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  • Our Deputy Director, on 'The Power of People, Partnerships and Participation'

    Thursday, 12 July, 2018

    Will McMahon, the Centre's Deputy Director, spoke at the Islington Voluntary Sector Conference 2018 yesterday. 

    The theme of the conference, run by Voluntary Action Islington, was 'The Power of People, Partnerships and Participation'.

    Will spoke about the Community Plan for Holloway, which is a coalition of local organisations, trade unions, churches, campaign groups and political parties, working together to transform the Holloway prison site into an opportunity for affordable homes, facilities and services for Islington. 

  • Our Director's evidence to the Justice Committee

    Wednesday, 11 July, 2018

    Our Director, Richard Garside, gave evidence to the Justice Committee earlier today as part of the Prison Population 2022: planning for the future inquiry. 

    Key questions were asked about:

  • Confusion over Holloway buyer announcement

    Saturday, 30 June, 2018

    Contrary to what prisons minister Rory Stewart told the House of Commons Justice Committee last week, a buyer for the Holloway prison site will be announced over the summer, the Camden New Journal reports.

  • Holloway prison sale timetable slips again

    Thursday, 28 June, 2018

    At a Justice Committee meeting on Tuesday, Prisons Minister Rory Stewart announced that a bidder will be in place for the Holloway site by the end of the year.

    Stewart said that the prison population was likely to increase and the Holloway site sale would provide funding for new prisons to cater to that demand.

    Deputy Director at the Centre, Will McMahon responded to the announcement:

  • UK Justice Policy Review 7 out now

    Monday, 25 June, 2018

    The seventh edition of UK Justice Policy Review is out now, covering the period from the 2016 Brexit referendum to the 2017 General Election.  

    Produced annually, the Review uniquely offers concise coverage of key policy developments in criminal justice across England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

  • Our research on prisons cited in European Parliament report

    Monday, 21 May, 2018

    European Parliament has cited European Prison Observatory research in a briefing on prison conditions in member states. 

    The European Prison Observatory is an ongoing, pan-European project funded by the European Union of which the Centre is partner. 

    Further information on the project can be found here. 

  • Our Director and Trustee in The Economist

    Friday, 11 May, 2018

    Both our Director and Trustee have been quoted in The Economist in an article about the continued use of the gang matrix by the Metropolitan Police. 

    The gang matrix has received national press coverage this week after Amnesty International produced a report highlighting the high numbers of ethnic minorities on the matrix. 

  • Gang matrix a human rights violation: New report

    Wednesday, 09 May, 2018

    Amnesty International has, this week, accused the Metropolitan Police of violating the human rights of predominantly black boys and men through continued use of the gang violence matrix. 

    The report references our research from 2016 with Becky Clarke and Patrick Williams, Dangerous Associations: Joint Enterprise, Gangs and Racism. 

  • Video: In conversation with Alex S Vitale

    Thursday, 03 May, 2018

    In March, along with Netpol, we organised the launch of Alex S Vitale's book, The End of Policing. 

    Video footage of the talk and discussion from the launch can be viewed here.

  • Police spying and political movements

    Wednesday, 02 May, 2018

    Our Research Fellow, Connor Woodman, has written two articles published in Verso and Jacobin. 

    For Verso, Connor responds to Alex S Vitale's The End of Policing and asks, 'When, if ever, is it justified for the state to surveil, infiltrate and repress political movements'? 

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