Lucy Dunkling @lucydunkling.bsky.social ESRC funded PhD Student. Researching Scottish Female Narratives of Dual-Sex Prisons
Teresa Degenhardt @drtdegenhardt.bsky.social academic - Queen’s University Belfast- She/her https://pure.qub.ac.uk/en/persons/teresa-degenhardt
social change- processes of criminalization in the international sphere- war- borders- detention of migrants - security - technology- feminist
derek guy @dieworkwear.bsky.social Menswear writer. Editor at Put This On. Words at The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Financial Times, Esquire, and Mr. Porter.
If you have a style question, search:
https://dieworkwear.com/ | https://putthison.com/start-here/
Dr Ed Schreeche-Powell @schreeche.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Criminology, The University of Greenwich.
Convict Criminology, Penal Interventions, Lived Experience, Social and Forensic Psychology
Paní Mon @panmon.bsky.social Mon. Kdo jiný?
Pedagogika * Sociální práce * Kriminologie * Kriminalistika * Závislosti * Zotavení * Narativec
shadd maruna @shaddmaruna.bsky.social Journeyman criminologist. Formerly known as @criminology before Musk ruined everything. It only hurts when I laugh 
Emma Vigeland @emmavigeland.bsky.social Co-host of The Majority Report @majorityreport.bsky.social
marc-andré lacelle @kracmal.bsky.social sociologue urbain en banlieue | cities, prisons | Chaire UNESCO sur l’éducation en prison | UNESCO Chair for Prison Education
Daniela Mardones-Bravo @danielamarbrav.bsky.social Lecturer in Criminology MMU @manmetcrimsoc.bsky.social and Researcher at @mmuperu.bsky.social
Older people/Prisons /online methods. Chilean, living in Scotland, working in England.
she/her
More stuff here: linktr.ee/danielamarbrav
Ken Brydon @prison-stories.bsky.social Award-winning writer. 39 years incarcerated, 23 at San Quentin. PEN America recognized. Published by Joyce Carol Oates. I write about prison, redemption, loss, humor & hope—and the humanity found where most people never look.
Guilherme Dornelles @gdornelles.bsky.social PhD candidate in Public Policy at @ufrgs.br | Researching prison inspection policies, actors, and instruments | Interested in criminology, sociology of punishment, public policy, mixed methods & QCA | F1 fan | 🇧🇷 based
@louisebrangan.bsky.social @louisebrangan.bsky.social LSE, Magdalene laundries, sociology of punishment & Irish history. BBC/AHRC New Gen Thinker. Speaks fast. 888 for subtitles. https://pureportal.strath.ac.uk/en/persons/louise-brangan
Jeffrey Ian Ross @jeffreyianross.bsky.social Criminologist @ubaltmain #corrections #CrimesofthePowerful #StreetCulture #graffiti #streetart #police Co-founder #ConvictCriminology Website www.jeffreyianross.com Instagram http://buff.ly/2Se7geg Amateur Japanese Chef bit.ly/4f2XEtX
Kirstin Anderson @kir-anderson.bsky.social Lecturer in Criminology at Edinburgh Napier University. I'm interested in education in prisons, arts and justice, public health and criminal justice and prison abolition. Ask me about prisoner made magazines.(Embroidery image in banner by Sarah K. Benning)
Alice Ievins @aliceievins.bsky.social Lecturer in Criminology at the University of Liverpool, interested in punishment, especially of sexual violence.
Matt cracknell @drmattcracknell.bsky.social Criminologist at Brunel university. Interested in prisons, probation, resettlement and short prison sentences.
Ben Jarman @benjarman.uk Criminologist and prison researcher. Scholar of punishment, fascinated by human extremes. Husband of better half, Quaker, lover of silence, servant of unquiet spaniel and toddler. https://benjarman.uk for more on my work.
Francis Pakes @francispakes.bsky.social Professor in Criminology. Nordic prison expert and keen runner, dog walker and chess enthusiast 
Maria Cleary @mariacleary.bsky.social PhD Researcher, Maynooth University |
Criminology | Penology | Researching lived experiences of female imprisonment in Ireland
Professor Rachel Condry @rachelcondry.bsky.social Director of the Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford. Fellow of St Hilda’s College. Crime & family - prisoners’ families, family violence, parricide, youth justice.
