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Inside Time ‘seriously censored by staff’ Different views, same ...... insidetime NAME WITHHELD - HMP GARTH problems a voice for prisoners 1990 - 2015 ...... the national newspaper for prisoners published by I have been an avid reader of your paper throughout my sentence and now on my recall. But I PETER McDERMOTT - HMP BARLINNIE Inside Time Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of The New Bridge Foundation, founded in 1956 to feel I must write and let you know that here at HMP Garth the paper is seriously censored by create links between the offender and the community. staff. I have read Inside Time in prisons in the Dispersal system and various prisons but never I was reading the letter sent in by W Mont- have I witnessed what happens here, staff blacking items out with a marker pen before we get gomery of HMP Rye Hill (‘Orange Music’ - Inside Time is wholly responsible for its editorial content. Comments or complaints should be directed to the the paper. They black-out any pictures of women and children and sometimes they black-out January issue) and his struggle to find orange Managing Editor and not to New Bridge. whole articles! It is now mid-January and we have only just been issued with the December music. Like him and many other cons here we issue. Our January issue had the front page completely removed and what remained was tucked are faced with a similar problem. Even though a © into the December issue. This place is going back to the 1950s! we obviously have different views on the very not profit Board of Directors important problems faced by both sides of the publication4 Editorial note: What is described here is more like vandalism than censorship. Our January issue divide, this is a struggle we both face. So it featured news images from 2014. The six photos were seen on television and in newspapers would be a great help if you could publish Trevor Grove - Former Editor Sunday Telegraph, throughout the world. It is totally inexplicable why this front page was ‘completely removed’. details, postal addresses etc on any music Journalist, Writer and serving Magistrate. This letter has been sent to NOMS for an explanation. outlets that deal in Irish music - both Catholic John Carter - Former international healthcare (Republican) and Protestant (Loyalist) and company Vice-President. will supply those in prison. Respect to Mr Geoff Hughes - Former Governor, Belmarsh prison. Montgomery in Rye Hill and a big shout to our Eric McGraw - Former Director, New Bridge ‘I am a Muslim and I ‘Bring our innocent (1986-2002) and founder of Inside Time in 1990. brothers down south. Forever peace in Ireland. John D Roberts - Former Company Chairman and am Charlie’ men home!’ Editorial note: See the letter below. Managing Director employing ex-offenders...... Louise Shorter - Former producer, BBC Rough ...... Justice programme. JIMMY WEISSMULLER - TONG FUK A McCANN - MIDDLESEX Alistair aH. E. Smith© B.Sc F.C.A.a - Chartered© CORRECTIONAL INSTITUTION- COLIN McCURRY - HMP SWALESIDE not not I read with interest in your January issue a Accountant,profit Trustee and Treasurer,profit New Bridge HONG KONG Foundation.4 publication4 letter - ‘Polygraph has proved my innocence’ n In reply to Mr Montgomery of HMP Rye Hill I service - L Philips. I am a relative of an inmate at HMP have two addresses concerning the kind of While reading the December 2014 issue of Whitemoor who is now into his 11th year of a music he is looking for. Inside Time I came across a couple of 25 year tariff for a ‘contract murder’. We too ‘Drum Sounds’ Shankhill Souvenirs, The Editorial Team © mailbags that saddened me. ‘Stop beating a have paid for two polygraph tests to be carried 224 Shankhill Rd, Northern Ireland. not around the bush’ and ‘Stop talking nonsense’ profit out, both of which proved he is innocent of And The Scottish Protestant Union, organisation4 by a Mr Banks and a Mr Tweed respectively. I the crime he has been convicted of. It cost us 5 Sunnybank Place, Lower London Road, would like to point out to Mr Tweed that Islam a huge amount of money to have the Edinburgh, EH7 5TJ. is indeed NOT a terrorist outfit but a noble polygraph examiner flown over from the USA. I hope these will be of some help to yourself religion of peace and he should kindly stop and all the other loyalists who are currently in making connections between terrorism and We have since pursued two unsuccessful the system. God Save the Queen. Islam. Terrorism is a separate issue to Islam appeals based on the tests, only to be told by ...... and anybody who declares himself a true High Court Judges that polygraphs are not Rachel Billington OBE Eric McGraw Muslim cannot condone vicious and heinous admissible in English law. Why not? If they are OMAR AYUB - HMP RISLEY Novelist and Author and Managing crimes committed against other people. Hell used against government officials, presidents Journalist Editor is waiting for them the same as the perpetra- and the like, then why not if it comes to Blavo Nov 2012_Blavo Dec 2008 red border SHADOW.qxd 13/11/2012 09:42 Page 1 n Some of us are finding it really hard to find tors of these senseless acts. As Mr Banks proving a man’s innocence? Bollywood and Pakistani music CDs. I have comments ‘The clowns who call themselves tried Gemma Records and Chips but they just ISIS are just a bunch of senseless murderers, My relative’s conviction has left our family do not supply them. Chips are the recognised close-minded religious scumbags’ who have broken; children without a father, a wife supplier for music CDs and games to this prison, nothing to do with Islam. ISIS is not represent- without her husband and a good man without but they have nothing of this kind. Could ing Islam, nor does it stand for Islam or act his freedom. For the record, my nephew was someone please write in and let us know where upon the core values, teachings and princi- convicted without any DNA evidence, was not we might be able to purchase these items? ples of Islam. picked out on any ID parade, there was no John Roberts Noel Smith actual concrete evidence against him except Editorial note: Amazon.co.uk has a vast Operations Director and Writer and former Company Secretary prisoner Mr Tweed should not get twisted or fooled, for the word of another man who then had all collection. Ask a family member to research. ISIS is a terrorist outfit run by a clown who charges against him dropped! Plus, it was Editorial Assistants has declared himself a Caliphate whose only stated in court by the police that my nephew Lucy Forde - Former prisoner education mentor interest is power and control, nothing more, was under police observation by 3 different Paul Sullivan - Former prisoner nothing less. I am a Muslim. I am not ISIS, and police forces at the time of the murder, yet I condemn in the strongest terms possible all they all ‘lost contact’ and only resumed Administration Assistant Sonia Miah 19 John Street acts of violence. I must conclude by paying my observation two days after the crime. Layout & Design Colin Matthews tribute of respect to the families of the victims Our fight for justice continues. I only hope LONDON WC1N 2DL Correspondence of the Paris massacre. I am a Muslim and I am that Mr Philips and his family continue to fight Charlie. too. Bring our innocent men home! Inside Time, Botley Mills, Botley, Southampton, Hampshire SO30 2GB. Accounts & Admin: Inside Time, P.O.Box 251, Hedge End, Hampshire SO30 4XJ. 0844 335 6483 / 01489 795945 0844 335 6484 ON YOUR SIDE [email protected] www.insidetime.org Being on your side is one thing. Fighting your corner is another. 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The revolving door Star Letter of the Month Contents turns yet again ...... Congratulations and a £25 cash prize for this month’s Star Letter. Mailbag ...... pages 2-9 JAMES SHARPLES - HMP LIVERPOOL ...... Praise for Toe-By-Toe and the library Newsround ...... pages 10-16 I read with interest the article in the December ...... 2014 issue of Inside Time concerning the Website Comments ...... page 17 Swedish experiment that has led to fewer ANDREW PRESCOTT - HMP NORTHUMBERLAND people coming back to prison by actually ...... I would like to ‘big-up’ the library here at HMP Northumberland. Before coming to this jail I rehabilitating prisoners. I would like to share Diary ...... pages 18-19 could not read or write very well due to my dyslexia and then 20 months ago I came here and an example of how the system works (or ...... got help from the library and Toe-By-Toe. After many months of hard work I am now at Level rather, doesn’t work) in this country. I am 25 2 in English and have no problem when writing letters to my family and friends back home, Scottish Focus ...... pages 20-21 years-old and have been in and out of prison or reading letters from home, probation or solicitors. I am also reading all of Andy McNab’s ...... for the past 5 years, mainly through my novels, all 14 of them (4 down, 10 to go!). I would advise anyone who needs help with alcohol problem. I have served many short Comment ...... pages 22-30 reading or writing and doesn’t have the confidence to ask friends for help to speak to library sentences and was last released in July 2014 ...... staff about getting help or Toe-By-Toe. Give it some time and a bit of hard work and you too after serving 3 months. I knuckled down and Drink and Drugs ...... page 32 could have the confidence to read books and send letters to friends and family. Believe me, started to make progress with my alcohol the help is there it just needs you to ask for it. Thank you to the staff at HMP Northumber- ...... addiction and was doing well. Unfortunately I land library and keep up the good work! Mother’s Day ...... page 33 had a slip and was arrested in September for theft. I was bailed. Whilst on bail I’d had ...... enough and kicked the booze and got myself National Prison Radio ...... page 34 well. I then got a good job in a call centre. I Yarls Wood a ‘privatised concentration camp’ kept out of trouble whilst on bail and when I ...... went for my pre-sentence report I expressed my desire to get off the merry-go-round of THOMAS CARROLL - HMP PARC alcohol, crime and prison, talked about my problems for the first time and asked for a last The recently published news on the humiliation suffered by women detainees at Yarls Wood chance. My report was a good one. detention centre is disgraceful to say the least. How can the Home Office and the Chief Inspector of Prisons turn a blind eye to these abuses of human rights perpetrated by a money- When I appeared in court I told them that I had grabbing private company like Serco? Why is the director of Yarls Wood still in place and not a good job now, showed them my wage-slips arrested? Women who have families are being detained indefinitely in these detention centres and watched them read my positive report. To against their will and without having committed a crime. According to reports they are being National Prison Radio is changing. Full my utter disbelief I was sentenced to 28 days spied on by male Serco security guards and suffering mental and physical abuse at the hands of details of their brand new programmes can in prison. Now I will be released once again cowardly, bullying perverts. How is this acceptable in a so-called civilised society? These be found on page 34. with no money and no job, starting from women should petition the Home Office to have this concentration camp shut down and remove square one again. I know that I committed a Serco from bidding for any future government contracts...... crime and this is my fault, but honestly what Education ...... page 35 is 14 days (half the sentence) in prison going to teach me or how is it going to help me? It’s ...... like the system doesn’t want me to move away Short Story ...... page 36 from this life, as though I am a valuable asset ...... that keeps them in work. And I wonder how Wellbeing ...... page 37 many hundreds or thousands there are like ...... me in and out of the system. Why do they not help people instead of severely hindering them? Terry Waite Writes ...... page 38 ...... Luckily I’m not one to give up and I have Inside Justice ...... page 39 hopes for the future, maybe I can get another ...... job. But it strikes me that despite all the blather talked about helping ex-offenders in News from the House .... pages 40-41 order to lower reconviction rates, it is all just ...... rubbish when it comes down to reality. Legal ...... pages 42-45 ...... Legal Q&A ...... pages 46-47 emailaprisoner ...... The emailaprisoner service Inside Poetry ...... pages 48-49 enables family, friends, ...... solicitors and other organi- Reading Groups ...... page 50 sations to send messages ...... Book Reviews ...... page 51 to prisoners from any ...... computer. It’s faster than Jailbreak ...... pages 52-55 1st class post and costs ...... less than a 2nd class stamp! National Prison Radio ...... page 56 • Available in 98% of UK prisons. > LOOKING AHEAD • Smartphone App coming Soon! • April Inside Poetry If you would like to know more call: 03333 70 65 50 Views expressed in Inside Time are those of the authors and not necessarily repre- for further details or visit: sentative of those held by Inside Time or www.emailaprisoner.com the New Bridge Foundation. ›› Registered with EMAP ‹‹ If you would like to contribute to Mailbag, please send your letters (including your name, number Insidetime March 2015 4 Mailbag and prison) to ‘Mailbag’, Inside Time, Botley Mills, Botley, Southampton, Hampshire SO30 2GB. www.insidetime.org

issue, even though item (i) in the facilities list Complaints to the states that it should be allowed. After many Travellers’ Times applications and Comp1 forms I decided this ...... Ombudsman not matter was too trivial for court action so I GARY WHEAL - HMP SWALESIDE appealed to the PPO on 6th of April 2014. On worth the ink the 29th of May I received a reply which I am a lifer and both Inside Time and National ...... stated - ‘Although it is eligible for investiga- Prison Radio are a great help in getting me NAME WITHHELD - HMP WAKEFIELD tion... this would be a waste of resources’! On through my sentence. Another big help was the 3rd of June I wrote (recorded delivery) and reading the Travellers’ Times, a magazine for I write in response to the statements made by received only silence. On 7th of August I rang Gypsies and Travellers. Unfortunately I have the Ombudsman and his deputy, Elizabeth the P&PO and was informed that my letter not seen it for a while and do not know how to Moody, in the November 2014 issue of Inside had not been received and when I told them get hold of it. I would love some information Time. Ms Moody claims that it is certainly that the Royal Mail had confirmed delivery on how to get it here at HMP Swaleside and in worth making a complaint to the Ombudsman they promised to check and get back to me. I prison generally. I am quite willing to buy it regarding lost or damaged property. Well, not heard nothing. On the 18th of September I out of my own money but what I need is the if you read the judgement in Kevan Thakrar’s wrote again (recorded delivery again) and information. Can anyone help? case it isn’t! He complained to the Ombudsman marked it FAO The Ombudsman, Mr Nigel about lost and damaged property and they Newcomen. Once again I heard nothing! Then Editorial note: Anyone requiring a copy of recommended that he receive £10 as compen- I read a reply by NOMS in Inside Time saying Travellers’ Times (which is published sation - which it then took the MoJ over a year that complaints about the PPO could be made bi-annually) can write to Inside Time and we to pay! Mr Thakrar considered this an insult to the PHSO, so I wrote with copies of all will get you one. Mark your correspondence and issued a claim for damages in the County correspondence on the 15th of October. ‘Travellers’ Times’. Court. The judge was highly critical of the In early November the first miracle happened, Ombudsman’s investigation into Mr Thakrar’s the PPO replied to my ‘undelivered’ previous letters and told me - ‘The Ombudsman CAN Book ban still an obstacle complaint saying that the ‘Ombudsman seems ...... to reverse the burden of proof’. He called the investigate your complaint after all’. The Ombudsman’s analysis of the complaint second miracle happened only 6 weeks later IAIN KENDALL - HMP PARKHURST ‘incomprehensible’ and certain conclusions as when I was informed that the Ombudsman ‘untenable on their face’. Mr Thakrar was had ‘partially upheld’ my complaint. I was to Today the information regarding changes to the IEP scheme, reference the ability to have books awarded over £800 in damages which the be given £12.99 to purchase a new lead (twice sent in was posted on the wing notice board. We are still limited to only 12 books in possession; judge ordered to be paid within 14 days. So, if the price of my original one). any over this number are to be kept in Stored Property. This effectively means a wait of 2 to 3 your property was lost or damaged where weeks to get access on a one-for-one swap. We have to wait until we are given access to would you now go for compensation, the To complain to the PHSO, write to them for a Reception. Also, we can only have books ordered from four specific book suppliers - Blackwells, Ombudsman or the County Court? form, fill it in and send it to your MP (you’ll Foyles, Waterstones and WH Smiths, sent to us. This means that we will not be able to take find his name and address in the library), your advantage of any savings by allowing our families to buy second-hand books as they used to. Also the Ombudsman appears to seek praise MP will sign it and send it back or send it to Meaning that once again, we and our families must pay over the odds, especially for technical for his recommendation that a prisoner who the PHSO directly. books for courses which can cost £40 or £50 to buy new. We will also not be able to receive any had wrongly been denied an open visit receive of the knitting books from Samuel Genen (which he mentioned in his article on the book ban for an apology! Equally praiseworthy, so it would Finally, the PPO should look at and learn from Inside Time). The only exception to this rule about using these named suppliers is if you can get seem, is obtaining an apology for a prisoner the PHSO’s procedure. permission from a Security Governor in ‘exceptional circumstances’. Good luck with that! But I who had been denied the opportunity to attend A) The PHSO acknowledge receipt of all letters would like to take this opportunity to thank solicitor Samuel Genen for all the work he did to get a funeral. Such artificial, forced apologies are immediately; the overall ban lifted. worthless. Does the Ombudsman really B) They reply within 14 days stating what action believe that requiring a prison official to pen is being taken and returning all paperwork; C) Their final report informs you that if you are Persona non grata an expression of regret really means that ...... official is ‘sorry’? Of course it doesn’t! If I not satisfied with their findings you can thought an apology would get me out of appeal to the Appeals Committee; MANBAGS - HMP ASHFIELD prison I would gladly write it in my own blood. D) If not satisfied with the Appeals Committee’s decision they tell you what to do next. I was wondering whether NOMS might be able to answer a question for me regarding a ...... Ombudsman page 29 procedure that HMP Ashfield seems to have in place for when we are released. Currently no MICHAEL B SAMS - HMP FULL SUTTON prisoner who is released from Ashfield is permitted to be released from the prison gates. Instead, those who are to be released are forced into a prison escort vehicle from the prison to the train n If you have a genuine complaint about the Thank you! station where they are then able to make their own travel arrangements. Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO), ...... especially concerning procedure or with him LUCY FORDE - INSIDE TIME Firstly, is this procedure legal? Surely once you have signed your discharge papers the prison not responding to your complaint, then you has no authority to force you into a vehicle and technically kidnap you and take you against your should take it to the Parliamentary & Health Thank you so much to the person who picked will to the train station? We have been ‘unofficially’ informed that when Ashfield transitioned from Service Ombudsman (PHSO) as it produces up my purse in the visit centre at HMP Send on a YOI to an adult male sex offenders establishment, the local authorities put an agreement in miracles. Saturday 14th February and handed it in. Also place that no sex offenders would be released from the prison gates and be allowed to walk the prison and visit centre staff who got in through the local village. Again, is this legal? I would really appreciate it if you could get an On entering HMP Full Sutton my 2 metre touch with me to say it was safe - thus saving answer from NOMS. extension lead was deemed ‘too long’ for me from total meltdown! Editorial note - This letter has been passed to NOMS for a response.

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Access to cleaning materials and toiletries are now Emotionally and psychologically the IPP being restricted so much that even basic levels of health and hygiene standards are impossible sentence is a form of torture. A study was to maintain. For example, a wing of 150+ men is only given 20 litres of washing machine once carried out on former terror suspects detergent for a 2 month period, and 144 packs of toilet rolls are supplied for a month. So little who had been held indefinitely without disinfectant is being supplied that shower blocks and cell toilets cannot be cleaned properly. © Giambra - Fotolia charge or trial at HMP Belmarsh’s infamous Washing up liquid is almost non-existent and what is supplied is being significantly watered prison-within-a-prison, or ‘Guantanamo Upon down on the directions of staff. If this is allowed to continue the incidences of illness and 9 months for smoking Thames’ as it is known. The study found that communicable diseases are inevitably going to rise. What concerns me most is that this it was the indeterminate nature of their rationing of these essential resources is a direct contravention of Prison Rule 28; which states: in prison incarceration which drove many insane, and ...... some to take their own lives. It is no coinci- (1) Every inmate shall be provided with toilet articles necessary for his/her health and cleanli- ness, which shall be replaced as necessary. GORDON CHORLTON - HMP dence that the architect of IPP, David GUERNSEY Blunkett, was also behind the policy that saw innocent Muslims detained without charge or As this is a MANDATORY DIRECTION, contained in a Prison Rule, it is a lawful requirement of the Governor, from which he may not depart in any material particular. This was established in the Guernsey prison became non-smoking in even trial. And whilst detained many were Campbell & Ferguson 2011 judgement. How can any governor expect prisoners to follow Prison January 2013 and it is illegal for anyone to ill-treated and abused. David Blunkett has Rules when they themselves refuse to do so? smoke anywhere in the prison. A prisoner can been man enough to admit he got it totally be breath-tested for Co2 on a suspicion and wrong with the IPP, yet he is only too well will be placed on report if the reading is 8 or aware the injustice is one that will never be Gambling addiction above. These breath machines are reputed to removed. So his admission does not make a ...... be not totally reliable. ‘Quitline’ is available lot of difference. NIKI JONES - HMP CHANNINGS WOOD through the healthcare team to help prisoners stop smoking and ‘Zebra’ e-cigarettes are Many IPP prisoners have mental health It has taken me a while to understand how prison and the NOMS ‘rehabilitation’ works. I am available for £3 each through the canteen. issues, now made worse by the sentence mortified at the rehabilitation options that are NOT present for people with convictions in relation Last summer there was a problem in getting itself and the lack of competence by HMPS, as to the fastest growing addiction in the UK - gambling. I have written to national newspapers and enough Zebra e-cigs and an alternative was the prison system has not got much of a clue Justice Minister Chris Grayling but have had no reply and now I need some feedback from other made available, though many prisoners found as to how to effectively and fairly manage prisoners as to what help and resources they have been offered and has anyone even mentioned the alternative to be not as efficient. Possibly IPPs. All too often IPPs are put at the bottom them getting help for their addiction. because of that, last summer saw a large of a large pile of cases. Ask any member of number of adjudications for smoking. At one staff about IPP and they will tell you that the When I arrived in prison I foolishly expected to be offered help with the addiction that led me stage over 40 prisoners were awaiting computer says your sentence is 99 years, there in the first place. All I hoped for was the same help as those with drug and alcohol adjudications for smoking. exactly the same as lifers. Discrimination is addictions get, but little did I know that the British prison system has no pathway or considera- part and parcel of IPP, if you have mental tion for those with crimes linked directly to gambling addiction. Gambling has completely ruined I was sentenced to 2 years for importation of health issues you will end up serving longer my life and the lives of those close to me. I have lost friends, family, jobs, huge amounts of Class C drugs and I am currently a Cat C. I than IPPs who don’t. The Parole Board have money, my career, self-esteem ... the loss and hurt is almost endless. Now, 8 weeks into a 28 would have been eligible for parole after one refused parole to those on anti-depressants. month sentence and it has dawned on me that I am going to have to fight my addiction alone. third of my sentence but it was refused Given the nature of IPP, I’d say anti-depres- primarily because I had an adjudication for sants are essential and it should come as no I ask my fellow prisoners who suffer from this horrendous addiction to write and let me know what smoking. In effect this means I’ve been surprise to any rational minded person that help you have been offered and to tell me if you think your addiction is taken seriously by prison handed a further 9 months for smoking in IPP is affecting mental health. authorities. I want to try and make NOMS, Probation, Parliament and the prison system truly prison. The irony is that I gave up smoking understand the magnitude of the fastest growing addiction in the UK and the damage it does to from 2000 to 2012 but the craving re-emerged A lifer by any other name page 42 people’s lives. since I came into prison.

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I am responding to the mailbag by Wayne Adams - HMP/YOI Moorland titled ‘Restorative Justice for sex offenders’ (February issue). I don’t know where Mr Adams has received his information from, but as a serving sex offender who has participated in Restorative Justice, I know first-hand that he is wrong. I also believe that he is under a misconception concerning the Restorative Justice process. It is a process that is victim-led. It is for victims to make a request for Restora- tive Justice, not for the offender to request it. I understand that this may be different in the young offenders estate; however, in the adult prison system, Restorative Justice is a long and painstaking process. There are many risk assessments for both the victim and the offender ‘Prison management before any meeting is even requested. Only then is your establishment asked to facilitate such a and healthcare like the meeting. Yes, statistics do show that Restorative Justice can help reduce reoffending rates. However, I Put Homer Simpson in Chuckle Brothers’ would caution Mr Adams, the Restorative Justice process is not an ‘easy fix’; it breaks your heart ...... and makes you detest yourself. It takes years to get to a point where you feel that you are charge! KEV KYBERD EDWARDS BOSWELL becoming a good person again. Also, Restorative Justice is not there for us to seek absolution ...... - HMP STAFFORD through a misguided belief that because we created the problem we must be the ones to ‘fix’ it. MR HOBSON - HMP MOORLAND My advice to Mr Adams is concentrate on sex offender treatment programmes, learn all you can about your motivations and how you can reduce your likelihood of reoffending. That is the best Just who has the duty of care? Healthcare In the last few months we have been locked in thing you can do for your victim. Show them that their suffering wasn’t in vain. have been told that they cannot authorise the our cells almost constantly. On Saturdays we issue of extra blankets, coats or anything else barely get 3 hours out of 24 out of our cells as even if you are disabled or suffering from the well as early bang-ups in the evenings cold. For example, there is a disabled man ‘I am a sex offender, and I am guilty...’ straight after work or visits. We are told this is here who needs a high back chair for medical ...... owing to ‘staff constraints’. This all comes reasons; healthcare say he can have it and NAME WITHHELD - HMP MOORLAND after we were informed that a new regime was the prison should supply it, but the prison say being implemented that would see less healthcare should supply it. They are like the The letter in your February issue about Restorative Justice for sex offenders is wrong. I am a sex bang-up! It now turns out that a portion of our Chuckle Brothers, from me to you from you to offender and I am guilty of my crime. I am also ashamed and disgusted at what I did. But don’t staff have been sent to a London prison in me; if it wasn’t so important it would be you think the victim has suffered enough without putting a face to the crime? Having someone order to cover a shortfall there. They should mildly amusing. In this cold weather the apologise is not going to help the victim move on with their life and it will not make you feel realise that moving a problem from one place prison will not issue a jacket or coat unless better about what you have done. You can express remorse by speaking to other people in the to another does not eliminate that problem. you are over 65! There is an official notice on same situation and also by doing the courses offered to you. You are not going to change anything Since Grayling took over and cut staff the board saying that if you want a coat then for you or your victim by confronting them. I am trying to get all the help I can while in prison and numbers it has been like a game of musical buy one! Their penny-pinching is putting talking about my crime is hard but the best way of understanding why I committed it. I don’t chairs with staff running here and there to people’s health at risk, they have a duty of think I will ever forgive myself but I will do what I can so I never commit the same crime again. And spread themselves thinly over the system. care to supply warm clothing and they should don’t use the hatred of people against you as an excuse to commit the crime again. Sex offenders Perhaps they should put Homer Simpson in start taking this seriously. should not be allowed to take part in Restorative Justice just to make themselves feel better. charge of the MoJ!

