The Prison Oracle @theprisonoracle.bsky.social All the prisons information you need from the publisher experts have trusted for over 25 years - https://prisons.org.uk
JJ @jj273.bsky.social Cymru Argyle
Louise Potter @loupot.bsky.social Head of Communications and Advocacy at @sparkinside.bsky.social
Penny Parker @penny-parker.bsky.social Founder and CEO at StandOut
Believing in better for prisons and all who live and work in them
Russell Webster @russellwebster.com Researcher, evaluator, consultant & writer in drugs, alcohol & criminal justice. My blog keeps you up-to-date on the latest policy, practice and research.
Donna Gipson-Miller @yahyahfrancois.bsky.social Co-founder of EPIC - where we engage people in conversation. Criminal Justice, health inequalities and inclusion health.
Max Dennehy @maxdennehy.bsky.social 💥PhD researcher @ Strathclyde University
💥Reconnect(care after custody)
⭐️Dad in Recovery
Richard Rowley @richarowley.bsky.social Criminal justice professional. Deputy Chief Executive at Working Chance and retired chef.
https://uk.linkedin.com/in/richardrowley1
bthechange CIC @bthechangecic.bsky.social bthechange CIC is an award-winning Community Interest Company that operates across The Southwest of England and South Wales providing a range of life changing initiatives to directly support people who are experiencing the criminal justice system
VIBE Youth CIC @vibeyouthcic.bsky.social Supporting the emotional and mental wellbeing of children and young people. Our aim is to support children, young people and young adults make sense of their experiences by exploring the emotional root cause of difficult live events.
LandWorks @landworkshq.bsky.social An independent charity providing a supported route into employment and the community for people leaving prison or at risk of going to prison.
www.landworks.org.uk
https://charityawards.co.uk/overall-award-for-excellence-winner-landworks/
Action Vision Zero @actionvz.bsky.social Supporting campaigns to end road danger and traffic harm.
#VisionZero #VisionZeroLDN
actionvisionzero.org
CASS+ @cassplus.bsky.social Each month, we support about 130 people in crisis as they go through the courts in Devon & Cornwall & into life beyond.
Changing Lives @changinglivesuk.bsky.social We provide specialist support for people facing the challenges of homelessness, helping thousands of people each year to make positive, lasting change.
Cranstoun @cranstoun.org We believe in reducing harm, standing up for social justice and empowering change, today. We are a social justice and harm reduction charity.
Dr Danica Darley @danicadarley.bsky.social Mummy who spent time in prison trying to find her way in academia. Research Associate at the University of Sheffield and Lecturing at LTU. Research interests CCE, children in care, lived experience criminology, gendered justice and participatory approaches
David A Raho 🇮🇪 🇬🇧 🇮🇹 @davidraho.bsky.social AI Manager | HM Prison & Probation Service | Critical Realist PhD Researcher at Sheffield Hallam University: Researching AI Readiness and Maturity in Criminal Justice Systems in England & Wales, Brazil & Japan https://startmodezero.com/
Dr Ed Johnston @edjohnston.bsky.social Associate Professor of Criminal Justice and Procedure at the University of Northampton.
Katie Maras @katiemaras.bsky.social Reader in Psychology at the University of Bath.
Research on Autism and the Criminal Justice System.
@frameworksuk.bsky.social @frameworksuk.bsky.social
FrameWorks Institute @frameworks.bsky.social Using the science of framing to change conversations and build a more just world.
https://www.frameworksinstitute.org/
INQUEST @inquest-org.bsky.social ⚖️INQUEST is an independent charity combining specialist support for bereaved people following a state related death, with campaigning for justice and change.
🎙️ Creators of the Unlawful Killing podcast
Lucy Harding @lucyc124.bsky.social PhD researcher of prison teacher experiences and affect. Interested in creative methods, postqualitative inquiry with textiles. Senior Educationalist at Royal College of Physicians. Proud Mum fighting for SEND support. Views own.
