Faith Spear FRSA
@faithspear.bsky.social
Lead author, The Criminal Justice Blog; prison-reform advocate; criminal-justice system commentator; criminologist
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A typically thought provoking piece by @faithspear to the rigid, zero sum formula which reduces ‘lived’ and ‘learned’ experiences to separate and warring poles.
August 19, 2025 at 9:41 PM
A typically thought provoking piece by @faithspear to the rigid, zero sum formula which reduces ‘lived’ and ‘learned’ experiences to separate and warring poles.
Reposted by Faith Spear FRSA
We are thrilled to have had our work in prisons featured on
@observeruk.bsky.social!
Written by Liberty Choir trustee Paul Webster, the article recounts his experiences within prison as a volunteer of our programmes.
Read the full article at the following link 👉🏻 bit.ly/3JenO31
@observeruk.bsky.social!
Written by Liberty Choir trustee Paul Webster, the article recounts his experiences within prison as a volunteer of our programmes.
Read the full article at the following link 👉🏻 bit.ly/3JenO31
November 3, 2025 at 3:38 PM
We are thrilled to have had our work in prisons featured on
@observeruk.bsky.social!
Written by Liberty Choir trustee Paul Webster, the article recounts his experiences within prison as a volunteer of our programmes.
Read the full article at the following link 👉🏻 bit.ly/3JenO31
@observeruk.bsky.social!
Written by Liberty Choir trustee Paul Webster, the article recounts his experiences within prison as a volunteer of our programmes.
Read the full article at the following link 👉🏻 bit.ly/3JenO31
Reposted by Faith Spear FRSA
Nice to read about something positive in the prison system - the work of @libertychoiruk.bsky.social!
“Hans is distressed, angry. But then he sings. He smiles. A first moment of calm.”
Read more as Paul Webster shares what he learned singing with prisoners every week.
https://bit.ly/3JDjnPg
Read more as Paul Webster shares what he learned singing with prisoners every week.
https://bit.ly/3JDjnPg
What I learned singing with prisoners every week
Behind bars, violence and despair are overwhelming. But when Liberty Choir meets, something extraordinary happens
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November 2, 2025 at 11:44 AM
Nice to read about something positive in the prison system - the work of @libertychoiruk.bsky.social!
Apparently on this app I have to prove my age due to my location!
Facial recognition or scan of my credit card (no way)
I have tried until I am sick of it, all I get it go to setting to enable camera. I've tried settings to no avail. So I have no access to any messages I have received.
Facial recognition or scan of my credit card (no way)
I have tried until I am sick of it, all I get it go to setting to enable camera. I've tried settings to no avail. So I have no access to any messages I have received.
November 3, 2025 at 12:07 PM
Apparently on this app I have to prove my age due to my location!
Facial recognition or scan of my credit card (no way)
I have tried until I am sick of it, all I get it go to setting to enable camera. I've tried settings to no avail. So I have no access to any messages I have received.
Facial recognition or scan of my credit card (no way)
I have tried until I am sick of it, all I get it go to setting to enable camera. I've tried settings to no avail. So I have no access to any messages I have received.
Delighted to be a part of this series: History's Heroes Lady Constance Bulwer Lytton
A compelling insight into the mind of a young woman consumed by a cause which would prove to be instrumental in prison reform and votes for women...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
A compelling insight into the mind of a young woman consumed by a cause which would prove to be instrumental in prison reform and votes for women...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
History's Heroes - History's Toughest Heroes - Constance Bulwer-Lytton: Suffragette Rebel - BBC Sounds
A young suffragette, hiding a secret, goes on hunger strike.
www.bbc.co.uk
November 3, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Delighted to be a part of this series: History's Heroes Lady Constance Bulwer Lytton
A compelling insight into the mind of a young woman consumed by a cause which would prove to be instrumental in prison reform and votes for women...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
A compelling insight into the mind of a young woman consumed by a cause which would prove to be instrumental in prison reform and votes for women...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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A "significant" step has been taken in establishing a national restorative justice programme for victims of the Post Office's Horizon IT scandal
news.sky.com/story/signif...
news.sky.com/story/signif...