Aurore Vanliefde @aurore-vdk.bsky.social Prison researcher | Postdoc Fellow @ Leuven Institute of Criminology | Curious globe wanderer based in Belgium 🇧🇪
ECHR Law Review @echr-law-review.bsky.social This is an official account of the ECHR Law Review. Our editors are Kanstantsin Dzehtsiarou (@dzehtsiarou.bsky.social) and Vassilis Tzevelekos. We are published by BRILL
Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com Independent journalist, SnapStream brand ambassador, and publisher of the Public Notice newsletter https://www.publicnotice.co/subscribe
Lynsey Black @lynseyblack.bsky.social Doing history, gender, punishment, postcolonialism, borders at Maynooth University. PI on Research Ireland Laureate Award, CONSPACE - Contested Space: Penal Nationalism & the Northern Ireland Border.
Zoe Baker @anarchozoe.bsky.social Historian of political thought. Trans woman (she/her). Author of Means and Ends: The Revolutionary Practice of Anarchism in Europe and the United States. For all my work see https://linktr.ee/zoebaker
amanda moore 🐢 @noturtlesoup17.bsky.social If you’re a staff journalist here to rewrite my posts, you can at least credit me as a fellow journalist. Ty!
https://authory.com/AmandaMoore
https://www.turtlediaries.net/
The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social Wears a black cape and fights crime. Not Batman.
Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling author•The Secret Barrister•#FakeLaw•Nothing But The Truth•
Also writes thrillers. The Cut Throat Trial out now at all good bookshops.
Kill All The Lawyers coming July 2027…
Lizzie Dearden @lizziedearden.bsky.social Security correspondent at
@theipaper.com, author of 'Plotters: The UK Terrorists Who Failed'
Daniel Sandford @bbcdaniels.bsky.social I am UK/Home Affairs Correspondent for BBC News. Police, prisons, law, crime and terrorism. Before that Moscow Correspondent so still post about Russia/Ukraine.
Gemma Buckland @doitjustice.bsky.social Director Do It Justice and Justice Futures. Criminal justice geek. Former adviser to Justice Select Committee. One time Clarice Starling wannabe. Views own. RTs not endorsement.
Jess Glass @jesspglass.bsky.social Press Association Law Editor by day | GDL student by night | probably asking for a skeleton argument or talking about DnD | NUJ rep | they/them | stories and docs to jess.glass@pa.media
Nacro @nacro.bsky.social Our housing, justice, substance misuse and education services work alongside people to help them succeed. And we campaign together to create lasting change.
Find us online at nacro.org.uk
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
Kirsty Brimelow KC @kirstybrimelow.bsky.social Human rights, criminal & international law barrister Doughty Street Chambers. Chair Bar Council 2026. Chair Criminal Bar Association 2022-2023. Chair Bar Human Rights Committee 2012-2018. Bencher Gray’s Inn. Trustee of WWF-UK.
Crime Girl @crimegirl.co.uk “Well-known tweeting Barrister” Bar Council “Popular anonymous Barrister” Daily Mail “Possibly cabin crew” my neighbour
Penelope Gibbs @penelopegibbs.bsky.social My passion is to improve UK justice. Lead charity www.transformjustice.org.uk (email there). Also visiting fellow
https://www.kellogg.ox.ac.uk/ and chair www.appropriateadult.org.uk
Transform Justice @transformjustice.bsky.social Transform Justice is a national charity working for a fair, open, and compassionate justice system.
🎙️ Podcast | 👁️ Insights | 👥 Community
HJA Civil Liberties @hjacivillibs.bsky.social A dedicated feed from the Civil Liberties & Human Rights team at Hodge Jones & Allen solicitors. Protecting rights is our priority. https://www.hja.net/legal-services/civil-liberties-and-human-rights/ Tel: 0330 822 5788
@policefoundationuk.bsky.social @policefoundationuk.bsky.social The only independent think tank in the UK focused on improving policing. Hosted the Strategic Review of Policing https://www.police-foundation.org.uk/
Francis FitzGibbon @ffkc.bsky.social King's Counsel, 23ES and Trinity Chambers (Newcastle), criminal advocate, once a classicist, occasional LRB contributor, mostly human.
