Janey Starling
@janeystarling.bsky.social
Co-director of Level Up. Abolitionist, feminist, trade unionist and writer on a mission to end imprisonment of pregnant women and mothers.
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Wellness fascism has reached its horrifying apex
May 22, 2025 at 3:03 PM
Wellness fascism has reached its horrifying apex
Some hope from the Independent Sentencing Review. If the government are serious, they will divert funding away from prisons into communities.
May 22, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Some hope from the Independent Sentencing Review. If the government are serious, they will divert funding away from prisons into communities.
A moving letter from a criminal defence solicitor representing a young mother of an infant, who explains the human cost of losing the new sentencing guideline.
“The justice secretary’s political point-scoring has devastating consequences”
@hodgejonesallen.bsky.social
“The justice secretary’s political point-scoring has devastating consequences”
@hodgejonesallen.bsky.social
April 9, 2025 at 11:28 AM
A moving letter from a criminal defence solicitor representing a young mother of an infant, who explains the human cost of losing the new sentencing guideline.
“The justice secretary’s political point-scoring has devastating consequences”
@hodgejonesallen.bsky.social
“The justice secretary’s political point-scoring has devastating consequences”
@hodgejonesallen.bsky.social
I wish this was an April Fool’s
April 1, 2025 at 10:10 AM
I wish this was an April Fool’s
ADORABLE No Births Behind Bars protest outside the MOJ to demand an end to imprisonment of pregnant women and mothers.
Grumpy babies say NO MORE!
Grumpy babies say NO MORE!
March 28, 2025 at 12:46 PM
ADORABLE No Births Behind Bars protest outside the MOJ to demand an end to imprisonment of pregnant women and mothers.
Grumpy babies say NO MORE!
Grumpy babies say NO MORE!
A beautiful INQUEST event last night, launching their archive documenting 40 years of state violence and resistance at the Bishopsgate Institute.
@inquest-org.bsky.social radiate with integrity. I admire their fearless work and the deep community of bereaved families they nurture and fight for.
@inquest-org.bsky.social radiate with integrity. I admire their fearless work and the deep community of bereaved families they nurture and fight for.
March 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
A beautiful INQUEST event last night, launching their archive documenting 40 years of state violence and resistance at the Bishopsgate Institute.
@inquest-org.bsky.social radiate with integrity. I admire their fearless work and the deep community of bereaved families they nurture and fight for.
@inquest-org.bsky.social radiate with integrity. I admire their fearless work and the deep community of bereaved families they nurture and fight for.
Same! The IWD theme was decided back in 1911 and that theme was… socialist revolution
March 8, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Same! The IWD theme was decided back in 1911 and that theme was… socialist revolution
How it started How it’s going
March 5, 2025 at 3:20 PM
How it started How it’s going
Mums & babies from No Births Behind Bars protesting outside the Ministry of Justice today to call for an end to prison for pregnant women & mothers!
February 21, 2025 at 2:36 PM
Mums & babies from No Births Behind Bars protesting outside the Ministry of Justice today to call for an end to prison for pregnant women & mothers!
🚨In response to horrifying reports of women being cuffed during childbirth, No Births Behind Bars are holding a parents, children & babies demo outside the Ministry of Justice at midday tomorrow! ❤️
February 20, 2025 at 10:16 AM
🚨In response to horrifying reports of women being cuffed during childbirth, No Births Behind Bars are holding a parents, children & babies demo outside the Ministry of Justice at midday tomorrow! ❤️
Nothing like an MoJ puff piece for the prison where a baby died after her mother was left to give birth on a cell toilet without medical assistance. Prison will never be a safe place to be pregnant, and is no place for mums and babies.
RIP Brooke Leigh Powell, we campaign in your name.
RIP Brooke Leigh Powell, we campaign in your name.
February 11, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Nothing like an MoJ puff piece for the prison where a baby died after her mother was left to give birth on a cell toilet without medical assistance. Prison will never be a safe place to be pregnant, and is no place for mums and babies.
