News
High Court ruling on male prisoners in women's prisons
The High Court today ruled that the prison service was acting within the current law by housing some male prisoners who identify as women in women's prisons.
Comment
Women's prisons should be single-sex
If you are reading this, you probably already know at least some of the facts about women in prison.
Comment
We need open discussion on the welfare of women in prison
‘Female prisoners must not share the same accommodation as male prisoners’.
Comment
Opaque and overdue: the Scottish Prison Service trans prisoner policy review
In April 2012 the Scottish Government published Commission on Women Offenders, by Dame Elish Angiolini, setting out a series of practical recommendations to help improve the outcomes for women in the criminal justice system.
Comment
Mothers and babies in prison: It's complicated
It is surprising that the conditions for babies in prison have remained unchanged for around 200 years.
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Stories of Injustice: The criminalisation of women convicted under joint enterprise laws
It is nearly five years since we published Dangerous associations: Joint enterprise, gangs and racism, a report which came from the collaborative project between researchers and campaigners at JENGbA and CCJS.
Comment
Counting the costs of extreme lockdown in prisons
“They’re going grey in the face and are constantly tired and worn out. They haven’t had any sunlight.”
Comment
A welcome shift in the transgender debate
After the drama and toxicity of the transgender debate, yesterday was something of welcome anticlimax.
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What has gone down must go up
“Mum phones every day. I cannot explain how it makes me feel. It makes me feel sad and confused”.
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Righting wrongs: Access to criminal appeals for women in prison
I am a criminal defence investigator at APPEAL, a non-profit law practice, specialising in challenging wrongful convictions and unfair sentences for women in criminal cases.
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Is it a crime to be poor?
The great Angela Davis wrote in Are Prisons Obsolete?:
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Poverty is not a crime: ending imprisonment for debt
As the country prepares to enter into a new legal and political era, marked by novel and complex constitutional challenges, some of the most vulnerable members of society, and particularly women, are facing legal battles which would not be out of place in Victorian times.