The Magistrates' Association @magsassoc.bsky.social We're the only membership body and independent voice for magistrates. Run by and for our 11,500 members, we promote the sound administration of the law.
Harry Annison @harryannison.bsky.social Professor of Criminal Justice at Southampton Law School, UK. Penal politics, parole and probation.
Laura Crane @lauramaycrane.bsky.social Professor of Autism Studies at the University of Birmingham, UK.
Passionate about participatory autism research that truly benefits autistic people.
Research interests include education, healthcare, employment and criminal justice.
Layla Skinns @proflaylaskinns.bsky.social Prof. Crim and CJ at Sheffield University. Use/misuse police powers, police custody, gender, discretion, police misconduct.
@samaritans.bsky.social @samaritans.bsky.social
Centre for Crime and Justice Studies @crimeandjustice.bsky.social A fair, effective and accountable justice system, in a society less dominated by criminalisation and punishment
Why me? @whymeuk.bsky.social A national charity delivering and promoting access to Restorative Justice for people affected by crime and conflict.
https://why-me.org/
Prisoners' Advice Service @prisonersadvice.bsky.social Providing access to justice for adult prisoners throughout England and Wales, by offering free and independent advice, support, and representation.
Centre for Justice Innovation @cjinnovation.bsky.social Putting practitioners and the evidence at the heart of justice reform.
UNGRIPP @ungripp.bsky.social UNGRIPP campaigns on behalf of everyone affected by the Indeterminate Sentence for Public Protection (IPP) in England and Wales.
Women's Budget Group @womensbudgetgrp.bsky.social The UK's leading feminist economics think tank. We put feminism into economics and economics into feminism.
Press queries: press@wbg.org.uk
wbg.org.uk
Rachel Sylvester @rachelsylvester.bsky.social Political editor of The Observer. Sign up for my weekly newsletter here: https://observer.co.uk/newsletters
Hacked Off @hackedoff.bsky.social Born out of the UK tabloid phone hacking scandal. We fight for press accountability, for justice for victims still denied and for a responsible press that protects the public, upholds democracy, and defends free expression. https://linktr.ee/hackedoff
David Kendall @manwithbooks.bsky.social Big Issue #changemaker, Co-director of Penned Up https://pennedup.org.uk/ - a literary festival curated with people in prison for people in prison.
Andy Aitchison @andyaitchison.bsky.social Freelance documentary #photographer, working since 1991. Covering most subjects, Climate solutions, Unions, Campaigns, Social & Criminal Justice, specialise in photographing in UK prisons. Visit my website: www.andyaitchison.uk for more.
Jack Edwards @jack-edwards.bsky.social the internet's resident librarian
Street Football Wales @sfootballwales.bsky.social Social inclusion charity supporting street footballers across Wales. Support us and help change lives.
https://www.streetfootballwales.com/
David Gadd @profdavidgadd.bsky.social Professor of Criminology, University of Manchester
@jessicahenryjustice.com @jessicahenryjustice.com Public defender for 10 years. Prof. for 20. The system was broken then. It's broken now. Wrongful convictions | Death penalty | Second chances. Smoke but No Fire (UC Press 2020)| Book on second chances (UC Press, forthcoming). Host: Just Justice podcast.
Free From Fear © @freefromfear.bsky.social UK Charity evacuating and resettling terror targets in safety and free from fear. We are run by three 🇬🇧 lawyers pro bono. 4000+ people helped. Text FEAR10 to 70085 to donate £10
freefromfear.uk
Idle Courts @idlecourts.bsky.social A place originally set up to report the under-use of Crown Courts in England and Wales. Now a place to report on the daily failings of a system unable to cope.
