Lots of this mythbusting is needed in prisons too

Many people I speak to are surprised that there is a need for drug free wings in prisons because surely prisons should be drug free! Today���s @CommonsJustice report on the current accessibility of drugs in prisons shows why these wings are so desperately needed.

Illiteracy is a huge issue for those in our prisons too - it is much more prevalent than exclusions

Either there has just been an earthquake in Istanbul or my hotel room is weirdly wobbly!

Good advice from Rosemary Ricciardelli at ICPA #wellbeingcorrections 1. Don’t assume it’s about you if someone is upset 2. Be kind

Nothing quite like the junk science about learning that other sectors like to chuck around. So far have heard about needing to focus on the “right hand side of our brain” and that “evidence shows” adults only learn through interaction. ARGGGHHHH!

Also speaks about how being trauma informed has become a bit of a meaningless buzzword. I couldn’t agree more.

On shackling female prisoners during childbirth: “If you think this is needed, you’ve clearly never been in labour. When a woman is in labour she does not run fast,” says Stephanie Covington at ICPA #wellbeingincorrections

Excited to be speaking at this year’s ICPA annual conference about @unlockedgrads research and findings around how better support of prison officers can lead to better retention and performance. Also, how this can lead to better outcomes for the prisoners in their care.

These bike and pram ramps in Stockholm are so useful. @TfL should introduce to all tube stations without lifts or escalators immediately! Especially Kensal Green!

YES - let's move away from sweets and games consoles as rewards in prison! Instead let's have industrious environments, high-quality education and work, programmes to help behaviour change, and highly trained expert staff! Should cost about the same, right?

Delighted to be one of the 2025 women of the year, and to share it with these two legends of the criminal justice reform world too! #WOTY25

Really thoughtful post by Daisy on possible new year 8 reading test (which I am tentatively v supportive of). The old ks3 SAT presented as more of a year 6 than GCSE paper - we need something that feels like preparation for y11, not just a hard version of a primary school test.

Brilliantly funny description of motherhood by @caitlinmoran in @thetimes this morning

Exciting conference cocktails at @AQA @SchoolsWeek drinks for #cpc25

Thread of threads marking the launch of Leading Prison Landings with @NPorter_ and @unlockedgrads

From prison to private jets.. what an inspirational story of the essential work which goes on to help equip those leaving prison with the skills they need to turn their lives around!

Losing charities like @TheClinkCharity and @unlockedgrads is going to make our prisons worse, and worse prisons ultimately means less safe communities. This isn’t just sad because some nice charities stop existing, it will have a real negative impact on people’s lives!

Obviously I have particular personal interest in this issue (😭) but SO MANY government procurement processes seem to end up in an own goal at the moment. For the sake of society it desperately needs fixing. UK’s only prisoner-run restaurant faces closure

There are now more HR workers than lawyers or doctors in the UK. How did a job – once a back-office function – become so central to the UK workplace? I’ve investigated in today’s Sunday Times Magazine…🧵