Children Head and Seen @childrenhands.bsky.social Charity supporting children & families with a parent in prison in their own communities.
https://www.justgiving.com/childrenheard-seen
Virtual Criminal Law Group @vclg.bsky.social The Virtual Criminal Law Group is an online academic discussion group for criminal law broadly construed, founded in April 2020 and co-organised by Scotland-based criminal law scholars. Write to vclgscotland@gmail.com to join our mailing list!
Thornton Jones @thorntonjones.bsky.social London: politics, prisons, road trips
Brendan Bartanen @brendanbartanen.bsky.social Associate professor of education and public policy at the University of Virginia. Stumbling my way through the AI revolution at https://brendanbartanen.substack.com/
HM Inspectorate of Probation @hmiprobation.bsky.social HM Inspectorate of Probation is the independent inspector of youth justice and probation services in England and Wales.
Jess Southgate @jesssouthgate.bsky.social Violence Against Young Women and Girls Lead at the Youth Endowment Fund
The Marshall Project @themarshallproject.org criminal justice news. nonpartisan. nonprofit. nonpaywall.
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The Conversation @theconversation.com News by experts. Free, independent and based on evidence.
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CGC- Cheryl @clgc.bsky.social #Resister 💙
Sad, mad, worried about the bully takeover.
Here for comfort & to discover ways to protect democracy.
Left of Sharpton.
Wannabe writer: Looking past profit (for the 1%) to invest in opportunity, resilience & survival for all.
Holly Bird @holly-bird.bsky.social • PhD student researching prison expansion at Uof Glasgow @uofgsociology.bsky.social
• fellow @stuarthallfdn.bsky.social
• formerly researcher at @cycjscotland.bsky.social / research & policy at @stopwatchuk.bsky.social
https://holly-bird.co.uk/
Probation Journal @probationjournal.bsky.social Probation Journal provides a forum for disseminating criminal justice research about probation theory and practice.
Anne Hanley @annehanley.bsky.social Garden and landscape designer. Writer. B&B owner. Italian-British-Australian resident in Umbria.
Progettista di giardini. Scrittrice. Oste B&B. Britannico-australiano-italiana, residente a Città della Pieve (PG).
www.laverzura.com www.pievesuites.com 
Risk Management Authority @rmascotland.bsky.social We publish research and set the standard for risk assessment and management practice in Scotland, to reduce reoffending and the harm that it causes. Shares/follows are not necessarily endorsements. #RMAScot
www.rma.scot
Collective Voice @collective-voice.bsky.social The national alliance of charities that provide drug and alcohol treatment and recovery services in England. https://www.collectivevoice.org.uk/
Fine Cell Work @finecellwork.bsky.social UK charity rebuilding the lives of people in prison and prison leavers through the transformative power of needlework, one stitch at a time 🪡 www.finecellwork.co.uk
SHAAP @shaapalcohol.bsky.social Scottish Health Action on Alcohol Problems
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
Matthew Millings @matthew-millings.bsky.social Professor of Criminal Justice @ljmuofficial.bsky.social and Project Lead on ESRC-funded Rehabilitating Probation Project @probationres.bsky.social
Irish Penal Reform Trust @irishpenalreform.bsky.social Respect for rights in the penal system with prison as a last resort.
| Reg. Charity No. 20029562 |
www.iprt.ie
Dr Lucy Baldwin @drlucyb.bsky.social 
Pact @prisonadvice.bsky.social Pact is a pioneering national charity that supports prisoners, people with convictions, and their families. We build stronger families and safer communities across England & Wales.
Rights of Women @rightsofwomen.bsky.social Women’s legal rights charity supporting women facing Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) in England & Wales since 1975. Campaigns for equality, justice & safety in the law for all women.
rightsofwomen.org.uk
Vishal Misra | विशाल मिश्रा @viziervish.bsky.social Criminal barrister at Great James Street Chambers. Lover of literature, nature, canines, corvids, poetry, purple things and Chelsea FC. Views my own. Interaction ≠ endorsement.
Criminology & Social Justice Research Cluster @ Strathclyde @crimsocjust.bsky.social We are the Criminology & Social Justice Research Cluster, Department of Social Work & Social Policy at Strathclyde University, and a partner in http://sccjr.ac.uk
Matt Matravers @mattmatravers.bsky.social Legal/political philosopher: punishment, criminal law theory, responsibility. Professor of Law & Director of the Morrell Centre, University of York. 