'Significant' step in establishing national restorative justice programme for Post Office victims
Long-sought family involvement is included in the proposal, as is partial funding by Fujitsu, and an acknowledgement by the organisers that action "beyond financial compensation" is needed.
news.sky.com
October 31, 2025 at 6:09 PM
A "significant" step has been taken in establishing a national restorative justice programme for victims of the Post Office's Horizon IT scandal
news.sky.com/story/signif...
news.sky.com/story/signif...
@bindmans.com thank you for following me
October 17, 2025 at 6:31 PM
@bindmans.com thank you for following me
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Chocolate & Grace: Succeed in the face of adversity
Women describe the empowerment they feel when they are truly valued, treated with respect, and given the agency to rebuild their lives.
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/09/26/c...
Women describe the empowerment they feel when they are truly valued, treated with respect, and given the agency to rebuild their lives.
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/09/26/c...
Chocolate & Grace: Succeed in the face of adversity
Back in 2017, in The Clink restaurant in HMP Brixton, I had lunch with Chris Moore, the then Chief Executive of The Clink Charity, and a lady from Scotland. We listened carefully as she shared her …
thecriminaljusticeblog.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Chocolate & Grace: Succeed in the face of adversity
Women describe the empowerment they feel when they are truly valued, treated with respect, and given the agency to rebuild their lives.
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/09/26/c...
Women describe the empowerment they feel when they are truly valued, treated with respect, and given the agency to rebuild their lives.
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/09/26/c...
Chocolate & Grace: Succeed in the face of adversity
Women describe the empowerment they feel when they are truly valued, treated with respect, and given the agency to rebuild their lives.
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/09/26/c...
Women describe the empowerment they feel when they are truly valued, treated with respect, and given the agency to rebuild their lives.
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/09/26/c...
Chocolate & Grace: Succeed in the face of adversity
Back in 2017, in The Clink restaurant in HMP Brixton, I had lunch with Chris Moore, the then Chief Executive of The Clink Charity, and a lady from Scotland. We listened carefully as she shared her …
thecriminaljusticeblog.com
September 26, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Chocolate & Grace: Succeed in the face of adversity
Women describe the empowerment they feel when they are truly valued, treated with respect, and given the agency to rebuild their lives.
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/09/26/c...
Women describe the empowerment they feel when they are truly valued, treated with respect, and given the agency to rebuild their lives.
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/09/26/c...
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🚨If you are not yet familiar with the shocking IPP scandal hold onto your seats and watch this jaw dropping update
THE SHOCKING IPP SCANDAL is one of the most cruel, inhumane and monumental injustices of the past half-century. So why has this government allowed it to continue?
youtu.be/HVOWDnYBzDI?...
youtu.be/HVOWDnYBzDI?...
🚨The SHOCKING IPP SCANDAL is one of the most cruel & inhumane injustices of the past half-century
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
September 17, 2025 at 3:57 PM
🚨If you are not yet familiar with the shocking IPP scandal hold onto your seats and watch this jaw dropping update
Dichotomy of Lived v Learned Experience
“You don’t have lived experience”
A statement that is levelled against me far too many times to remember along with being White, A woman and Middle class…etc.
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/08/15/d...
“You don’t have lived experience”
A statement that is levelled against me far too many times to remember along with being White, A woman and Middle class…etc.
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/08/15/d...
Dichotomy of Lived v Learned Experience
I first stepped foot in a prison in 2010; I was invited to be a community witness for a victim awareness course at HMP/YOI Hollesley Bay, around 40 minutes’ drive from my home. The environment was …
thecriminaljusticeblog.com
September 17, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Dichotomy of Lived v Learned Experience
“You don’t have lived experience”
A statement that is levelled against me far too many times to remember along with being White, A woman and Middle class…etc.
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/08/15/d...
“You don’t have lived experience”
A statement that is levelled against me far too many times to remember along with being White, A woman and Middle class…etc.
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/08/15/d...
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Worth the read. Must chat with you about this down the line.
August 20, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Worth the read. Must chat with you about this down the line.
“You don’t have lived experience”
A statement that is levelled against me far too many times to remember along with being White, A woman and Middle class…etc.
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/08/15/d...
A statement that is levelled against me far too many times to remember along with being White, A woman and Middle class…etc.
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/08/15/d...
