Erwin James FRSA MUniv (Open)
@TheErwinJames
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Author - Guardian Columnist/Cbtr since 1998 https://t.co/BPJJ2i2bbk… fmr Ed in Chief Inside Time @InsideTimeUK - the nat nspapr for prsnrs
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Joined January 2012
RT @VeteransJimmy: Jimmy Johnson Veterans’ Survival November 2023 #News 📰🗞Checkout 👀 the latest updates which include #remembranceday2023,….
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Utterly brilliant piece by @anitachabria prison American prison guards found exactly what I found during visits to Norway prisons
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Gov. Gavin Newsom wants to change how incarceration is done in the Golden State, using concepts pioneered in Scandinavia. California prison guards visited Norway to see what it would mean.
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Not long now before what is going to be a v v memorable event: Theo Padnos: The Prison Notebooks via @CreativeFstone.
creativefolkestone.org.uk
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Front page of todays Mail, ‘Violent prisoners to be freed 18 days early’ - inside front page, ‘Jail with nine suicides in 4 years’ - stories are back to front by any decent journalistic measure surely.
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I’ve visited the Magilligan writing group a couple of times, not surprised about this - Prisoners Win Record 28 Creative Writing Awards - 4ni - #GoogleAlerts.
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RT @TheErwinJames: Looking forward so much to meeting and chatting with Theo on Sat 25 nov
creativefolkestone.org.uk
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Looking forward so much to meeting and chatting with Theo on Sat 25 nov
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RT @SAMARIUN: "The IPP Sentence is the Greatest Stain on the Justice System - called out as Psychological Torture by the Special Rapporteur….
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You have everything to live for, time heals believe me.
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RT @PrisonersEd: Last week, @MoJGovUK published new statistics on education in prison in England during 2022-23. Our CEO @jonbcollins fin….
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Jon Collins of the Prisoners' Education Trust reviews the statistics for 2022/3 and finds good and bad news.
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Great to see my good friend Eoin McLennan-Murray @EoinMclennan_M on the Twitter sphere at last. Hi book about the Great Blantyre House Raid: Beyond Redemption’ The Truth behind the Raid… will be available on Amazon next week. I’ve read it, my god what a story #BeyondRedemption.
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RT @fmspear: The prison estate is running out of space, police station cells are on standby, not-so-temporary prison accommodation is being….
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Recently I watched again the movie ‘Erin Brockovich’ about a woman determined to get justice. My brain became filled with questions but instead of going to bed I decided to write and to capture wha…
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RT @1roddyRussell: Thank you Channel 4 for showing a snapshot of State Torture. Indeterminate prison sentences - when 18 months can last 18….
channel4.com
The UN rapporteur for torture has told this programme that Indeterminate prison terms, or IPP Sentences, which were handed down by UK judges up until 11 years ago are an "egregious miscarriage of...
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Odd that you can get nine years for planning to execute the Sovereign with a loaded crossbow… but get 99 years IPP and wallow in jail seemingly endlessly @PRTuk.
Why are some prisoners still serving banned indeterminate prison sentences? Watch @PRTuk’s Mark Day discuss the issue with @krishgm on @Channel4News
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Fine piece of writing.
"I can tell you what it feels like to be cooked." . In a recent essay published in partnership with the @Guardian, Khaȧliq Shakur shares what it's like to endure a scorching summer in a Texas prison.
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Jack was one of the finest human beings. Yours and Saskia’s legacy of hope will live on forever. Without people like you, people like I was would never make it.
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RT @SteGallant: Immensely honoured to have received The Queen’s Gallantry Medal at Windsor Castle from The Princess Royal. My work with @….
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