Unlock Drama @unlockdrama.bsky.social Award Winning Unlock Drama delivers rehabilitation projects through Applied Theatre in prisons and the community: www.unlockdrama.com
#PrisonTheatre #Rehabilitation #AppliedTheatre #PrisonReform #ReducingReoffending #ArtsInPrison #UnlockDrama
Rob Jones @robdjones.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in the Welsh Criminal Justice System at Cardiff University
Prisons | Devolution | Prisoner Rights | Welsh Criminal Justice
Russell Sandberg @sandbergrlaw.bsky.social Professor of Law at Cardiff University, Wales, UK. Writes on Legal History & Law and Religion with focus on marriage law and education law reform.
No DMs - please email SandbergR@cf.ac.uk
https://linktr.ee/sandbergrlaw
StandOut @standoutprogrammes.bsky.social We empower people to make positive change, realise their potential, and rebuild their lives after prison.
Rajeev Syal @syalrajeev.bsky.social Home affairs editor, The Guardian. 
Unlocked Graduates @unlockedgrads.bsky.social Unlocked Graduates exists to break cycles of reoffending. Our award-winning, two-year graduate leadership development programme is inspiring, recruiting and training the next generation of prison leaders.
https://unlockedgrads.org.uk/
Diocese of Gloucester @glosdioc.bsky.social The Rt Revd Rachel Treweek is Anglican Bishop for HM Prisons in England and Wales. Involved with people and issues across the breadth of the Criminal Justice System. We are the Church of England in and around Gloucestershire. www.gloucester.anglican.org
Caitlin Hughes @drcaitlinhughes.bsky.social Associate Professor in #Criminology & #DrugPolicy. Flinders University.
President - International Society for the Study of Drug Policy issdrugpolicy.bsky.social. #DrugLaws #Decriminalisation #Policing #DrugMarkets #CrossNationalResearch
Meg Jones @megjonescranstoun.bsky.social Director for New Business and Services at Cranstoun, the social justice charity.
Dr James Tangen @jamestangen.bsky.social Academic | Criminology, Social Policy & Sociology. Former Probation Officer
Researching Probation & Community Justice
Institute for Crime & Justice Policy Research @icpr.bsky.social ICPR conducts justice-focused research that drives meaningful policy change and public debate while upholding principles of fairness and human rights. www.icpr.org.uk
Manages the World Prison Brief @worldprisonbrief.bsky.social
Fiona Bawdon @fionabawdon.bsky.social Founder http://ImpactSocialJustice.Org & @lalyawards.bsky.social / Legal affairs journo / Comms @webelonguk.bsky.social / Londoner / Not a lawyer / Always cold / Dogs *and* cats
Oli Hutt @olihutt.bsky.social Lover of board games and tea. Working in policing and criminal justice research/consultancy. Favourite book title is definitely "My numbers my friends." From the UK now living in Leipzig, Germany.
Rachel Horan @drrachelh.bsky.social Psychologist 🧠| MERL / MEAL | Conflict & Violence | Director, The Averment Group | Senior Associate, INCAS Consulting 🌍🌎🌏
Dr Kathy Hampson @drkathyhampson.bsky.social Christian, Criminologist, ex-child, author, musician. Interests: youth justice, child rights, heavy rock, cello, basset hounds, wild swimming, tennis. Views own
Mark Manning @cantiman.bsky.social Visiting Senior Fellow at the Institute of Social Justice and Crime - UoS. Interests in policing, criminal justice, poverty and social justice.
Aviation, motorbikes and motorsport for fun.
Kelly Pierce @lowdexscore.bsky.social PhD candidate at University of Cincinnati
Studies victimization and vulnerable populations, institutional corrections. 
Erin Power @erinp36.bsky.social Lecturer in Criminology. Interested in prisons, arts and care.
@paulwprobation.bsky.social @paulwprobation.bsky.social 
Dr. Debi Koetzle @dkoetzle.bsky.social Professor & Director of Corrections Lab at #JohnJayCollege researching corrections in the US & LAC, Fellow at #UCCI. she/hers
Meg Georgiou @meggeorgiou.bsky.social Group Head of Quality Improvement, Elysium Healthcare. IHI Improvement Advisor. PhD Candidate in Criminology (University of Surrey) - Researching Mental Illness in Prisons.
Jon Shute @jonshute.bsky.social Bone-weary social media refugee. Also, criminologist, Uni. Manchester. Atrocity crime; death & memory; denial & acknowledgement; compliance in the lifecourse; evaluation research. Specialist in grim lists. GSOH.
ORCID: 0000-0002-5624-3787
Anne Foley @anniefoley.bsky.social Criminologist, fighting social injustice. Racists and misogynists not welcome.
UCU Vice Chair at UWE
Scott Keay @scottkeay.bsky.social Former Intel Analyst, now Dr, lecturer & researcher in policing, crime & intelligence analysis, and policing vulnerability.
Soft spot for misfits & rebels.
