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Lead author, The Criminal Justice Blog; prison-reform advocate; criminal-justice system commentator; criminologist thecriminaljusticeblog.com

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Keir Starmer whips AGAINST Lord Thomas amendment to end shocking #IPP scandal as campaigners vow to fight on Campaigning Lawyer and CEO of CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE Peter Stefanovic – who’s films have been watched hundreds of millions of times online – has posted a new film calling on Prime …

Keir Starmer whips AGAINST Lord Thomas amendment to end shocking #IPP scandal as campaigners vow to fight on

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10.01.2026 07:47 👍 35 🔁 15 💬 2 📌 2
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Keir Starmer whips AGAINST Lord Thomas amendment to end shocking #IPP scandal as viral video hits 11 million views Campaigning Lawyer and CEO of CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE Peter Stefanovic – who’s films have been watched hundreds of millions of times online – has posted a new film calling on Prime …

Keir Starmer whips AGAINST Lord Thomas amendment to end shocking #IPP scandal as viral video hits 11 million views

@peterstefanovic.bsky.social

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09.01.2026 13:18 👍 21 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 3
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VIDEO OF LABOUR’S BROKEN PROMISES TO NUCLEAR VETERANS HITS 11M VIEWS Peter Stefanovic, lawyer and CEO of CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, has produced a shocking video, supporting the nuclear test veterans’ campaign, LABRATS (Legacy of the Atomic Bomb Recognition for At…

VIDEO OF LABOUR’S BROKEN PROMISES TO NUCLEAR VETERANS HITS 11M VIEWS

It is now 2026 and no meeting has been forthcoming, the veterans are still waiting, but how much longer can they wait?

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05.01.2026 14:08 👍 24 🔁 5 💬 1 📌 1

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11.12.2025 21:56 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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VIDEO OF LABOUR’S BROKEN PROMISES TO NUCLEAR VETERANS HITS 10M VIEWS Peter Stefanovic, lawyer and CEO of CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, has produced a shocking video, supporting the nuclear test veterans’ campaign, LABRATS (Legacy of the Atomic Bomb Recognition for At…

“How hard can it be to give these veterans a date for the meeting you promised on BBCBreakfast over two months ago Prime Minister? THIS IS NO WAY TO TREAT NATIONAL HEROES”

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VIDEO OF LABOUR’S BROKEN PROMISES TO NUCLEAR VETERANS HITS 10M VIEWS Peter Stefanovic, lawyer and CEO of CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, has produced a shocking video, supporting the nuclear test veterans’ campaign, LABRATS (Legacy of the Atomic Bomb Recognition for At…

“How hard can it be to give these veterans a date for the meeting you promised on BBCBreakfast over two months ago Prime Minister? THIS IS NO WAY TO TREAT NATIONAL HEROES”

@peterstefanovic.bsky.social
@sophyridge.bsky.social

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10.12.2025 08:14 👍 67 🔁 22 💬 2 📌 0
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VIDEO OF LABOUR’S BROKEN PROMISES TO NUCLEAR VETERANS HITS 10M VIEWS Peter Stefanovic, lawyer and CEO of CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, has produced a shocking video, supporting the nuclear test veterans’ campaign, LABRATS (Legacy of the Atomic Bomb Recognition for At…

“This is no way for the government to treat national hero’s. Now in power the Labour government must honour the commitment it made in opposition. You shook their hands in opposition, I won’t let you shake them off now”
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09.12.2025 10:30 👍 27 🔁 8 💬 1 📌 0
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VIDEO OF LABOUR’S BROKEN PROMISES TO NUCLEAR VETERANS HITS 10M VIEWS Peter Stefanovic, lawyer and CEO of CAMPAIGN FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE, has produced a shocking video, supporting the nuclear test veterans’ campaign, LABRATS (Legacy of the Atomic Bomb Recognition for At…

VIDEO OF LABOUR’S BROKEN PROMISES TO NUCLEAR VETERANS HITS 10M VIEWS

This campaign has a personal angle to it, as my Uncle was one of those sent to Christmas Island, unaware of what the consequences would be.
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05.12.2025 14:54 👍 22 🔁 6 💬 0 📌 0

A typically thought provoking piece by @faithspear to the rigid, zero sum formula which reduces ‘lived’ and ‘learned’ experiences to separate and warring poles.

19.08.2025 21:41 👍 1 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0
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We are thrilled to have had our work in prisons featured on
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Written by Liberty Choir trustee Paul Webster, the article recounts his experiences within prison as a volunteer of our programmes.

Read the full article at the following link 👉🏻 bit.ly/3JenO31

03.11.2025 15:38 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Nice to read about something positive in the prison system - the work of @libertychoiruk.bsky.social!

02.11.2025 11:44 👍 5 🔁 5 💬 0 📌 0

I know I have messages that I can't now access. Before was fine. Don't know why I have to suddenly prove my age!

