Tomorrow is the deadline for abstracts for 'Punishment in the Global Peripheries’ co-hosted with the Centre for Criminology @uctlaw.bsky.social, @oxfordcrim.bsky.social, National University of Litoral & University of A Coruña. Apply & come and join us in Cape Town in December this year.

A moving letter from a criminal defence solicitor representing a young mother of an infant, who explains the human cost of losing the new sentencing guideline. “The justice secretary’s political point-scoring has devastating consequences” @hodgejonesallen.bsky.social

Research Associate Shona Minson Explores Maternal Sentencing in BBC Radio 3 Essay for New Generation Thinkers www.law.ox.ac.uk/content/news...

Starting TODAY, most jails & prisons must comply with the @FCC's new phone justice rules! This is a massive victory for incarcerated people & their loved ones. Learn more from @uccmediajustice.org & @georgetownlaw.bsky.social helpful guide 👇 buff.ly/SjnPjF1

All pregnancies in prison are high risk, with higher rates of stillbirth & prematurity. Sentencing decisions = difference between life and death. @birthcompanions.bsky.social @cleanbrk.bsky.social @verabaird.bsky.social @shonaminson.bsky.social @janeystarling.bsky.social @rcm.org.uk

Our Director Naomi Delap responds to Imposition Guideline delay: "We are disappointed that the Sentencing Council has has had to delay this coming into force. This updated guideline included specific and extensive direction on sentencing pregnant women and mothers of very young children...🧵

It was great to join Level Up and @cleanbrk.bsky.social this morning at the annual No Births Behind Bars protest outside the MoJ! We are closer than ever before to putting an end to imprisoning pregnant women, whether sentenced or remanded - it's in the guidelines, now let's make it a statute. ✊

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

1 in 4 women convicted of failure to protect in Oklahoma receive a longer sentence than the man responsible for the child abuse. When DV survivors report suspected child abuse, they can face a lifetime sentence. A bill that would have changed that never got a hearing.

Exciting to see our paper on international women's problem solving courts in the Prison Service Journal. Co-authored this with @rutharmstrong.bsky.social and two @oxfordcrim.bsky.social graduate researchers @arkluge.bsky.social and @iuliavatau.bsky.social👏 www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/prison-servi...

Submissions for our upcoming special issue "Feminism, Antifeminism, and the Mobilization of Regret," are due May 1, 2025! Check out the full call at signsjournal.org/for-authors/...

An incredibly important and insightful report, highlighting research by @rachelcondry.bsky.social and Prof Caroline Miles. For more information on the Femicide Census, visit: www.femicidecensus.org

"I just hope that people start to understand and realise what the experience of women, of mothers is in prison" Director Anna Herrmann and Assistant Director Neetu Singh talk about the process of creating Scenes from Lost Mothers. www.youtube.com/watch?v=m0oV...

Where do you seek help when your abuser is a police officer? Our latest Conversation article examines the experiences of 17 victim-survivors of domestic violence perpetrated by a partner who is or was a police officer. 👉🏼 Read our article here: theconversation.com/he-knows-how...

Today's post on collective trauma, feeling even more poignant after the events of the last few weeks and yesterday! www.ticservicesltd.com/2025/03/01/w...

Today Birth Companions launches our latest campaign, calling for an ambitious new approach to pregnancy, birth and early motherhood across the whole criminal justice system. Find out more: www.birthcompanions.org.uk/articles/cam...

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...

If you want to understand who incarceration helps and who it hurts, look at how many people in state prisons today grew up with an incarcerated parent. https://buff.ly/41tfIK9

"Politicians are guilty of turning our prisons into pressure cookers". Our Chief Executive, Andrea Coomber KC (Hon.), wrote an opinion piece for the @Independent on the impact of the political classes getting hooked on being 'tough on crime'. www.independent.co.u...

