Penny Parker
@penny-parker.bsky.social
Founder and CEO at StandOut
Believing in better for prisons and all who live and work in them
Believing in better for prisons and all who live and work in them
Reposted by Penny Parker
We are appalled by the report on @channel4news.bsky.social tonight of a woman being restrained during labour while held in prison custody.
Prison will never be a safe or appropriate place for pregnant women and mothers of babies.
Our full statement here: www.birthcompanions.org.uk/articles/cal...
Prison will never be a safe or appropriate place for pregnant women and mothers of babies.
Our full statement here: www.birthcompanions.org.uk/articles/cal...
Calls for independent investigation into use of restraints on pregnant women in prison custody
www.birthcompanions.org.uk
February 19, 2025 at 8:09 PM
We are appalled by the report on @channel4news.bsky.social tonight of a woman being restrained during labour while held in prison custody.
Prison will never be a safe or appropriate place for pregnant women and mothers of babies.
Our full statement here: www.birthcompanions.org.uk/articles/cal...
Prison will never be a safe or appropriate place for pregnant women and mothers of babies.
Our full statement here: www.birthcompanions.org.uk/articles/cal...
Starting slowly on here. Thank you to @switchbackldn.bsky.social for nudging me into action!
Great work from our friends StandOut @penny-parker.bsky.social in their letter to The Times responding to the news that 11 new employment councils will connect prisons and probation services with businesses, and what that means in practice.
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...
January 13, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Starting slowly on here. Thank you to @switchbackldn.bsky.social for nudging me into action!