Comment
Prison safety and reform: When?
Prison Safety and Reform was published in November 2016. Covering 61 often-repetitive,...
Publication
The toxic legacy of New Labour
Joe Sim argues that New Labour stannds indicted for intensifying politically and spiritually corrosive policies in the criminal justice system. (This article is republished from Issue 79, March 2010 of Criminal Justice Matters) Steal a little and they throw you in jail , steal a lot and they make...
Comment
Beyond Govism
According to liberal commentators, Michael Gove's speech on penal reform at the Conservative Party conference in Manchester, and his subsequent announcement that HMP Holloway was to close, will...
Publication
Reflections
Jamie Bennett, Joe Sim, Peter Squires, Robert Reiner and Barry Loveday offer their own recollections of a stand out subject from the past 26 years Jamie Bennett - Rex Bloomstein's films of reflection and empathy Through his documentaries, Rex Bloomstein has charted the experience of imprisonment...