What a pleasure to have the amazing @proflizkelly.bsky.social speak at Lancaster Uni on Friday on 'Revisiting Surviving Sexual Violence'. Inspirational talk & so much to think about! Organised by our own @vcanning.bsky.social for new Harm, Crime & Criminalisation centre @lulawcrim.bsky.social

The tragedy of our universities in deep recession is that, for all the caveats, they produce exactly that connectivity, that sense of place, that attachment and even love that everyone is saying they want. You'll miss it all once it's gone.

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 pod.fo/e/2a9740 Prison is meant to punish wrongdoing. But it's not just the person on the inside who's punished, it's their family too... In this episode, we're joined by Josie Cole and Dr Lorna Brookes to discuss imprisonment, children, and families. 🎧Listen now! pod.fo/e/2a9740

Moving interview with a mother who gave birth in prison & subsequently experienced 5 weeks' separation from her new baby & with @midwifeteacher.bsky.social on @lostmothers.bsky.social Pregnant women shouldn't be imprisoned. Laura says we need immediate change From 22:13 www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

We are looking to appoint a Departmental Lecturer in Criminology for a three-year post covering Professor Ian Loader’s leave. The role includes teaching, research, and supporting the Centre’s work. Find out more about the new role and apply today: shorturl.at/dN7Jn

1st book on pregnancy and motherhood in prison in the UK (unbelievably!) by the brilliant Lucy Baldwin & me, published by Bristol University Press policy.bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/pregnancy-an...

One for colleagues in England & Wales: The Women's Justice Board meet for first time today. They are seeking Expressions of Interest to appoint 7 specialists to Women’s Justice Partnership Delivery Group. Examples: Chief Execs, indep. experts, women with lived experience www.gov.uk/government/g...

“The isolation from your loved ones is one of the hardest parts of prison” A woman in our campaign has written a powerful piece in the Metro on her experiences of pregnancy in prison, and how accurate the EastEnders storyline is metro.co.uk/2025/01/22/l...

Thrilled! The Morrigan Blog - a feminist blog that looks at exploring the ways in which gender and sexuality articulate with questions of law and justice - is up and running! Thks @illanwall.bsky.social for the set up! #FeministLegalWork #Feminism #LegalFeminism Pls repost! dflw.ie/how-to-join/

'Labour Pains: Mothers and Motherhood on the British Left in the Twentieth Century', bit.ly/4js1vE4 with lead authors @lottelydia.bsky.social and @teadevotee.bsky.social New Roundtable article now available, Open Access, in 'Transactions of the Royal Historical Society' #Skystorians 1/2

"We cannot build our way out of this crisis. The billions earmarked for opening new jails would be better invested in securing an effective and responsive probation service, working to cut crime in the community." Read more from our Chief Executive here: www.bigissue.com/opinion/pris...

Hi everyone, to kick off my maiden post please read our newly published paper in the BJC which argues for the abolition of all short term custodial sentences for children, and presents an alternative, viable, cost effective model @drkathyhampson.bsky.social academic.oup.com/bjc/advance-...

“We see the same unsafe systems and practices being repeated across the Priory Group. Families go through all of these protracted, distressing legal processes… and the sad fact is that the same mistakes keep being made.” - @debcoles13.bsky.social bit.ly/3BzreJA

“Instances of prolonged separation are “yet more evidence” that “prison is no place for a child” - @thehowardleague.bsky.social in @prospectmagazine.co.uk www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/cr...

Global Prisoners’ Families, an interdisciplinary research network examining the intersection of punishment, criminal legal processes, and justice-involved families is now on Bluesky as @familyjustice.bsky.social. Please do give us a follow and spread the word! @oxfordcrim.bsky.social

Welcome to all the newcomers in another wave of X-odus 👋 It's calmer and less toxic here. If it helps find collegiate community, here is a list of academics working in Criminology in the UK, worth following. There's also a link to a wider #Criminology feed #Penology #AcademicSky go.bsky.app/8sCM5VZ