Tom Blackburn @tomblackburn88.bsky.social Solicitor Advocate. I specialise in criminal law. Also player of games and baker of goods, when time allows.
Tristan Kirk @kirkkorner.bsky.social Courts Editor for the Press Association
Michelle Heeley KC @brummybar.bsky.social Head of No 5 Chambers. Leader of the Midland Circuit 2021-24, Criminal Silk, wife, mother to two boys, and chief tummy tickler to our dog Clemmie
Matthew Buckland @thebarwithmb.bsky.social Member of the Criminal Bar.
www.mountfordchambers.com
Views all my own and mostly wrong.
Legal C @legalclaret.bsky.social We are cats.
@crimecounsel.bsky.social @crimecounsel.bsky.social Has wig. Will travel.
Barrister at Exchange Chambers, Leeds
CrimeLine @crimeline.co.uk Digital knowledge platform for criminal law & regulatory professionals, government & Judiciary. Andrew Keogh, Barrister www.CrimeLine.co.uk 
Chris Stacey @chrisstacey.bsky.social Proud chief executive of Prisoners Abroad. Trustee YMCA Lincolnshire. Ex director at Clinks and Unlock. Churchill fellow. Husband. Dad of 2. Views my own.
Nick Mann @nick-mann.bsky.social Director of Comms at Prison Advice and Care Trust. Interested in anything politics, criminal justice and charity. Camberwell, SE London.
www.prisonadvice.org.uk
Joanna Hardy-Susskind @joannahs.bsky.social Barrister. I defend people.
omemiserum2 @omemiserum2.bsky.social Criminal Solicitor with probably more time in than you have lived. Very grumpy. Remembers when cases were prepared properly. @omemiserum@mstdn.social
Dr Cody Porter @drcodyporter.bsky.social Senior Lecturer at UWE Bristol | Psychologist
Investigative interviewing & lie detection, mental health in the Criminal Justice System, employment and criminal records | Editor for II-RP
Dorothy Newbury-Birch @dottyb.bsky.social I am a mother, grandmother and wife. I am also Professor of social Justice and Public Policy at Teesside University. After 12 years on Twitter I am starting again here.
Jonathan @6jbd.bsky.social
Dad.
Evertonian.
93%
🌱
eXiteer
Jeff Swales @jeffs63.bsky.social Yorkshire based criminal and regulatory solicitor. Liberal, left-ish and apparently a bit woke. Likes dogs, real ale and rugby league (Hull FC). Treat others as you would wish to be treated. Personal account. Views are my own. No DMs please.
Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social The Centre is a collaboration between the Universities of Glasgow, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier and Strathclyde. SCCJR aims to produce research that informs policy and practice and advances our understanding of justice.
https://linktr.ee/sccjr
Jonathan Duffy @sixjbd.bsky.social Barrister
(exclusively criminal defence)
Liverpool
eXiteer
www.7hs.co.uk/personnel/jonathan-duffy/
UNGRIPP @ungripp.bsky.social UNGRIPP campaigns on behalf of everyone affected by the Indeterminate Sentence for Public Protection (IPP) in England and Wales.
Article 39 children's rights charity @article39.bsky.social We fight for children's rights in institutional settings. Executive Director - Jodie Wickers.
Brought as much as we could when we left the other platform. More on our website: https://article39.org.uk
Emma McClure @emma-mcclure.bsky.social Parole Solicitor @SL5
Criminal Justice & Critical Thinking
Association of Prison Lawyers Committee
Former YLAL Co-Chair
She/Her
Agenda Alliance @agenda-alliance.bsky.social We are bold, ambitious feminists, working to end the cycle of harm so all women and girls can thrive.