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feel like there’s someone there. Women with all different values, opinions and religions Prison sweatshops come together and by meeting in the middle, ...... friendships are created. TERRY LEGGATT - RIVER HOUSE MEDIUM SECURE UNIT

So many positive changes are being made at As a life sentence prisoner, convicted in 1978, my working life in prisons around the country has this prison. We are being given the chance to left me with very few skills or qualifications that a 21st century employer would be interested in. take charge of our own day. We are being If I were to leave prison today, after 36 years, I don’t think I would have much hope of finding full treated like adults. The education department time employment. The Prison Service and their workshops have failed me utterly when it comes is to be re-branded into a college. Simple to getting me fit for employment on my release. I will have to make my discharge grant of £46 © prisonimage.org things like allowing us to go to college makes last me for 8 or 9 weeks. I may be a reformed character but I’m not a magician! us feel less like school children in education ‘It’s amazing what you and more like we’re taking steps towards I read in a tabloid article in early February that Chris Grayling is now aiming to get prisoners changing our lives. Eastwood Park has a doing work for the armed forces. He claims prisoners would learn new skills doing this that can achieve with hard number of women currently studying with the would be helpful in future employment. Nice idea, but haven’t we been here before! I was Open University, and for the first time in a making tents and webbing belts for the army long before Chris Grayling left school! It was work’ long time, I’m seeing women looking forward nothing short of slave labour for which we were paid £3.20 per week. Any refusal to work, or if ...... to and planning their future. you worked too slowly or didn’t reach targets it was a nicking and 3 days in the block. And what NAME SUPPLIED was the promised reward for working in these prison sweatshops? We were told that the skills Staff are focused on rebuilding lives and not we learned would be of use to future employers. It wasn’t. In the end some IRA prisoners handing out punishments. Many of the staff Coming into prison is a devastating prospect, smashed the workshop up. actually want to help us. They give us advice nobody can deny that. However, what you do and ideas. Of course, there are some staff once you’re here can really make a difference I have worked in many prison sweatshops over the years and learned absolutely nothing of any members that aren’t as helpful or supportive to your sentence. You can either sit in silence value. After 3 years working in the press shop at HMP Parkhurst I asked the shop instructor but over time that is changing. Being watching the clock tick by, or, you can realise about getting qualifications in the work. I was told - ‘Waste of time, by the time you get out rewarded for turning our lives around is a you’re better than this and make something these old machines won’t exist in factories, everything’s going computerised!’ So to all the guys great incentive to keep women on the right happen. entering this new scheme in HMP Coldingley and HMP Channings Wood, I wish you all the best path and by being on the right path brings but don’t hold your breath waiting for qualifications for your slave labour. better opportunities. I spent 14 months in custody with no direction. I believed nothing would change and that I I can’t speak for everyone but the general ‘NOMS not fulfilling their lawful duties’ was to spend the next 3 years following the opinion I’ve found is that women are finally ...... same mundane routine. I had 4 different jobs feeling the prison system is taking notice that before my current role but nothing seemed to SAMSON McNAB - HMP SWALESIDE we need different support to the male estate. keep me motivated. I was given an opportunity We’re not just women; we’re mothers, wives, by the education department and the Prisoner’s Why is it that when I make a Freedom Of Information (FOI) request asking ‘How many applica- daughters, carers. We’re used to responsibil- Education Trust to study a course in Journalism. tions to intercept legally privileged calls has the Chief Executive of NOMS authorised between ity and by being handed some of that back we It was something I had always been interested 2011 and 2014, and at what establishments in England & Wales’? I never receive any response start to feel less institutionalised and more in, if only because of the curiosity around whatsoever from the Data Access Compliance Unit at the Ministry of Justice. capable of a ‘normal’ life. what Journalists can actually get away with printing. I was trusted enough to edit my own Despite responding to other requests and other correspondence, I find it highly peculiar that in I’ve witnessed people come in with nothing prison newsletter which has now become my respect of this specific request the MoJ have ignored approximately 4 or 5 letters asking about and leave with a full-time job having regained full time role in the prison. Not only is it an update posted by me through December and January. the respect and support of their families. That keeping me motivated, but it’s a positive step success has stemmed from the prison recognis- regarding my course. Could you please ask NOMS why they are not fulfilling their lawful duties under the Freedom of ing what women need. As like anything in life Information Act 2000, and what is the answer to the question I’ve lodged under the Act? By law, there’s a flip side to this and I’ve seen women It’s amazing what you can achieve with hard I should have received a response within 20 days. That legal time-frame has long since passed. have good jobs, having earned respect from work, determination and the right help. Being Answers please! other prisoners and staff but by being too able to earn trust makes us feel like women in comfortable and forgetting where they are, prison not just prisoners. I’ve spoken to many Editorial note: This letter has been passed to NOMS for a response. they’ve done one thing that’s changed all women about how they feel during their time that. No matter what you do with your time, at HMP Eastwood Park and the overall consensus you still need your respect. 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• Prisoners may make an application to visit a ‘Heartless Security’ close dying relative and it is a matter for the ...... prison governor to decide on the merits and REECE McCARTHY - HMP PRESTON circumstances of the particular application. The overriding issue is whether allowing the I am a convicted prisoner serving 4 years 2 prisoner into the community will put the public months, and I would like to know the rules at risk. If it is assessed that the prisoner may concerning a compassionate hospital visit to safely attend unescorted, then arrangements my father, who was given 4 weeks to live at can be made by using a form of ROTL, namely the most. I received a visit from the Chaplain a Special Purpose Licence (SPL). There is an here in Preston Prison who informed me of avenue of appeal against a decision to refuse dad’s condition, which is a rare lung disease. I ROTL through the prisoner complaints ‘History sends us a warning, listen to it!’ was told that I would be taken out of the prison procedure and, if this is not satisfactory, the ...... under escort to visit my father as he had been prisoner may submit a complaint to the BEN BARNES - HMP FRANKLAND given the last rites. Understandably I was very Prisons and Probation Ombudsman. upset and was hoping I could get to see him • There is no absolute ban on prisoners in any while he was still alive as I am his only son The 27th of January 2015 was International Holocaust Memorial Day. On this important date 70 security category applying to visit a close and we had things that needed to be said. But years ago the 322nd Rifle Division of the Russian Red Army entered through the gates of Auschwitz dying relative. A close relative is defined (in Security then informed me that I could not go. and liberated those left inside. 2.2 million Human beings were murdered in Auschwitz, 6 million Prison Service Instruction (PSI) 16/2011) as in the whole holocaust. The Jews call the slaughter ‘Shoah’ and the Gypsies (Roma & Shinti who spouse (including a person - whether of the What kind of heartless people can decide to also died in great number) call it ‘Parajmos’. These people had no human rights; it was even against same sex or different sex - with whom the stop a son seeing his father for the last time the law for them to be alive. They were shot, gassed, hung, tortured and raped. After the camp prisoner was living as a couple in an estab- when he is dying? Where is the compassion in was closed the world said ‘Never Again’. The European Convention on Human Rights and Fundamen- lished relationship immediately prior to any of this? I suffer from anxiety and this has tal Freedoms came to be, proclaimed by the General Assembly of the United Nations on the 10th of imprisonment), parent, child, brother, sister made it worse. I now suffer sleepless nights. December 1948. The United Kingdom also signed this declaration and is obligated to respect it. (including half or step brothers and sisters), These people seem vindictive, bordering on fiancé or fiancée (provided that the Governor evil. I am doing my sentence to the best of my Recently it was suggested that dangerous criminals are stripped of their human rights. Which is is satisfied that a bona fide engagement to ability and do not get involved in anything. a green light for governments to shoot, gas, hang, rape and torture, if they feel like it and those marry exists), or a person who has been in Surely it is not too much to ask, is it? Any with no human rights, like the Jews and Gypsies of Auschwitz, must suffer in silence. Treating loco parentis to a prisoner, or to whom the feedback concerning the rules on compas- human beings with respect, which includes religious and racial tolerance is what makes us prisoner has been in loco parentis. sionate escort would be appreciated. different from animals; whether Muslim, Jew, Christian, Shinti, Roma, black, white or yellow. All Applications should be assessed on an human beings belong to the brotherhood of man. individual case basis by the holding prison and will be fully risk assessed to ensure that To abolish the human rights of prisoners, no matter how dangerous they are judged to be, is a Writes safety and security are not compromised. As step back to the days when the Nazis tried to subjugate the world. This is going back to the dark part of the risk assessment process, consid- days of Auschwitz, Belsen, Treblinka, Sobibor and all the other death camps of Europe. Abolish- I set out below the policy concerning the eration is given to the number of staff required ing human rights for any human is a dangerous path to go down, and there is no return. Our release on temporary licence (ROTL) to visit a to facilitate such a visit and the use of prisons, with little meaningful work or education, high suicide, self-harm and murder rates are dying relative and also the policy relating to restraints. Furthermore, the level of advance punishment enough for anyone, so relegating prisoners to ‘animal’ status with no human rights escorted visits by prisoners to dying relatives, planning required needs to be taken into is a stain on our humanity. Clearly governments who vote for this policy have been taught much if refused ROTL. consideration. Particular procedures apply to but learned little. History sends us a warning, listen to it! visits of this type for Category A prisoners.

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Asperger’s Syndrome Left hungry NOTICE BOARD ...... D W - HMP GARTREE JOHN BROWN - HMP CHELMSFORD Walk a mile ... I have recently had an independent psycho- I realise that there have been massive budget ...... logical assessment done which has stated cuts imposed on the prison system but that is GARY MANSFIELD that I suffer from Level 1 autism, i.e. Asper- no excuse for leaving people hungry - food, ger’s Syndrome. I am aware that within the warmth and light should be basics, not to be I served 7 years of a 14 year prison sentence prison system there is little or no help with cut. On several occasions in this prison we for drug importation. During that time I worked this disability. I would like to know if anyone have queued at the hot-plate for our meals my way through various art courses before knows of any way of finding support and only to be told that they have run out of chips starting a degree just before I was released. guidance for prisoners with Asperger’s? and sometimes they run out of tea packs. No Some lives matter, I’m now an artist and have gone back inside alternatives are offered it’s just a case of as a visitor, giving painting workshops in the Editorial note: Contact The National Autistic ‘hard luck, get back in your cell’. We have put others don’t ... prison art classes. I need help with my next Society, 393 City Road, London, EC1V 1NG. in complaint forms but get nowhere...... project from inmate and ex-offenders alike...... AARON ODGERS - HMP SWALESIDE Recently I tried to complain to a female officer My work looks at a wide range of issues around that the food had run out before we had all crime, prison, justice etc and society’s view ROO - HMP WHATTON Every society has had malcontents who want been served and her reply was - ‘Hurry up and on them. I am currently working on a large get in your cell, Brown, I’m waiting to go to to smash the system and replace it with a n I have just been given one of prison project based on the proverb ‘Never judge a the pub’! I know I’m in prison, but surely we system of their choice, only for a new bunch of healthcare’s famous, or infamous, brush-offs. man until you have walked a mile in his shoes’ have the right to be fed? Are we not to be malcontents waiting in line to smash the Even though the psychiatrist who prepared and that is literally what I will be doing. treated like human beings? Somebody needs system, and so on. The rap song ‘Don’t my pre-sentence report said that I am ‘ticking to bring basic human rights into this prison, Believe the Hype’ (by Public Enemy) should all the boxes’ for Asperger’s Syndrome, I am we are treated like rubbish here. be borne in mind when it comes to the present being denied an assessment because my ‘public enemy’ Islam. Right-wingers and neo referral to healthcare is a self-referral and not Editorial note: PSI 44/2010 - MENU Nazis are lining up across Europe to declare a referral from the psychology department. I PLANNING & MEAL PROVISION that we are at war with radical Islam. Yet, how note from December’s issue of Inside Time 3.1 Key outputs that apply to all prisons are: can 3 Muslim men shooting 17 people out of a that ‘News From The House’ has Lord Faulks • Prisoners will be provided with 3 meals per French population of 88 million (5 million indicating that people with learning disabili- day. As a minimum this provision will include ties released on license may be subject to being Muslims) speak for anyone but breakfast, lunch and evening meal. additional conditions or restrictions being themselves? • A multi-choice (minimum five choices), placed on their licence. I have to wonder then, pre-select menu including a minimum of one should my Asperger’s Syndrome go unrecog- The EU has a combined population of half a The theory behind the piece is; we have all substantial hot meal choice per day will be nised and undiagnosed by the prison system, billion people, resulting in thousands of car offended and done something society doesn’t provided for the lunchtime or evening meal. whose fault will it be that conditions deaths, overdose deaths, fatal accidents at condone, but none of us were born offenders, • Prisoners are consulted about and can make necessary to my proper management are not home and, of course, murders a plenty. 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INSPECTORS FOUND • the modern reception facilities were extremely good and the first night accommodation was THE INSPECTOR CALLS ... clean and well prepared; • the induction process was streamlined and Nick Hardwick - HM Chief Inspector of Prisons more relevant; • the overall approach towards security was Inside Time highlights areas of good and bad practice, along with proportionate, staff used de-escalation tech- niques well and force was used sparingly; a summary of prisoner survey responses at HMP Nottingham and HMYOI Werrington. These extracts are taken from the most recent • the level of self-harm had reduced and there HMYOI Werrington had been no serious incidents; Reports published by HM Inspectorate of Prisons. Werrington is a centre for juveniles aged between 15 and 18, both sentenced • the close working relationship between the Inspectors arrived; almost 40% of prisoners and remand prison and the local authority helped to reported victimisation by other prisoners. Managed by HMPS maintain effective safeguarding and child pro- CNA: 160 / Population: 104 tection arrangements; Announced Full Inspection: 1-12 Sept 2014 Although accommodation is modern, Inspec- • the standard of the residential accommoda- Published: 29th Jan 2015 Last inspec- tors said that showers and toilets were poorly tion had improved significantly - cells were tion: Sept 2013 screened and ‘the prison grounds were bleak clean and successful efforts had been made to and littered and cells routinely overcrowded’. reduce graffiti; The amount of time prisoners had out of cell ‘A well-run young offender institution’ was limited and unpredictable. Staff shortages • relationships between staff and children had caused the imposition of a general 20% Remand 12.5% Number of foreign were consistently good and staff were inter- ested in and had good knowledge of the boys restricted routine and during the working day nationals 27.9% Age 16 or under 16% Lost they were responsible for; HMP Nottingham Inspectors found about half of the prisoners property on arrival 82% Treated well in Local prison holding young adult and locked up in their cells doing nothing. Pur- Reception 44% Food is bad or very bad • the education provision had improved, fewer adult males poseful activity places were underused and 35% Number restrained 69% Treated with classes were cancelled, punctuality was good Managed by HMPS access to vocational training was very limited. respect by staff 43% Number who have and levels of attendance were up; CNA: 723 / Population: 1,043 felt unsafe 29% Victimised by staff 76% • the quality of teaching was significantly better Unannounced Full Inspection: 8-19 Sept On the positive side, Inspectors reported that Had an adjudication 62% Difficult to see and the level of achievement by children had 2014 Published: 10 Feb 2015 Last ‘work to reduce drug supply seemed to be inspection: Feb 2013 dentist 22% Easy to get drugs 76% Had increased dramatically and was now very high; having an impact and provision for those with been excluded from school 14% Not engaged substance misuse needs was appropriate’. • work to support children with resettling back ‘Significant concerns’ in any purposeful activities 23% Get no visits into the community continued to be good; and Nick Hardwick said; ‘At the time of our inspec- 34.3% Unsentenced 8.6% Number of • follow-up work to track the progress of tion, Nottingham prison was in a very difficult ‘Living conditions at HMYOI Werrington had children after release was a promising initiative. foreign nationals 8.5% Number on recall place. The prison faced challenges common to significantly improved and it was providing 12% Lost property on arrival 55% Treated many other prisons, but was failing in most of more training and education opportunities for well in Reception 41% Had legal letters its core responsibilities. The prison was not the boys it held’ said Nick Hardwick. At its Recently published HMCIP reports opened 69% Food is bad or very bad 50% previous inspection in September 2013, safe enough; conditions were not good Bristol - February 2015, Cookham Wood Inspectors found an establishment which had Don’t know who IMB are 70% Treated with enough; prisoners were not sufficiently active; - October 2014, Elmley - November 2014 improved but where significant shortcomings respect by staff 54% Number who have and not enough was done to manage risks Feltham - January 2015, Garth - January still remained. This more recent inspection felt unsafe 30% Victimised by staff 53% and reduce the likelihood of reoffending … A 2015, Guernsey - November 2014, found that improvements had continued, par- Difficult to see dentist 50% Easy to get new interim governor is in place, but it was Hollesley Bay - January 2015, North Sea ticularly in the areas of respect and purposeful drugs 47% Not engaged in any purposeful too early to judge whether the prison’s new Camp - November 2014, Northumberland activity. activities 68% Less than 4 hours out of cell leadership was making improvements.’ - January 2015, Nottingham - February 2015, Oakwood - February 2015, Peterborough - October 2014, Portland - In his latest report on HMP Nottingham, Nick December 2014, Swinfen Hall - November Hardwick said that the prison was not safe COMPENSATION FOR 2014, Thameside - January 2015, enough and conditions were poor. 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Imprisoning children The things people say… may lead to sexual offences in adulthood

Sending children to prison may make them more likely to commit sexual offences in adulthood, Britain’s first-ever independent review of sex behind bars has found.

The Commission on Sex in Prison reached its conclusion after hearing evidence that the single-sex prison environment, with its high levels of violence and use of force, could lead to the development of sexual aggression. “The Tories have lost control The Commission found that the needs of vul- nerable children could not be met in large of the country’s borders and prisons with low staff-to-child ratios. All immigration rules need to prisons for boys in England hold at least 130 children, and the government plans to build be tightened urgently” an even larger institution - a secure college UK prisoner voting rights breached, with a capacity of 320. Evidence from the Yvette Cooper, Shadow Home Secretary Bureau of Justice Statistics in the US suggests that placing children in prisons She also says that voters should not be European judges rule holding 100 or more puts them at risk of afraid to speak out about the subject: ‘It sexual abuse from other children and staff. isn’t racist to be worried about immigra- The rights of UK prisoners were breached ning row with the Strasbourg Court. The findings are outlined in the Commis- tion reform.’ when they were prevented from voting in sion’s fourth briefing paper, Healthy Sexual elections, European judges have again ruled. This latest case concerned 1,015 prisoners, a Development of Children in Prison, which Has she forgotten that Labour presided grouping of long-standing prisoner voting has now been released. over the biggest surge in immigration in The case was brought by prisoners who were cases, and the Court ruled there had been a British history? Net migration under Tony detained during various elections between violation of Article 3 of the European Conven- Established by the Howard League for Penal Blair and Gordon Brown was almost 4 2009 and 2011. This is the fourth time the tion on Human Rights - right to a free election. Reform, the Commission comprises eminent million (equivalent to 16 cities the size of European Court of Human Rights has ruled academics, former prison governors and Southampton). Throughout that period, against the UK’s blanket ban on giving Sean Humber, from law firm Leigh Day, rep- health experts. It is approaching the end of a the New Labour machine sought to rubbish convicted prisoners the vote. The court has resenting 554 of the prisoners, welcomed the two-year inquiry into the issues and problems critics and depict those concerned about called for a change in the law but this has not court’s ruling and said they would be seeking surrounding sex in prison. the scale of immigration as racist. happened. a review of the decision not to award com- pensation. He added: “It should be worrying The briefing paper cites Youth Justice Board On the campaign trail in 2010, Gordon Both the previous Labour government and to all of us that the government appears to statistics which show 5 per cent of children Brown is remembered for describing the current Coalition have failed to legislate have so little regard for its international in custody have been convicted of sexual concerned voter Gillian Duffy as ‘a bigot’. - although various proposals have been human rights obligations or indeed the rule offences. Many of these children will also debated in an attempt to end the long-run- of law.” have been victims of sexual abuse.

Frances Crook, Chief Executive of the Howard £56 million wasted on getting rid League for Penal Reform, said: “We know that prisons holding children are hotbeds of violence. We now know that they impair of prison staff healthy sexual development. There is only one clear lesson - no child should be held in The cuts came as the prison population rose a prison.” - from 83,909 at the end of December 2012 to 84,392 at the end of December 2013.

The Ministry of Justice has since spent millions trying to recruit officers to fill vacancies after “The Prime Minister risks a series of damning prison inspection reports. stoking false migrants fear”

Frances Crook, Chief Executive of the Howard Anna Soubry, the Conservative Defence League for Penal Reform, said: “The mis- Minister, speaking recently on Radio 4’s management of the prison system over the PM programme. last couple of years is breathtaking and has © prisonimage.org resulted in a massive waste of public money. The comments highlight differences in Whilst prisons sank into an abyss of violence, the Conservative Party over immigration gangs, suicides and criminality, ministers Muslim prisoners hit following their failure to meet its promise clearly panicked and are now desperate to to cut net migration to tens of thousands recruit new staff to replace the experienced an all-time high a year.

© prisonimage.org people they got rid of.” The number of Muslim prisoners has hit an In 2010 the Conservatives circulated More than £56 million of public money was all-time high, with those in top security es- leaflets in which they called for a spent in a single year on severance payments tablishments estimated to be almost one in ‘contract’ between the party and the as staffing in the prison system was cut to Annual amount spent on severance five of prisoners held there. Official figures British people, telling voters that they dangerous levels, a document seen by the payments to prison officers April show that, overall, one in seven prisoners in would reduce net immigration to less England and Wales is Muslim after the Howard League for Penal Reform reveals. 2010 - December 2013 than 100,000 by the time of the General number rose by 4 percent in the year to Election but the latest figures show that it 2010 3,002,420 December. In fact, in some prisons they make The Prison Service made payments totalling was 228,000 in the year to the end of 2011 4,181,680 up more than one third of the population. £56,487,250 in 2013 - almost 10 times the June. In 2010 the Conservatives wrote: ‘If 2012 5,737,900 Ministry of Justice figures show that the we don’t deliver our side of the bargain previous year’s bill - as prison officers were 2013 56,487,250 number of Muslim prisoners almost doubled vote us out in five years time.’ made redundant across England and Wales. from 6,571 to 12,255 between 2004 and 2014. Insidetime March 2015 12 Newsround www.insidetime.org

© Zoe Norfolk/Barnardo’s 2,000 prisoners stay The things people say… in Britain

Plans to deport nearly 2,000 European prisoners are in chaos after several EU countries failed to sign up to Prisoner Transfer Agreements (PTA). Government ministers are also alarmed by a court ruling that blocked the extradition of a prisoner to Lithuania because of prison conditions there that could breach his human rights.

The government believed that the compulsory transfer agreement, along with agreements with countries outside the EU, would enable them to reduce the 10,300 foreign national prisoners who cost £350 million a year. L-R: Barnardos’ Sam Monaghan, Baroness Floella Benjamin, Fay Ripley, Lorraine “In investigating the subject Ashbourne, Lauren, Samantha Cameron, Jack O’Connell, Warwick Davies, Michelle Top 10 EU countries with prisoners it must be established what Collins, Bruce Oldfield, Tony Cohen OBE in jails in England and Wales: steps, if any, the suspect took Poland 901 to obtain the complainants Samantha Cameron and supporters show Irish Republic 750 Romania 521 consent” their backing for ‘stigmatised and isolated’ Lithuania 461 Portugal 205 Alison Saunders, the Director of Public children of prisoners Latvia 192 Prosecutions issuing new guidance on Netherlands 130 the prosecution of rape cases. Samantha Cameron, along with Barnardo’s Tragically, this early trauma leaves 65% of Slovakia 119 supporters including actors Warwick Davies, boys with a dad in prison facing the likelihood Czech Republic 109 She declared it was now time to move Jack O’Connell, Fay Ripley and Michelle of going on to offend themselves. France 102 beyond ‘no means no’. Apparently the Collins, gathered at a high profile Downing absence of ‘yes’ sometimes also means Street event to show their support for Barnardo’s reaches out to these overlooked ‘no’ and defendants accused of rape children of prisoners. They heard from and isolated young people, through its work Lauren (17, pictured) who faced stigma and in seventeen specialist services around the One in three blames should always be asked to prove how they isolation after her stepfather was impris- UK. The charity provides counselling and knew their alleged victim had consented. oned. support for families, and trains local practi- rape on victim flirting So if a man assumes a woman is tioners to identify and support them in the agreeing to have sex with him because Currently, there are three times more community. with attacker she is enthusiastically taking her clothes children with a parent in prison in England off, a red light should now be flashing. A and Wales than there are children in care. They work in prisons to help children visit More than a third of the public believe victims chap would be well advised to pause From the moment their parents are arrested, their offending parents, maintaining crucial of rape or sexual assaults are at least partly before going any further and conduct a these children face emotional upheaval and relationships and contact. The work has been to blame if they had been “flirting heavily” with question-and-answer session or better damage to family life yet they often tell shown to measurably improve the lives of their attacker, an official survey has shown. still, obtain a written declaration. no-one. offenders’ families. The Office for National Statistics (ONS) The writer and broadcaster Melanie published research that showed that more than Phillips, writing in The Times said: ‘For a quarter believe drunk victims of sex attacks Mrs Saunders, it would appear, there is bore partial responsibility for their ordeals. no such thing as reasonable doubt in rape cases. Teenagers and the 55 to 59 age group were

less likely to be sympathetic to sex attack ‘Indeed, in a speech she made in 2012 victims who had been drinking or flirting she showed outright contempt for juries than people in their twenties, thirties or who dared to acquit rape defendants. forties. Among 16 to 19 year-olds, 34 per cent said a victim’s drunkenness made them Although she conceded there must be “completely”, “mostly” or “a little” responsi- acquittals in the justice system (how ble, along with nearly 46 per cent who said generous) she claimed that jurors who the same about a victim who had been flirting acquitted in rape cases had ‘not been with their attacker. In comparison, only 24.5 aware of the stereotypes or myths which per cent of people aged 20-24 agreed on the have found their way into their sub drunkenness question, and 39.7 per cent on consciousness’ and thus caused the flirting. Among 25 to 34 year-olds, the figures ‘high’ acquittal rate... were 22.4 per cent and 29.5 per cent. ‘The particular belief here, that we are The poll also found 31 per cent thought living through an epidemic of rape is That’s very victims were at least partly to blame if they promulgated by the Home Office and suspicious, I can’t had been taking drugs. Again, teenagers Ministry of Justice, egged on by feminist see the chocolate were more likely to apportion blame to the groups. Reported or recorded crimes are victim, at almost 45 per cent, compared with not necessarily actual crimes at all..’ Hobnobs just over 25 per cent of those aged 25-34.

