@mrjamesob.bsky.social Imagine all the things you are discussing manifesting themselves in child and adult prisons
23.02.2026 11:12
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@mrjamesob.bsky.social Imagine all the things you are discussing manifesting themselves in child and adult prisons
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Tina Brown- the wife of the late great Harold Evans - journalism royalty
Stepped down tonight after 18 great years as a trustee of @longfordtrust.bsky.social since its inception. Proud to have been with a charity helping people not writing pamphlets.
@mrjamesob.bsky.social Maya Angelou said: “People will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel," Finally people are feeling uncomfortable with Trump.
The decisions may not have benefited the tax payers but the decision makers did well in terms of gongs and promotions.
It is clear that a significant factor in court delays is the collapse of the prison and probation service be it in the failure to get prisoners to court or to produce probation reports for sentencing - as ever, no accountability @thecriminalbar.bsky.social @joannahs.bsky.social
@mrjamesob.bsky.social People with ADHD etc are sadly easier to arrest-they are ‘low hanging fruit’ - their behaviour is seen as irritating & frustrating- rarely dangerous except to themselves. They are part of the large cohort of people imprisoned because we are ‘mad at’ rather than frightened of.
A bit late in posting the latest Long View. Prisoners on the loose now - and in the 1860s. Featuring Prof Helen Johnston and @johnpodmore.bsky.social www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
The inquest found that neglect had contributed to her death – an extremely rare conclusion which can only be used where there has been a gross failure to provide basic medical attention and this has caused a person’s death.
www.theguardian.com/society/2025...
ECHR: to the best of my research the UK “loses” (i.e. has a violation ruling) roughly 5-20 cases a year in past decades, but more recently this is down to nearer 1–5 cases a year. Happy to be contradicted.
www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/ideas/law/la... - crunch time?? @arusbridger.bsky.social
‘Nothing to see here’ say the prison service and ministers- I beg to disagree. We have a £1 billion illicit drug economy in our prisons and some people are doing very well out of it.
Leaked report shows 10,000 gap in probation staff
Corruption in prisons goes far beyond the sensational headlines about female officers and illicit affairs. It has seeped into the very core of the system, reaching the highest levels of leadership. This isn’t just misconduct—it’s rot at the top.
Well done Governor Colin Hussey and his team- may they be left in post to continue their work
“The prison service had failed to protect this jail from serious organised crime gang activity”
Is this a modern day Medomsley?
A national scandal gaming no media traction www.gov.uk/government/n...
The PFI contract awarded in 2004 to G4S for Oakhill runs until June 2029, with an overall contract value of c £450 million over 25 years / £18m per year
c £170k per child per year. This is not about resources, overcrowding or crumbling Victorian buildings- leadership & management, pure &simple
BREAKING HUGE WIN! 🚨 New York just announced that phone calls will soon be FREE in New York prisons, bringing around $13 million in relief annually to incarcerated people and their families. The new policy is expected to go into effect on August 1st. Spread the news!
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
“I have just been put on a 12-week education course, which I’m already qualified for and which I will never complete, as I move prison in three weeks”
“Yet many of its shocking failures are firmly within the control of leaders." www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
“As things stand, HMPPS remains a top-heavy, inflexible, and overly bureaucratic organisation. It is failing to show the change leadership, flexibility, and innovation that is desperately required. Whether it is fit for purpose is open to question and remains to be proven.”
“A sense of complacency and inadequate accountability arrangements throughout the prison service;
Reviewed in totality, HMPPS is inflexible, and overly bureaucratic” - excoriating stuff from the Committee but the Government is still promoting those responsible ( without due process)
@hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social being attacked yet again by the Prison Governors Association is not a good look.
“Too many of the failures outlined in this letter are firmly within the control of HMPPS leaders” - who continue to be promoted and rewarded for their failure
We have a one club golfer approach to punishment. 4 years imprisonment means 18 months in a local prison banged up 23 hours a day getting addicted to spice. Maybe 4 actual years working 8 hours a day on the moors planting trees.
