These headlines shape perceptions of prison, but don’t say crime has fallen but prisons have swelled. These reforms are proposed to correct a huge rise in punitiveness which has already happened but has not made communities safer

Doing some writing about belonging, memory and music and Ozzy pops up on the nursery run. RIP

Excited for this today - what can we do to make time in custody better spent and achieve more positive outcomes for people leaving #prison? How can we include all voices in these discussions?

Psyched for this @thesccjr.bsky.social writing retreat today

Happy to see prison overcrowding making the media again but this, and finding that 55% of people in custody had witnessed staff abuse of prisoners, makes for concerning reading from HM Inspectorate of Prisons

#inspection #barlinnie