Thousands of police take guns to routine jobs Cash cut for rape victims

Police are carrying guns to ‘routine police call-outs’ each year, raising fear of American-style Rape victims had their compensation cut because they have criminal records for offences patrols. According to The Times who undertook the research, only five of the 43 police forces such as television licence fee evasion and using a mobile phone while driving. in England and Wales couldn’t be bothered to reply in full to the newspaper’s Freedom of In- formation request on armed deployments. The Times added, ‘These forces exist to serve the The Daily Mirror reported that 29 rape victims had compensation reduced by a total of £75,000 citizen whose taxes fund them. Taxpayers deserve maximum transparency in return. If British over the last two years because of their convictions. The Criminal Injuries Compensation policing is being armed by stealth, the people have a right to know.’ Authority claimed that the full award was inappropriate in such cases. Insidetime March 2015 www.insidetime.org Newsround 13

Young prisoners held NEWS IN BRIEF with sex offenders

An inspection report on Bristol Prison found that young prisoners were put at risk from sex offenders when they were placed on the same wing.

Nick Hardwick, the Chief Inspector of Prisons said that not enough was done by the Prison to protect the vulnerable among its 586 ‘Go on a diet or lose benefits, obese told’ Sir Tim Rice to help a charity reduce prisoners. - a headline that hasn’t reached everyone yet. reoffending through music On a wing intended for sex offenders one in six prisoners had sought protection, yet the much as 75% above the national average. It prison had done little to assess the risk achieves this by employing professional posed to those not convicted of sex crimes. musicians to build a mentoring relationship The inspection also found there was too little with prisoners and ex-prisoners. prison clothing, towels and bedding to meet the needs of the population. Currently working in 13 prisons in the South and South West, it provides regular music sessions for small groups of prisoners, and Thousands at risk of maintains support for them after release by Sir Tim Rice providing one-to-one and group sessions, ‘honour’ killings in UK

and holding concerts in the community. Thousands of people in Britain are reported Changing Tunes (London & South East), a Internationally acclaimed lyricist Sir Tim Rice to be at risk of ‘honour’ killings for failing to stand-alone franchise, will begin work has become a patron of Changing Tunes, a uphold the traditions of their family or race. shortly in a major London prison. Already the charity using music to reduce reoffending. Violence and murders are being carried out charity has been invited by a further four Government Minister Eric Pickles says by people from migrant communities who he has been on a diet for two years and “Music restores and transforms as nothing prisons to work with them also. have been born and bred in Britain and the as he carries the menu everywhere else can. I have been fortunate to have had a idea is becoming ‘increasingly entrenched’ As one prisoner put it: “Changing Tunes has wants to show the difference it has made. long-running and deeply fulfilling musical according to the Henry Jackson Society changed me as a person in so many positive career. I know what can be achieved, so I am Think-Tank. very glad to support the immensely worth- ways, too many to list .... I now have a much better outlook.” while work of Changing Tunes as it expands Annual numbers for these types of deaths in into prisons in London and the South East”, Britain are unknown, but the Report identi- said Sir Tim Rice. Contact: Philip Emery, Director of Changing Tunes www.changingtunes.org.uk fied at least 18 killings and 11 attempted Albums by ex-prisoners recorded by killings in the past five years. It said that the Changing Tunes is a charity with over 20 numbers ‘were likely to be much higher’ with years’ experience working in prisons, whose Changing Tunes can also be purchased through their website. younger siblings sometimes being responsi- work is shown to reduce reoffending by as ble for the violence.

Nigel Farage of UKIP calls an executive meeting to discuss his strategy for the forthcoming TV Debates.

Prison officer inside the prison of Tilburg Norway to rent Dutch prison cells

Norway’s prison system plans to rent Dutch prison cells amid a shortage of available During David Cameron’s visit to Wash- space, the Norwegian government said. ington the President is asked about Cameron’s chances of winning the next Norway, with a reputation for providing its General Election. prison population with humane treatment, now has a waiting list of 1,300 people waiting to enter its facilities. Not necessarily because Jimmy McGovern and the JENGbA campaigners they are anxious to serve their sentences, but outside Lime Street Station in Liverpool because Norway is experiencing a shortage of cells amid renovation work. Have you been charged or convicted under The Nordic country, with an incarceration rate of about 72 prisoners per 100,000 joint enterprise? people, is attempting to maintain its high standards of prison life while at the same JENGbA are handing in their petition to 10 Downing Street on Tuesday 17th March 2015 at time renovating its aging facilities - at a cost 3pm. Award-winning screenwriter Jimmy McGovern, who wrote “Common” after meeting our of up to £455 million. Oslo authorities are families, will be joining them along with members of the cast. Press and TV media will also be blaming the situation on the previous gov- there, so tell your families and friends - don’t forget your banners, wear your JENGbA t-shirts ernment. Norway’s re-offending rate of or just wear red! Let’s do our bit to bring justice to the wrongfully imprisoned and get our Prince William discusses the part often around 20 percent is among the lowest in the voices heard - make this our best march yet for our loved ones. Join them at Victoria Coach played by crown jewels in a close run race. world. Station at 2pm for the march to Downing Street. More details: www.jointenterprise.co Insidetime March 2015 14 Newsround www.insidetime.org

was jailed for six months before the trial but STRANGE BUT TRUE was cleared by a judge at Worcester Crown NEWS IN BRIEF Court, who ruled that she had no case to answer. Her daughter remains in a chil- dren’s home. She was taken nearly two years ago when she was 14. Her mental health has suffered severely as a result of the care proceedings and being removed from her mother. Mary Kidson has now petitioned Parliament to review the law that l Julianne Moore (pictured) won the BAFTA allowed her daughter to be taken into care. Best Actress Award for her performance Strange but frightening…. as a professor with the early signs of After a boring week talking politics Alzheimer’s disease in a film called Still l Prince Andrew has been appointed Vice presenter Kirsty Wark on Newsnight Alice. By all accounts she is also hot Admiral - the rank the Duke of York would decides to liven things up a bit. favourite to win an Oscar. The film however have reached had he stayed in the Royal has not been seen in the UK and will not be Navy, a service he left in 2001. One veteran shown until March, denying the public an told Inside Time that he left the Army 60 opinion even from their armchairs. years ago with the rank of Bombardier but now thinks the letter informing him that he l It is reported that Prince Charles believes is a Field Marshal has been lost in the post. that national honours are given ‘to the wrong people for the wrong reasons’. We l So what has been the British response to call him Prince of Wales, for short. He is the Charlie Hebdo murders? Police turning also Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, up at newsagents across the country to ask Earl of Carrick, Baron of Renfrew - Lord of shopkeepers for the names of people who A resident at Edinburgh Zoo regrets l Katie Price is this years Celebrity Big the Isles - Great Steward of Scotland. And ordered the special issue of the magazine. calling his girlfriend the wrong name. Brother winner. The mother of five beat a Knight of the Garter, a Knight of the This has happened in Cheshire, Wales and off competition by the other fourteen Thistle, a Knight Grand Cross of the Bath Wiltshire. So far from being ‘Je Suis Charlie’ ‘celebrities’ that the majority of the and a Member of the Order of Merit. Not to simply to take a casual interest in Charlie British public had probably never heard forget, he also has a Blue Peter badge. puts you on a list of potential troublemakers. of. Katie Price is reported to have received from Channel 5 a fee of l Mary Kidson was cleared of ‘poisoning’ l A woman whose throat was slashed by £500,000 for her three-week stay in the her daughter after going abroad to treat her ex-partner in front of their twin sons Big Brother House, but exactly why she her daughters condition with drugs. She is during seven hours of torture has been is regarded as a celebrity is also not now fighting to be re-united with her child. ordered to write to him in prison. She has entirely clear. It is also not entirely clear She endured a three-week trial late last been told that she faces jail herself if she why she is worth millions but relies on year after giving her daughter thyroid does not send three letters a year to her ex the taxpayer to transport her disabled And at a farmers meeting one member of extract, oestrogen tablets for her chronic partner updating him on their five year-old son to and from school each day. the audience is offered a bacon sandwich. fatigue on the advice of a doctor. Kidson boys, including photographs.

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No human has won a chess Just how far the human race has come in one lifetime tournament against a high- spec computer since 2005. In Arab Algeria, women make up 70% of lawyers and 60% of its judges. Women dominate medicine and 60%of university students are women.

Human life expectancy has increased more in the last fifty years than it did in the previous 200,000 years of human Humans will create more information in the form of data in existence. In 1950, life expectancy was 47 years. In 2011, it the next two days than was created in all of history up until was 70. the year 2003.

Between 1960 and 2010, the world population rose from 3 billion to 6.8 billion. In other words, there has been more growth in population in the last fifty years than the previous two million years that humans have existed.

Since 1961, the amount of food we produce has increased by 25%. Around 2% of the pop- ulation now produce enough food to fill the bellies of every single person on earth with 2800 calories per day. In 1990, one million people worldwide owned a mobile phone. Today, there are between 5 and 6 billion in circulation.

Between 1990 and 2010, the percentage of children who died before their fifth birthday dropped by almost half.

Our pictures of the universe have got a lot clearer over the years.

If you had bought the computing power found In the span of 66 years, we went from taking flight to landing on the moon. inside an iPhone 5S in 1991, it would have cost you $3.56 million.

Between 1991 and 2010, the mortality rate of cancer fell by 20% - that’s 10% a decade.

Between 1990 and 2013, Between 2000 and 2012, the number of out of maternal mortality worldwide school children around the world has nearly has dropped by almost 50%. halved. Dropping from 100 million to 58 million.

Nuclear and renewable power prevented 1.8 Every two minutes, we take as many photos as all of million deaths between 1971 - 2009 as a humanity took during the 1800s. In 2015 alone, humanity In1981, 52% of the world lived in ‘absolute’ poverty. By 2010, this number result of lower air pollution from reduced will take 880 billion photos. That’s 123 photos for every man, was down to 21%. 721 million fewer people live in extreme poverty. coal usage. woman and child on Earth. Insidetime March 2015 16 Newsround www.insidetime.org

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The situation parliaments but think they should last for Over the past two years, there has been a at the Royal Gwent Hospital came to light four years rather than five. 71% rise in searchers for shared rooms - l 73% of trainee and newly qualified after a man took a photo of a toy that had which are often furnished with bunk beds - teachers have considered leaving the pro- been secured with a bicycle chain to the l 40% of overweight people experience some on the website spareroom.co.uk. But even fession. 28% say they have to work more side of his child’s cot. form of insult to do with their weight at least these don’t come cheap: a “bright twin than ten hours over the weekend during once a week. room” in west London was recently on offer term time. l 34% of voters say their GP service has for £259 per week. deteriorated in the past five years, while l Britons ran up £1.25bn of new unsecured l Oxfam operates in 96 countries, employs 15% think it has improved. However, only debt in November 2014: more than in any l Youth rugby matches in Yorkshire are now 10,000 people and has an annual budget of 8% have been to A&E on account of failing month since February 2008. unusually quiet at the weekend, owing to a £747,400,000. to get on appointment to see their GP, while new ban on touchline shouting. The “Silent 75% of those who’d used the NHS’s 111 l The proportion of single-child families in Sundays” initiative was introduced to tackle l 463 cases of female genital mutilation are helpline thought they’d been given appro- Britain grew from 42% in 2003 to 47% in 2013. the rising problem of spectators - often identified in English hospitals every month. priate advice. pushy fathers - screaming abuse at referees. l Sales of anti-anxiety drugs and sleeping This fact caused some to quit, and made it l More then 100 of Bordeaux wine estates l Just 27% of British people would fight for now have Chinese owners. The Chinese their country and only 18% of Germans. have been investing heavily in the region’s However, 44% of Americans would do so chateaux since 2010 partly to cash in on a and the global average is 60%. growing demand for the wine at home. 80% I really enjoyed of the bottles estates produce are exported l 35% of men with sons aged 12-16 feel reading Fifty Shades to China, which is now the world’s biggest close to their sons - but only 18% of those of Grey. I couldn’t put market for red wine. men feel the same way about their relation- you down until I’d ship with their own father. l Angelina Jolie was named as the worlds finished it most admired woman in a survey of 25,000 l Sixty-one bodies have been pulled out of people from 23 countries. The Queen - who Manchester’s canals in the past six years. topped the British poll - came fourth. Julia Roberts came eighth. The most admired l Southern Rail’s 7.29am train from man worldwide was Bill Gates. 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Staff at B&Q have been advised to familiarise themselves with the bondage novel Fifty l In real terms, average hourly wages in Shades of Grey, in preparation for a likely surge in demand for ropes, cable ties and tape Britain fell by 4.7% between 2008 and 2014. l About 800 ambulances in the UK have following the release of the film version. “Understanding the storyline, and how some been equipped to deal with severely obese B&Q products feature in the film, will better prepare staff for incoming queries”, read l 399,000 Britons own houses worth £1m patients. These “bariatric vehicles” have an email sent to all branches. or more.

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Website comments via www.insidetime.org Valentine’s messages from insidetime.org knowing they presided over the suicides of scores of human beings? My beautiful Marivena, I love you with all my heart, can’t wait till we are back together. Love Eddie xxx Annette, thinking of you this Valentine’s, missing you day and night and your kisses and hugs too. Love you millions from your future husband Stewart xxx Gareth, if I go to Heaven and you’re not there I’ll ‘I passed a polygraph’ wait for you on the Golden Stairs. If you’re not A Parkhurst prisoners Mailbag there by Judgement Day I’ll know you’ve gone the people like this that think because one of your other way and just to prove my love is true I’ll go J - Very touching , seriously. Do not expect family has broken the law that all your family to Hell to be with you. Katrina xxxx any help from prison staff at any level. Your ‘HMP is the biggest drug dealer must be criminals too. Bee my wife, Bee my friend, Bee my Valentine till reports will be full of how your behaviour in the country’ reflects your guilt. the end. Love from your Pee xx A Holme House prisoner wrote about drug medication To Shal, Happy Valentine’s, thanks for everything, I love you more than anything in the world and I J - As mum to a 20 year-old son who is in always will. Love forever Heathy xxx prison for the first time for a driving offence Cem A3692CZ I love you, happy Valentine’s. Love this is my biggest worry. Can the system not you always from your wife to be. Miss you xxxx see you are making good lads worse, yes people have to be punished, but all these Michelle S, Bronzefield. You’re beautiful, sexy, caring, drugs - why is it happening? loving, hot and horny! I’m all yours Sparkles! I love you. Stephen M xx 9 month-old baby refused visit First-time prisoner failed by prison system Jenny Boo A6889AT I’m thinking of you and love A prisoner’s relatives Mailbag you loads. ‘My wifey for lifey’ One love bee xx Prison suicides in England & A prisoner wrote about his experience as a Wales at ‘seven-year high’ K - My husband has been in for over a week first time prisoner Happy Valentine’s day Richard, sending you all my 82 prisoners killed themselves in 2014 now and yet I’m still waiting for security to call love today, tomorrow and forever. You complete me to clear my number and my kids need to talk J - Things have not changed. I am still trauma- me. Love you babes. Jane xxx B - I sent Grayling a certificate I made con- to their dad, why are they taking so long? tised by my only prison experience in 1977 ... gratulating him on the 80+ suicides he Brutality by people who should be helping To my baby Tigger Happy Valentines day baby. I presided over, but he has not thanked me for P - Why does this not surprise me? He you ... non-existent medical care ... all prisoners cannot wait for us to be together in August 2015. I the certificate, which I hope he has hanging probably thought the baby may have previous regarded negatively and assumed to be love & miss you more & more each day & cannot on his wall. I wonder what type of conversa- convictions. The main thing for a prisoner to always trying to con staff ... Torture! (sensory wait for us to begin our lives together. Always & tion these people have with their families? (rehabilitate) is to maintain family ties. It’s deprivation) Nothing changes. Forever Love your Pooh Bear xxx How do they live with their conscience,

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brainchild of its author, Jose Aguiar. He told between gym classes and vocational courses me, ‘The aim of the project is to bring prisoners to the need for water during lessons (coffee and staff together, improve relationships and and tea now banned on expense grounds.) Month by Month to create a rehabilitative culture.’ The essential There was the disappointment that the much- principle is that prisoners should be encour- vaunted ‘Virtual Campus’ was still not by Rachel Billington aged to be involved in the running of their available, even though there are ten new lives. NOMS, who are funding the operation, computers sitting ready in an assigned room - Rachel notes growing interest in women’s prisons, chose eight prisons to run it: Risley, Preston, Norma showed me later and I have a feeling Altcourse, Sudbury, Wealstun, Eastwood Park, they will be up and running soon if her deter- visits HMP Risley to see a Prisoners’ Education Trust Holme House and Stoke Heath. mination prevails. There were questions about project and enjoys a different kind of ‘pet’ story. ‘the catering train’ - a real buffet car to be So here I was coming to see the project in used for training with a restaurant for prisoners action. Each prison, that is staff and prisoners and staff. The only problem is funding to get s the government nears the end together, can choose whatever form suits train and the tracks it sits on over the wall… of its time, the Liberal part of the them and Risley decided on a monthly Alliance seems to have woken up ‘Student Council.’ This is made up of repre- to its responsibilities for the sentatives from the different classes - nineteen proper running of prisons. As I in Risley - who bring their concerns to repre- reportedA on the front page Simon Hughes, sentatives from the Education Department. who is in charge of women’s prisons, is making On the day I attended, there were seven reps a strong case for their special treatment, and I present and Lisa Cheshire, Learning and Skills have just received an invitation from Nick Clegg Manager HMP and Norma Garvey in the same to a question and answer session on February role from Manchester College who provide 23rd on the subject of Criminal Justice. Hairdresser trainees cut the hair of other prisoners during a training session in the education, to take their questions. This was a supplementary meeting - they’d already had a Others are also making the case for women prison hair salon at Askham Grange. © Rebecca Radmore/PET big February meeting with a higher attend- behind bars. I was interested to hear the ance - which had been arranged to give Jose Jose with a learner at Pentonville Deputy President of the Supreme Court, Lady New projects for women include the ‘Inside and others from PET a chance to evaluate how Hale, the only female member, arguing that Out’ programme initiated by Together Women the council was working. To help this along, women should be treated differently from There were the problems of suitable work Project at Askham Grange prison. Last September Lisa decided to go through the long list of men, although she added the caveat that men clothing. Norma shared the news that the over 50 delegates from businesses across problems raised in the earlier meeting. with the same problems, e.g. sufferers of Yorkshire came to support the launch. The aim requested wellington boots had come in but in abuse or mental problems should be given the sizes 8s and 10s but no 9s. The editor of the is to train women for work outside prison by Over two lively hours, I was impressed both same treatment. She was talking on Radio 4’s Risley magazine, Rob Love, asked when the giving them work experience in a ‘live’ office by the articulate questioning by the reps and Desert Island Discs, no less. Women in prison technician would come in to sort out problems environment and helping them to build their the openness to listen by Lisa and Norma. seems to have become a mainstream subject. with their computer. He also pleaded to be confidence and their skills. Incidentally, for Even more important, there seemed to be a allowed to print more than 350 copies which those of you who believe in prayer, March 6th belief by the men that something would be At the beginning of February I went to the was only a third of the prison population. Not is the International Womens Day of Prayer. done if the staff said they’d try - already over launch of a new project to be run by the ...... likely, was the answer since it’s a freebie from the two months since the council has been charity, ‘Only Connect’. It is called ‘Strong Manchester College. going some problems had been solved. This Voices’ and plans to advance in three areas: n HMP Risley, a few miles outside War- was not just an exercise in letting off steam training for women in prison, mentoring both rington, is a Cat C training prison which holds There was a serious discussion about the peer but a practical way of dealing with difficulties, inside and outside and the creation of a new about a thousand men. I was invited there to mentoring course -‘Useful outside too’, as Lisa where possible, before they became serious. magazine written and produced by women at sit in on a new project initiated by the pointed out. Questions about a barbering course risk. The first project is already up and running Prisoners’ Education Trust. It arises out of and whether it should include hairdressing These difficulties ranged wildly from the clash in HMP Holloway. PET’s ‘Learner Voice’ programme and is the moved into questions about why there is no

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Nationwide service offered NATIONWIDE ADVICE & ASSISTANCE Insidetime March 2015 www.insidetime.org Diary 19 level 3 qualification in Maths and English and n From ducklings to killer spiders. After my the need for disclosure of a criminal record comments last month about pets in prison I when finding a job outside prison. couldn’t resist the following poem: Finding humanity By the end of the afternoon my head was reeling from the amount of minor and major problems facing prisoners. Some clearly were never going to be solved - a regular call for in a bleak place toasters on the wing only raised a laugh - but this was a real dialogue in action, sometimes with really practical solutions. For example, the carpenter rep contributed to a decision to place Prison distorts in this way all the time. Walking Doug Heming app boxes in the library and on the wing by around the prison I am often called through saying he and his mate could construct the boxes. Volunteer Prison Chaplain meshed windows and from the other side of security fences. As you look over and peer As my neighbour at the table, Mohammed Tinchey Spider through mesh and security glass it is always a Sheik, said, ‘The meetings bring issues to the Andrew Sisko - HMP Portland challenge to see who it is that is calling you. surface and prevention is better than cure.’ Even the most familiar faces and voices can Rob added, ‘What we can bring to the table is This is a story about my pet spider become unrecognisable through triple mesh peer information and the staff can bring us I got him from a bruv down on the 2’s fences and cell windows. The distortion of information too because there is very little on He said that he’d had it with Tinchey prisons makes human engagement so difficult. the wing.’ Zar Domani said that he found the Because he does too many roids It makes building relationships on trust a real meetings ‘productive’ and confirmed my You should see him when he gets roid rage challenge. impression that the men were helping others It’s not a pretty sight not just themselves by raising the question of He stands in the corner like a pit-bull This is a fundamental problem for any reha- information for foreign nationals who often Spider with an angry look & he paces up & down bilitative programme that prisons have. To feel dangerously out of the loop. I went out & got him a mate but did not last long support rehabilitation requires a re-humanisa- As Tinchey kicked his ass tion of offenders who have felt dehumanised At a time when all prisons are suffering from That was the end of that by society. In an environment which distorts staff shortages leading to growing depriva- Did not last long tions for the men and women behind bars, this our humanity how is this possible? How can I will have to get him some bigger bells seemed to me a surprisingly positive engage- we build human relationships through Or something else to keep him calm ment. Their intention is also to extend the idea distorted images and words? Don’t want him up all night to a ‘Workers Council’, Lisa ended the meeting Putting webs all over my gaff with a declaration of intent, ‘I’m going to One answer for the Chaplain is to recognise Perhaps I will get him some puff empower myself to make what needs to happen, that our humanity is not simply material. It is And get him smashed happen.’ That seems a high ambition but as I not simply our outward appearance that See if this chills him out walked through the well-tended gardens and makes us human. There is something far more It’s not good to have a spider that’s got roid rage saw three ducks with about a dozen tiny significant at the core of our being, and it is Have to sleep with one eye open every night chicks picking their way happily across the this which makes us human. What this is Keeping watch on a crazy meat-head called grass, I couldn’t help feeling optimistic. remains a question that puzzles modern Tinchey society. For people of faith the idea of a soul or spiritual essence goes some way to answer the question. It is because of this belief in a deeper human identity that places of worship in a prison are so important for prisoners trying to find their true selves.

