Russell Webster ✍️
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Researcher, evaluator, consultant & writer in drugs, alcohol & criminal justice. My blog keeps you up-to-date on the latest policy, practice and research.
Hornchurch, Essex. UK
Joined April 2010
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Will the first Secure School be the last?
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Rob Allen on the multiple failings in the Children's and Young People's Secure Estate.
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New prison education contracts – more of the same?
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Jon Collins of the Prisoners' Education Trust outlines the new prison education contracts.
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My summary of the main provisions in yesterday's Sentencing Bill
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Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood publishes Sentencing Bill to implement recommendations of the Sentencing Review.
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Shabana Mahmood publishes Sentencing Bill to implement recommendations of Sentencing Review - my overview.
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Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood publishes Sentencing Bill to implement recommendations of the Sentencing Review.
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After I got the dreaded #IPP sentence I blagged a script that any junkie would be proud of - 70MG methadone 30MG diazepam and 600MG pregabalin a day. I don't know why they allowed me that much medication for that long .@DDNMagazine p.22.
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Imagine being homeless, dispossessed, and afraid to ask for help. Imagine coming out of prison without the first idea of how to find an income, let alone a career. Imagine having no clue that there...
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Interesting piece by Carly Wright of @PhoenixFutures1 on a group of people in prison challenging the pervasive culture of stigma in new @DDNMagazine (p.12).
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Imagine being homeless, dispossessed, and afraid to ask for help. Imagine coming out of prison without the first idea of how to find an income, let alone a career. Imagine having no clue that there...
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Justice Secretary introduces democratic lock over Sentencing Council.Excuse an increasingly cynical person's response but isn't this Orwellian NewsSpeak for undemocratic?.
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The Sentencing Council will be unable to issue new guidelines without the approval of the Justice Secretary.
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The latest resources for justice practitioners .The newest additions to the @ButlerTrust Knowledge Exchange site for prison, probation and youth justice practitioners.
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The newest additions to the Butler Trust's Knowledge Exchange site for prison, probation and youth justice practitioners.
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The latest resources for justice practitioners
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The newest additions to the Butler Trust's Knowledge Exchange site for prison, probation and youth justice practitioners.
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There are 88,424 people in prison today, an increase of 151 people on two weeks ago (there were no figures published last Monday as it was a Bank Holiday).
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Wandsworth Prison: Inmate who took own life 'failed by staff'.A prisoner "would almost certainly still be alive today" if he had not been sent to crisis-hit HMP Wandsworth, @PPOmbudsman has ruled.
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Rajwinder Singh took his own life days after arriving at the jail amid repeated failures to help him.
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Prison and probation performance continues to nose-dive
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MoJ statistics show full extent of prison and probation crises
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HMP Kirkham Inspection highlights big drugs problem & poor accommodation but improvement on activities and resettlement support.
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Barriers to reintegration faced by people released from long prison sentences .@PRTuk highlights the need for enhanced support and policy reform for people released from long-term prison sentences.
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Prison Reform Trust highlights the need for enhanced support and policy reform for people released from long-term prison sentences.
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Barriers to reintegration faced by people released from long prison sentences
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Prison Reform Trust highlights the need for enhanced support and policy reform for people released from long-term prison sentences.
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Little meaningful contact between children and staff at YOIs
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Prison Inspectorate thematic review say lack of positive relationships affects the ability to run safe YOIs in which children can engage with supportive services.
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What’s it like being a prison probation officer?
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Laura Pope researches the views and experiences of probation staff working in prison.
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The needs of people in prison and on probation
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MoJ data on the identified needs of offenders in custody and the community
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