Natasha Porter OBE
@natashaporter.bsky.social
CEO and founder Unlocked Graduates
Board for Children’s Commissioner, Impetus, Get Further & The Times Crime and Justice commissioner. Young Australian of the year in the UK 2025.
Into all things education/prison reform/leadership
Board for Children’s Commissioner, Impetus, Get Further & The Times Crime and Justice commissioner. Young Australian of the year in the UK 2025.
Into all things education/prison reform/leadership
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Introducing Leading Prison Landings: The Unlocked Guide to Jailcraft, a training manual for transformational prison officers - Unlocked Graduates
Unlocked Graduates is pleased to announce the publication of Leading Prison Landings: The Unlocked Guide to Jailcraft, a training manual for frontline staff, codifying our uniquely successful approach...
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August 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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✈️ We hope that this challenges the narrative that being a good prison officer is intrinsic and can't be taught
💡 We also hope this helps professionals working with challenging or vulnerable cohorts in other settings
💡 We also hope this helps professionals working with challenging or vulnerable cohorts in other settings
August 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
✈️ We hope that this challenges the narrative that being a good prison officer is intrinsic and can't be taught
💡 We also hope this helps professionals working with challenging or vulnerable cohorts in other settings
💡 We also hope this helps professionals working with challenging or vulnerable cohorts in other settings
We wrote the book in a way that means anyone can practice and master the techniques that great prison officers use.
August 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
We wrote the book in a way that means anyone can practice and master the techniques that great prison officers use.
Just seen this. Really hope you’re okay and being well taken care of.
August 18, 2025 at 2:43 PM
Just seen this. Really hope you’re okay and being well taken care of.
Me TOO! Actually just the microsecond to decide was only slightly less insulting though…
Surely I still look about 17?!
Surely I still look about 17?!
July 25, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Me TOO! Actually just the microsecond to decide was only slightly less insulting though…
Surely I still look about 17?!
Surely I still look about 17?!
Je suis magpie!
May 30, 2025 at 7:39 AM
Je suis magpie!
But if government invests properly and really prioritises getting the culture right to deliver this well, I really do believe this could be a game changer.
May 22, 2025 at 4:26 PM
But if government invests properly and really prioritises getting the culture right to deliver this well, I really do believe this could be a game changer.
Without big changes in prison regimes this risks baking in inequity, resulting in those who are already educated / did well in school / are least likely to reoffend getting out of jail earlier, and those who would most benefit from education and purpose being least able to access it.
May 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Without big changes in prison regimes this risks baking in inequity, resulting in those who are already educated / did well in school / are least likely to reoffend getting out of jail earlier, and those who would most benefit from education and purpose being least able to access it.
If this policy is to work, we desperately need a culture of education at the heart of the prison, with frontline staff recruited and trained to support those furthest from educational engagement and success, and then held to account for this.
May 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
If this policy is to work, we desperately need a culture of education at the heart of the prison, with frontline staff recruited and trained to support those furthest from educational engagement and success, and then held to account for this.
So firstly we need to be getting prisoners out of their cells and to high quality purposeful activities.
But remember half of all prisoners didn’t get a single qualification at school. We can’t just expect all prisoners to have the skillset to engage in education.
But remember half of all prisoners didn’t get a single qualification at school. We can’t just expect all prisoners to have the skillset to engage in education.
May 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
So firstly we need to be getting prisoners out of their cells and to high quality purposeful activities.
But remember half of all prisoners didn’t get a single qualification at school. We can’t just expect all prisoners to have the skillset to engage in education.
But remember half of all prisoners didn’t get a single qualification at school. We can’t just expect all prisoners to have the skillset to engage in education.
The same report showed that in reception prisons, half of all prisoners spent more than 22 hours in their cell every day, including on a weekday.
How are they going to earn “good time credits” if they can’t even get to purposeful activity?
How are they going to earn “good time credits” if they can’t even get to purposeful activity?
May 22, 2025 at 4:22 PM
The same report showed that in reception prisons, half of all prisoners spent more than 22 hours in their cell every day, including on a weekday.
How are they going to earn “good time credits” if they can’t even get to purposeful activity?
How are they going to earn “good time credits” if they can’t even get to purposeful activity?