© prisonimage.org There is so much that distorts our self-image and true identity in prison. Not just doors and fences and bars but the lack of freedom to s a volunteer Chaplain one of wear our own choice of clothes, the lack of my regular duties is to visit the The Longford Scholarships were set up in memory of Lord choice in activities and hobbies, the lack of Segregation Block. I have always ability to be yourself in an environment where Longford, a lifelong campaigner for the rights of prisoners. felt that the statutory require- bravado and fronting things out is necessary ment to visit those on 23 hour They enable young serving and ex-prisoners to continue their for survival. To be yourself in prison is almost lockdown is fundamental to finding any rehabilitation through studying for degrees at UK universities. A impossible. But one way to achieve self- humanity in that otherwise bleak situation. awareness and create a true identity is through The inhumane treatment of locking people in reflection on the core, to consider the soul, to The Scholarships consist of financial and mentoring support. a cell on their own for stretches of hours, days, give time to listen to and develop the spirit. weeks and even months finds a glimmer of Established in 2003, over their first decade they have given 120 Then these material restrictions which distort humanity in the statutory requirement to be who we are become less important. After all it individuals the chance to build new futures though education. visited and listened to by a Chaplain ... another is not the trainers we wear that makes us who human with an interest in the prisoner’s well- we are. If you are interested in becoming a Longford Scholar please download an being and story. application or email: [email protected] The Bible teaches that humans are somehow The most difficult obstacle in this task is when made in the image of their Creator. What this Applicants in prison should speak to the education department who will be prisoners are on a Caution Unlock and the means is a complex and intriguing matter. But Chaplain is advised to carry out the pastoral able to download the forms, or contact the prison librarian. whatever it means I think it suggests that our visit through the observation window in the true identity is one of dignity, of creativity and door. There is always an issue with the distor- of value. So when I lean in towards the door to You will need two referees & the deadline for applications for each tion of the prisoners face and voice through hear the words of the prisoner behind it I try to academic year starting in the Autumn is 1st June the glass and the metal. Who is it that is remember that the other side there is someone behind the locked door? What are their needs www.longfordtrust.org who reflects something of their Creator back and hopes? The Chaplain is called on to have to me. Not in their appearance or the words X-ray vision. It is so important to see through @longfordtrust longfordtrust they use but in the fact that behind those these barriers because the distortion contra- things is a deeper human soul. If we are to find dicts the essence of the need for human our own true self and humanity whilst in contact. Indeed it is incredibly difficult for “The Longford Trust were the first people who had faith that I could do a degree and were prison we must try and see that same true self either the Chaplain or the Prisoner to have a prepared to offer me practical support to achieve that.” and humanity in those the other sides of the human encounter when their image and con- Paul, graduated in 2011 with a 2:1 from the University of Westminster walls and fences that separate us. versation is distorted. Insidetime March 2015 20 SCOTTISH FOCUS www.insidetime.org

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there were 66 pre-tariff mainstream lifers in the Top End estab- Violent Crime Crimes on Indecency Serious Violent Crime Serious Crime COMMENT lishments together with 10 pre-tariff mainstream lifers in the open estate: and zero pre-tariff sex offenders in either Top End or open estates. 156 mainstream prisoners are past tariff expiry Overall reconviction rates are significantly lower for sex hen a judge hands down a sentence, there (20% of total mainstream lifers) compared with 88 sex offenders than for mainstream offenders, with 35% of main- is a reasonable expectation that this is the offenders (55% of total sex offender lifers). stream offenders originally convicted of serious assault and punishment that should be served. homicide being reconvicted of any offence compared with Recently, there has been much media- As Figure 1 shows, 56 mainstream lifers were released at tariff 22% of those for sexual offences. driven controversy about people being expiry between 2000 and 2011 compared with zero sex Wreleased from prison after only serving a fraction of their offender lifers; with a further 64 mainstream lifers being sentences. What the tabloids conveniently neglect to mention released within 2 years of tariff compared with just one sex Indeterminate Sentence Recalls is that such early releases free up space in appallingly over- offender. Returned with new conviction Returned with no conviction crowded prisons and significantly reduce costs. However, at the other end of the spectrum, there has been very little Scottish Lifer Statistical Analysis 21 coverage of people who have been held far beyond the tariffs Released at tariff expiry during year Released within 2 years of tariff expiry 16 imposed by the courts because the prison service has taken a policy decision to discriminate against a particular segment of 14 12 12 13 9 1 9 9 the prison population. 8 7 7 6 6 6 6 5 10 5 4 4 4 9 9 9 33 4 3 8 2 2 In Scotland, the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) operates a Prisoner 7 7 Supervision System ‘management rule’ which determines eligi- MS SO MS SO MS SO MS SO MS SO MS SO MS SO MS SO MS SO MS SO MS SO MS SO 4 4 4 bility for progression to Top End (semi-open) and open estab- 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2 2 2 lishments. For indeterminate sentenced prisoners (i.e. those 1 1 1 1 serving Mandatory, Discretionary or Order for Lifelong Restric- tion (OLR) sentences, this is 4 years prior to tariff (punishment MS SO MS SO MS SO MS SO MS SO MS SO MS SO MS SO MS SO MS SO MS SO MS SO 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Despite this, SPS continues to argue that sex offender lifers period) expiry for Top End and 2 years for open estate. A key present a greater risk to the public than those from mainstream requirement for progression is that all identified programmes population, but the statistics fail to support this. According to must have been completed. The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) determined in the Scottish Government, a total of 397 mainstream prisoners the 2012 case of James, Wells & Lee v The United Kingdom serving indeterminate sentences were released between The purpose of this management rule is to provide an opportu- that it was a breach of Article 5.1 (right to liberty) of the 2000-11, with 161 recalls (41% of the total number of main- nity for individuals to knuckle down, complete programmes European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) to fail to stream indeterminate prisoners released during that period) of and progress through the system in order for the Parole Board provide the necessary process to enable a realistic possibility of which 89 (55%) were returned to custody following a further for Scotland (PBS) to assess whether or not they present a low release. The judgement makes clear that ‘compliance with conviction with the balance recalled for breach of license con- enough risk to be managed in the community and are therefore national law is not sufficient in order for deprivation of liberty ditions. eligible for release on life license at tariff expiry. So far, so fair. to be considered “lawful”, and that detention will be “arbitrary” But what is not fair (or legal) is when the SPS make a policy where, despite complying with the letter of national law, there During the same period, eight sex offenders serving indetermi- decision to deny a particular segment of its prisoner population has been an element of bad faith or deception on the part of nate sentences were released. None were recalled. the same opportunities as those enjoyed by others serving the authorities.’ similar sentences. Yet this is what happens with sex offenders The Scottish Public Services Ombudsman (SPSO) is currently serving indeterminate sentences in the Scottish prison system. The ECtHR had earlier held in Brand v The Netherlands that reviewing a number of complaints about the discriminatory Because offender programmes are only made available to the ‘particular weight should be given to the applicant’s right to practise, and in the face of continued intransigence from SPS it sex offender population at or after tariff expiry, there is no liberty, bearing in mind that a significant delay in access to is likely that litigation will follow. opportunity to progress through the Top End or open estates in treatment is likely to result in prolongation of the detention’, a timely manner. This has been compounded in the past by with the court holding that even a delay of as little as 6 months Data source: Scottish Government Justice Analytical Services. significant delays (of up to a year) in the preparation of post- in the provision of treatment ‘could not be regarded as accept- programme reports - which invariably will identify further able in the absence of evidence of an exceptional and unfore- Neil D Robertson MA, MSc is currently resident at HMP needs, requiring more programmes and greater delays. seen circumstance on the part of the authorities’. Clearly a Glenochil

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explain the most important questions the panel do this for you. If you do not send any repre- either send a copy in with your representa- will need to answer to make a fair decision sentations before the MCA review, the MCA tions or ask for a direction that it should be about the case. They will then need to work member will not know if there is something added to your dossier. out the best way of managing the hearing. important which you have to say about your They will make Directions to ‘build the case. Representations can be very helpful to a 4. If you have any particular problems which hearing’. These are the main things they will ask: panel and may help them to make better make it hard for you to understand things or decisions and directions for your case. to explain yourself clearly, it will be helpful if n What extra reports or information will be you can point this out. You should say if you needed? If you have a legal representative, you should think that some allowances or adjustments n Which witnesses should attend the hearing contact them as early as possible about your need to be made to make sure that you can and why? parole review and should ask the prison to make have a fair hearing. n How long should the hearing take? sure that they send them a copy of your dossier. n Can the hearing can be held by video-link? 5. Some of the kinds of things you may want n Can any of the witnesses can give evidence When you get your dossier, you should read to explain in your representations might include: by video-link or a telephone link? through it carefully and make a note of n How many members will be needed to anything significant which you think is wrong n what courses or other work you have been decide the case? or missing. doing since your last review; n what periods of leave (‘ROTLs’) you have Panel numbers If there is information you need to give your had and how they have gone; he Parole Board has had to deal The Parole Board believe that some hearings legal representative about you or your case, n what plans you are making for your release. with a very large increase in the for indeterminate sentenced prisoners may you should try to make sure that they know This may include where you will live, what number of oral hearings and is not need three members on a panel. It is also about this as soon as possible. support you will have in the community, and very aware that many prisoners possible that there will be hearings for deter- any work plans you have; are experiencing delays. The minate sentenced prisoners which are more If you are not entitled to legal aid or do not n what evidence there is that you can be TBoard has been developing ways of doing complex and need two or three members have a legal representative you can send your trusted and that you can comply with licence things differently to tackle this. The new rather than a single member. own representations to the Parole Board. You conditions; Member Case Assessment (‘MCA’) system will should try to get these to the Parole Board as n what evidence there is to shows that you be fully implemented from 1st March 2015. Some cases will need to have a member who early as you can. The OMU at the prison are not a threat to anyone in the community; This means that every case which is referred to is a specialist. For example if your case involves should do this for you. n what has changed about you since you first the Parole Board will now be dealt with in the an important dispute about psychological came to prison; same way, whatever the type of sentence. The evidence there may need to be a psychologist Some tips for your representations n if you were recalled, what happened and same members will be considering cases but on the panel. 1. Remember that the main job of the Parole what you plan to do differently if you are re- the way this is done will be a little different. Board is to think about your ‘risk’ and whether released; The number of people on the panel for your the public still need to be protected from your n Whether you have any ‘relapse prevention The main things you need to know case is not an indication of how likely it is that behaviour. They have to think about how plans’ - things which will help to stop you about MCA you will be released or recommended for open likely it is that you would cause serious harm getting into trouble again. 1. All cases will start with a single member panel. conditions. It is purely the number of people to any members of the public if you were That member will decide what is needed for a considered necessary to make a fair decision in released into the community. This includes 6. You should explain if you have any views fair decision to be made in each individual case. your case. psychological as well as physical harm. This is about: what your representations should focus on. 2. The member will read your parole dossier Video-link or telephone link n Whether your case needs an oral hearing; and any representations from you or your If the MCA Directions say that your case is 2. The MCA Member will look at the dossier n the number of members that will be needed legal representative. suitable for a video-link hearing this does not which has been prepared for you. You should for your case; mean that it will be heard in this way. It just point out if there is something important n whether your case could be heard or any 3. The member will decide what the key issues means that your case ‘can’ be listed to take which has not been mentioned in your dossier evidence could be given by video-link or are for your case. place via the ‘Parole Hub’ that is in the Parole or if there is something that someone has said telephone link; Board Headquarters in London. If that about you that you want to challenge. It is n what evidence should be considered and if 4. The member will decide whether they have happens, the panel will be in the ‘Hub’ and very important that the MCA Member is made there are any witnesses you want to call; enough information to resolve those issues. you will be in the prison with your solicitor if aware of things you do not agree with. n how many members are needed to fairly They may need to adjourn the case to ask for you are represented. Your Offender Manager consider your case. more information. may be asked to give their evidence from 3. If there is a report which you think the somewhere else - perhaps their office. It is Panel needs to see which is not in your dossier 7. It is not necessary for copies of certificates 5. The member will decide whether an oral sometimes easier to arrange a hearing more hearing is needed to make sure that there will quickly if an Offender Manager can give their be a fair decision. Many cases will need an oral evidence in this way. This should not happen hearing but some will not. if there is a significant chance that the quality ZZMMSS SSOOLLIICCIITTOORRSS of the hearing will be affected. Prison Law specialists serving prisons throughout the Midlands. 6. If the member believes that an oral hearing is not needed and a written decision can be There are reasons why a case might not be • IPP/LIFER ISSUES • issued, you or your legal representative can considered suitable for a video hearing. For • PAROLE APPLICATIONS • write within 28 days to explain why you instance there may be too many witnesses or • CATEGORISATION • believe an oral hearing should be held. The very complex issues to explore. There might Parole Board rules say that there must be an be particularly sensitive issues to discuss or • ADJUDICATIONS • oral hearing before any prisoner serving an you may have particular mental health • JUDICIAL REVIEWS • indeterminate sentence can be released. problems or learning difficulties. LICENCE CONDITIONS • 7. The MCA member will make a number of Representations • RECALLS • different directions so that there will be an If you have a parole review, you are strongly effective hearing for your case. encouraged to send the Parole Board repre- Contact Simon Mears - Prison Law Specialist sentations for the MCA member to consider ZMS Solicitors 11 Bowling Green St, Leicester LE1 6AS What kind of directions will be made? when they review your case. If you have a 0116 247 0790 If the MCA Member directs that an oral legal representative they will usually be able to hearing should take place, their job will be to Free advice & representation under legal aid Insidetime March 2015 www.insidetime.org Comment 23 for courses to be in your dossier. It will be You should read carefully what the MCA useful to know what you have done during Member has said are the key issues in your your sentence and when. If a report writer has case. It should give you a much better idea of listed this correctly that will provide this infor- the sort of things that the panel will wish to Thinking about mation. If your dossier does not include explore at an oral hearing. something like this or the information is wrong, it will be helpful if you can point this Look at the Directions which have been made. out in your representations. Check that the points you have made in your representations have been considered. You legal action? 8. If you can, try to put yourself in the shoes should include any comments you wish to of a Parole Board Member who is considering make about the Directions and if you want to your case. What would you want to know request that any are changed or added. If responsibility (legal officer) to help prisoners about a person to decide whether they should something has been missed or you think PRISON Francesca Cooney with legal matters any more. However, that be released from prison? If you have something something is wrong or unfair, please take the REFORM does not mean there is nowhere in the prison opportunity to point this out. If this is known Advice & Information to say about this, your Representations are a TRUST to get help. Wing staff should assist you with good place to start. at an early stage of your case, there is less Manager providing a list of solicitors, if you need this. chance that your case will be delayed. If you They may be able to provide the court forms The MCA response form - what you have a legal representative you should contact OMS receives around 2,000 that you need. If you have any difficulty with need to do them as soon as possible if you need to make claims from individuals a year. reading or writing they should assist you with If your case is sent to oral hearing, a Response any comments about the MCA Directions. The Most of these are about the form. If this would be difficult, because Form will also be issued with the Directions. MCA Member will have an opportunity to personal injury, property and you are taking action against the prison, You and the other people who are involved in look at the Directions again if a Response unlawful detention. It is there may be a prisoner representative or your case will be asked to complete this form Form has been completed. Further Directions Nimportant to think very carefully before taking buddy that can help. may be issued. within 14 days. This is what the Response court action. Something may be unfair but Form looks like: this does not always mean it is illegal. Going You might need to photocopy documents for When a hearing date and a panel has been to court can be very complicated and it is court cases. The prison does not have to OFFICIAL SENSITIVE arranged for your case, it will be looked at Member Case Assessment important to know what the risks are. The cover the costs of photocopying and this can Response Form (Vers 1) again by the Panel Chair who may make person who starts a case has to prove their case be expensive. Wing staff should be able to

Date: further directions. If you have something and to do this there needs to be evidence. tell you what the arrangements for photo- Prisoner Name Prisoner Number important to point out about your case please Prison copying are in your prison.

This response form relates to the Directions issued by the Parole Board for the above case. try to do this as early as possible and do not If you do go to court, you are expected to This form is issued to the Secretary of State Representative and the Prisoner or Legal Representative, if one has been appointed. The purpose of this form is to achieve a focused and effective hearing. leave it until the day of your hearing. have tried to sort the matter out beforehand. You are allowed to make arrangements for As a party to the proceedings the Board invites your comments on the issues or points of focus for the oral hearing, together with the logistics for the day. Please set out in the boxes below any comments you may have. This means that it is important to go through papers to be posted out, to relatives or friends Party: Some closing thoughts Form completed by (name):______Date:______or handed over at visits, as long as this any complaint process first and to keep a Key issues: Good preparation will lead to better hearings Please inform the Board if you consider that there are additional issues that are key to this case: record of everything you have done. There doesn’t breach security. The prison should

and less delay. Parole Board Members are may be a more effective way of resolving the make sure that legally privileged material is

genuinely interested in what you or your legal complaint. Sometimes going to another not read.

Logistics: representative have to say about your case. body, such as the Prisons and Probation If you disagree with any of the following, please say so below and explain why. Where you are seeking an additional direction, please see below. Time Estimate: Number of Panel Members: Ombudsman or Parliamentary Ombudsman There are organisations that may be able to Suitability for videolink: Witnesses Directed: The Parole Board is interested in your feedback Any other: might be more straightforward. give you legal advice such as your local

Requests for additional directions or to revoke or vary any direction: about MCA. If you are experiencing problems Citizens Advice Bureau or law centre. It is If you wish to make a request for additional directions, or to revoke or vary any direction made, please do so below, giving reasons. You may wish to continue detailed submissions on a separate page. which prevent you from participating properly important to try and get advice in good time, If you are going to court you may want to

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letter to the Parole Board, precluding the Parole Board from making any comment on or recommendation about the prisoner’s suitabil- Catch 22 and the embargo ity for open conditions.

The Secretary of State for Justice retains the power to accept or reject any recommenda- on open conditions tion for open conditions which the Parole Board may make: but in recent years the tradition within the Ministry of Justice was to recognise the expertise of the Parole Board in had no longer previously prevented a direction very unlikely to occur AND that the prisoner risk assessment, including risk of abscond; and His Honour John Samuels for their release into the community. meets one or more of the following exceptions: faithfully to adopt its recommendations. The QC law, however, permits the Secretary of State Such a prisoner may have been in the • there are compelling circumstances beyond the last word: and his unexpected policy community for years, and is recalled because (the prisoner’s) control which make a placement announcement of 21 May 2014 was lawful. of a failure to report to his supervisor; to have in open conditions necessary; So what happens next for those prisoners who know nothing about Mr Grayling’s lapsed into drug or alcohol misuse; or simply fall within the ambit of the policy announce- personal habits; but it is unlikely that he to have been unable to cope in the unfamiliar • a placement in open conditions is absolutely ment? It is true that some may progress to a has had to battle with the common environment of the community. If such a necessary, in that (the prisoner’s) need to provide new “progression regime” at HMP Warren problem of giving up smoking. If he prisoner has a record of a past abscond, or evidence of reduced risk for parole reviews Hill: but it is understood that this has places for had, he would of course recognise how perhaps of a driving conviction on ROTL and (the prisoner’s) need for resettlement work a maximum of 45 prisoners; and the policy hardI it is to overcome an addiction; and that, posing no risk of harm, notwithstanding his cannot be met in a progressive regime in announcement potentially affects thousands like Robert the Bruce and the spider, it is often subsequent release on licence, how can such a closed conditions; of prisoners. And what of the female estate? a case of “try, try and try again!” prisoner be expected to progress? A clear-cut There has as yet been no “progression regime” direction for release is unlikely, particularly • preventing (the prisoner) returning to open announced for them. This is not, however, an opportunity which Mr where the prisoner has previously been in conditions would in all the circumstances be Grayling wishes to permit to those who, for custody for many years. manifestly unjust/unfair.” whatever reason, have been returned to closed His Honour John Samuels QC is the conditions from open conditions at any time The most experienced and creative prison lawyer Chairman of the Criminal Justice Alliance; during the current sentence. “At any time” might well struggle to advance representations the President of Prisoners Education Trust; may be very many years in the past for a prisoner “ In recent years the which suggest that the client meets these the Vice President of Unlock; a Trustee of who is serving an indeterminate sentence. stringent criteria. What happens if the legal tradition within the the Howard League for Penal Reform; a representative does advance such representa- retired Crown Court judge and a former This policy change was announced on 21 May tions? NOMS (through PPCS), without sending 2014. There was no consultation which Ministry of Justice was Chairman of the Criminal Committee of those representations to the Offender Manager the Council of Circuit Judges. He is a preceded it so far as is known. The change, to recognise the expertise and Offender Supervisor, invites their obser- introduced “with immediate effect”, was that judicial member of the Parole Board. The vations on whether the criteria apply in the views in this article are his own; and do not any prisoner who had “absconded or attempted of the Parole Board in particular case; and (unsurprisingly) neither of to abscond from open conditions” during the necessarily reflect those of any of the them are able to do so. A Case Manager organisations mentioned. current sentence “must be considered unsuit- risk assessment, within PPCS then amends any pending referral able for transfer to open conditions, save in exceptional circumstances.” A similar embargo including risk of abscond; in relation to open conditions relates to prisoners who have failed to return from ROTL; who and faithfully to adopt its DOES THE TAXMAN OWE YOU MONEY? have been convicted of a criminal offence which took place on ROTL; or escaped or attempted recommendations. to escape from either an open or closed prison Were you employed or self employed before whilst subject to escort. The law, however, permits the Secretary of This new policy has played havoc with pending going into Prison? parole reviews. 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sentences. Between 2013 and 2014, the The government has announced the Mark Day number of inquiries to the Prison Reform temporary closure for “refurbishment” of the Head of Policy & Communications, Trust’s advice and information service male open prison HMP Blantyre House. The Prison Reform Trust regarding ROTL has tripled. last remaining designated female open prisons, HMP East Sutton Park and HMP Askham One prisoner said: Grange, are also slated for closure. isproportionate restrictions on “Prisoners are simply not getting out at all to the temporary release of be tested in the community. With other The report highlights concerns regarding the prisoners are undermining cutbacks there is clearly no resettlement taking fairness and proportionality of the new opportunities for effective place ... This is going to impact on Parole measures and their disproportionate impact resettlement and rehabilitation Board decisions and indeterminate sentenced on women, people with learning disabilities Dand leading to growing frustration and resent- prisoners are going to be detained even longer and difficulties and older prisoners, who are ment behind bars, a new report by the Prison in prison, increasing the financial impact.” likely to find it more difficult to obtain ROTL Reform Trust reveals. under the changes. Figures released by the Ministry of Justice For many people in prison, particularly those reveal a fall of nearly one quarter in the It says there is little evidence that its expansion who are serving long sentences, the chance to number of temporary releases authorised of compulsory electronic monitoring to people experience ROTL and open prison conditions since 2013. Between July and September on ROTL is necessary or represents an effective are a pivotal part of the process of rehabilita- 2014, there were 108,877 releases on use of taxpayers’ money. In the financial year tion. They allow people to take responsibility temporary licence from prisons in England and 2010/11, around 116,000 people were through work and volunteering, establish Wales; a decrease of 23% since the same time monitored in total. The new ROTL policy will © prisonimage.org contact with families and sort out housing the previous year. expand electronic monitoring to an additional Key statistics needs; factors which contribute to their safe estimated 1,200 people a year. management and supervision in the People serving life and other indeterminate l From October 2013 to September 2014 community on release. sentences have been particularly affected by Commenting, Juliet Lyon, Director of the there were 485,634 releases on temporary the introduction of the new measures. Figures Prison Reform Trust, said: licence in England and Wales. Less than 1% of releases on temporary licence show that the number of individuals serving l fail and, of these, only 6.1% involve an life sentences given at least one instance of “Release on temporary licence and experience The number of recorded temporary release failures (TRFs) between October arrestable offence. This is the equivalent of ROTL has fallen by 40% since 2013 while the of open conditions play a vital role in the safe 2013 and September 2014 was 294. This five arrests per 100,000 releases. Rates of number serving all forms of indeterminate management and supervision of offenders in represents a failure rate of less than one absconds from prisons have fallen by 83% sentence has fallen by 34%. This compares to the community. Disproportionate restrictions per cent (0.06%). from 1,301 in 2003-04 to 225 in 2013-14. a fall of 29% for all prisoners. on their use will mean fewer people in prison take responsibility and gain the skills they l Only 6.1% of temporary release failures The government is conducting a review into The briefing raises concerns that tighter need to lead a law abiding life on release. involve an arrestable offence. This is the ROTL following three tragic incidents involving restrictions on the use of ROTL could lead to equivalent of five arrests per 100,000 people on temporary release in the summer of an underuse of the open prison estate and “A sensible process of gradual re-entry and releases. 2013 and a small number of high profile pressure from ministers to close open prisons being tested in the community has to be better lBetween July and September 2014, there absconds from open prisons in 2014. Interim to save money. than just opening the iron gates of a closed were 108,877 releases on temporary measures, including a more stringent risk prison at the end of a long sentence.” licence from prisons in England and Wales. assessment and tighter monitoring arrange- The latest prison population statistics suggest This is a decrease of nearly one quarter ments, have been put in place and a revised a growing problem of spare capacity in the (23%) since July to September 2013; with ROTL policy is expected to be introduced in open estate at a time when the majority of If you have any questions or need advice all types of licence showing decreases. early February 2015. prisons in England and Wales are overcrowded about prison matters you can write to us at l The number of individuals given at least Prison Reform Trust, FREEPOST ND6125 and the prison population is rising. Sole desig- one instance of ROTL between July and Since the start of the ROTL review, people in London EC1B 1PN. Please note that we nated category D establishments for which September 2014 was 4,409. This repre- prison in contact with the Prison Reform Trust cannot give immigration advice. Our free population figures are available are currently sents a 29% decrease over the year. have reported increasing delays in obtaining operating below normal accommodation information line for prisoners is open access to open conditions and permission for levels, with an average occupancy rate (calcu- Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays 3.30- l The number of individuals serving life temporary release, and mounting frustration lated as the percentage of population to in use 5.30. The number is 0808 802 0060 and sentences given at least one instance of at being denied opportunities to progress their CNA) of less than 85%. does not need to be put on your pin. ROTL has fallen by 40%.