Dichotomy of Lived v Learned Experience
I first stepped foot in a prison in 2010; I was invited to be a community witness for a victim awareness course at HMP/YOI Hollesley Bay, around 40 minutes’ drive from my home. The environment was …
thecriminaljusticeblog.com
August 15, 2025 at 8:07 PM
“You don’t have lived experience”
A statement that is levelled against me far too many times to remember along with being White, A woman and Middle class…etc.
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/08/15/d...
A statement that is levelled against me far too many times to remember along with being White, A woman and Middle class…etc.
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/08/15/d...
Reading about the new contracts for prison education. Slightly concerned that no award for West Midlands (as yet) and that its the same providers just changing their areas.
Do we have confidence that just changing the areas into 11 lots will bring about any tangible improvement?
Do we have confidence that just changing the areas into 11 lots will bring about any tangible improvement?
The Ministry of Justice has awarded the new contracts for education provision across the adult public prison estate in England.
The new Prisoner Education Services (PES) contracts will replace the current contracts in the autumn.
Find out the providers for the 11 regional lots here ⬇️
The new Prisoner Education Services (PES) contracts will replace the current contracts in the autumn.
Find out the providers for the 11 regional lots here ⬇️
New prison education contracts awarded - Prisoners' Education Trust
The Ministry of Justice has awarded the new contracts for education provision across the adult public prison estate in England.
prisonerseducation.org.uk
August 2, 2025 at 10:23 AM
Reading about the new contracts for prison education. Slightly concerned that no award for West Midlands (as yet) and that its the same providers just changing their areas.
Do we have confidence that just changing the areas into 11 lots will bring about any tangible improvement?
Do we have confidence that just changing the areas into 11 lots will bring about any tangible improvement?
@katemiller01.bsky.social thank you for following me Kate
July 30, 2025 at 9:54 PM
@katemiller01.bsky.social thank you for following me Kate
@casper-does-art.bsky.social so lovely to meet you today. Your art is amazing. I hope you are inspired to continue
July 27, 2025 at 5:23 PM
@casper-does-art.bsky.social so lovely to meet you today. Your art is amazing. I hope you are inspired to continue
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"We are really in a battle to make sure that our prisons are safe."
The Minister for Prisons, Lord Timpson tells Jackie Long about the drug crisis 'they inherited from the last government' and what he plans to do about it.
Read and watch:
www.channel4.com/news/prisons...
The Minister for Prisons, Lord Timpson tells Jackie Long about the drug crisis 'they inherited from the last government' and what he plans to do about it.
Read and watch:
www.channel4.com/news/prisons...
Prisons minister: ‘There are too many drugs in prisons’
We spoke to the Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending Minister, Lord Timpson.
www.channel4.com
July 9, 2025 at 10:53 AM
"We are really in a battle to make sure that our prisons are safe."
The Minister for Prisons, Lord Timpson tells Jackie Long about the drug crisis 'they inherited from the last government' and what he plans to do about it.
Read and watch:
www.channel4.com/news/prisons...
The Minister for Prisons, Lord Timpson tells Jackie Long about the drug crisis 'they inherited from the last government' and what he plans to do about it.
Read and watch:
www.channel4.com/news/prisons...
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An expert working group convened by The Howard League and led by Lord Thomas has come forward with considered proposals aimed at protecting the public while ending the long-running IPP scandal.
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
@thehowardleague.bsky.social
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/06/28/c...
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
@thehowardleague.bsky.social
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/06/28/c...
Campaigning Lawyer Calls On Prime Minister To Back Plan Drawn Up By Lord Thomas To End Shocking IPP Scandal In Viral Video
Campaigning Lawyer and CEO of CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE Peter Stefanovic – who’s films have been watched hundreds of millions of times online – has posted a new film calling on Prime …
thecriminaljusticeblog.com
June 28, 2025 at 11:17 AM
An expert working group convened by The Howard League and led by Lord Thomas has come forward with considered proposals aimed at protecting the public while ending the long-running IPP scandal.
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
@thehowardleague.bsky.social
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/06/28/c...
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
@thehowardleague.bsky.social
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/06/28/c...
CAMPAIGNING LAWYER CALLS ON PRIME MINISTER TO END SHOCKING IPP SCANDAL
A fresh attempt will be made to resolve the IPP scandal once & for all in the form of a Private Members’ Bill by the Labour peer Lord Woodley
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/05/28/c...