Loves ⚽️,⚾️,🏄🏼,🏈
Doc Babs @docbabs.bsky.social Just a criminology professor who loves video games and dogs.
SSPC at the University of Southampton @sspcatsoton.bsky.social News and updates from the Sociology, Social Policy and Criminology Department at University of Southampton
14th in the UK for Sociology and 4th for Criminology (Times University Rankings 2026)
#AcademicSky #Sociology #CrimSky #Criminology
Kieran @krcrim501.bsky.social Criminologist with an interest in State Crime, Cryptocurrency Crime, Far-Right Extremism, and Politics. Also love Star Wars, Skyrim, and Tolkein's Legendarium.
Daria Przybylska @daria-przblsk.bsky.social PhD Candidate at the Cambridge Institute of Criminology. Researching women's open prisons in England.
Views my own (she/hers)
Dr Jill Dealey @jilldea.bsky.social Criminologist and PQiP, coach, creative writer, dog lover, Buddhist
Dr David Patton @drdavidpatton.bsky.social Learning how people and cultures really change from the hardest places — lessons from addiction, recovery, and prison
for life, work, and society | Associate Professor of Criminology | Writer & Speaker
Sheffield 🏠
Marijke Roosen @marijkeroosen.bsky.social Feminist | STS scholar | welfare and penal surveillance | digital welfare state
Marie Skłodowska-Curie postdoctoral resesarcher @ Oslo Metropolitan University
Conor O'Reilly @oreillycf.bsky.social Professor of Transnational Crime & Security @ccjsleeds.bsky.social @lawatleeds.bsky.social | Father of Twins | Views My Own
Criminology, Sociology & Policing, Hull. @crimsochull.bsky.social School of Criminology, Sociology & Policing at University of Hull. 
Ruth Weir @ruthweir.bsky.social Deputy Director of @violenceandsociety centre. Geographer and Criminologist. Researching policing, domestic abuse, abuse in teenage relationships and neighbourhoods.
Katharina Swirak @katharinaswirak.bsky.social University Educator @UniversityCollegeCork Critical Criminology & Social Policy; Irish Penal Abolition Network; Austrian in Ireland
Iulia Cristiana Vatau @iuliavatau.bsky.social Drug Policy and Therapeutic Justice Scholar pursuing a DPhil in Criminology at the University of Oxford. Researching the rehabilitative culture of drug treatment courts in Chile
Dr Vicky Nagy @drvnagy.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Criminology at University of Tasmania
Research interests: gender + history + crime, CSA prevention, SXA, VAW prevention. Cairn Terrier & cat aficionado. Horse mum. 
Andrew Mercer Ontario Reformatory for Females @amreformatory.bsky.social Criminalized Women and Girls’ Ancestral Research: Supporting Descendants of Those Incarcerated or Born at the Institution and Adopted.
#PrisonAdoptees #PrisonBorn #PunishedInUtero #Genealogy
https://andrewmercerreformatory.org/
Molly Biddle @biddlemolly.bsky.social Criminology and music. Data analyst for public defense and police accountability in Philly. Prisoners’ families researcher. Proud daughter of Appalachia. IoC Cambridge MPhil. Haverford Alum. Still masking. She/Her
Bharat Malkani @bmalkani.bsky.social Law academic @CardiffLaw. Racial justice; miscarriages of justice; criminal justice. With a smattering of human rights
Latest book: "Racial justice and the limits of law" https://bristoluniversitypress.co.uk/racial-justice-and-the-limits-of-law 
Lilly Crellin @lillycrellin.bsky.social PhD Student @ University of Liverpool
#sentencing #rstats #criminaljustice
José Ángel Brandariz @jabrandariz.bsky.social Professor of Law and Criminology at the University of A Coruña
Chris Tully @ctully.bsky.social NGO evaluator, report writer, Celtic FC fan and optimistic believer in independence for Scotland. Old time lefty...
Błażej Kaucz @blazejkaucz.bsky.social Criminologist and Socio-Legal Scholar
Interested in CJS, organised crime, and militarisation
Works @ UCCLibrary
📖 "The Militarisation of Behaviours: Social Control and Surveillance in Poland and Ireland" is available @ http://bit.ly/3DwxZsz
#criminology
Joel McGregor @joelmcgcrim.bsky.social Criminologist researching youth and violence at Swinburne University https://experts.swinburne.edu.au/7351-joel-mcgregor
Dr Susan Watson @suwatson.bsky.social Lecturer in Criminal Justice and Social Policy in the School for Business and Society at the University of York. Specialist in gendered violence in the online space, previous policy maker and new Labour staffer. Avid tea drinker.
