Caught myself dreaming last night After the shouting faded away When there was no light I felt freedom underneath
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It has been said that the term ‘money laundering’ originated in New York where the Mafia used laundromats as a way
PSI 41/2012 was introduced on 17th December 2012 to reflect the recent enactment of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and
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Is the above title to this piece the motto for Offender Management towards prisoners in UK prisons? It may
In the first week in May, I took time out of campaigning in the London mayoral elections to attend
Q. You have served as the Deputy Chief Inspector of Prisons, and now you are the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman;
Bury St Edmunds in Suffolk proudly claims to be the ‘Cradle of the Law’. Daniel Defoe, the author, was
Right, 10 years ago the Judge didn’t like what you’d done, so sentenced you to 3 years. This would do nothing
The ideas behind Restorative Justice have been a part of our society for thousands of years providing the foundation
A strain of vindictive stupidity stalks the land. At a time when our public services are being restructured, reduced
Historically legal aid for the overwhelming majority of criminal cases was available to all. Not anymore. The government provides
Looking back, were there good times? Apparently so Life started happy, but it’s the bad times I only know
After a bidding contest, which included private companies and an ‘internal bid’, which cost £2,000,000 to finance (that’s 72
I have recently learned that some sex offenders are to undergo polygraph tests every 6 months whilst on licence.
The coalition government has announced that it will review sentencing policy. At the moment they have been asking people
Whilst I applaud Ben Gunn’s recent article ‘The Second Sentence’, condemning negative attitudes towards families of prisoners, I feel
An article in April’s issue of Inside Time incorrectly suggested that, as Ombudsman, I could act as a point
Has the Legal Services Commission borrowed from Shakespeare when he wrote … ‘The first thing we do, let’s kill
Research shows that the average sentence for drug ‘mules’ during 2002-2007, most of whom are first offenders, was between
Bite the bullet, get your head out of your arse and get involved in therapy’: This was Stefan Molliere’s