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Tear it up and start again... were legally considered too immature to decide. of discovering the truth. Fair enough for a call for “more rapes” - expressed as “more prosecutor. But dangerous when the prosecu- convictions” - completely avoided any possi- Jonathan King Police also became aware that media coverage tor also decides whether or not to proceed bility of misunderstandings, false allegations, inspired enormous assistance in solving crimes. with a case yet is prepared to admit they auto- desire for revenge or sympathy or compensa- CRIMEWATCH had, for years, been a massive matically assume guilt by the accused and tion or divorce or child custody as though such bout 20 years ago something boon to law enforcement. As far as celebrities innocence by the accuser. This is not always motives simply don’t exist. If your wife has a dreadful happened. Constrained were concerned, media publicity would always the case. People DO lie. glass of chilled white wine, begs you for sex by budgets and targets, police provoke numerous other claims. Let’s describe and next day decides she was raped, was she and CPS found that getting it as TRAWL BY MEDIA. Coupled to the This bizarre situation has poisoned all aspects drunk and incapable of giving consent? The convictions was more important changed law, this was a lethal cocktail. Yes - it of our judicial system. In court, the prosecu- law must not rule as though the world is black thanA finding the truth. This had been going on meant that celebrities who had broken the law tion is often allowed to change the dates on and white. There are shades of grey. to a lesser extent for decades but, at the same could eventually be brought to deserved pun- an indictment if the accused proves he or she time, Home Secretary Michael Howard, with ishment. But it also allowed high profile mis- could not have committed the crimes during My experience of British Justice has been that the very best intentions, changed the law so carriages of justice. the period originally claimed. Yet the accused it is not only damaged but broken. Not only that allegations of historic sex abuse no longer is not then allowed time to find an alternative has the difference in morality, as years go by, needed evidence in court to gain convictions. People are very influenced by the media. False alibi for the new dates, if one exists. been ignored, but public opinion, usually allegations can be provoked for many reasons. formed by tabloid headlines and slogans, is Horrified, like many of us, by care home workers Genuine delusion, exaggeration, desire for I look back on the 1960s when groupies influencing political and judicial decisions. We abusing orphans decades earlier, he set in sympathy or revenge, financial gain from stuffed socks into their bras in order to lose used to call them “the Green Ink Brigade”, motion a way to rectify such past injustices. compensation and (naturally) media interview their virginity to rock stars, but, 50 years later, those writing - often from Tunbridge Wells - fees - as well as, in some cases, the truth. may genuinely believe they were raped for some reason in green ink, whose missives Police “assisting” witnesses had been common against their will. And I feel sorry for the went straight into the bin unopened. These practice. Quite often, again for the best of I find it frightening that some individuals cannot majority of honest police officers, who listen days, thanks to Twitter and other online sites, reasons, criminals could only be locked up if see both sides of this problem. Can police and to a fantasy, know within seconds it is untrue, conspiracy theorists and those who shout the evidence was bent a bit. The vast majority CPS truly believe all allegations are true? “You yet find they have to pursue it under current loudest are considered the majority opinion. of police were decent human beings trying to will be believed” they constantly say, a politically correct guidelines. do a job and hold down a living wage. But statement I would have thought was immoral, The media only wants a good story. Most there were also corrupt cops who discovered dangerous and possibly illegal. They don’t Society has become so superficial, so simplis- good stories need to be kept simple, and as that promotion and financial gain could come believe those who deny murder or fraud or tic. Politicians govern by tabloid slogans. We extreme as possible. They need not be true. from twisting the facts. This law change in sex terrorism or burglary. Do they really think all think and talk in 140 characters. The recent Justice has gone the same way. offences was a gift from heaven. No proof those who make sex claims are telling the truth? needed? Just one person’s word against Encouraging the crime of perverting the another’s? Easy. And there were a larger 61 Birkenhead Street, section of honest officers who genuinely con- course of justice with statements like “You will be believed” is bizarre. London WC1H 8BB sidered bending the rules to be a legal and CG LAW moral way of getting convictions. SOLICITORS 020 7843 4344 Isn’t the police duty to examine without [email protected] www.cg-law.co.uk As far as sexuality was concerned, up until the assumption of either truth or lies? It would be late 1960s all gay sex was illegal and could equally unfair if they said “You will NOT be mean prison or death. In 1967 the UK changed believed”. 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The case is on-going and we would be machine, declaring their almost pleasurable to sip my coffee and interested to hear from prisoners who have unquenchable humanity, spitting watch the chaos of other people with a wide period in open conditions is still experienced a pre-tariff review before the in the eye of authority and liberally spreading field of vision, calm mind and a wry smile. I considered essential for most S Parole Board without the benefit of legal rep- prisoners serving indeterminate their pooh all over the wall. That’s just not tried to reassure a couple of the chaps who’d resentation. We are especially interested to or life sentences. For these me really (especially not defecation hand come in for their first time, but you could see hear about the following types of case: prisoners, a period of ‘testing’ in murals). Besides, if you refuse to do how pointless it was trying to connect with open conditions will provide a crucial chance minds in trauma. Eyes that desperately A l Has anyone had to deal with a case something like go to Court when they tell to demonstrate that they can be trusted to without the help of a legal representation in you, they have this habit of lining up outside wanted to reject their reality. comply with their license conditions in the situations where evidence has been withheld the cell in riot gear, entering explosively, community. From the Parole Board’s point of from disclosure to you? filling you in, and twisting you round like a I assumed the prescient gifts of Nostradamus view, it is not a decision that is taken lightly as balloon sausage dog. The common vernacu- as I knew there would then be a whole raft it will effectively open the door to the prisoner l Have there been any cases where there lar refers to it as being ‘bent up’. of medial, spiritual and administrative func- being allowed out of prison and back into the has been a dispute about expert evidence community. Before the Parole Board will tionaries who would arrive at my cell to which would be best dealt with by getting recommend a move to open conditions, the It was with this in mind that I meekly packed check that said needs were met. Being a fit an independent expert report but you did not prisoner will be required to prove that his or my meagre possessions about 4 weeks ago healthy atheist with all my own stuff, I didn’t receive legal aid? her risk has reduced and that all core offending in order to spend about 3½ minutes in front need to spend much time with any of these behaviour work has been completed, as well l Would the case have benefitted from an of a judge in Kingston Crown Court. people and went back to observing. as that he or she can be trusted. expert report that was not in the dossier? The details of ‘why’ are deeply annoying but What struck me most about the place is how The absconds from open and breaches of l Have you had any problems trying to ultimately inconsequential. The effect is to it had changed physically. I remembered it license that attracted so much media attention challenge evidence without support? remind you that you are completely within being much more dingy, dirty, chaotic and last year have resulted in much stricter criteria and particularly intense scrutiny around the power of the state and beholden to its foreboding in the terror of my first time in l Has anyone experienced delays in getting decisions to allow indeterminate sentenced whims. The consequence was to put me prison. I quickly had to concede that it wasn’t the hearing listed or concluded? prisoners to progress to open conditions. back to the scene of my very first post. From the physical space that had changed, but me. Please send any examples or thoughts you Court No 1, to holding cell, to bus, back to It is difficult to square all of this with the have to PAS c/o Deborah Russo, PO Box HMP Wandsworth reception area and then E changes to legal aid that were brought into 46199, London EC1M 4XA. PAS has also wing and its ‘First Night Centre’. It had changed from being a tableau of force in December 2013. The changes basically produced an information pack to help gothic horror to just another prison wing scrapped the availability of free legal advice prisoners going through the pre-tariff review The difference in experience and mental with more frightened and bewildered people and representation for parole hearings where process without legal representation. This state with the two journeys was so vast that on it than usual. All its power over me had the only consideration is a move to open con- can be obtained by either writing to the above ditions. This is the situation for all ‘pre-tariff it became apparent and obvious almost been lost with a second, rational viewing. address or calling PAS on 0845 4308923/020 reviews’ - parole board reviews that take place immediately. This time, I wasn’t in the grip of 72533323. up to three years before the end of the shock and fear. I knew exactly where to go, It’s led me to thinking about all the places I minimum term where release is not yet an what to do and who to ask when I needed could revisit in order to erase my shame, option for the Parole Board. something (which wasn’t much as I had all guilt and abhorrence over what occurred Laura Janes, Acting Legal Director and my stuff with me). The reception orderlies there. How a strong and positive being could Not everybody gets the chance for a pre-tariff Consultant Solicitor at the Howard could tell I wasn’t a newbie, just pointed me comfort every hurt by going back to a review as there is a sift process in place which League for Penal Reform and Deborah to a cell and concentrated on the dazed and location and freeing one’s soul from another means that the prison is asked to recommend Russo, Joint Managing Solicitor for the confused newly convicted. chain. whether a prisoner should be put forward for Prisoners’ Advice Service a recommendation. On average, less than one-third of pre-tariff ISPs are referred to the Saying that, there are some pub toilets I’m Board for a pre-tariff review. Pre-tariff reviews not sure I’ll ever be able to go back to make up a very limited aspect of the Parole UUSP GGrrouupp however calm, radiant and powerful I feel. Board’s workload. Just ask the next time you see me well oiled. 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Speakers for the motion

Dominic Lawson Principal opinion columnist for The Sunday Times. He also writes a weekly leader page column for the Daily Mail and a monthly column for Standpoint magazine. He is the presenter of the BBC Radio 4 interview series Across the Board and was elected President of the English Chess Federation in 2014. He was previously editor of The Sunday Telegraph and of The Spectator.

Theodore Dalrymple Former prison doctor and regular columnist for The Spectator. He is the author of many books, including Life at the Bottom: The Worldview That Makes the Underclass and Our Culture, What’s Left of It.

Speakers against the motion

Erwin James Author and Guardian columnist. © Claire Pepper The debate at The Royal Geographical Society’s lecture theatre He served 20 years of a life sentence for murder. While in prison, he gained an Arts degree and began a career as a journalist. He is a trustee of “Keep ‘em off the streets & behind bars” the Prison Reform Trust, a Fellow of the RSA and an Honorary Master of the Open University. Do tough prison sentences mean a safer society? Trevor Grove reports Marianne Vollan Trevor Grove Director General of the Norwegian Correctional Service Former newspaper editor, since 2009. She was formerly writer and serving magistrate head of the Penal Law Section in Norway’s Department of Legislation in the Ministry oliticians may think people couldn’t of Justice, and is currently Vice President of care less about prison policy, but The European Organisation of Prison and the Royal Geographical Society’s Correctional Services (EuroPris). She is a lecture theatre was packed for the lawyer by profession. debate organised by Intelligence SquaredP on Tuesday 10 February. The motion Chairman was somewhat crude: “Keep ‘Em Off The Streets And Behind Bars: Tough Prison Jeremy Paxman Sentences Mean A Safer Society”. One of Britain’s best known broadcasters and journalists. In Even the pair proposing the motion, Sunday June 2014 he left the BBC flagship Times columnist and chess enthusiast Dominic news programme Newsnight after 25 years Lawson and former prison doctor Theodore of presenting the programme. His Dalrymple, didn’t want to sound like Sun numerous books include Empire: What headline-writers. They stressed they were in Ruling the World Did to the British and favour of longer prison sentences, but not © Claire Pepper Jeremy Paxman chaired the debate Great Britain’s Great War. harsher prison regimes. Their opponents, former lifer-turned-Guardian writer Erwin James and Norwegian prisons chief Marianne that nearly all prisoners are eventually tougher but longer sentences that were not go unnoticed, in the floor debate that Vollan, also wanted to make clear it was not released. What is important is to see that needed. followed, that Erwin James himself could be imprisonment they were against but the pur- when they come out they are no longer a seen as a compelling example of the benefits poseless conditions currently prevailing in danger. Bearing in mind that some 60% of Closing for the opposition, Erwin James was of a long sentence. But others pointed out that most British jails. prisoners have substance misuse, mental unquestionably the star of the evening. with the prison system as squeezed and health or educational problems, this is a huge Speaking fluently and gracefully, without a strained as it is today, opportunities to rehabi- A vote was taken before the debate began: challenge. In Norway, prison staff are very single note, he began by admitting his own life litiate even long-term prisoners are dismay- 52% against the motion, 21% in favour, 27% highly trained, because they are seen as “the sentence for murder had been entirely ingly reduced. don’t knows. agents of change”. “What we believe in is not justified. Having spent much of his youth in tough sentences but wise sentences.” YOIs which were no better than “gladiator The final vote was: 57% against the motion, Dominic Lawson said the chief purpose of schools”, with no intervention to set him 42% in favour and just 1% don’t know. prison was to protect the victims of crime, In contrast to Marianne Vollan’s red blouse straight, “I needed to be taken away for a Dominic Lawson said: “So we’ve both won.” who were far more likely to be the poor and and Viking blonde locks, Theodore Dalrymple long time”. During that long time, 20 years, In a sense he was right, in that the subject of vulnerable than the kind of liberal-minded looked distinctly tweedy. He struck back with he benefitted from the help of some remark- prisons and imprisonment, which all political middle class folk whom the audience largely fine English irony. It seemed a pity, he said, able prison staff, got a university degree and parties prefer to shunt into the shadows, was comprised. The longer the prison sentence, having heard what Ms Vollan had to say, “to learnt to write. He wanted prisons to be seen for once given a proper airing. the less crime offenders could commit. What’s confine the Norwegian system to convicts”. as “a valuable community resource”, a system more, grinned the president of the English He then made our flesh creep with anecdotes “we’re not ashamed of”. As things are, with Chess Federation benignly, the better the about crassly lenient sentences and tales of our prisons overcrowded and under-staffed, chances of their taking up chess. how every patient he’d ever attended as a “we’re letting them down”. Trevor Grove is Chairman of the Inside prison doctor admitted to strings of crimes for Time Board of Directors Marianne Vollan responded by pointing out which they’d never been caught. 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another prison, no information was provided prison before P-NOMIS was introduced.

about these suicide attempts. l Prisons should be aware in their risk assess- ments that Travellers in the community have When Mr A arrived at the new prison, he Traveller deaths an increased risk of mental ill-health and suicide. asked to move to another prison closer to his had a history of drug misuse. When he arrived father, who was ill and unable to visit him. l Prisons should recognise the literacy issues in prison, staff opened an ACCT (suicide and The prison refused his request and said he had affecting Travellers, for example by providing Nigel Newcomen CBE healthcare information in forms other than written. self-harm prevention procedures) as he had not been at the prison long enough. Mr A Prisons & Probation Ombudsman recently harmed himself in the community. then asked for a move on compassionate l Prisons should consider the risk of suicide During the next four months, he tried to kill grounds and repeatedly asked staff about this. and self-harm for apparent victims of bullying himself four times. He never received a response to this request and intimidation. n previous articles for Inside Time, I and there is no evidence that anyone ever have written about the enormous Mr B told healthcare staff that he had used considered his application. l Prisons should ensure that there is information and support to maintain prisoners’ family ties. amount of learning that comes from illegal drugs over a long period and he started looking across my independent investi- a detoxification programme. Mr B was under Mr A was often found using illegal mobile l Prison equality groups should cover the gations into complaints from prisoners the care of the mental health in-reach team as phones in the prison. One of his cellmates needs of Travellers. Ior into deaths in custody. This is learning that, he had episodes of psychosis when he heard said that he used them to call his family every if acted on by the Prison Service, could make voices. He told staff the voices were telling evening to talk to his children and say Steps you can take yourself prisons fairer, safer places. I have looked, for goodnight. When Mr A was found with him to kill his cellmate. You shouldn’t leave all the learning of lessons example, at what needs to be done to tackle mobiles, as might be expected, he was to prison staff. Prisoners from a Traveller back- discrimination and unequal treatment in charged, had adjudications and was punished. Mr B took an overdose of drugs and was sent ground can also take some simple steps to prison. I have also called for action to reverse to hospital. An ACCT was opened when he support themselves and each other. the recent tragic rise in suicides in prison. returned to the prison. Mr B asked to transfer Another prisoner said that Mr A was often upset and stressed because the Head of to a prison closer to his family so it would be l Tell your Personal Officer if you are a In this article, based on a new Learning Security was pressing him to give information easier for them to visit. Mr B was worried Traveller and they can update your P-NOMIS. Lessons Bulletin from my office on deaths about moving and the possibility that he about where he got the mobile phones from. among Travellers (the accepted shorthand for might end up further away from his family. The prisoner said Mr A had been tearful when l Ask the Equalities Officer or prisoner Equal- “Gypsies or Irish Travellers”), the themes of talking about it. Mr A claimed that the Head ities Rep whether your prison’s equality group equal treatment for all prisoners and improving Mr B started a behavioural therapy course and of Security had threatened him, and said that has a Traveller representative - if not, and you safety in prison are intertwined. This is because continued to see a psychiatrist who regularly he would not be able to see his family if he are a Traveller, you could think about volun- teering for the role. there is evidence that Travellers are sometimes reviewed his medication. Mr B self-harmed did not give him information. not only victims of discrimination in prison, and made a ligature from bedding, so another l If you think you have suffered discrimina- but are also at more risk of poor health and ACCT was opened. Mr B said that he was The day before Mr A died, he was charged with tion as a Traveller, complain. You need to use suicide, than many other groups. feeling depressed and upset because he could assaulting an officer during a search to find his the Diversity Incident Reporting Form (DIRF) not see his family as often as he would like, mobile phone. He spent the night in the seg- and, if you need help with writing it, ask for Obviously, I don’t want to overstate the issue. because of the distance from the prison. regation unit and the adjudication was held help - don’t hide your difficulties. There are, mercifully, only a small number of the next day. The hearing was adjourned and deaths of prisoners known to be Travellers and, Mr B was told he would be moved closer to afterwards, Mr A told another prisoner that he Above all, if you are feeling down, ask to talk of course, many of the difficulties faced by his family and was happy about this. However, was very upset and finding it hard to cope. Shortly to a Listener or a member of staff or another Travellers are the same as those faced by other he was taken to a different prison, further afterwards, Mr A hanged himself in his cell. prisoner. Don’t suffer in silence. prisoners. Even so, my investigations do highlight away from his family, and without any expla- some learning for prisons about how to improve nation. A member of the mental health team In the months before his death, Mr A had faced safety for this particular minority group. Prisons did not assess Mr B when he arrived at the a number of problems. For three months, he How to complain to the Prisons are poor at recording whether a prisoner comes new prison. Mr B told staff that he was feeling could only have closed visits and had not been and Probation Ombudsman from a Traveller background, so we may be anxious because his family were so far away allowed to see or speak to his children. (Our underestimating the size of the problem. and could not visit him. He continued to investigation found this was too harsh a self-harm and was kept on an ACCT, but his response to a minor incident). He had a number Background risk was assessed as low, even though he had of adjudications, for possessing mobile phones Travellers are a recognised and protected ethnic harmed himself just the night before. Mr B and assaulting an officer. Mr A’s application minority under the Equality Act 2010 and hanged himself that afternoon. for a compassionate transfer to a prison closer were included in the 2011 Census. According to his family was not properly considered. to the latest census results, Travellers are the The support and treatment that Mr B received smallest ethnic group in the UK (making up for his mental health problems was variable. Other lessons only 0.1% of the population). Yet, a survey by Suicide and self-harm monitoring processes Not being able to read and write can stop © prisonimage.org the Prisons Inspectorate found that 5% of the did not always involve a member of the prisoners getting important information and prison population saw themselves as Travel- mental health team, despite his mental health taking a full part in prison life. While many l The PPO investigates complaints from lers. This suggests that Travellers are consider- problems. His risk, even after he had self-harmed prisoners have a low level of literacy, it can be prisoners and those under probation supervision ably over-represented in prison shortly before, was not appropriately assessed. even lower for Travellers. This difficulty needs in England and Wales, and from immigration to be recognised not just by offering literacy detainees anywhere in the UK. Research suggests that Travellers have lower The behavioural therapy that Mr B was receiving classes, but also by taking steps to ensure l We are independent of the Prison Service, the life expectancy than the general population is a recognised treatment for suicidal patients. basic safety, such as by checking that prisoners Probation Service, NOMS or Immigration and conditions such as bronchitis, asthma and Mr B was finding it helpful, but the prison he get help with things like written medication Enforcement: we are impartial and unbiased. angina are much more common. Travellers in moved to did not provide this therapy. The instructions if they need it. the community also suffer from high levels of possibility of postponing his transfer until he l We can investigate complaints about most mental illness. They have been found to be had completed the therapy should have been We know that bullying in prison can be linked aspects of your management, supervision, care, nearly three times more likely to suffer from considered and discussed with Mr B. Yet Mr B to suicide and self-harm. We also know that and treatment. We can’t investigate complaints anxiety and over twice as likely to be depressed received a double blow: he moved further away discrimination against Travellers in the about medical treatment or about decisions by a than the rest of the population. There are no from his family and was unable to continue community is not uncommon. The bulletin court or the Parole Board.. official statistics to show the suicide rate for his therapy for his mental health problems. gives some examples where this discrimination l Before you complain to us, you must Travellers in the community, but studies have can continue in prison in the form of threaten- complete all the stages of the internal com- shown the rate to be higher. ing behaviour, intimidation or bullying - with Separation from families plaints process first. If you are still unhappy: potentially fatal consequences. While all prisoners can be affected by separa- • Write to us within three months of receiving

Mental health tion from families, this can be particularly the final response. In the face of these vulnerabilities, how well The bulletin finishes by pulling together the difficult for Travellers for whom family life is • Send us a short note telling us why you are not lessons for the Prison Service from my investi- are Traveller prisoners looked after in prison? central. A travelling lifestyle can also make happy with the response to your complaint. Well, particularly in the context of potentially gations of Traveller deaths in prison. As I have family contact difficult and costly. The effect • Send us your completed complaint forms we said, not all are unique to Travellers, but if greater risk of suicide among Travellers, it is separation can have, and the distress it can will copy and return them to you. (If you don’t prisons learned these lessons, the safety of this worrying that one finding from our recent cause, was part of Mr B’s problem and was have the complaint forms you can still complain minority group could be improved. bulletin was that the mental health support also the case for Mr A. to us but it will take us a bit longer to respond). they receive in prison can be variable. Mr B’s Write to us at: Prisons and Probation l Prisons need to know more: they should case is one example. Mr A had a history of self-harm. He had taken Ombudsman, PO Box 70769, SE1P 4XY. an overdose of medication and tried to kill identify and record Travellers at reception and Mr B was diagnosed with schizophrenia and himself four times. When he transferred to update their records for those who were in Insidetime March 2015 30 Comment www.insidetime.org

ultimately the prisons. Now we all know that sometimes “mad is bad” and that some people commit such horrendous crimes that, despite being mentally ill, they need incarcer- ating. The challenge is that most of these Spotlight people need incarceration in health settings, not prisons. I live in hope that the new Police and Crime contracts will improve and bolster mental Commissioners health diagnosis and support inside prisons. In 2012 elections took place throughout Discussing mental health issues takes me England and Wales for 41 Police and Crime nicely to family support for prisoners. Now, Commissioners to replace the Police Au- whether we talk about drug and alcohol thorities. Commissioners with a variety of addiction, prolific offending, mental health backgrounds and interests in specific issues or parents who have children outside issues were appointed to serve a four year when they are sentenced, family and friend term. They all produced individual police support is absolutely crucial to prisoners, and and crime plans to suit the needs of their crucial to rehabilitation. That’s why I am respective regions and now, half way staggered that the new TR agenda has stream- through their four year tenure Inside Time is in touch with them and looking to see lined prisons in such a way that Dorset has how things are developing. gone from four prisons in 2012, all housing Dorset residents, to two prisons in 2015, Quote of the Month Prisoners working in the Timpson training centre neither of which house Dorset prisoners. Dorset prisoners are now housed in Devon, Avon and Wiltshire. So, as Police and Crime Prisoners are tainted goods - victims of a throwaway Commissioner, responsible for keeping people culture ‘If we can mend broken objects, shouldn’t safe, I struggle to comprehend how making we at least try to mend some broken people too?’ families travel five hours to Channings Wood can be a positive or rehabilitative move. In two Boris Johnson, The Daily Telegraph, 4th February, 2015 years, Dorset prisoners have lost their support, their karma and their family and friends. employ 250 others - the majority of Here in Dorset, as locals have left, we have whom, all the statistics say, would inherited in Guys Marsh and Portland, otherwise have gone on to reoffend. prisoners from Gloucestershire, Avon, and Transforming Somerset and beyond. Although these Over the lifetime of the Timpson prisoners are ostensibly “not my problem” programme, about 400 former prisoners they are my problem because they live in have been taken on, working at cutting Rehabilitation Dorset and, as Dorset residents, they can be keys or mending shoes - and only nine victims of crime too. have turned back to crime. Think of the blessing that represents to society. It is in Dorset And that leads me to sexual assault. Now I a huge cash saving, of tens of millions know you may think that’s a quantum leap, of pounds - since it costs about £50,000 Martyn Underhill - Dorset but sexual assault, coercive sex and male rape per year to keep a person in prison; and Police Crime Commissioner in prisons happens a lot. We know that from it is a saving of all the rage and the Howard League report issued last year, ... I write about the amazing suffering that is caused by crime. y election as Police and research here and in America, and from his- campaign of a great British Crime Commissioner (PCC) torical convictions that prisoners and staff will company to patch up human John Timpson and his team have now for Dorset in November abuse people in a closed institution like a beings, to give them new prospects and been recruiting in 70 prisons across the 2012 was a groundbreaking prison. Prison is no different to the outside. new hope. I believe in a tough approach country, and their ex-offenders have time, not just because the Sexual assaults are massively under reported. to law and order. If people commit serious done them proud. The only sadness is roleM was new. At almost the same time, the And that troubles me. crimes they should be banged up, no that so few other businesses are joining Government announced the Transforming question. But when people leave prison them - so few are willing to look beyond Rehabilitation (TR) agenda. This agenda was I have spoken to Governors. The “systems” - as so many thousands do each year, the stigma of having a criminal record seismic in relation to prison provision and to that allow confidential reporting of rape and after relatively short sentences - they and to see the potential of the person the Government approach to reducing reoff- assault are in place in my county. Prisoners can should not be abandoned by society. underneath. We have a prison popula- ending. Unexpectedly, and somewhat frus- pass sealed envelopes to senior staff and I am tion of about 85,000 - the highest it has tratingly, my projected “through the gate” reassured that staff have had training in At the moment we have a reoffending ever been. We have more offenders plans have had to be put on hold whilst the spotting and dealing with sexual assault. But I rate of about 61 per cent for all coming out and then going straight new TR agenda beds in. But the good news is remain to be fully convinced. Sex inside closed prisoners, and it rises to about 80 per back in, because they find the world is that the new providers being commissioned prisons is complicated and with reducing cent in the case of young offenders. And hopelessly prejudiced against them and by the Government will be offering mentoring, staffing, and increasingly crowded prisons, I in so many cases, the reasons they are they cannot get a job. housing liaison and pre-release engagement, wonder if vulnerable prisoners are protected driven to reoffend are obvious. They most of which will fill gaps that many PCCs, enough? The estimate is that 1% of prisoners, will come out to find that their relation- Timpson has shown that it does not including myself, planned to fill. nearly 2,000 a year, suffer from some form of ships have broken down, that they have need to be this way; that these people sexual assault. We know reports of sexual nowhere to live and, above all, that are not beyond hope; that they can be Time will tell whether this new Government assault are rising and that’s a good thing. As they have no job. No one wants to just as good, just as useful as any other approach will work and I join others in PCC for Dorset, I owe prisoners the same right employ an ex-offender - no one, that is, members of society - and though these watching with interest. At the same time, the as anyone else to report crime, and to be except Timpson. people may be damaged and lacking in provision of healthcare in prisons is also under- protected if they do. self-esteem, they are not beyond repair. going change and not before time. As an It all began a few years ago, when one It sounds corny to say it (and I guess ex-police officer and now a PCC, we all know And finally, I would like to finish on a high of the Timpson family was at a meeting you knew this was coming) but this that there are mentally ill people in prison who note. I support the Howard League in cam- in a prison and met a young man who business mends soles, and mends souls desperately need help and are not receiving it. paigning against the Government over impressed him. He gave the prisoner his as well. This is of particular interest to me, as I lead the“Books for Prisoners” campaign and I am card and told him to get in touch when nationally for PCCs on mental health issues. At glad to see that common sense has prevailed he got out. The young man has gone on If only a score of other businesses the front end, the new Government Liaison and I hope you have all now received a new to become a highly successful employee would do the same our country and Diversion scheme is designed to divert book! and manager of a store. They now would be immeasurably better. some mentally ill people from the courts and