USC Criminology & CJ @usccrim.bsky.social Official account for the Department of Criminology and Criminal Justice at the University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC, USA)
Jim MacMillan @jimmacmillan.com Journalist, educator, researcher and social innovator. Student of peace and justice. CMAT superfan. Recently relocated to Cork. Shaped by 35 years in Philadelphia and one in Baghdad. JimMacMillan.com | DuffyMalone.ie | Signal: JRM.353 | He/him | Pax et Lux
Marina Hiller Foshaugen @foshaugen.bsky.social Criminologist (PhD) // Associate Professor at The Norwegian Police University College
Maja Vestad @vestad.bsky.social Criminologist
👉researching evidence production in Norway
🏠University of Oslo
Masho @masho.bsky.social Mostly here to read and talk about prisons. Also about borders, rule of law backsliding, Polish politics and other scary things.
Elsebelle @elsebelle.bsky.social TrentU Dept Social Work. LSE Social Policy. Research on children of prisoners, punishment, social policy, social justice. Settler, she/her.
Tom Nolan @thomasnolan.org Author "Perilous Policing: Criminal Justice in Marginalized Communities," former DHS Senior Policy Advisor, professor of criminal justice @ Boston University, SUNY at Plattsburgh, Merrimack College, and Emmanuel College 💙 #ProsecuteICE #AbolishICE
Monica Solinas-Saunders @monsolinassaunders.bsky.social Criminologist & Sociologist, Interested in learning, Views are my own.
Youngjae Lee @youngjaelee.bsky.social Law Professor, New York, Fordham Law School, criminal law & punishment. Currently working on a book on mala prohibita offenses.
Charles C. Lanfear @clanfear.bsky.social Associate Professor, Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge
Social control, crime, quant methods, R coding
clanfear.github.io
Thomas Friis Sogaard @thomasfriissogaard.bsky.social Associate Professor in social science drug research, with a particular interest in drug markets and drug policy
Melissa Mendez 🇹🇹🏴 @dr-mendez-to-you.bsky.social Lawyer turned criminologist. Caribbean woman navigating Welsh life and academia.
Julia Ramsay @fendon.bsky.social Criminology and disability research interests. Researching experiences of disability in the CJS especially the prison experience and physical disabilities. Interested in disability hate crime and its under-reporting and under-recording. PACT volunteer.
@jamestreadwell.bsky.social @jamestreadwell.bsky.social 
April Chai @aprilchai12.bsky.social PhD candidate | School of Criminal Justice and Criminology, Texas State University | Research interests include violent crime, police investigation, quantitative methods, body disposal, Geography of crime
Roli @rolieche.bsky.social Anarchist./abolitionist We have nothing but each other. No War but Class War.
UK based, Child migrant from Peru. PhD drop out. Relationality/ Child rights + childism/youth work/violence prevention/public health. She/they.
Sabryna Sas @sabrynasas.bsky.social PhD student at Griffith Uni. Interests in health psychology 🍎, self-control in health behaviours 🚭🏃🏻♀️, qual research 👩🏻💻, and self-control in prison populations ⛓️
Mike Vecchio, PhD @mikevecchio.bsky.social Lecturer of Criminal Justice & Criminology, Loyola University Chicago (he/him) • UMSL PhD & BGSU alum • Youth gangs, violence, & victimization ♾️
Justin EC Tetrault @tetrault.bsky.social Assistant professor at SFU's School of Criminology. I study political extremism, Indigenous justice, and prisons. Red River Métis. https://www.justintetrault.com/
Joanne DeCaro @joannedecaro.bsky.social PhD Candidate in Criminology, Law and Society at UCI. Prison and reentry researcher. Ford Foundation & AAUW fellow.
Ecrim_UDC @ecrimudc.bsky.social Research group on Criminology, Legal Psychology and Criminal Justice in the 21st century @udc_gal
Rebecca Wickes @rlwickes.bsky.social Professor in Criminology | Griffith Criminology Institute and School of Criminology and Criminal Justice | Griffith University. All views my own.
Alexandra Nur @dralexnur.bsky.social Assistant Prof. of Criminal Justice at UNLV. Focus on correctional programs, prison experiences, & human capital accumulation
@PSUSocCrim alum #WeAre
@UCIrvine alum #Zot
Kayleigh Charlton @kcharlton.bsky.social Research Associate at CYCJ | Queer Politics | Justice Inequalities | She/Her
European Prison Litigation Network @europepln.bsky.social Defending and advancing prisoners’ fundamental rights across Europe
Andrew Percy @prof-andy.bsky.social Prof Quantitative Criminology QUB.
Interested in things like adolescent alcohol and drug use; cyber- victimisation and harm; prevention; latent variable modeling & longitudinal research. Aresnal Champions 2026!!
Seramonie @srajne.bsky.social