers’ right to meaningful consideration for early release. journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

Me: “I’ve been working on this article for 5 years” You: “what’s your argument?” Me:

THREAD: It's #prisonersweek in Scotland, so here's a thread on #howprisonsilences people in prison and why that's a problem for rehabilitation and democracy. To make it easy, each silencing mechanism begins with a 'D'.

Bluesky academics, lets get to know each other! Quote this & tell me: 1) a project you are working on & 2) an odd idea/theory you aren’t working on but keep thinking about 1) Exploring power and “freedom” in women’s open prisons 2) Not a theory, but the bureaucratisation of research ethics