A fresh attempt will be made to resolve the IPP scandal once & for all in the form of a Private Members’ Bill by the Labour peer Lord Woodley
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/05/28/c...
CAMPAIGNING LAWYER CALLS ON PRIME MINISTER TO END SHOCKING IPP SCANDAL
Campaigning Lawyer and CEO of CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE Peter Stefanovic – who’s films have been watched hundreds of millions of times online – has posted a new film, this time callin…
thecriminaljusticeblog.com
June 18, 2025 at 6:19 AM
CAMPAIGNING LAWYER CALLS ON PRIME MINISTER TO END SHOCKING IPP SCANDAL
A fresh attempt will be made to resolve the IPP scandal once & for all in the form of a Private Members’ Bill by the Labour peer Lord Woodley
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/05/28/c...
A fresh attempt will be made to resolve the IPP scandal once & for all in the form of a Private Members’ Bill by the Labour peer Lord Woodley
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/05/28/c...
CAMPAIGNING LAWYER CALLS ON PRIME MINISTER TO END SHOCKING IPP SCANDAL
Campaigners have hit out at the “short-sighted” decision not to include prisoners on IPP sentences in the plans announced to reduce the prison population.
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/05/28/c...
Campaigners have hit out at the “short-sighted” decision not to include prisoners on IPP sentences in the plans announced to reduce the prison population.
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/05/28/c...
CAMPAIGNING LAWYER CALLS ON PRIME MINISTER TO END SHOCKING IPP SCANDAL
Campaigning Lawyer and CEO of CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE Peter Stefanovic – who’s films have been watched hundreds of millions of times online – has posted a new film, this time callin…
thecriminaljusticeblog.com
June 13, 2025 at 6:43 AM
CAMPAIGNING LAWYER CALLS ON PRIME MINISTER TO END SHOCKING IPP SCANDAL
Campaigners have hit out at the “short-sighted” decision not to include prisoners on IPP sentences in the plans announced to reduce the prison population.
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/05/28/c...
Campaigners have hit out at the “short-sighted” decision not to include prisoners on IPP sentences in the plans announced to reduce the prison population.
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/05/28/c...
@thepawnbroker1.bsky.social thank you for following me Phil
June 13, 2025 at 6:02 AM
@thepawnbroker1.bsky.social thank you for following me Phil
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IT’S NOT TOO LATE for the government to change course. Keir Starmer is being advised to urgently pause the Government's plans to cut disability & health benefits by Parliament's work & pensions committee who say they should not go ahead without a comprehensive impact assessment
Contact your MP, NOW
Contact your MP, NOW
I’m joining @trusselluk.bsky.social in calling on the government to rethink its cruel, shameful & completely irresponsible plan to cut benefits which will plunge 250,000 people, including 50,000 children into poverty - on its own impact analysis
This is how you can help
youtu.be/XrX4dF3wqt0?...
This is how you can help
youtu.be/XrX4dF3wqt0?...
I’m joining Trussell in calling on the Gov’t to rethink its cruel & shameful plan to cut benefits
YouTube video by Peter Stefanovic
youtu.be
June 11, 2025 at 7:29 PM
IT’S NOT TOO LATE for the government to change course. Keir Starmer is being advised to urgently pause the Government's plans to cut disability & health benefits by Parliament's work & pensions committee who say they should not go ahead without a comprehensive impact assessment
Contact your MP, NOW
Contact your MP, NOW
@probationjournal.bsky.social thank you for following me
June 10, 2025 at 7:08 AM
@probationjournal.bsky.social thank you for following me
"Refusing to engage in the resentencing exercise recommended by the House of Commons Justice Select Committee the Labour government is allowing one of the most cruel, inhumane & monumental injustices of the past half-century"
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/05/28/c...
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/05/28/c...
CAMPAIGNING LAWYER CALLS ON PRIME MINISTER TO END SHOCKING IPP SCANDAL
Campaigning Lawyer and CEO of CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE Peter Stefanovic – who’s films have been watched hundreds of millions of times online – has posted a new film, this time callin…
thecriminaljusticeblog.com
June 7, 2025 at 7:50 AM
"Refusing to engage in the resentencing exercise recommended by the House of Commons Justice Select Committee the Labour government is allowing one of the most cruel, inhumane & monumental injustices of the past half-century"
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/05/28/c...
@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/05/28/c...