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Very concerning that control room will not let me speak to someone in charge of the prison today to make an urgent safeguarding referral for a vulnerable young adult who has been stabbed and requires urgent medical attention.
Incredibly proud of our Director Janet Wallsgrove whose work for the prison service has been recognised with an OBE in the New Year's Honours List. Starting out as an officer on the landings she serves as an inspiration for us all!@g4s@HiddenHeroes_UK
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We are searching for solicitors who specialise in representing IPP prisoners and life sentenced prisoners for parole. If you know of any, please provide recommendations. It is crucial for both us and the prisoners that they receive adequate legal representation.
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NEW - response to my FOIA on the reasons why the Justice Secretary refused to accept 146 out of 168 recommendations by @Parole_Board for people in prison to be transferred to open conditions in the year ending May 2023
laurakjanes.co.uk/blog/the-r…
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Do you believe Tory Dominic Raab is a bully?
If you believe he is, Retweet
#ToryScumOut #ToriesOut267 #ToriesOut268
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Over 150 prisoners have been refused moves to open jails since Dominic Raab tightened the rules. They were all indeterminate sentenced prisoners, mostly lifers & IPPs, who were recommended for moves to open jails by the Parole Board, only to have the decision overturned by Raab.
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Latest exchanges between Dominic Raab and the Justice Committee reveal that changes to the eligibility for open prisons are a solution searching for a problem.
prisonreformtrust.org.uk/blo…
Layla retweeted
So the example used as to why #Parole needs reform is a case that wasn't referred to the Parole Board and wasn't a PB case or release...
'At what point of being in govt and having years to fix systems, do you acknowledge that it is your responsibility, not the govt from more than a decade ago.'
＠susannareid100 challenges ＠DominicRaab over the plans to toughen the parole system as she points out the current govt has had 13 years to fix it.
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"Any dispassionate analysis of the parole process shows that it is already overwhelmingly focused on public protection and that the Parole Board takes a very cautious approach..."
Read our full reaction to the announcement of the Victims & Prisoners Bill
prisonreformtrust.org.uk/prt…
Layla retweeted
Raab has never attended a parole hearing. Blatant interference with the independence of the Board yet again. Time to make the Board a Tribunal in HMCTS.
It’s a Court not the Government’s play thing.
Rate of serious reoffending for those released by Board is less than 0.5%
Ministers can veto prisoners' parole in Victims and Prisoners Bill bbc.in/3zhbI08
Layla retweeted
Stark contrast in the standards that apply to the @Parole_Board and the officials that reject their recommendations revealed prisonreformtrust.org.uk/blo…
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This is a thread about an important High Court judgment which was handed down yesterday. It concerns the decision of Dominic Raab to try to control the conduct of parole proceedings and to prescribe how his officials provide evidence to the Parole Board.
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Prisoners may have been set free in error after Dominic Raab’s Parole reform standard.co.uk/news/uk/priso…
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We have written to the Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice to ask for more information about Parole Board recommendations on moves to open conditions for prisoners.
📃 You can read this letter here: committees.parliament.uk/pub…
ALT Page 1 of the letter
ALT Page 2 of the letter
Layla retweeted
After 6 June 2022, something dramatic altered how officials at the Ministry of Justice considered cases that had been recommended by the Parole Board as suitable for transfer to open conditions.
Our latest update on changes to the parole rules.
prisonreformtrust.org.uk/blo…
Layla retweeted
NEW The Government says falling reoffending rates is a really good thing.
Unfortunately it’s not.
Here’s why - latest blog, free to read, no subscription needed: dannyshaw.net/post/the-falla…
Layla retweeted
#headlines: Prisoners can’t move to open jails and it’s putting the public at risk, says governor buff.ly/3HHaXTm
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Communication with loved ones is vital to a prisoners mental health and rehabilitation. It's shocking to hear that HMP Elmley has banned letters from loved ones, suggesting family and friends use Email-a-Prisoner instead. insidetime.org/prisoners-ban…
Layla retweeted
Useful read, over 600 open prison places unused while there is a shortage in the closed estate, and how so many PB recommendations for open are rejected...
dannyshaw.net/post/the-gover…
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Clarity needed on changes to eligibility for open conditions. Read our letter to the prisons minister Victoria Atkins.
prisonreformtrust.org.uk/cla…
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‘It is time for a thorough review of the impact of extreme imprisonment on the mental and physical health of people detained’
The IAPDC has written - with Royal Medical Colleges, scrutiny bodies, unions, and health and justice charities - to DHSC and MoJ: static1.squarespace.com/stat…