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In a regular bi-monthly column, The Portman Group is instructing off- DrugWipe 3S - known as ‘Drugwipe’ - can editor Claire Brown looks at what’s been happening licences, supermarkets, convenience stores detect the presence of cocaine or cannabis and other retailers not to place orders for lately in the substance misuse field within eight minutes by analysing saliva, after 500ml cans of 9%Carlsberg Special Brew, which those testing positive can be taken to Skol Super and Kestrel Super after its Inde- the police station for a blood test. ‘Drug drivers pendent Complaints Panel (ICP) found that are a deadly menace and must be stopped,’ the packaging encouraged ‘immoderate con- Psychoactive challenge said policing minister Mike Penning...... sumption’. 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Have a great mother’s day Mam, love Jimmy M xxxxx Mummy, we hope you have a great mother’s day, you are the best mum in the world and we love you. Lucas To the greatest Mum ever. You’re the best, ‘the Queen’. and Finley-Mason xxx Happy mother’s day. All my love. See you soon Stephen xxx Dearest Mum, I can’t begin t tell you how much you mean to me. I feel so blessed to have you as my I dedicate this message to a day that’s dedicated to family, love Tracy & kidz xxx you. You’re special, perfect, I love you through and through. Love Josh xx Mum, thank you for always loving us! You are every- thing to us, love Andy and Tracy Scargill xxxx Mum, I love you with all my heart and miss you. Thanks for everything. Best mum worldwide. Number Nanny S, we love and miss you so much. Never forget one mum xx Philip xxxx us as we won’t. Love Alishia, Marshall, Kasey-Lou, Louie and Destinée xxx You are the most inspired mum the world could ever wish for, love you lots and always - Jonathan Jamie Happy mother’s day Sharon, Carla & Natalie, love xxxxxcxxxxx Buffy. ‘Freedom is a must’ xxx

Mum, thanks for being there for me. Next mother’s To all mothers in prison, keep the faith, one day we day I will be home with you. Love you millions Peter xxx will be home loving and laughing with our children xx

Happy mother’s day. I just want to say thank you for To my brilliant Mam, happy mother’s day. I love you © rockvillephoto - Fotolia sticking by me and supporting me throughout my time and send all I have in my heart Mam, lots of love Jodie in prison. I also want to say I’m sorry for what I’ve Lee C xxx To mum, happy mother’s day, take it easy, have a tea The best mum in the whole world Susan, no words done, I hope I didn’t let anyone down. Have a great and scone. Love your best behaved son Richard. X can say how much we love you. You’re our life. Love day Mum because you deserve it for being the best Mum, happy mother’s day. Have a nice day, you’re from Kelly and Maureen Smith and the kids xxxx mother in the world. You’re amazing and I love you the best mum anyone can ever have and you have Mum Patricia, roses are red, sea is blue, sugar is lots. Happy mother’s day Love Steven xxx always been there for me. Lots of love from your son sweet, but not as sweet as you. Love you Kevin c c My mum, my friend and my rock. You’re in my heart John xxxx c xxx today and everyday.!! Love Michael Brennan xx Dear Mum, I wish you a happy mother’s day. Thank you for what you have done for me. I really hope it is Mum, thanks a lot love, it was my slippers, I’ll be Mummy Syl, you are the best mummy in the world, all Happy mother’s day to the best mum in the world! a good one because you deserve it. You have been a home soon c xxxx Lee our love forever, Love Abbey, Woo, Willow xxx Lots of love from your son Steven and Harvey xxx rock for me so I thank you. I know I am not out there but will be with on mother’s day. Lots of love Simon xx Sophie Marie Davies and Lewi I love you, I’m sorry I’m Happy mother’s day, all I’ve put you through and Mummy Phillips, thank you for all of your of your not there. Happy mother’s day. Xxx you’ve never given up on me. I’m sorry. I love you support (letters, money and stamps) happy mother’s My special Mam Liz, you are my mam, friend and my Kellie xx day. Love Lloyd xxxx rock. Without you I would not be here at the end of my Sheen, happy mother’s day. Sorry for not being there. sentence ready to go to rehab to become a better I love you Cloe xxx Claire Sage you are a wonderful mother, so loved by Mum, happy mother’s day. You’re the best mum a son man. Without all your love and support I would really all your children. Happy mother’s day. Truly loved by could ask for. I love you lots and new short time to struggle so thank you Mam. 143 always, lots of love Happy mother’s day Mam, sorry I’m not there with Djed xxxxx Always! sort my head out and will be with you from then on. All Karl xxx you. Love you lots Kirsty xxx my love Ben xxxx Mum, I wanted to wish you a very happy mother’s To the best mum ever, Susan R. Wishing you happy Happy mother’s day, lots of love your number one day. Love from John N xxxxc Mum, Christine Lewis, you’re such an amazing mother and grandmother. Happy mother’s day, I love and mother’s day from the bottom of my heart. Lots of Penny xxx miss you. Love Samantha xxx love David xxxx Margo, happy mother’s day, sorry not there with you, Pauline Kalsevicius mum, happy mother’s day. Loads Mum you’re one in a million and I love you with all my won’t be long and I’ll be home. Love and missing you of love Samantha and Dean xx heart. You’re my best friend and I hope to be back out loads, love always Lisa xx there with you soon. Love always Thomas xx Happy mother’s day Carol Edwards and Della Walters. Mandy, happy mother’s day, I’ll make it up to you Love yous! Love Kirsty, Shannon and Ethan xxx To my Mam, I know I’ve been a bit of a handful over when I’m home. Love you millions you’re the best the years, sorry, I love you for always being there for mum in the world. Love Jess xxxx Jean K, the most precious mum in the world. Happy me. Love you all the world and more. Your son Shaun xxx mother’s dayand hope you get well soon. I love and Happy mother’s day to all mothers of miss you immensely. Gareth H xxx Donna Stott happy mother’s day. We’re proud of you Mum. Dad will be home soon. Love Aiden, Tilly, prisoners and mothers in prison from Dear Mum, (Vee) have a wonderful mother’s day. Lots Daniel, Dad xxx all at Inside Time! of love from Craig, Jack, Dean & Zena xxxx Miss you xxx Yummy mummy Hannah, this is your special day. I Mum, not long before you return from the USA, I hope hope you and brown bear (Jasmine) have a fantastic you have a wonderful mother’s day. God bless. Nick xxx day. I love you. Xx Ben c Han c Jaz Diamond, that’s what you are; amazing, special and my super star. Thank you mum. Lots and lots of love Mum, happy mother’s day. We love you so much Steven xxxx you’re the best mum ever. Love always Will, Nicky and Emma xxxx To our wonderful mum, happy mother’s day and for being the best mum in the world. Love Sam, Alex, Mum, happy mother’s day, you are never out of my Matt & Lacie xxx thoughts and I love and miss you so much. It won’t be © Barbara Pheby - Fotolia long until I’m home, love Mark xxx Your love and support mean the world to me! Loves To my wonderful Mum, Jackie, happy mother’s day you all the stars in the sky, loves your Con!!! darling. You are my rock & I love you so much. Darri xxx Mum, happy mother’s day, have a great day. Missing For my beautiful wife Samantha, happy mother’s day. you loads. Lots of love Scottie Boi xxxx Thank you for being a wonderful mum to our princess Naomi. Ps happy anniversary for March 30th. All my Leanne, you’re the most amazing mum in this world. love forever Jordan xxxx Our three boys, Reggie, Freddie & Tyler are so lucky to have you as their mum. Happy mother’s day princess. Mam, you amaze me every day with your support. 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National Prison Radio is the world’s only national radio station for prisoners. We’re proud to bring you the programmes you want to hear, the information you need to helpYour you make handy the most of yourguide time inside to and tothe prepare brand yourself for release. new This Nationalmonth, we are launching Prison our brand new Radio schedule. There schedule are some changes toNational the programmes Prison Radio is the you world’s may only be national used radio to, stationbut we for hopeprisoners. these We’re changes proud to bring will you make the programmes National youPrison want toRadio hear, the even information better. you We’ve need to listenedhelp you make to yourthe most feedback of your time and inside we’ve and to prepare workedyourself for really release. hard This month,with ourwe are teams launching of prisoner-producersour brand new schedule. There and are presenters some changes in toBrixton, the programmes Coldingley you may and be used Styal to, butto bringwe hope you these the changes programmes will make National you want Prison toRadio hear. even better. We’ve listened to your feedback and we’ve worked really hard with our teams of prisoner-producers and presenters in Brixton, Coldingley and Styal to bring you the programmes you want to hear.

Porridge (Monday-Friday at 7am) NPR Talk (Monday-Thursday at 6pm) Every day in prison, there’s important work to do. It’s important They say ‘knowledge is power’, and we aim to bring you just that. NPR Talk because it’s work on your future. We want to help you start is not just idle chit-chat. We put the NPR microphones in front of people who your day in the best possible frame of mind to make the most have important stories to tell and important things to say. Their experiences of the opportunities that are available to you in jail. may chime with your experiences. In NPR Talk, you could find that nugget of It’s important to keep positive, because sometimes things information or that inspirational phrase that helps you to make the changes you don’t go entirely to plan. Porridge is up-beat. It’s lighthearted. need. We don’t want you to end up coming back to prison after you’re released. It wakes up your mind and your body. But most importantly, Spotlight on a Monday comes from projects across the country that exist to it’s presented by people who understand what prison life help you keep out of trouble. is all about. And they know how to help you find the right Check Up on a Tuesday will help you to keep your body and your mind healthy. headspace to make things work for you. They’ll make you Prime Time on a Wednesday brings fascinating voices from in prison and out. smile, they’ll make you think, and they’ll make you laugh. Sound Women on a Thursday is for you if you are a woman in prison. It’s full Join them every morning from 7. of empowering talk, and will help you gain control of your own life. The Request Show (Monday-Friday at 7pm) NPR’s most popular show, this is the programme where you get to choose the music. But it’s much more than that. It’s about being part of the NPR family. It’s about supporting each other with shout-outs and dedications. And it’s about the music that’s important to you. The tracks that help you through difficult times, that remind you of good times and good people. It’s about sharing the love and making the most of a bad situation. Get involved and join the NPR family!

Books Unlocked (daily at 11pm) The new name for the National Prison Radio Book Club, Books Unlocked is your opportunity to escape prison in your mind and enter thrilling, exciting, emotional worlds through the power of words. With a different book every month from a Man Booker Prize-shortlisted author, Books Unlocked is brought to you in association with the National Literacy Trust and the Booker Prize Foundation. If you miss any, the entire week’s readings are repeated on Sundays at 3pm. You can get free copies of the titles featured in the programme by writing to National Prison Radio, HMP Brixton, London SW2 5XF. Insidetime March 2015 www.insidetime.org Education 35 Talking politics: Grayling, Khan and Hughes on prison education

Nina Champion prisoners engaged in learning and that there He also presented Labour party policy ideas are ‘excellent examples of programmes of on prison education including: © torsakarin - Fotolia Prisoners Education Trust, offenders gaining both professional skills and Head of Policy vitally important personal skills such as team l Setting up ‘Prison boards’ including local Award for work and commitment’. He did however education staff to bring in their expertise. admit that staff shortages have slowed l Training prison officers to be lead practi- ‘Our crumbling prison progress in some prisons. tioners in areas such as literacy. architect student system is a disgrace to l In the youth estate he plans to double the l Duty for MoJ to respond publicly and trans- Staff from the Premier School of Building modern democracy. Party amount of education under 18s receive and parently to the reports recommendations of a have awarded a certificate of merit to 47 despite criticism, he wants to continue with newly independent Chief Inspector of Prisons year-old James who has recently completed leaders should be ashamed the plan to build a 400 place Secure College and publish an action plan for improvement. an Architectural and Building Drawing which he describes as ‘an environment closer diploma, with support from Prisoners’ that crime and punishment l Introducing a ‘value added’ measure (like in to an educational institution, with a greater Education Trust (PET). is not an election issue’ focus on skill building’. schools) to reward progress of individual prisoners from a baseline measure, including education. Mary Riddell - Telegraph (February 2014) In their nomination, Premier Builders wrote: “It became apparent to the assessor at an early stage that James had considerable lection fever has well and truly skill in his design and presentation ability started as party leaders set out their and we at Premier School of Building are manifesto pledges to influence very pleased with the high standard of the voters before they go to polling lesson answers James submitted and the stations on May 7th. However as consistent high quality of the drawings MaryE identifies, crime and prisons are not a which met all of the expected outcomes topic the parties are talking much about but most comprehensively.” over the past few months the Prison Reform Trust has been running a series of lectures to It took James five months to complete his give the three parties a platform to talk prisons. diploma and education staff at HMP Rt. Hon. Sadiq Khan MP, Shadow Secretary of So what do Grayling, Khan and Hughes think Wandsworth said it made him feel very State for Justice, representing the Labour Rt. Hon. Simon Hughes, Minister for Justice, about learning in prisons? good about himself and the achievement Party, called his speech ‘Prisons that work’. speaking for the Liberal Democrats, did not say that ‘prison works’ or even that it ‘could to receive an additional accolade from Premier Builders. l He was clear that if we don’t focus on reha- work’. He was critical of the other two parties bilitation then one outcome is a ‘massive engaging in ‘an arms race’ on prisons. During his diploma James gained new skills waste of talent’. l His party’s priority would be to reduce the that are helping him work towards a new l Khan spoke against what he called ‘teenage prison population and overcrowding and said career as an architect, as he wrote: titans’ and described the now infamous this ‘impacts on the amount of PE, education “I found the course very enjoyable and so-called ‘book ban’ as ‘ridiculous’. and rehabilitation’. helpful in my quest to become an architect when I get released. The course taught me l Hughes was proud of the coalition’s new l He spoke about the importance of ‘incen- how to set out the drawings and using the policy to assess literacy and numeracy at the tives’ to reform prisoners ‘at every level’ and correct writing styles, using different thick- start of an individual’s sentence to support the need for Governors to stay in each prison nesses of line and different pencils for learners and he also cited his new programme longer to help ‘change the culture of a prison’. shading etc which is very important in to develop a curriculum to improve education Rt. Hon. Chris Grayling MP, Secretary of State architectural drawing. I have a vast options for women in prison. for Justice echoed the former Tory Home l He pledged that ‘Prisons performing well knowledge of the construction industry so Secretary Michael Howard, when he said ‘Prison will have more control over budgets...it will be l Like Khan, Hughes also wants to see an I understand what I am drawing as I had to works but we have to make it work better’. up to them who delivers education’. On independent Chief Inspector of Prisons and a read them in the past. Taking my age into external contracts, he is concerned about governmental duty to respond to reports with account my work in construction will be l He says the Conservatives want to ‘equip accountability as he says ‘outsourcing of a detailed action plan, more incentives for prisons limited so the progression on to architec- prisoners with the skills they need for gainful education training isn’t working’. to improve and rewards for good governors tural drawings is a positive way forward for employment upon release’ and that ‘our with freedom over budgets and contracts. my career.” l He recognised the role of ‘agencies, charities education programmes inside are absolutely key’. and companies in prisons working to up skill l He also talked about the idea of an ‘added “I want to achieve two things whilst I’m in l He is proud of the increase in numbers of and train prisoners’. value measure’ on how well education and prison: one is to do a computer course and other issues have been addressed during a a degree so I can pursue this line of work Parole? prisoners sentence. upon release and support my family. I Whatever emerges from the election, it is clear realise that this is potentially my last Recall? that all the three leading party spokespeople opportunity to make something of my life believe that there is a need to improve the and be the husband and father to my Adjudication? way prison education works. One issue that family that I need to be. I am very grateful will face new Ministers after the election is for the opportunity to further my education OLLIERS SOLICITORS CAN HELP whether to extend the existing prison while in prison.” Life Sentences education contracts for another year or to re- compete them. PET and members of the PLA As well as receiving support from PET and IPP, MANDATORY, DISCRETIONARY, AUTOMATIC are currently working up a set of recommen- the School of Building, James has had LIFE SENTENCE PRISONERS - ORAL & WRITTEN REPRESENTATION dations on this for the new ministers when the further help and advice from staff at HMP Recall new government is formed. We hope that this Wandsworth to continue his studies. could provide a vehicle for addressing many of PAROLE BOARD REPRESENTATION the issues that the party spokespeople have Prison tutor, Sylvia, said: Adjudications raised in their speeches. We hope whoever is “James wants to succeed and get a decent successful will make better use of charities like job so that he doesn't go to prison again. CONTACT: JEREMY PINSON or TOM CAWLEY us and of prisoners’ own talent. He spends a lot of time in his cell and this FREEPOST NEA 13621, MANCHESTER M3 9ZL was something he enjoyed doing rather than watching television.” 0161 834 1515 News from the House ‘Qualifications’ page 40 Insidetime March 2015 36 Short Story www.insidetime.org

Airports are strange places, and lounges espe- whatever our world was going to become as cially so. We gathered in the Business Lounge, the dust settled, literally, on a distant ‘city that quickly catching up on our diverse lives, each never sleeps’ and certainly would not for many wondering how to be first to doze without nights to come. seeming impolite or missing some as yet disclosed revelation. Five days, five nights. One hundred and twenty hours in which the world changed, our worlds Information and people permeating the changed, each of our lives changed. We wept, atmosphere for a while, dissipating equally we slept, we ate and drank and swam and sang... silently. Television screens emit moving images we disbelieved, in time believe. We feared, we and minimal sound thus defying the most laughed, we hugged, we cried and in that simple classification: fiction or fact? I after- short time in our long lives acknowledged that wards recalled similar events: the Brighton IRA nothing would ever be the same again. The competition attracted a record 624 entries from men, women and children in bomb that narrowly failed to kill Margaret prisons and the community. Judges included Rachel Billington OBE, Kingslee ‘Akala’ Thatcher, the death of Diana that narrowly Nor was it. John decided that he’d seen the Daley, Erwin James, Michael Morpurgo OBE, Chris Mullin and Femi Oyeniran. failed to kill off UK’s monarchy. inside of enough planes for one lifetime and, Prizes were awarded in three categories for comment, short story and lyric/rap. when he eventually left us on the fourth day Such was the shock as the Twin Towers images he had already spoken to his daughter and Here Inside Time publishes the 2nd prize winning entry in the ‘Time’ 1,000 word gradually permeated our befuddled awareness. stated his intention to stay nearby - but ‘not short story prize category, Unchained? By Ian. The judges said the story ended “with Even internationalist Brits wouldn’t usually too near, baby, don’t worry’ - and sell up his a surprise twist which is both the hardest and best way to finish a short story”. converse with complete strangers, of course. Australian venture by remote control. Sheila returned to Beijing, saying she couldn’t face As the immensity of what was unfolding became flying to anywhere that was nearer the USA apparent, reserve evaporated, but... in a Sheila and I had met at school a half century than we already were. She eventually also quit Middle Eastern, Islamic country, surrounded ago, so she counted as my oldest friend but I her work and settled in Namibia, photographing by men and women of countless nationali- hadn’t known she was returning from Beijing the beautiful scenery and more elephants than Unchained? ties... what to say? How to react? Who to ask to ‘mission control’ as she called her home in I thought were left on the planet, and living what questions? Gradually, the repercussions some part of Africa that I never could quite out retirement in some sort of village or By Ian for air passengers around the world unfolded place. We’d had a fling not long out of school, commune that befitted the nomadic life she’d alongside the horrors. Our armchairs became one of those teenage things that in six months always led. never progressed as far sexually as would be prized possessions as the space around us ‘Time goes by so rapidly filled to beyond bursting point, and the today’s norm in under six days (or so we are And me? Ah, well, that was a problem. You three of us took turns to try to find out what led to believe), but had left us feeling that we see I wasn’t a US citizen, only married to a slowly, and time knew each other intimately. We had only to we could - which wasn’t much - from the equally incredulous airline staff. Tennessee girl. When I reached JFK I was pick up a phone anywhere in the world to hustled away almost as soon as I ‘de-planed’ can do so much ....’ resume chat about anything from the weather and was put through the third degree... well, to our latest emotions or entanglements. Two hours later, I decided to call the Dubai (From ‘Unchained Melody’) Hilton. Furnished with details of my platinum more like the thirty third. Why had I stayed in Sheila had never married. Wise girl, many said, Dubai so often? Who were my contacts there? but in truth she’d had various male and female edged loyalty card they lied reasonably con- What was I doing? Who were my airport live-ins of varying durations; many of us envied vincingly that of course they remembered me suppose it was bound to happen eventu- ‘associates’ and why the rendezvous? I was but somehow pitied her simultaneously. John and of course they could accommodate me ally, but the three of us were amazed to used to thinly veiled suspicion through having had been one of Sheila’s conquests - definitely tonight. And my two ‘associates’? Ah, well, find ourselves overlapping at Dubai Islam as my stated religion since 1990, but that way round, they agreed much later - in that might be a problem, sir... we ended up airport that September evening. why this, why now? I Brisbane when she was working in the newly with the three bedroom ‘presidential’ suite on John and I had worked together in the ‘80s in titled ‘Human Resources’ function there. the top floor. Any concerns about cost in I continue to ask myself those questions even London: young, keen professionals trying to thousands of Dirham were minimal - we had now, over a decade later, as I stare through keep the city moving in the face of Thatcher’s And me? Well, I was definitely the odd one beds in the safest room in what must surely be the grilles of Guantanamo. seeming determination to change everything out in having settled in the US twenty years the safest hotel in one of the safest cities in ‘just because she could’. He’d gone to Australia before, and was heading back home via Dubai to escape, though whether from Thatcher’s and then JFK from a work trip to Singapore Britain or his unhappy marriage was never where I’d ended a hectic eight week tour clear. Here he was, en route to Nice to meet promoting American education around the his daughter now happily en famille on the increasingly wealthy Middle and Far East. I’d luxurious Cote d’Azure. ‘The beaches are even always been nomadic - got it from my parents, better than your Sunshine Coast, Papa’. I told myself.

Call for short stories & poetry Perrie Lectures Competition

Birmingham Crime Diversion Scheme (BCDS) is a small outfit based in central Birmingham, The Perrie Lectures, named after Bill Perrie, looking for essays of no more than 2000 seeking to help young people and ex-offenders who are marginalised and excluded from who was a prominent Prison Governor well words around the theme of the lectures. society. We provide workshops, personalised training, development courses and mentoring aware of the need to reflect the concept of and befriending schemes. Our mission is to deter people from crime whilst empowering them There will be prizes of £30, £20 and £10 for humanity in his dealings with his staff and to explore, understand, challenge and change their attitudes. We also work to help remove the best three entries and the winning entry those in his care, are this year running an the stigma attached to ex-offenders. will be published in “Inside Time”. essay competition for serving prisoners. We are starting our newspaper - BCDS News - Each year since 1986 the lectures examine a Anyone wishing to enter the competition should which will be circulated through Birmingham. particular theme with the aim of stimulating send an essay of no more than 2000 words The first issue will be in March, and quarterly dialogue that can improve the care of using the following question as a heading: thereafter. We will have a section dedicated to offenders and advance penal policy. What is distinctive about the experiences of short stories and poems, mainly from ex prisoners, The lectures take place in June each year and older prisoners? What could be done to but we would also love to hear from serving in 2015 the theme is “Older Prisoners”. We better address their needs? prisoners. Handwritten work is fine and you can are currently contacting potential speakers also remain anonymous. and a chair for the day and will definitely be Entries should be marked “Perrie Competi- presenting some research that is currently tion” and sent to: Perrie Lectures, C/o New Please write to: FAO BCDS News, Birming- taking place at HMP Whatton into the Bridge, 1a Elm Park, LONDON SW2 2TX. ham Crime Diversion Scheme, Saturn specific needs of older prisoners. Business Centre, 54-76 Bissell St, Digbeth, The closing date for the competition is 29 As we did in 2014 we are running an essay May and the winners will be notified Birmingham, B5 7HP. competition for serving prisoners and are following the lectures on 12 June. Insidetime March 2015 www.insidetime.org Wellbeing 37

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be necessary to use minimum force in order to prevent greater evils.