Our mission is to change systems and services to better support women and girls at the sharpest edge of adversity.
https://www.agendaalliance.org
Rachel Sylvester @rachelsylvester.bsky.social Political editor of The Observer. Email: Rachel.sylvester@observer.co.uk
Revolving Doors @revdoors.bsky.social National charity working to end the revolving door of crisis & crime. Posts from the team.
Website: https://revolving-doors.org.uk/
Newsletter: https://tinyurl.com/4fnnrcns
Work with us: https://revolving-doors.org.uk/work-with-us/
Max Hardy @maxjlhardy.bsky.social Barrister | TV legal consultant (Mr Bates, Landscapers, Criminal UK, Defending the Guilty) | Legal blogger & media commentator |
Kalisher Trust Trustee
Blogs, lectures, podcasts, profiles here:
https://linktr.ee/MaxJLHardy
Dr Caroline J Bald @carolinejbald.bsky.social Lecturer in Social Work. The Open University, UK. Research: #justice social work, braininjury, AI
education. RSW prev Probation.[BISWG.co.uk chair & BASW Criminal Justice Co-chair]. Founding Co-Chair ESWRA SW Crime & CJ SIG https://linktr.ee/CarolineJBald
Gavin Brewis @gavinbrewis.bsky.social C4 Community Catapult Research Fellow with interests in youth culture, communities, systemic violence, and intergenerational psychosocial trauma. Scholar of Buckfast Tonic Marxism. 🍾
Andrew Sperling @sperls.bsky.social Public lawyer and parole specialist. Director of SL5 Legal.
https://www.SL5Legal.co.uk
Gus Silverman @gus-silverman.bsky.social Civil liberties solicitor. Heads the Bristol Actions Against Public Authorities team at @dpg_law. Views my own.
https://dpglaw.co.uk/lawyers/gus-silverman/
Ella Rabaiotti @ellarabaiotti.bsky.social Co-Head of Department for Criminology, Sociology & Social Policy, Swansea University | Former Probation Officer | Convenor of Wales Probation Development Group at Wales Centre for Crime & Social Justice
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4179-499X
Jane Ball @dialogjane.bsky.social Dialogue for systemic change, humanising and connecting. Social change - prison reform - dialogic education - climate 💚 🏳️🌈
dialogue-associates.com apfpd.org
#fbpe
Bernard Richmond KC @phatsilkkc.bsky.social Criminal Defence & Inquests barrister at Lamb Building, London & Central Chambers, Manchester. Dedicated to advocacy, Middle Temple, Legal Education (Hon. Prof at Univ of Kent) & access to justice. 6th Dan Judo (BJC & proud) Rufus & Christa keep me sane.
JENGbA 🦋 @jengba.bsky.social Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association. Common Law used against common people that makes no common sense. Official website www.jengba.co.uk
HMI Prisons @hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social Independent inspectorate reporting on conditions for and treatment of those in prisons, young offender institutions and immigration detention facilities.
Learn more at: https://hmiprisons.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/
Rick Muir @rickmuirbskysocial.bsky.social Policing Advisor at the UK Home Office. Previously Director of the Police Foundation and Associate Director at IPPR. Dad. From Teesside #UTB.
Deborah Coles @debcoles13.bsky.social Director @INQUEST_org expertise on contentious deaths & their investigation. Social justice research & policy. Feminist. Abolitionist. Advisor @cleanbrk
Laura Janes @laurajanes.bsky.social Lawyer, writer, lecturer etc: laurakjanes.co.uk
The Cat From Greece @acatfromgreece.bsky.social …joined the police. Pig in a wig: full time criminal barrister, part time response cop. Once described as 'quite personable'.
Richard Horton @iofiv.bsky.social TAFKA NightJack - Orwell Prize Winner - Library Volunteer - Labour Party & GMB member - Retired Agent of Karma - 33 Minute Podcaster - Snivelling Minion.
Lindsey Bampton @lindseybampton.bsky.social Safeguarding Adults Board & Safeguarding Children Partnership Manager. CofE National Safeguarding Panel member. Ex Probation Officer.
✅ Hiking, baking, afternoon naps, frozen margaritas, chess
❎ TV involving real life police or hospitals, liquorice
Angela Cossins @angelacossins.bsky.social Personal account . Probation Director, HMPPS … & I love to cook
Katie Kempen @katiekempenvs.bsky.social Criminal justice, books, CEO of Victim Support.