03.11.2025 12:41 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Any one have this problem @support.bsky.team

03.11.2025 12:11 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Apparently on this app I have to prove my age due to my location!

Facial recognition or scan of my credit card (no way)

I have tried until I am sick of it, all I get it go to setting to enable camera. I've tried settings to no avail. So I have no access to any messages I have received.

03.11.2025 12:07 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 2 📌 0
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History's Heroes - History's Toughest Heroes - Constance Bulwer-Lytton: Suffragette Rebel - BBC Sounds A young suffragette, hiding a secret, goes on hunger strike.

Delighted to be a part of this series: History's Heroes Lady Constance Bulwer Lytton

A compelling insight into the mind of a young woman consumed by a cause which would prove to be instrumental in prison reform and votes for women...

www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...

03.11.2025 07:26 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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'Significant' step in establishing national restorative justice programme for Post Office victims Long-sought family involvement is included in the proposal, as is partial funding by Fujitsu, and an acknowledgement by the organisers that action "beyond financial compensation" is needed.

A "significant" step has been taken in establishing a national restorative justice programme for victims of the Post Office's Horizon IT scandal

news.sky.com/story/signif...

31.10.2025 18:09 👍 126 🔁 40 💬 4 📌 0

@bindmans.com thank you for following me

17.10.2025 18:31 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Chocolate & Grace: Succeed in the face of adversity Back in 2017, in The Clink restaurant in HMP Brixton, I had lunch with Chris Moore, the then Chief Executive of The Clink Charity, and a lady from Scotland. We listened carefully as she shared her …

Chocolate & Grace: Succeed in the face of adversity

Women describe the empowerment they feel when they are truly valued, treated with respect, and given the agency to rebuild their lives. 

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26.09.2025 19:10 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Chocolate & Grace: Succeed in the face of adversity Back in 2017, in The Clink restaurant in HMP Brixton, I had lunch with Chris Moore, the then Chief Executive of The Clink Charity, and a lady from Scotland. We listened carefully as she shared her …

Chocolate & Grace: Succeed in the face of adversity

Women describe the empowerment they feel when they are truly valued, treated with respect, and given the agency to rebuild their lives. 

thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/09/26/c...

26.09.2025 19:10 👍 1 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

🚨If you are not yet familiar with the shocking IPP scandal hold onto your seats and watch this jaw dropping update

17.09.2025 15:57 👍 109 🔁 51 💬 3 📌 0
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Dichotomy of Lived v Learned Experience I first stepped foot in a prison in 2010; I was invited to be a community witness for a victim awareness course at HMP/YOI Hollesley Bay, around 40 minutes’ drive from my home. The environment was …

Dichotomy of Lived v Learned Experience

“You don’t have lived experience”

A statement that is levelled against me far too many times to remember along with being White, A woman and Middle class…etc.

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17.09.2025 10:43 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Worth the read. Must chat with you about this down the line.

20.08.2025 10:37 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 1 📌 0

Love to

20.08.2025 10:39 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you Mary, I have wanted to write a piece on this subject for white a while. Now seemed the right time.

19.08.2025 21:52 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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Dichotomy of Lived v Learned Experience I first stepped foot in a prison in 2010; I was invited to be a community witness for a victim awareness course at HMP/YOI Hollesley Bay, around 40 minutes’ drive from my home. The environment was …

“You don’t have lived experience”
A statement that is levelled against me far too many times to remember along with being White, A woman and Middle class…etc.

thecriminaljusticeblog.com/2025/08/15/d...

15.08.2025 20:07 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

Reading about the new contracts for prison education. Slightly concerned that no award for West Midlands (as yet) and that its the same providers just changing their areas.

Do we have confidence that just changing the areas into 11 lots will bring about any tangible improvement?

02.08.2025 10:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

@katemiller01.bsky.social thank you for following me Kate

30.07.2025 21:54 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

@casper-does-art.bsky.social so lovely to meet you today. Your art is amazing. I hope you are inspired to continue

27.07.2025 17:23 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Prisons minister: ‘There are too many drugs in prisons’ We spoke to the Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending Minister, Lord Timpson.

"We are really in a battle to make sure that our prisons are safe."

The Minister for Prisons, Lord Timpson tells Jackie Long about the drug crisis 'they inherited from the last government' and what he plans to do about it.

Read and watch:
www.channel4.com/news/prisons...

09.07.2025 10:55 👍 22 🔁 7 💬 4 📌 0
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It is time to release prisoners trapped by inhuman endless jail terms Thousands of offenders are caught in a cruel legal limbo by IPP sentencing. Indeterminate prison terms are not only unjust – they point to a failure of political courage and leadership, says former ch...

www.independent.co.uk/voices/ipp-p...

04.07.2025 13:53 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0