However, looking back on recent conflicts it From over the wall might be fair to say that our armed forces have been deployed far too quickly. I apologise for going on about it, but the Terry Waite writes his monthly column for Inside Time invasion of Iraq was, in my view, a total mistake. A whole chain reaction was set off in that region and beyond, with the conse- quence that thousands of innocent men women and children have been killed or maimed. It can be argued that warfare has Terry Waite CBE been a part of the human experience since the dawn of time and will always be with us. Will it? We do have the ability to bring our any readers of this column influence to bear on international affairs, will know that some years although that influence can be very limited ago I founded Hostage UK for the majority. We have a far greater ability which primarily gives assis- to influence and change our own lives from tance to the families and pathways of aggression into more peaceful Massociates of those around the world who channels. Aggression is a part of human are held captive. I need to understand nature and, as some reading this article will something of what the families experience know to their cost, it can and does get the when they suffer the loss of a loved one and better of us at times. It is almost certain that so I have watched the videos released by ISIS in the coming months we shall witness of the execution of the men held by them. further acts of brutality and that in Europe They were all horrible, but the video of the and America, Islam, and the followers of the Jordanian pilot being burned to death in a teaching of the Prophet, will be pushed cage from which there was no escape struck further and further into a corner. In parts of © Luis Louro - Fotolia me as being one of the most gruesome. I the Islamic regions Christians, and other suppose it was because his agony seemed to non-Muslims such as the Coptic Christians in airliner that was struck down over Ukraine. right through the human species. We have the last for longer than the poor unfortunates Libya, will be in mortal danger. Those who Someone who had a relative on board asked if capacity to create some wonderful things, and who had their throats cut. I imagine these have no religious belief, and those who his nephew would have felt any pain. An we do, but equally we have the ability to particular films made such an impact because profess to have religious conviction, must understandable question to ask to which I also destroy and we do so with a vengeance that they present us in a graphic way the terrible hold to one thing. We are all, regardless of would have wanted an answer if a family beggars belief at times. Warfare is justified in means by which some people meet their our ethic, religious or social background, member or friend had been on board. The so many different ways. We see troops decked end. What we do not see, however, and members of one human family and ought to answer was almost certainly there would be out in their best military finery and are stirred therefore it does not impact on us in the treat each other as we would wish to be no pain as the weapon was especially designed by the patriotism of it all. I am genuinely same way, is the many men women and treated ourselves. children who are burnt to death in a bombing to immediately destroy on impact and the pas- moved when I witness a splendid military raid. One act of brutal savagery does not sengers would therefore have known nothing. parade but I recognise that behind all the excuse another, but I am constantly reminded That insight, one hopes, would have brought pomp and ceremony those men and women of the utter brutality and stupidity of warfare some comfort to the relative, but I reflected on are trained to kill. If you have read so far you Terry Waite was a successful hostage and all killing. What is it in human nature the capability of humankind to spend millions, may think that I am a pacifist. I dearly wish I negotiator before he himself was held that compels men and women to kill each yes literally millions, on manufacturing could be as I truly hate violence and the captive in Beirut between 1987 and 1991 other? weapons of war. There are times, particularly brutality we show one to another. However, (more than 20 years ago). He was held as I get older, when I think that there is a we do live in a world that is far from perfect captive for 1763 days; the first four years I was reading the other day of the Malaysian strong streak of stupidity and evil running and in certain circumstances I believe it may of which were spent in solitary confinement.

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but some relatives of the women who died say they are still convinced of Norris’s guilt. A spokesman for the Commission said it was Colin Norris: Juror’s doubt reviewing the new evidence but could not say how long that investigation would take. “The Commission is actively reviewing the case,” he said. “It is not possible to give an estimate over serial killer verdict as to how long our investigation will take, not least because we are still receiving submissions from Mr Norris’ representatives. We are aware The foreman of a jury which convicted a serial killer has told BBC of the Panorama programme and the issues raised in it and we will be giving careful con- News he now believes the man is innocent sideration to those issues.” Mr Moffitt said he thought about the case By James Cook every single day and was clear about what should happen to the nurse, now in his BBC News, Scotland seventh year of a life sentence with a minimum Correspondent term of 30 years.

olin Norris, 38, was jailed for life in “I’d like to see Colin Norris freed,” he said, 2008 for murdering four patients adding: “That’s why I came forward, put my and attempting to kill a fifth at name forward, I just felt it would be my duty hospitals in Leeds, where he to do that.” He said his message for Norris, worked as a nurse. who is serving his sentence at the high security C HMP Frankland, was simple: “Justice will Jury Foreman Paul Moffitt spoke out after a come your way.” Panorama investigation suggested the women may have died of natural causes. He told the BBC that if the case was presented today with the new evidence, he doubted if it would get to court. Norris, from Glasgow, was convicted at Top left: Colin Norris. Top right: Paul Moffitt. Bottom row: Bridget Bourke, Irene Crooks, Newcastle Crown Court in 2008 following a Ethel Hall and Doris Ludlam five month-long trial. He was convicted of Inside Justice, part of Inside Time, is funded by charitable donations from the Esmee murdering Doris Ludlam 80, Bridget Bourke l hypoglycaemia occurs naturally in up to of the “biggest ever” miscarriages of justice in Fairbairn Foundation, Inside Time and the 88, Irene Crooks 79 and 86 year-old Ethel 10% of sick, elderly people so a cluster of British legal history. “I don’t think there’s ever Roddick Foundation. Hall. He was alleged to have injected them cases would not necessarily suggest murder, been a case where there’s been a serial killer Website: www.insidejusticeuk.com with lethal doses of insulin at Leeds General as the prosecution had claimed. who’s had his conviction quashed,” he said. Facebook: insidejusticeUK Infirmary and the city’s St James’s Hospital in The Criminal Cases Review Commission is Twitter: @insidejusticeUK 2002. He was also found guilty of attempting The programme also reported that a sixth case, considering whether the case merits an appeal, to murder 90 year-old Vera Wilby. A blood of a patient who died after a similar hypogly- test from Ethel Hall had suggested a high level caemic episode, was not put to the jury after of insulin in her system. There was no evidence detectives discounted it when they realised that of insulin present in the blood of the other Colin Norris had not been on shift at the time. patients but they were diagnosed with hypo- FIGHTING FOR YOU glycaemia, or low blood sugar levels. None Paul Moffitt is the second juror to tell the BBC was diabetic. that Norris’s conviction should be quashed. and for your family The new evidence, he said, showed that the FIRSTDEFENCE In December’s BBC Panorama programme, Prof nurse was not a killer. “If this case was Terry Wilkin, an endocrinologist from the Uni- presented with this new evidence today, I • ParoleParole andApp Homelicatio nDetentions Curfew versity of Exeter, Dr Adel Ismail, a retired clinical don’t even know how it could possibly get to •• Lifer/CatRecall A pAp Revieweals Hearings • Sentence Calculations biochemist, and insulin poisoning expert Prof court in the first place,” he said. • Lifer/Cat ‘A’ Reviews Vincent Mark all challenged the prosecution •• LiferSent eParolence P lApplicationsanning/Progression case with a series of claims. These were: Mr Moffitt, 36, said he realised the prosecu- •• TransfersAdjudications tion might have evidence to the contrary, but •• RecallHome AppealsDetention Curfew l an “unrealistic” amount of injected insulin he believed “the evidence shows that a •• RecategorisationRecategorisation (just over one litre - 1.76 pints) would have murder wasn’t committed at all, never mind •• Adjudications Sentence Calculations been needed to produce the blood-test result four or one attempted murder, that’s what it •• GeneralAppeals Complaints against Sentence and Conviction in Ethel Hall’s case; shows to me”. l a rare condition called insulin auto-immune FIRSTFAMILY He said if the convictions were overturned the syndrome, rather than foul play, could have •• DivorceDivorce case would probably be remembered as one explained the blood-test; •• CareCare ProceedingsProceedings •• ContactContact withwith ChildrenChildren •• CustodyCustody •• Ancillary Ancillary ReliefRelief fisher meredith FIRSTIMMIGRA TION Members of the Association of Prison Lawyers •• Asylum Asylum Award winning firm offering specialist advice on prisoners’ rights •• RepresentationRepresentation atat TribunalT ribunal • Overstayer • Overstayer • Lifer panels • Inquest •• JudicialJudicial ReviewsReviews • Adjudications • Judicial review • Parole review and early • Human rights release • Compassionate release L A W The First Law Partne r s hip

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Prisons: Civil Disorder library. Books which have been donated pre- A total of 115 cases were assessed centrally Sadiq Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for viously were sent to HMP Pentonville and by a panel comprised of NOMS senior man- Justice, how many (a) charges, (b) prosecu- HMP East Sutton Park. agers, including representation from both tions and (c) convictions there have been for prisons and probation. Cases were reviewed the offence of prison mutiny in each of the In accordance with national policy, all of the where there was a history, on the current last five years. books are searched before being made avail- sentence, of abscond; escape or attempted able to the library service. The books will be escape; or an offence committed whilst on Andrew Selous: Disruptive behaviour has no available for any prisoner at the relevant es- temporary release. 9 of these prisoners were place in prison and we take swift and robust tablishments to borrow and will be formally returned to closed conditions as a result. action against anyone who attempts any kind donated to the library service. Local risk reviews were directed on a further of disorder. All serious incidents are referred 14 offenders, with 2 returned to closed con- Prisons: Drugs to the police for prosecution. Prisoners’ Release ditions following review. Paul Flynn: To ask the Secretary of State for Philip Davies: To ask the Secretary of State Justice, what assessment he has made of The number of defendants proceeded against for Justice, how many prisoners were trans- As part of business as usual, open prisons the availability of drugs in prisons. at magistrates courts and found guilty at all ferred from open conditions to closed condi- return prisoners to closed conditions where courts of offences related to prison mutiny in tions who had previously (a) absconded or they judge that they can no longer be Andrew Selous: NOMS has in place a com- England and Wales from 2009 to 2013 can be escaped from prison and (b) breached a managed safely in open conditions. Figures prehensive drugs strategy. The success of viewed in the table. licence condition whilst released on tempo- for this ongoing process are not included here. this strategy is illustrated by the reduction of rary licence following the recent review of 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 release on temporary licence. Proceeded Prisoners: Qualifications Andrew Selous: In March, we announced a against - - Nil 7 Nil Jenny Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many package of measures to ensure that the Found Nil 2 2 5 3 prisoners completed AS and A level courses or their equivalents under the Offender Learn- public was properly protected with respect to guilty ing and Skills Service contract in prison in each year since 2010. the offenders being held in open conditions. Absconds and escapes have reached record Nick Boles: Table 1 shows the number of offenders aged 18 and over who achieved in A Level, lows under this Government, and we take Prisons: Publications AS Level and other Level 3 learning from 2010/11 to 2013/14. each incident seriously. As a result of a com- Sadiq Khan: To ask the Secretary of State for prehensive review, we have made major Justice, how many books were received by changes to tighten the eligibility criteria for his Department during December 2014 as Academic Year 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14 open prisons. Prisoners may no longer be part of the books for prisoners campaign; Achievements 70,300 71,900 68,400 79,700 transferred to open conditions or allowed out and where those books were distributed. of which: on temporary release if they have previously Level 3 1,200 1,200 1,400 600 absconded, escaped, attempted to escape, or Simon Hughes: 377 books were donated in A Levels ~ ~ ~ ~ if they have failed to return or have re-of- December 2014 and we are in the process of AS Levels 10 ~ ~ 10 fended whilst released on temporary licence, Notes: ‘~’ Indicates a base value of less than 5. arranging for them to be sent to a prison unless there are exceptional circumstances.

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1864_advert_ConverseMag.indd 3 07/10/2014 12:19 Insidetime March 2015 42 Legal www.insidetime.org The right to reform A lifer by any other name The many types of indeterminate sentence Outcome of the appeals Parole Board the issue of being ‘safe’ to be In the case of Mr Haney the Justices observed David Wells that he had been “deprived of the reasonable released was being misinterpreted as opportunity which the Secretary of State Head of Complex Crime, meaning being ‘perfect’ to be released. He is himself said that he should have”, namely a Wells Burcombe Solicitors right, but sadly the way the issue of safety is transfer to open conditions. The delay in his assessed and applied is not always so. transfer prior to his tariff expiry warranted an begin this month’s article with an Its only when you embark upon on an award of £500. apology. Readers of Inside Time would exercise such as the one Zoe Conway and I have noticed that in recent months I embarked upon in December last year that In the case of Mr Massey, an “unacceptable have written much about the plight of you really get a much more reliable picture of delay of about a year and all post tariff” in the IPP inmates and how the system Carl Miles - Solicitor how the system fails lifers. Another written provision of the Extended Sex Offenders shockingly fails them. In December last year I contribution to Inside Time I read by a Vijay Jagadesham - Barrister Treatment Programme also disclosed a breach I wrote an article introducing Zoe Conway, a prisoner referring to IPP sentences stated of the duty, calling for an award of £600. BBC Journalist, who invited IPP inmates to that since its inception in 2005, the effects of write to her at Wells Burcombe explaining R (Haney, Kaiyam, Massey and IPP sentences had basically waged ‘psycho- The Justices dismissed Mr Kaiyam’s appeal. the difficulties faced having been the subject logical warfare’ on prisoners and their Robinson) v Secretary of State Despite “regrettable delays” and the fact that of an IPP sentence. The response to that families. I have no doubt that this is the same the prison system could have achieved “a article was great and I would like to thank all for Justice (10 December 2014) with all lifers. more extensive provision of courses”, this was those who wrote in sharing their stories. Amongst the many letters received, I was Summary “a very long way from saying that he has not It is, in my view, time to think about real reminded that it was not just IPP lifers in the The Supreme Court has held that all indeter- been provided with a reasonable opportunity change to the whole lifer system. It is time to system who are suffering. There are very minate sentence prisoners (‘ISPs’) must be given to rehabilitate himself”. The Justices pointed to actively engage directly with inmates serving obviously other lifer inmates suffering and it a reasonable opportunity to reform themselves Mr Kaiyam’s initial “poor response” during his life sentences of whatever description. Time is to them that I apologise for not having pre- and demonstrate their safety for release, under sentence. to listen to those who are most affected and viously given them the recognition they Article 5 of the European Convention on Human not just those who make the decisions on deserve. There are inmates in the system Rights. In appropriate cases prisoners will be The majority concluded that Mr Robinson’s those most affected. against whom an automatic life sentence able to seek an order from the court that they appeal should be dismissed. Whilst the Secretary was imposed between 1997 and April 2005 be given the necessary reasonable opportu- of State’s review period had allowed for com- Of the many letters received, a very common for a second serious offence, prisoners nity. Compensation may also be available, pletion of the ESOTP, this was “by no means to complaint concerned the obvious subject of commonly referred to as ‘two strike lifers.’ although any such awards are likely to be low. make completion of the ESOTP a condition of courses. The lack of courses was a prominent There are also the discretionary and future consideration of release, still less to lay concern, but more obviously frustrating was mandatory lifers who suffer the same injus- down a timetable for it, as was done in the case the fact that many prisoners had completed Background tices and who have been rotting in jail of Massey”. They stated that in Mr Robinson’s sentence plan targets and courses only to be The appellants were ISPs: Kaiyam, Massey and without any support or hope. Robinson were sentenced to Imprisonment case: “It was in fact neither a necessary nor a told by the parole board that it was deemed sufficient means of doing so”, pointing also to necessary for more courses to be attended for Public Protection; Haney was sentenced to The content of the letters I received, albeit Mr Robinson having failed to show a real will- and completed. Prison Service Order PSI41 an automatic life sentence. from IPP inmates predominantly, hits home ingness to change. 2012 states all sentence plans must be really hard just how intense the suffering and realistic and achievable. It just doesn’t Duty and individual rights heartache is for these forgotten inmates. Going forward happen. The goal posts are not just moved to When considering the duty the Court posed Most of the letters contained harrowing the simple question: ‘was the prisoner given a The Court has been clear: ISPs must be given a one side, they are removed altogether. reasonable opportunity to reform themselves. accounts of neglect, failure, inhumanity and reasonable opportunity to reform himself and total embarrassment, all bringing total However, the duty has limits. There is no This article is not intended to rehash the well to demonstrate to the Parole Board by or shame on the system. One letter advised that requirement for perfection or for prisoners to documented faults with the lifer system. The within a reasonable time after tariff expiry that historically it was uncommon to meet be offered everything as soon as possible. list is endless and the concerns well known. he is no longer a danger?’ another inmate who has been in prison for Delay may not be enough, as the recent cases The article is intended, however, to address over 20 years. Now it is not so rare. One dis- of Dilks and Knights shows. The Court will look the balance in emphasis on IPP inmates at Significantly, the Supreme Court Justices were cretionary life prisoner is now over tariff by at the prisoner’s sentence ‘as a whole’. the expense of all other lifers who undoubt- clear that the duty gives rise to “a right in 12 years! This particular gentlemen made a edly suffer too. I have passed Zoe Conway all favour of each individual prisoner” and that very valid point; he argued that the longer he, In addition, a prisoner’s ‘failure’ to engage with the letters received and she will continue to prisoners need not show a “systemic” or tradi- and others like him, had to spend in prison, rehabilitation and/or poor prison behaviour raise the plight of lifers in the media and tional public law failure. the less likely it was that he was going to be share the concerns raised. Thanks again. may make it much harder to demonstrate a able to persuade the powers-that-be that he Further, the duty exists throughout the pris- breach of the duty, as the cases of Kaiyam and was suitable for release. I read recently a very If you are a lifer with a pending review, Wells oner’s sentence, including prior to the expiry Massey demonstrate. Mr Massey also lost out well written contribution to Inside Time by a Burcombe would like to help. of his ‘tariff’: “…[it] clearly exists throughout because the Court felt that his doing the ESOTP prisoner who said that he felt that in the eyes the prisoner’s detention…A failure before was not a precondition to his release; it had of Offender Managers, Psychologists and the tariff expiry may thus constitute a breach if it been a precondition of Mr Robinson’s release, remains uncorrected…” as had open conditions for Mr Haney.

A practical and realistic duty It is clear, therefore, that the Courts will look The Justices observed that the European Court very carefully at what has been said by the Vells 01727 840900 does not “insist…on standards of perfection Secretary of State for Justice when setting the prisoner’s next review, in terms of what is Burcombe 24 hr Emergency Number - 07592 034170 that would be unrealistic, bearing in mind the LLP Solicitors numbers of prisoners involved and the limits required for the prisoner to reduce their risk. on courses, facilities and resources in the Parole Board decisions and parole reports will Specialists in prison system”. also be important sources of information. The Appeals against Conviction & Sentence, CCRC, Courts will look at the prisoner’s behaviour and attitude as well. A breach will not be estab- IPP Appeals and Parole, Prison Adjudications & Discipline, Further, the duty “does not create an obligation Criminal Investigations, Confiscation & POCA proceedings. to maximise the coursework or other provision lished in all cases and it is important that made to the prisoner…an opportunity must be prisoners consult their solicitor if they feel the afforded to the prisoner which is reasonable in duty is being breached in their case. For advice and assistance anywhere in England & Wales, all the circumstances, taking into account, among either in person or via video link, please call us or write to all those circumstances, his history and prognosis, us at our head office: the risks he presents, the competing needs of Carl Miles, Solicitor, Burton Copeland LLP Vijay Jagadesham, Barrister, Garden other prisoners, the resources available and 5 Holywell Hill, St Albans, Hertfordshire, AL1 1EU the use which has been made of such rehabili- Court North Chambers tative opportunity as there has been…” (Carl and Vijay represented Mr Kaiyam) Insidetime March 2015 www.insidetime.org Legal 43

that they had a duty to treat him. He is now receiving treatment in the form of “EMDR”. He has also revisited the offending behaviour pro- Not all wounds are visible grammes that he had completed before “EMDR”. He has now been informed that his Post Traumatic Stress Disorder is finally recognised as a treatable pre-tariff sift review will be reconsidered in the light of the obvious progress he has made. disorder within the prison estate If those in authority had listened to this man from the beginning he would have been iden- tified and treated at a much earlier stage of his Terry Lock sentence. He would have then been in the Prison and criminal law consultant same position as non-PTSD offenders. EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) e would like to thank “Inside This is a relatively new form of treatment for Time” for their support in those who are found to be suffering the helping to identify this huge symptoms of PTSD. “EMDR” involves making problem within the Prison side to side movements, usually by following Estate. the movement of a therapists finger, while W recalling the traumatic incidents. We are very pleased to be able to report that NHS England and the Prison Service now It is not exactly clear how EMDR works, but it accept that they have a duty to assess and may help the malfunctioning part of the brain diagnose and, if necessary, treat those men (the hippocampus) to process distressing and women held in prison who are suffering memories and flashbacks so that their from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). influence over your mind is reduced.

There have been many eye opening findings We found that there was and is a failure to during this last year. The most significant was recognise the symptoms at the appropriate the fact that if you were one of the men and time; when the offender is first seen by Health- women who suffered from PTSD you were not care. It is the primary responsibility of the able to progress through the prison system in the with offending behaviour programmes. though it was known from the very beginning Healthcare Staff to listen and question properly same way as those who did not suffer from PTSD. that he definitely suffered from PTSD. The those who present with symptoms that should If part of the reason for offending stems from prison authorities identified the offending be recognisable to those Healthcare profes- Whilst this has been well documented elsewhere, the fact that a prisoner suffers from PTSD, then behaviour programmes. that he needed to sionals. our experience is that many employees of the until those symptoms are identified and treated complete in order to address his level of risk, Prison Service do not realise that PTSD that person could not progress through the whilst completely ignoring the fact that he was • COMPLAINING OF LACK OF SLEEP sufferers in prison must address their PTSD, prison system. a sufferer of PTSD. This resulted in him com- • APPEARS TO BE HYPER-SENSITIVE and what in many cases were the underlying pleting the courses only to be reported in the • COMPLAINING OF NIGHTMARES problems of offending, before they can engage One of our clients had not been treated even post programme written report as “not fully • SHOWING SIGNS OF SELF HARM understanding the issues”. • WITHDRAWN • MISSING MEAL TIMES Not one of the Treatment Team (even though the documentary evidence was there) suspected These are some of the classic signs of PTSD and CriminalCriminal AAppealsppeals that the reason he was struggling to take it all the moment they are identified that person in was because his index offence was under- should be referred to a psychiatrist to be pinned by severe PTSD. assessed. The longer PTSD is left untreated the Ledgisters Solicitors more chance there is that the sufferer will be The assessment and treatment of PTSD is a less comfortable to talk about their experiences. Offices in London and Manchester specialist field of expertise. There were no treatment programmes available. Those who Lack of sleep is usually the first symptom ledgisters raised the topic of PTSD were seen as just sufferers complain of to healthcare. This is a fÉÄ|v|àÉÜá trying to avoid having to complete accredited common problem for those entering into the offending behaviour programmes. As a result, Prison Estate; it is seen as just a settling in An exclusively criminal practice offering a their progression through the prison system problem that will pass. An exclusively criminal practice offering a was seriously stunted. One of the men who nationwide service to those wishing to have came to us with this very issue was denied his nationwide service to those wishing to have PTSD is a crippling disorder. It has not been their conviction or sentence reviewed. pre-tariff sift review because he had not done recognised within the prison system so has their conviction or sentence reviewed. enough to reduce the level of risk that he posed. been mostly misdiagnosed as problems with drug abuse, alcohol abuse, or in many cases a After many months the prison finally accepted If you feel there has been a miscarriage of problem with authority and managing violence. If you feel there has been a miscarriage of justice, are considering an appeal and /or ARE YOU SERVING AN Whilst we have worked with several male clients justice , are considering an appeal and/or ISP SENTENCE? who served in the Armed Services, our experi- requirerequire aa secondsecond opinionopinion onon youryour appealappeal We specialise in providing high quality ence suggests also that women are equally representation for Parole Board Hearings. likely to be sufferers of PTSD whether because proprospects,spects, ca lcalll ou Royr Ap pLedgistereals Depa nowrtme on:nt o n: We advise on Sentence Planning and Risk they have been victims of domestic abuse or have been traumatised by sexual abuse Reduction.... to help you prepare your case suffered because they have had a drug habit. for release. 0161 920 9727 For a prompt service please contact If you are suffering from any of the symptoms 020 8746 1122 Margot Lound or Terry Lock at: as set out in this article, do something about it. Speak to the Healthcare professionals in your 35 Warple Way London W3 0RX Lound Mulrenan Jefferies Solicitors 4, The Lanchesters, 162-164 Fulham Palace Piano House, 9 Brighton Terrace, prison and raise your concerns about PTSD. 40R Princessoad, Ham mStreet,ersmi tManchesterh, London W 6M1 9E R6DE Brixton, London SW9 8DJ 0207 7934012 Terry Lock is a former Category A 05603 686534 prisoner, now a prison and criminal law ““Together,Together, wwee sshallhall ppursueursue jjustice”ustice” HELPING PRISONERS consultant at Lound Mulrenan Jefferies Regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority Contracted with the Legal Aid Agency HELP THEMSELVES Solicitors in London. Insidetime March 2015 44 Legal www.insidetime.org The adjudication process Emma Davies, partner and Head of the Prison Law department at Hine Solicitors, together with Nicola Blackburn look at the adjudication process and how this can impact upon those who are serving an indeterminate sentence

ost adjudications are kept 2. The offence is serious enough for additional The adjudication sentencing guidelines are ARE MY CHARGES GUARANTEED TO BE ‘in-house’ and dealt with by days to be imposed; used to assist in the sentencing process. These REFERRED TO THE INDEPENDENT ADJU- the Governor of the relevant guidelines direct that additional days should DICATOR IF I ASK FOR THEM TO BE? prison. It is only in certain Should be referred to the Independent Adjudi- only be imposed if the offence is serious Simply because a prisoner asks for their circumstances that the cator to be dealt with. enough. The Independent Adjudicator still charges to be referred to the Independent Mprison Governor will refer the matter to the retains all other sentencing options and could Adjudicator is not a guarantee that a referral independent adjudicator. Generally speaking, It goes on to state that where a prisoner is not be persuaded not to impose additional days. will be made. It will only be in exceptional cir- this happens when an offence is so serious that someone who is able to receive additional days cumstances and involving serious offences. then their case should remain to be dealt with additional days could be imposed as punish- One of the disadvantages of an adjudication The test for seriousness is whether the offence internally by the prison Governor. Prisoners ment. As a sentence, this can only be imposed remaining before a prison Governor is that the poses a very serious risk to order and control of who fall into this category tend to be life sentence the establishment, or the safety of those within by the Independent Adjudicator who is a prisoner is not entitled to legal representation. District Judge. prisoners or those serving an IPP sentence. it. The Prison Discipline Manual does list the charges that would be expected to fall within GOVERNOR ADJUDICATION VERSUS WHY AS AN INDETERMINATE PRISONER WHERE CAN I FIND THE RULES FOR ADJU- this test, but it could in any event be inter- INDEPENDENT ADJUDICATOR. WOULD I WANT MY CASE REFERRED TO DICATIONS? preted quite broadly. Prisoners very often would prefer to have their AN INDEPENDENT ADJUDICATOR? PSI 47/2011 is the Prison Service Instruction adjudication dealt with by the Governor, When an indeterminate prisoner faces an that deals with adjudications. This document Prisoners may wish to argue that their case be simply because they then know that regardless adjudication, it is often not the sentence is more commonly called the Prison Discipline referred to the Independent Adjudicator not of the outcome, they are not at risk of addi- imposed that has the greatest consequences, Manual and sets out that cases where a solely due to the severity of the charge, but tional days. Prisoners should however bear in but rather the impact the adjudication will prisoner is:- because it is “necessary” to do so for other mind that just because extra days are an option have on any ongoing or future parole reviews. reasons. Here are some examples: when it comes to sentence, this does not mean Prisoners will be aware that Parole Board 1. Eligible to have additional days imposed it is the only option for the Independent Adju- panels take a very strict view with regards to AND; • Prisoners may wish to argue that there is a dicator. prison discipline, and so any proven adjudica- complex issue or question of law in the case tion, regardless of the severity of the offence, which requires it to be looked into by an expe- can potentially have detrimental consequences. rienced Independent Adjudicator.

