Shona Minson
@shonaminson.bsky.social
Women's Justice Board member
BBC New Generation Thinker
Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford
Family law/ criminal law intersections. Children's rights. Procedural Justice
Creative public engagement. Once upon a time I was a barrister
BBC New Generation Thinker
Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford
Family law/ criminal law intersections. Children's rights. Procedural Justice
Creative public engagement. Once upon a time I was a barrister
I’m between surgery and radiotherapy following a cancer diagnosis and I’ve decided to take part in Cancer Research’s 12 Dips of Christmas 🥶🎄
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November 19, 2025 at 6:39 PM
I’m between surgery and radiotherapy following a cancer diagnosis and I’ve decided to take part in Cancer Research’s 12 Dips of Christmas 🥶🎄
fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/shonas-...
fundraise.cancerresearchuk.org/page/shonas-...
Those working in the cjs know prisons cause great harm & have limited benefit to society but the conversation rarely goes further than our sector.
So I'm delighted The Bodley Head who publish all kinds of thought-changing books, want to publish my book-to-be, "Imprisoned: The Case for Change".
So I'm delighted The Bodley Head who publish all kinds of thought-changing books, want to publish my book-to-be, "Imprisoned: The Case for Change".
October 22, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Those working in the cjs know prisons cause great harm & have limited benefit to society but the conversation rarely goes further than our sector.
So I'm delighted The Bodley Head who publish all kinds of thought-changing books, want to publish my book-to-be, "Imprisoned: The Case for Change".
So I'm delighted The Bodley Head who publish all kinds of thought-changing books, want to publish my book-to-be, "Imprisoned: The Case for Change".
I’m working hard on body and mind recovery after surgery for #breastcancer as I wait to find out what treatment I’m going to need next.
#walking #goodfood #beautifulthings #cancer
#walking #goodfood #beautifulthings #cancer
September 27, 2025 at 1:01 PM
I’m working hard on body and mind recovery after surgery for #breastcancer as I wait to find out what treatment I’m going to need next.
#walking #goodfood #beautifulthings #cancer
#walking #goodfood #beautifulthings #cancer
This was meant to be an omelette.
I‘d forgotten to add the cheese.
(I know that is not all that was wrong with it 😊)
I‘d forgotten to add the cheese.
(I know that is not all that was wrong with it 😊)
September 16, 2025 at 10:00 AM
This was meant to be an omelette.
I‘d forgotten to add the cheese.
(I know that is not all that was wrong with it 😊)
I‘d forgotten to add the cheese.
(I know that is not all that was wrong with it 😊)
a visual metaphor for UK politics
September 15, 2025 at 3:48 PM
a visual metaphor for UK politics
Ready for some rest in beautiful Pembrokeshire 🌊☀️
I don’t plan to be online but I will be on the radio (Radio 3 , Tuesday 1st April, 9.45pm) sharing my Essay - Mothers on Trial.
I don’t plan to be online but I will be on the radio (Radio 3 , Tuesday 1st April, 9.45pm) sharing my Essay - Mothers on Trial.
March 30, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Ready for some rest in beautiful Pembrokeshire 🌊☀️
I don’t plan to be online but I will be on the radio (Radio 3 , Tuesday 1st April, 9.45pm) sharing my Essay - Mothers on Trial.
I don’t plan to be online but I will be on the radio (Radio 3 , Tuesday 1st April, 9.45pm) sharing my Essay - Mothers on Trial.
Exciting to see our paper on international women's problem solving courts in the Prison Service Journal. Co-authored this with @rutharmstrong.bsky.social and two @oxfordcrim.bsky.social graduate researchers @arkluge.bsky.social and @iuliavatau.bsky.social👏 www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/prison-servi...
March 14, 2025 at 9:41 AM
Exciting to see our paper on international women's problem solving courts in the Prison Service Journal. Co-authored this with @rutharmstrong.bsky.social and two @oxfordcrim.bsky.social graduate researchers @arkluge.bsky.social and @iuliavatau.bsky.social👏 www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/prison-servi...
The evening flight of the rooks just after sunset across with Venus visible
March 4, 2025 at 10:06 PM
The evening flight of the rooks just after sunset across with Venus visible
At the BBC to record an essay for radio broadcast as part of the New Generation Thinkers programme. A very easy process thanks to a great producer, Lisa Jenkinson.
Mothers, punishment, patriarchy all covered in 13 minutes 💪
Mothers, punishment, patriarchy all covered in 13 minutes 💪
February 28, 2025 at 5:58 PM
At the BBC to record an essay for radio broadcast as part of the New Generation Thinkers programme. A very easy process thanks to a great producer, Lisa Jenkinson.
Mothers, punishment, patriarchy all covered in 13 minutes 💪
Mothers, punishment, patriarchy all covered in 13 minutes 💪
This @hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social thematic report using data from 4 women's reception prisons is a shocking read, even for those who work in the sector.
Prison is a very unsafe place for women.
Read the report here: cloud-platform-e218f50a4812967ba1215eaecede923f.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/site...
Prison is a very unsafe place for women.
Read the report here: cloud-platform-e218f50a4812967ba1215eaecede923f.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/site...
February 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
This @hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social thematic report using data from 4 women's reception prisons is a shocking read, even for those who work in the sector.