Cassie Edmiston @cassieedmiston.bsky.social Head of Fundraising and External Affairs at Prisoners' Education Trust
skouwski @skouwski.bsky.social Interdisciplinary practitioner | Exploring how public, private, and social sectors can collaborate for local, national, and global resilience | Here to learn and connect 🤝
Matthew Hahn @matthewhahn.com Former prisoner. Dharma student. Union tradesman. Dharma leader at Spirit Rock, Insight Meditation Center, & San Jose Insight. Sober since 2005. Hobbyist photographer. San Jose, CA.
Kicked a divot out of Stalin’s grave.
https://linktr.ee/MatthewHahn
Crime Girl @crimegirl.co.uk “Well-known tweeting Barrister” Bar Council “Popular anonymous Barrister” Daily Mail “Possibly cabin crew” my neighbour
Cassia Rowland @cassiarowland.bsky.social Associate director in public services @Instituteforgov. Passionate about crime.
Spark Inside @sparkinside.bsky.social We use coaching to unlock the potential of people caught in the justice system.
Mary Aspinall-Miles @mambarlife.bsky.social Running from the Law
Josh Stunell @josh-btc.bsky.social CEO / Founder bthechange CIC.
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…
Tom Currie @tomcurrie.bsky.social Work: improving prison outcomes Play: collective vocal improv and inflicting tunage on consenting shapeshifters Rest: swim, padel and Referdle.com
JanJengba 🦋 @janjengba.bsky.social JENGbA Co Founder fighting against the injustice of #jointenterprise #socialist (UK) @jengba.bsky.social www.jengba.com
No DM’s please …I don’t like being pestered by strangers 🤬
Women’s, Gender and Social Justice @wgsj.bsky.social We are a Canada-wide association devoted to feminist and social justice scholarship and arts.
wgsj.ca
Center for Justice Innovation @innovatingjustice.bsky.social Building community justice in partnership with communities, courts, and the people most impacted.
Learn more: https://www.innovatingjustice.org/
Birth Companions @birthcompanions.bsky.social Birth Companions is a national charity delivering better care, equity and justice for pregnant women, mothers and babies. 30 years of supporting women with kindness, love and compassion.
www.birthcompanions.org.uk
Clean Break Theatre Company @cleanbrk.bsky.social Clean Break is a theatre company for women who have experienced the criminal justice system or are at risk. We use theatre to change lives on stage, in prisons and in the community.
Give a Book @giveabookorg.bsky.social Give a Book is a charity dedicated to promoting books and the pleasure of reading in the hardest places. Our main work is in prisons and disadvantaged schools.
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
Joseph Rowntree Foundation @jrf-uk.bsky.social We work to speed up and support the transition to a future free from poverty, in which people and planet can flourish.
https://www.jrf.org.uk/
The Alliance for Youth Justice @theayj.bsky.social The Alliance for Youth Justice brings together over 75 organisations to drive change in youth justice for the benefit of children, young people, and society.
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.
Nicola Carr @nicolacarr.bsky.social Academic | Criminology, Social Policy and Social Work | Trinity College Dublin📍🇮🇪🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈
Rachelle @justrachelle.bsky.social Interested in all things related to justice.
Dan Semenza @daniel-semenza.bsky.social Criminologist | Associate Professor at Rutgers University | Director of Research at the New Jersey Gun Violence Research Center | Stoneleigh Fellow
Nicola Collett @nicolacollett.bsky.social Senior lecturer in Criminology. Chair of the Criminal Record Research and Reform Network.
Katrina Morrison @kmmorrison.bsky.social Lecturer in Criminology at Edinburgh Napier University. Associate Director of the Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research. Board Member Howard League Scotland. Please find me on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/katrina-morrison-69a9b036/
Kirsty Deacon @kirsty-deacon.bsky.social Researcher interested in children and young people, relationships and justice. Working as a Research Associate at the Children and Young People's Centre for Justice (CYCJ).