RIP Brooke Leigh Powell, we campaign in your name.
RIP Brooke Leigh Powell, we campaign in your name.
Today’s HMI report is such harrowing reading — and this is just a snapshot of what goes on inside women’s prisons.
Prisons inflict violence and trauma on women who have already experienced more than enough violence and trauma in their lives.
Prisons inflict violence and trauma on women who have already experienced more than enough violence and trauma in their lives.
February 5, 2025 at 4:59 PM
Today’s HMI report is such harrowing reading — and this is just a snapshot of what goes on inside women’s prisons.
Prisons inflict violence and trauma on women who have already experienced more than enough violence and trauma in their lives.
Prisons inflict violence and trauma on women who have already experienced more than enough violence and trauma in their lives.
Police looking for extreme misogynists to crack down on
January 28, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Police looking for extreme misogynists to crack down on
Not Kat Slater complaining about lack of healthcare for pregnant women in prison! Dream campaign spokesperson tbh
January 22, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Not Kat Slater complaining about lack of healthcare for pregnant women in prison! Dream campaign spokesperson tbh
Sonia Fowler is pregnant in prison and citing the stats that Level Up uncovered that show pregnant women in prison are twice as likely to give birth prematurely.
Counting this as a campaign win!
Counting this as a campaign win!
January 15, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Sonia Fowler is pregnant in prison and citing the stats that Level Up uncovered that show pregnant women in prison are twice as likely to give birth prematurely.
Counting this as a campaign win!
Counting this as a campaign win!
Mums eligible for early release from prison are trapped there because there’s no housing for them to be released to.
Crucial report ft. @laurajanes.bsky.social and a woman she fought to secure a home for to ensure she wasn’t separated from her baby.
inews.co.uk/news/prisone...
Crucial report ft. @laurajanes.bsky.social and a woman she fought to secure a home for to ensure she wasn’t separated from her baby.
inews.co.uk/news/prisone...
January 15, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Mums eligible for early release from prison are trapped there because there’s no housing for them to be released to.
Crucial report ft. @laurajanes.bsky.social and a woman she fought to secure a home for to ensure she wasn’t separated from her baby.
inews.co.uk/news/prisone...
Crucial report ft. @laurajanes.bsky.social and a woman she fought to secure a home for to ensure she wasn’t separated from her baby.
inews.co.uk/news/prisone...
Wrote about pregnancy in prison for the @magsassoc.bsky.social magazine in the hope it’ll lead to fewer custodial sentences. It features Elizabeth, who developed high blood pressure and gestational diabetes in prison and went into early emergency labour.
Subscription only, DM me if you want a PDF!
Subscription only, DM me if you want a PDF!
January 13, 2025 at 11:34 AM
Wrote about pregnancy in prison for the @magsassoc.bsky.social magazine in the hope it’ll lead to fewer custodial sentences. It features Elizabeth, who developed high blood pressure and gestational diabetes in prison and went into early emergency labour.
Subscription only, DM me if you want a PDF!
Subscription only, DM me if you want a PDF!
Happy Sentencing Review deadline day to all participating x
January 9, 2025 at 9:11 AM
Happy Sentencing Review deadline day to all participating x
Spoke to Sky about mums going to prison and the way our legal system punishes individuals for failures in our social safety net.
♦️60% of women in prison are survivors of domestic abuse
♦️A third of women in prison grew up in care
Time to stop funding prisons and fund community services instead.
♦️60% of women in prison are survivors of domestic abuse
♦️A third of women in prison grew up in care
Time to stop funding prisons and fund community services instead.
November 27, 2024 at 4:56 PM
Spoke to Sky about mums going to prison and the way our legal system punishes individuals for failures in our social safety net.
♦️60% of women in prison are survivors of domestic abuse
♦️A third of women in prison grew up in care
Time to stop funding prisons and fund community services instead.
♦️60% of women in prison are survivors of domestic abuse
♦️A third of women in prison grew up in care
Time to stop funding prisons and fund community services instead.