Prison is a very unsafe place for women.
Read the report here: cloud-platform-e218f50a4812967ba1215eaecede923f.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/site...
Prison is a very unsafe place for women.
Read the report here: cloud-platform-e218f50a4812967ba1215eaecede923f.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/site...
Signs of spring @middletemple.bsky.social
February 3, 2025 at 9:05 PM
Signs of spring @middletemple.bsky.social
Having read this novel in the past week it feels less like sci fi and more like a manual for surviving a US administration that doesn’t engage with the climate crisis. Brilliant book. Thoroughly recommend.
February 1, 2025 at 10:05 AM
Having read this novel in the past week it feels less like sci fi and more like a manual for surviving a US administration that doesn’t engage with the climate crisis. Brilliant book. Thoroughly recommend.
Yesterday I presented present a report commissioned by The Weavers' and co-authored with @rutharmstrong.bsky.social in which we used problem solving courts for women to think about what works for justice involved women, and what a women-centric system would look like. www.clinks.org/sites/defaul...
January 31, 2025 at 10:52 AM
Yesterday I presented present a report commissioned by The Weavers' and co-authored with @rutharmstrong.bsky.social in which we used problem solving courts for women to think about what works for justice involved women, and what a women-centric system would look like. www.clinks.org/sites/defaul...
Looking forward to presenting my report on access to family justice for women in prison this afternoon at a webinar hosted by @familylawbar.bsky.social Association of Lawyers for Children, @thelawsociety.bsky.social.
All members welcome. Report available here: www.law.ox.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
All members welcome. Report available here: www.law.ox.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
January 15, 2025 at 10:21 AM
Looking forward to presenting my report on access to family justice for women in prison this afternoon at a webinar hosted by @familylawbar.bsky.social Association of Lawyers for Children, @thelawsociety.bsky.social.
All members welcome. Report available here: www.law.ox.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
All members welcome. Report available here: www.law.ox.ac.uk/sites/defaul...
Fog and no visibility all day until just before sunset. It’s always such a relief to see some light.
January 11, 2025 at 5:42 PM
Fog and no visibility all day until just before sunset. It’s always such a relief to see some light.
It was good to catch up with Bishop Rachel Treweek today, and after our meeting I took the opportunity to wander around beautiful Gloucester Cathedral. If you watch Wolf Hall the cloisters will be familiar.
January 10, 2025 at 9:20 PM
It was good to catch up with Bishop Rachel Treweek today, and after our meeting I took the opportunity to wander around beautiful Gloucester Cathedral. If you watch Wolf Hall the cloisters will be familiar.
Reviewing case law re dependent children & horrified to discover 2024 appeal on sentence where mother of a 1 month old baby was sentenced without a Pre-Sentence Report. 2 applications for a report declined! Sentencing Guidelines state clearly there should be a PSR if a woman is a mother or pregnant
December 11, 2024 at 6:08 PM
Reviewing case law re dependent children & horrified to discover 2024 appeal on sentence where mother of a 1 month old baby was sentenced without a Pre-Sentence Report. 2 applications for a report declined! Sentencing Guidelines state clearly there should be a PSR if a woman is a mother or pregnant
A flying visit to Belfast for my daughter’s graduation @qubhistory.bsky.social and not only was there sunshine but in the Great Hall I bumped into @drtdegenhardt.bsky.social and enjoyed a reminder of Seamus Heaney.
December 9, 2024 at 10:57 PM
A flying visit to Belfast for my daughter’s graduation @qubhistory.bsky.social and not only was there sunshine but in the Great Hall I bumped into @drtdegenhardt.bsky.social and enjoyed a reminder of Seamus Heaney.
Koestler Arts exhibition ‘No Comment’ runs to 15th Dec, Southbank Centre London.The art is challenging, funny, raw, insightful, beautiful & the creativity incredible. Works have been painstakingly constructed using any materials available (rice, seeds, matchsticks, jenga bricks).
Visit if you can
Visit if you can
December 6, 2024 at 3:58 PM
Koestler Arts exhibition ‘No Comment’ runs to 15th Dec, Southbank Centre London.The art is challenging, funny, raw, insightful, beautiful & the creativity incredible. Works have been painstakingly constructed using any materials available (rice, seeds, matchsticks, jenga bricks).
Visit if you can
Visit if you can
I accidentally dressed to match my hotel room but I think it may be the way forward 😊
December 2, 2024 at 3:57 PM
I accidentally dressed to match my hotel room but I think it may be the way forward 😊
village is flooded: river exceeded previous high of 3.03m (24.12.20) by 40cm. No water in the house but surrounded by it. It’s really unsettling & I’m recognising my privilege of protection from realities of climate change events which affect the UK much less than many other regions. #climatecrisis
November 24, 2024 at 11:02 PM
village is flooded: river exceeded previous high of 3.03m (24.12.20) by 40cm. No water in the house but surrounded by it. It’s really unsettling & I’m recognising my privilege of protection from realities of climate change events which affect the UK much less than many other regions. #climatecrisis
The Cotswolds. My home for the past 4 years. Not my natural habitat but it is very beautiful.
November 20, 2024 at 10:47 PM
The Cotswolds. My home for the past 4 years. Not my natural habitat but it is very beautiful.