Dr Tahaney Alghrani @drtahaneyalghrani.bsky.social Lecturer #Criminology ⚖
Author-Wayward Girls (2024) 📕YouthJustice|CrimeHistory|Pathways|SocialJustice *views my own
#Liverpool #YNWA 🇵🇸🇾🇪
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/wayward-girls-in-victorian-and-edwardian-england-9781350407114/
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
LawWorks @lawworks.bsky.social We are LawWorks (the Solicitors Pro Bono Group) - supporting access to justice & pro bono for individuals & charities across England and Wales. Supported by our members, funders & the Law Society.
Institute for Government @instituteforgovernment.org.uk The UK’s leading independent think tank working to make government more effective.
➡ Find our latest research, analysis, events and opportunities
https://linktr.ee/instituteforgov
Metropolitan Police Museum and Crime Museum @mpsheritage.bsky.social Metropolitan Police lives and stories 1829-now.
Open to researchers and visitors by appointment.
Like/repost/follow≠endorsement
No bio or posts, no follow back.
https://t.co/f5xOlVyLoc
@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/
Richard Garside @richardjgarside.bsky.social Director @crimeandjustice | Law and justice | Materialist not idealist | Facts not feelings | My views, not my employer’s
Big Issue @bigissue.com The UK’s number one street paper and social enterprise. 📰
Follow us for news, culture, and to support our mission to dismantle poverty in the UK.
eMates (Email a Prisoner) @emates.bsky.social eMates | Connecting Loved Ones Beyond Walls
We’re here to help bridge the gap between people who live in prison and their loved ones, offering convenient and secure communication tools.
Visit us: www.emailaprisoner.com
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
Gemma Abbott @gemabbott.bsky.social Legal Director @thehowardleague.bsky.social. Trustee @dignityindying.org.uk. Views my own. She/her 🏴
Prison Reform Trust @prtuk.bsky.social The Prison Reform Trust is an independent UK charity working to create a just, humane and effective penal system. Links and retweets are not endorsements.
Criminal Justice Alliance @cjalliance.bsky.social We are a network of 200+ organisations and academics working towards a fair and effective criminal justice system.
Charity No. 1143038 / Company No. 06331413
Action for Race Equality @are-official.bsky.social Shaping policy, challenging discrimination and delivering projects to end racial inequality in the UK across education, employment, enterprise & criminal justice
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
JUSTICE @justicehq.bsky.social Building a fairer UK justice system within everyone’s reach.
https://linktr.ee/JUSTICEuk
Philippa Budgen @philippabudgen.bsky.social Freelance Media Consultant for charities & campaigns.
Loves justice. Hates injustice. Reformed journalist. Sometimes found in cold water.
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.
Vicki Mulligan @vickicji.bsky.social Deputy Director @cjinnovation.bsky.social - championing innovation in criminal & family justice. FDAC national lead. Trustee @prisonersed.bsky.social. Proud Northerner. Views my own (or ones I like)
The Howard League @thehowardleague.bsky.social Building a more humane and effective response to crime.
Join: https://howardleague.org/membership/
Give: http://PayPal.Me/howardleague
Hannah Graham @drhannahgraham.bsky.social Criminologist and academic | Commissioner, Sentencing and Penal Policy Commission | Scottish politics & policy #ScotPol | Personal account/views.
📍 Scotland 🏴
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.
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
Transform Justice @transformjustice.bsky.social Transform Justice is a national charity working for a fair, open, and compassionate justice system.
🎙️ Podcast | 👁️ Insights | 👥 Community
Prisoners' Education Trust @prisonersed.bsky.social Prisoners' Education Trust (PET) offers distance learning courses and advice and guidance to people in prison. We use our policy and advocacy work to improve prison education.
Support us here: prisonerseducation.org.uk/donate
FairChecks @fairchecks.bsky.social Our criminal records system traps people in the past. It's time for a fresh start. Join us in calling for #FairChecks
FairChecks is a movement led by charities Unlock and @TransformJustice.bsky.social
Prison Policy Initiative @prisonpolicy.org Challenging mass incarceration and over-criminalization through research, advocacy, and organizing. Get email updates: https://prisonpolicy.org/subscribe/