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Ailie Rennie
@ailierennie.bsky.social
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(she/her) Research assistant at Uni of Nottingham. Post-prison Project Lead at the Prison Reform Trust. Recent PhD from Uni of Cambridge. New Bridge Foundation trustee. Interested in punishment, resettlement, indeterminate sentences (and football!).
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ailierennie.bsky.social
🚨I'm very excited to announce the launch of my report: Release from long-term imprisonment. This report is based on a new empirical study I conducted last year into the release experiences of people who have served very long prison sentences.
prisonreformtrust.org.uk/publication/...
August 29, 2025 at 10:36 AM
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aclu.org
BREAKING: A federal judge ruled all transgender and intersex people can obtain passports that align with their gender identity while the case against President Trump's executive order proceeds.

While this is good news, we will continue fighting until this executive order is blocked permanently.
June 17, 2025 at 9:42 PM
ailierennie.bsky.social
Ministry of Justice has scrapped public support for LGBT, gender and race in diversity overhaul, promising instead to take an “evidence-based approach” to equality.

www.telegraph.co.uk/business/202...
Ministry of Justice scraps public support for LGBT in diversity overhaul
Department promises to take ‘evidence-based’ approach after updating equality and diversity policy
www.telegraph.co.uk
June 18, 2025 at 2:40 PM
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stephenfarrall.bsky.social
Some more details about the book which @susanmcvie.bsky.social and I edited can be found here:

Please do repost! Many thanks, Steve.
February 3, 2025 at 9:49 AM
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daria-przblsk.bsky.social
Excited to announce the 3rd run of our PhD conference for doctoral students researching in areas of criminology and criminal justice!

We welcome submissions from PhDs at any stage of their degree, from the UK and abroad.
January 27, 2025 at 3:30 PM
ailierennie.bsky.social
Have any of my followers submitted applications for/been successful in applying for the ESRC Postdoctoral Fellowship? And if so, would they be willing to have chat about it? I've seen a few examples in other disciplines but nothing from criminology/law. 🤞
January 31, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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crimeandjustice.bsky.social
We are pleased to see this announcement by the Law Commission of a review of law and sentencing on homicide, including in relation to joint enterprise convictions

lawcom.gov.uk/law-commissi...
Law Commission to review law and sentencing in homicide - Law Commission
The Law Commission has agreed to take on a project reviewing the law on homicide and the sentencing framework for murder. The review follows a request from the Lord Chancellor and recognises the vital...
lawcom.gov.uk
December 6, 2024 at 12:20 PM
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tomgauld.bsky.social
MY YEAR-END READING STATISTICS #wrapped
(originally for @theguardian.com)
Title: MY YEAR-END READING STATISTICS Image: Five colourful diagrams. 1. Most considered authors: Joyce. Proust. Tolstoy Considered reading (all ticked) Actually read (none ticked) 2. Non-fiction Titles consumed (19 blocks) Information retained (2 of the 19 shaded) 3. Unread book pile A bar chart. Last year (high) This year (higer still) 17% increase 4. Loans Books lent vs books returned. The difference between the two is labelled "friendships under review" 5.Audiobook listening A pie chart with 4 sections Concentrating: 42% Passively absorbing: 26% Completely distracted: 19% Asleep: 13%
December 5, 2024 at 12:38 PM
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francispakes.bsky.social
"I didn’t need prison; it didn’t touch the sides. I needed rehab. There was no 12-step programme in prison. There were no education programmes, no nothing. Chelmsford prison was a bucket in the corner."

www.theguardian.com/football/202...
‘Prison didn’t touch the sides’: Tony Adams on addiction, losing the man who saved him and helping others
The former Arsenal and England captain Tony Adams tells Michael Butler that he has finally ‘grown up’, with ‘no tentacles’ from his troubled past
www.theguardian.com
December 2, 2024 at 9:55 AM
ailierennie.bsky.social
This year, I've decided to do my first 'Avoidant Advent' calendar. I've made a list of 24 jobs I've been putting off and am aiming to tick them off one by one to avoid taking them into the new year✅ Of course, there's also a chocolate reward for doing so...🍫
Anyone else doing anything new this year?
December 2, 2024 at 9:30 AM
ailierennie.bsky.social
Yesterday some friends and I went to the Koestler Arts exhibit at Southbank, entitled ‘No Comment’. The exhibition was incredibly powerful and moving. It’s free and there until the 15th, so please go and see it!
December 1, 2024 at 9:01 AM
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stephenfarrall.bsky.social
We're looking for a new Head of School. Details here - please do forward on.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKP667/h...
Head of School of Sociology and Social Policy at University of Nottingham
Discover Head of School of Sociology and Social Policy jobs and more in higher education on jobs.ac.uk. Apply for further details on the top job board.
www.jobs.ac.uk
November 25, 2024 at 5:07 PM