Jon Collins @jonbcollins.bsky.social Chief Executive of Prisoners’ Education Trust (@prisonersed.bsky.social) and criminal justice nerd.
Cassia Rowland @cassiarowland.bsky.social Associate director in public services @Instituteforgov. Passionate about crime.
Vicki Cardwell @vickihcardwell.bsky.social CEO at Spark Inside.
Focused on unlocking potential and talent in prisons.
Formerly Criminal Justice Alliance, Revolving Doors Agency & T2A Alliance.
Katrin Hohl OBE @katrinhohl.bsky.social Professor of Criminology & Criminal Justice at City St George‘s, University of London.
Independent advisor to the UK government.
Researches and writes about police & criminal justice responses to sexual violence and domestic abuse.
Professor Laura Abbott @midwifeteacher.bsky.social Professor of Maternal Health and
Criminal Justice. Midwife. Nurse. Mother. Researcher. Pregnancy & Motherhood in prison. ESRC Lead researcher on The Lost Mother’s Project www.lostmothers.org
orcid ID:
0000-0002-5778-7559
University of Hertfordshire.
Lost Mothers Project @lostmothers.bsky.social Exploring how women and professionals involved with the criminal justice system experience enforced separation of newborn babies 
Prof Andy Newton @profanewton.bsky.social Professor of Criminology & Policing, Co-Director Safety & Sustainability @NTU | Academic Advisor to Notts Violence Reduction Partnership | Interests: crime, policing, transport, violence prevention, policy evaluation | data science | problem solving | EBP
Jim Robottom @jimrobottom.bsky.social Rights, wrongs & Talking Heads songs. Barrister @matrixchambers, phd @KCL_Law Views mine, not a burning building’s.
Toufique Hossain @toufiquehossain.bsky.social Director of Duncan Lewis, Public Law
https://bsky.app/profile/dlpubliclaw.bsky.social
https://open.spotify.com/show/600daseJRW7AMQEaCNvX7W?si=0niEubN0SBaybjw75nu4fw
@catemoore.bsky.social @catemoore.bsky.social Talking about CJS, Restorative Justice, a bit of Autism here & there, MH OCD in particular & life in general.
Mark Jones, Director, Higher Plain @higherplain.bsky.social Honorary / Visiting Professor in Criminology at Swansea University & USW, Desistance, Well-Being, Social Science, Policy, Anti-Racism, Research, Reflective Practice. SFHEA. All views my own.
higherplainresearchandeducation.co.uk
Joshua Rozenberg @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social KC (hon). UK's most experienced full-time legal commentator. Honorary bencher, Gray's Inn. Former solicitor (non-practising). Writes at https://rozenberg.substack.com
Lesley Parkinson @re-think.bsky.social Author of 'Restorative Practice at Work'. Co-presenter 'Relational Practice' podcasts. Interests: education; behaviour; relationships; patient safety; NHS People Promise; Quality Improvement; culture; psychology.
www.restorativethinking.co.uk
Kanupriya S. @kanupriya.bsky.social PhD scholar at the Cambridge Institute of Criminology studying women’s intimate relationships & re(marriages) in prisons in India| Incoming post-doctoral researcher at University of Nottingham working on ethnicity and desistance| Dog Mom in between 🐾
@tessawebb.bsky.social @tessawebb.bsky.social Recently retired HMI Probation, former CEO Hertfordshire Probation Trust. Trustee - Revolving Doors.
Abdul Iqbal KC @aiqbal.bsky.social King's Counsel. Serious crime and professional discipline. Park Square Barristers (Leeds), Lincoln House Chambers (Manchester) & Libertas Chambers (London).
Sharad Agarwal @shad1126.bsky.social Cybercrime Researcher | PhD Candidate @uclcs @ucl | Product Analyst @StopScamsUK | Created http://csphdfellowships.org | Prev @BristolCyberSec @CMSExperiment @CERN @CERNopenlab
🌐 sharad1126.github.io