Last month in criminal justice. November edition

Richard and Helen were joined by Jo Phoenix of The Open University and Hannah Quirk of King's College London to discuss:

• The Casey Review of the Met Police, following the conviction of Wayne Couzens for the murder of Sarah Everard
• The Independent Office for Police Conduct review of the investigation into the murder of Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman
• The conviction of Penelope Jackson for the murder of her husband, David Jackson
• Recent reports from the Inspectorate of Prisons
• Self-harm in prisons
• The "A woman's place is not in prison" event in central London in late October
• The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

A video of the discussion will be available shortly.

Here is a list of the main publications, reports and organisations they discussed.

1. Casey Review of the Met Police

• Here's the page with the details of the government inquiry, announced by Priti Patel in early October.
• Here's the announcement of the Casey Review, set up by the Metropolitan Police.
• Helen mentioned an analysis of public inquiries by the Institute for Government. It's here.

2. Review of the investigation into the murder of Bibaa Henry and Nicole Smallman

• The summary of the Independent Office for Police Conduct review is here.
• The letter from the Met Commissioner, Cressida Dick, to the Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan.
• The verdict of Mina Smallman, mother of Bibaa Henry, 46, and Nicole Smallman.

3. The conviction of Penelope Jackson

• Richard mentioned the Centre for Women's Justice report, Women who kill. You can find it here.
• Here is the Centre for Women's Justice response to Penelope Jackson's conviction.

4. Prison inspectorate reports

• You can download all the reports from the Prison Inspectorate from here.

Richard mentioned some of the organisations working to tackle the scandal of child imprisonment:

• Alliance for Youth Justice
• Article 39
• Just for Kids Law

5. Self-harm in prisons

• Russell Webster's analysis of the latest figures.
• Hannah mentioned the comprehensive Bromley Briefings, produced by the Prison Reform Trust.

6. A woman's place is not in prison

• Richard mentioned the racist and misogynistic abuse directed at those attending the event by trans-activists. "The Woman in Coventry" Twitter account has posted video of some of it.
• Here's a written summary of the abuse, from the Woman's Place UK website.
• The videos of the talks given at the event last week can be found on the Woman's Place UK Youtube channel.
• Here is the article by Lindsay German, criticising attempts to intimidate women meeting to discuss single-sex services (about half way down the piece, sub-title: 'It has to stop').

Richard mentioned a number of organisations working in the area of women's imprisonment:

• FairPlay for Women
• Howard League for Penal Reform
• Keep Prisons Single Sex
• Prison Reform Trust
• Women in Prison

7. The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

• The parliamentary page for the Bill (not for the faint-hearted) is here.
• Here's a piece on short-sentences reform Helen Mills wrote earlier this year.
• Here's a bit more on the work we are doing in relation to the "Imprisonment for Public Protection" prison sentences.