Legal representation will ensure that any pro- • The case may require technical cross-exami- cedural inaccuracies or errors are flagged up, nation of a witness which the prisoner cannot which in some cases could result in an adjudi- do. It may also be inappropriate for the prisoner cation being dismissed. Legal representation to be cross-examining the witness directly, will also mean experienced cross-examination depending on the nature of the charge. Legal representation is therefore necessary to cross- of the witnesses with direct and relevant sub- examine on the prisoner’s behalf. missions being made that may help a prisoner obtain a finding in their favour. If a matter • Prisoners may also raise issues of mental becomes complicated or complex; legal repre- health which mean they are not able to fully sentation will ensure that all the necessary understand, prepare and present their case, steps are taken and your defence is advanced and will therefore require legal representation properly and appropriately. to assist them.

However, legal representation is only available • There may be an element of the charge that is for charges that appear before an Independent disputed and requires independent investiga- Adjudicator. All prisoners, including indeter- tion. A prisoner may not be able to facilitate minate prisoners, should therefore consider this themselves, and so legal representation Our open, friendly solicitors working the merits of asking the Governor to refer their will be required to do this for them. in Criminal Defence will help you with all matter to the Independent Adjudicator to be dealt with. If an adjudication is referred to the Independ- aspects of Prison Law including: ent Adjudicator, prisoners should take full Licence recall • Adjudications Prisoners who cannot receive additional days advantage of the legal representation that is can still ask for their case to be referred to the then available to them. A properly presented Parole hearings • IPP queries Independent Adjudicator. This was a result of case can increase the chances of a finding in a Judicial review • Sentence planning issues a High Court Judgement that resulted in a prisoner’s favour such as the charges being change in the Prison Rules in 2011. dismissed or not guilty decision. In the case of determinate prisoners, this will avoid addi- tional days. In the case of indeterminate Now those who receive an adjudication can Call us on 01865 518971 prisoners, this will prevent the matter having a argue that their case should be referred to the detrimental impact on any upcoming parole Independent Adjudicator on the basis that it is or visit www.hinesolicitors.com review. “necessary and expedient” that the Independ- ent Adjudicator look into it. If you need help or advice with any prison law In the event that a prisoner is successful in Oxford Freepost address issues please contact the prison law depart- FREEPOST RTHU - LEKE - HAZR arguing it is “necessary and expedient” that ment at Hine Solicitors; Telephone - 01865 Hine Solicitors | Seymour House their case be referred to an Independent Adju- 518973 or FREEPOST - RTHU - LEKE - HAZR 285 Banbury Road | Oxford | OX2 7JF dicator, then they will be able to ask for a Hine Solicitors, Seymour House, 285 Banbury solicitor to represent them at the hearing. Road, Oxford OX2 7JF. Insidetime March 2015 www.insidetime.org Legal 45

Rebutting inferences therefore can be a very signifi- out the property had actually to be ‘criminal’. cant part of the job of defending and must get early attention. It may lead to the instruction of an expert, “Arrangements” MONEY LAUNDERING for example a forensic accountant. It may be that an Section 328 has produced some interesting case-law accountant or auditor with a particular knowledge of - but again it is all really common-sense, or the the business concerned can help a Defendant show, checking of a prosecution tendency to depart from for example, that it is not unusual for significant cash common- sense. In R v Geary [2011] 1 WLR 1634 the flow to come from a bar, or a mini-cab businesses - all Court of Appeal considered that the natural and keeping it clean… cash only businesses or that certain losses appeared ordinary meaning of ‘arrangement’ - to which it to fall outside the indictable period or the Defendant’s referred must be one which related to property which work shift. The expert may be able to help with the was ‘criminal property’ at the time the arrangement rebuttal by comparing with other like businesses in began to operate upon it. It did not extend to property - thus cheating the revenue. The Crown prosecuted a the area and/or show the existence of a reasonable which was originally legitimate but became ‘criminal’ Aziz Rahman money laundering offence but the trial Judge ruled audit trail. Of course there may be a lack of a proper only as a result of the carrying out of the arrangement. Solicitor and that there was no ‘criminal property’ - the money did audit trail etc; experts will not always be able to help In that case G was handling money which was going Jonathan Lennon not come from crime. Following a prosecution appeal but in the right circumstances such evidence can to be hidden from a spouse in a divorce case and the Court of Appeal found that the undeclared income make the Crown’s case look like speculation. could, at that point, have become criminal property. It Barrister could in part ‘represent’ the proceeds of crime, as that was not when G took the money however, see also R v undeclared amount would be representative of the Conspiracies Dare [2013] Crim LR 413. ‘benefit’. Thus applying the statute properly that unde- In R v Saik [2007] 1 A.C. 18 the House of Lords consid- art 7 of Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 clared income could at that point be criminal property. ered allegations of conspiracy to money launder It is especially important in money laundering cases (POCA) contains the Act’s money laun- under the old, pre-POCA, law. The Court found an to keep an eye on the basic ingredients of the offence dering offences. The provisions have kept How do the prosecution prove the existence of in-built tension because a conspiracy allegation and if it is a ‘suspicion’ case seek to get rebutting pro-active criminal lawyers (defence and ‘criminal property’? requires a knowing agreement to commit an offence, evidence, and in complex cases ensure that full disclo- prosecution) busy for years. Money laun- So to prove any of the above 3 offences the Crown whereas the actual offence itself (i.e. not a conspiracy) sure has been given of all the accounts and audit trails Pdering used to be a fairly well understood concept but, have to prove that the property was derived from could be committed by the defendant merely suspect- etc and an expert for the defence considered. One it has to be said, that as prosecutors got more and criminal conduct. How do they do that? Of course it all ing that the property he was dealing with derived from thing is for sure; given the authorities emphasis on more used to the statutory framework so the multitude depends on the facts of the case; if the money launder- the proceeds of crime. The conviction in that case was money laundering, an increasing amount of this pub- of scenarios which could lead to a money laundering ing is a secondary count to the principal crime alleged quashed. The case seems to have been accepted as lication’s readership are likely to fall into POCA’s net charge appeared to grow and grow. Mercifully, the in count 1, then the focus for all sides is to concentrate applying equally to POCA cases - you cannot after all in the months and years to come. Court of Appeal has, in more recent times, begun to on count 1. If though the alleged money launderer is agree to have a suspicion, you either know or you put a brake on some of these advances putting a little not included in count 1, or the original criminal don’t know in a conspiracy case. activity was committed by someone else convicted in Jonathan Lennon is a Barrister specialising in more common-sense back into the process of serious and complex criminal defence cases. He an earlier case; or even where there is no convicted Attempts deciding whether a particular situation amounts to is based at 33 Chancery Lane Chambers in London. principal the case for the Crown on money laundering This is another area where there has been some recent money-laundering or not. He has extensive experience in all aspects of becomes more problematic. The Crown will first of all return to common-sense. In R v Pace and Rogers financial and serious crime and the Proceeds of want to prove a link between the principal criminal, Laundering charges under POCA and ‘Criminal [2014] EWCA Crim 186 (18/2/14) the principal issue Crime Act 2002. He is ranked by both Legal 500 the drug trafficker for example, and the launderer. Property’ before the Court of Appeal was the mental element Chambers & Ptnrs & is recognised in C&P’s spe- Under the three offences the Crown have to show that There are three main offences created by POCA which required for an attempt to money launder. Thames cialist POCA and Financial Crime sections; ‘he is carry penalties of up to 14 years imprisonment. They not only that actual property derived from crime, but it Valley police sent undercover officers into scrap metal phenomenal and is work rate is astonishing’ (2015). are s327 - concealing, disguising, converting or trans- must also be proven that the suspect ‘knew or yards to sell power-cable, lead flashing, even a brass ferring criminal property, or removing it from the juris- suspected’ that the property represented benefit from war memorial plaque all purportedly stolen. None of Aziz Rahman is a Solicitor- Advocate and diction. This is one offence which can be committed in crime. When the prosecution is unable to show the the items were in fact stolen. The defendants were Partner at the leading Criminal Defence firm the five different ways listed. It is perhaps the easiest commission of the underlying criminal offence then convicted of an attempt to convert criminal property - Rahman Ravelli Solicitors, specialising in way for the Crown to proceed on ‘self-laundering’ that task becomes more difficult and the Crown will s327(1)(c). The Crown’s case was that though there Human Rights, Financial Crime and Large Scale charges - i.e. laundering the proceeds of one’s own then usually have to rely on circumstantial evidence could be no knowledge that the goods were stolen - Conspiracies/Serious crime. Rahman Ravelli criminal activity. Section 328; is entering into, or to try and prove that the money was ‘criminal since they were not - they could be a ‘suspicion’ which are members of the Specialist Fraud Panel and becoming concerned in an arrangement to facilitate property’. The same often applies were a particular is all the Act required. The Court of Appeal thought it have been ranked by Legal 500 as an ‘excep- the acquisition, retention, use or control by, or on crime can be proven to have been committed by odd that a man could not be guilty, under these cir- tional’ firm with Aziz Rahman being described behalf of another person, of criminal property knowing someone else; then the only issue for the jury, in the cumstances, of actually laundering but could be guilty as ‘top class’’. The firm is also ranked in or suspecting that the property is criminal property. money laundering trial, will be what was in the alleged of attempting it (para 64) and, following the case of R v Chambers & Partners. Rahman Ravelli are a That offence can cover a wide range of evils but it can launderer’s mind - did he/she ‘know or suspect’? Montilla [2005] 1 Cr. App. R 26, found that for an Top Tier and Band 1 firm. be seen how it would be used in cases where the offence of converting criminal property to be made launderer is not said to be the principal offender in the In R v Anwoir [2008] 2 Cr. App. R 36 the Court of criminal conduct. Section 329 is the offence of acquiring, Appeal found that the prosecution had two ways of proving that the property was ‘criminal property’. Services using or having possession of criminal property. • Serious Crime Again, this can cover a whole range of situations but Firstly, by showing that it derived from a specific ‘kind • Serious Fraud will often be used to prosecute an ‘end user’; i.e. the or kinds’ of crime; e.g. fraud, drug-trafficking etc. person who buys a car, a house etc from a criminal. Secondly, that from the circumstances the “irresistible • Covert/Human Rights inference” can be drawn by the jury that it can only be • Health & Safety SOLICITORS There are exceptions to all 3 charges where the person derived from crime. • Assets Forfeiture concerned makes an “authorised disclosure” to the • Regulatory Crime Specialists in Defending Serious Crime relevant authorities but this is really to protect banks In R v Da Silva [2006] EWCA Crim 1654, 11/7/06 the If you feel we can assist Rahman Ravelli has built an enviable reputation as a leading criminal and other businesses from committing what would Court of Appeal considered a trial Judge’s direction to you please do not defence firm. Our Practice is nationwide and we have developed an otherwise be an offence when dealing with a crimi- the jury on the word ‘suspicion’. Generally there hesitate to contact our expertise in handling substantial and complex cases particularly those nal’s money. The Act is clear that certain business, are should be no jury direction on what it means but in Serious Crime Department involving difficult legal challenges, especially in the Human Rights under a duty to inform the police of any customer they law ‘suspecting’ means that “there is a possibility, area. We continue to successfully protect the rights of the individual in believe is laundering criminal cash through their which is more than fanciful that the relevant facts Call: all areas of criminal law. business. Many professionals have fallen foul of the exist. A vague feeling of unease would of suffice.” Of Act in one way or another. course the circumstantial evidence which the prose- We recognise that criminal cases today are not merely decided on eye cution may bring to Court can be quite damming and 01422 witness testimony, but on other issues such as whether evidence can What is ‘Criminal Property’? first sight, e.g. large sums of cash, contaminated notes, be successfully argued to be inadmissible or the prosecution made to It can be seen then that the lynchpin of the 3 offences lies in interview and a lack of commercial sense in disclose evidence helpful to the defence case. Our dedicated team of some transactions linked possibly with connections 346666 criminal lawyers are always up to date with the latest developments is the notion of ‘criminal property’. 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30 days extra onto my sentence because of Offending Supervisor and Immigration the same way as other prisoners. If a deportee this. It is still on my file and the Governor has Advisor. My Immigration Advisor stated that is being considered for open conditions told me that despite the fact there was no it would be a prison and Governor decision to however, the Request for Information form hostage they still class it as that and it’s in the be re-categorised to open condition but my sent to Criminal Casework Directorate in PSI. I would like to know if it should be on my Offending Supervisor has stated that it is a UKBA must have been returned before a file, and how I go about changing it. immigration problem and until my issues prisoner is moved from the closed estate. It is and matters are sorted out I cannot go to not UKBA’s decision whether or not a deportee The authority to discipline prisoners is open condition. I have looked into the PSI for should proceed to open conditions. That Aprovided for by section 47(1) of the Prison re-categorisation and it says I can go to open decision lies with the prison. UKBA are Act 1952 and the various disciplinary offences conditions in the latter two years of my consulted to contribute any information which are contained in Rule 51 of the Prison Rules sentence. Could you clarify? might impact on the risk assessment process - 1999. Paragraph 1.23 to 1.25 of PSI 47/2011 deal specifically on risk of abscond. A deadline date with the wording of barricade and hostage You have made reference in your corre- should be set for the receipt of responses from taking charges. A spondence to the PSI. I can confirm that UKBA, after which a decision will be made.’ You admit the barricade offence (Rule 51(3)) for the PSI that comments on the re-categorisa- which it appears you received an extra 30 days tion process is PSI 40/2011. The purpose of the Response supplied by Hine Solicitors detention consecutive to your sentence. From re-categorisation review is to assess the risks ...... Inside Time the facts you give, I assume you were not also posed by a prisoner in terms of: PS - HMP Stafford charged with a hostage offence (Rule 51(2)). To • likelihood of escape or abscond ; be convicted of the hostage offence you or • the risk of harm to the public in the event of Legal Forum someone acting with you would have had to an escape or abscond ; I have been a prisoner at HMP Stafford detain a victim against their will using force or • any control issues that impact on the security Qfor 8 months. I have asked for a copy of Answers to readers’ legal queries are given the threat of force or an item to restrict the and good order of the prison and the safety of my OASys report from my Offender Supervi- on a strictly without liability basis. If you victim’s freedom of movement, which from those within it and then to assign to the sor from within the prison and also from my propose acting upon any of the opinions that what you state was not the case. However, I prisoner the lowest security category consist- Offender Manager. However I have had no response from either department. I am at my appear, you must first take legal advice. suggest you check carefully the notice of convic- ent with managing those risks. tion (which will have been given to you) to wits end and feel so frustrated - any advice Carringtons Solicitors, Cartwright King ascertain what offence(s) you were convicted You have also mentioned that you can progress would be appreciated. Solicitors, Crown Solicitors, Henry Hyams of. Only the convicted charge(s) should be to the Open Estate in the last 2 years of your Solicitors, Hine Solicitors, Olliers Solicitors, recorded in your antecedent history although sentence. In fact, an individual can progress to It is totally unreasonable that you have Rhodes Law (Scotland), Wells Burcombe there may be legitimate details in witness state- the Open Estate at any stage in their sentence A had to wait so long for this document. Solicitors ments in your file detailing that you claimed to although PSI 40/2011 provides the following You should not have to resort to a solicitor to Send your Legal Queries (concise and clearly have taken a hostage. guidance on this subject: ‘Although each case have access to a document which you are entitled to see. As I do not know whether you marked ‘legal’) to: Lorna Elliott, Solicitor c/o You may have already initiated the Requests is considered on its individual merits, are serving a determinate or indeterminate Inside Time, Botley Mills, Botley, Southampton, and Complaints procedure. If that is not the prisoners should not generally be categorised sentence I am unable to advise you whether Hampshire SO30 2GB. For a prompt response, case, it is probably too late to use the procedure as Category D if they have more than 2 years to to get inappropriate entries removed from your the OASys has been prepared by your Offender readers are asked to send their queries on serve to their earliest release date. Two years is file, as a submission of compliant must be made considered to be the maximum time a prisoner Supervisor or Offender Manager. I suggest you white paper using black ink or typed if possible. within three months of the incident or the cir- should spend in open conditions. However, submit an internal complaint to OMU urgently cumstances giving rise to the complaint coming assessment of a prisoner’s individual risks and requesting a copy of the document and also TY - HMP Long Lartin to your attention. needs may support earlier categorisation to D.’ complain to a Senior Probation Officer (SPO) at your home probation office. You can Response supplied by Hine solicitors With regards to your Immigration status, it will establish the name of the SPO by telephoning I was involved in a barricade last year the home probation office. and when officers came to the door me ...... of course be a consideration when assessing Q your likelihood of escape or abscond but If these suggestions do not achieve results you and another inmate said we had a hostage - NN - HMP Newhall should write to the Prisons and Probation we joked around and said we wanted a bag of questions over your status do not bar you from a progressive move. Even if you are a deportee, Ombudsman: PO Box 70769, London SE1P 4XY Skittles and a Chupa Chup lolly at which the I have had many conflicting and officers started laughing. It was clear there the PSI provides the following guidance: confusing conversations with my ‘Deportees are considered for category D in Response supplied by Carringtons Solicitors was no hostage involved, however I received Q

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I thought my barrister was useless. of Appeal, dealing with a case where counsel Q Now I know he was. In April of last year accepted it was his error, said, ‘It is the duty of I went to the Crown Court and pleaded to the advocate to check carefully [what the Banks on handling some expensive cars. I received 2½ position was]. The Court will not correct errors years and I expected my tag time would be unless an application is promptly made. The deducted. When I saw my ERD the tag time Court will apply the time limits strictly.’ This wasn’t there. I rang up my solicitor, who was refers to the 28 days for a defendant to lodge Sentence nearly as useless, and he told me that no his or her appeal at the Court of Appeal. order had been asked for. What should I do However, the Court did agree exceptionally to about it? Why should the time people like me direct 21 days to count. In R v Sinclair 2013 Robert Banks, a barrister, writes Banks on Sentence. It is the second-largest selling serve depend on whether their barrister EWCA Crim 2567 in similar circumstances, the criminal practitioner’s text book and is used by judges for sentencing more than any remembers the obvious? appeal was lodged 2 years and 11 months out other. The book is classified by the Ministry of Justice as a core judicial text book. The of time. The Court said anxious consideration book is available for tablets and computers and costs £80 + VAT. The print copy costs The answer is not simple. It is not only was required in determining whether to depart tag time which barristers forget about. from the Lord Chief Justice’s clear direction in £102 on the web and there are regular updates on www.banksr.com. If you have A Barristers may forget (or even not know) the R v Leacock and Others 2013 (above) and said access to a computer, you can follow Robert on Twitter: @BanksonSentence and you statutory criteria for an extended sentence that as a matter of fairness to the defendant can receive his weekly sentencing Alerter. and, as a result, their defendant may receive an and bearing in mind the substantial difference www.banksr.com extended sentence whereas if the barrister had (126 days) it would make, the days would be been properly prepared, the judge is unlikely deducted. The Court also said the case was an Owing to technical difficulties, Robert’s piece for this issue was delayed, to have made such an order. However, it is not exceptional one and would not detract from the Q&As below were from our March 2014 issue. only the defence advocate who may forget the guidance in Leacock. things. Prosecutors who see a conviction for So you should tell your solicitors to appeal as There was a row in a pub over a pool mitigating factors that ‘may be particularly rape being quashed sometimes forget to ask you are out of time for applying to the Crown Q game. It turned into a fight and my lot relevant’. for a retrial when the court is expecting such Court. Also, if any reader has tag time, they was definitely winning. Then police arrived Your case fits into the bottom category. The an application to be made. When they realise must tell their advocate. and they looked at my Peaky Blinder hat and Crown Court guideline case is too long to their mistake it’s often too late to ask. I have I had a proper one with a razor blade in the reproduce here. However, the following may seen a prosecutor forget to ask for the confisca- I shot someone with a gun and he died. rim. I had shown it to people during the fight. be relevant to you. tion procedure to be started and then months Q It was all over very quickly. I pleaded to They charged me with an offensive weapon ‘An offence may be aggravated if committed at later try to start it up. The causes of this are low murder as there was no defence. The Judge which I think is ridiculous. What is it all about a large public gathering, especially one where pay and poor training. said it was drugs related and she started at 32 and what will I get if convicted of it? I do have there may be a risk of disorder, or if committed Back to your question. On 3 December 2012, years and said I was entitled to a full plea a string of fighting offences on my record. on...licensed premises. As to the nature of the the absurd rule that the judge had to make an discount as it was understandable my brief weapon, some weapons are inherently more order for remand time to count towards a asked for medical reports. She gave me 27 s I understand it, these hats originate dangerous than others. A defendant with previous sentence was abolished. However, it remains years minimum term with the plea. Yet the Afrom the Small Heath area in Birming- convictions for violence or carrying weapons the rule that in order for tag time to count, the brief told me I would get a sixth off so surely I ham where members of a protection and who is convicted of carrying a particularly judge has to make a specific order. If an order should have got more off. Have I been cheated betting racket sewed a razor blade into the dangerous weapon, in circumstances aggra- is not made because the judge was not asked to of my full discount? peak of their hats. Those wearing the hat could vated by any of the factors (not all listed here) make an order, a defence can ask the court to draw the blade quicker than a knife and slash and doing so with the clear intention of causing make an order if the request is made within 56 Criminal Justice Act 2003 Sch 22 para someone’s face very quickly. Recently these injury or fear, can expect to receive a sentence days of the sentence hearing. In order to do A5(2)(b) determines that normally a murder hats have featured in a TV programme. An at or near the statutory maximum (4 years).’ that it is always best for the defence to reach involving the use of a firearm has a starting offensive weapon is defined as ‘any article Assuming you choose to go to the Crown Court agreement with the prosecution about the point of 30 years. It is true the court gives one made or adapted for use for causing injury to a or are sent there, I would expect the judge to number of days that count. sixth off. However, the relevant guideline lays person’. I suspect you would have trouble in consider this to be a particularly serious If, however, the 56-day time limit has expired it down that the maximum that can be deducted saying the razor blade was just intended as a weapon as it is designed to slash someone’s becomes more problematic. In R v Leacock for the plea is 5 years. That is why you received fashion statement, but you must speak to your face. That would cause permanent scarring and and Others 2013 EWCA Crim 1994, the Court 27 years and not the full sixth off. advocate about it. The relevant Magistrates’ possible damage to the eyes. I wonder if that is Court guideline says: (see table below). why the hat is called a Peaky Blinder. So expect The guideline then lists the aggravating and custody and for it to be measured in years. 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Marvellous Springs Eyes wide open please, the windows to your soul Shahzad Javed - HMP Low Moss Judgement day arrived, are you a threat? Time will tell We have been to Mars and Moon Contact made, a wry movement of the mouth We have reached to stars and Neptune No sound or gesture, as quiet as a mouse We have created skyscrapers and mighty ships No worries for me, I am sure of that We have created computers and microchips But here comes another, he stares Then smiles like a Cheshire cat Every day brings new inventions of technology His soul is damaged, evil with crime Every day we discover something new in biology Bird etched into his life, time after time Every day we find treatments for many deadly Trouble lurking, for he is tattooed in lies diseases Get my head down, behind that locked door Every day mankind produces many new masterpieces Tomorrow more eyes, eyes of them to read for sure

We have built nuclear weapons We have created more deadly equipment than cannons We have accomplished magnificent things We have seen many marvellous springs © adimas - Fotolia We have made progress in every field Yet wounds are left untreated and unhealed Jail by Numbers Human beings are dying under oppression Alan O’Reilly - HMP Risley In refugee camps and under aggression I’ve devised a new hobby while I’ve been inside In the outgoing wars and under walls It’s called ‘jail by numbers’ enjoy the ride! Under bad governments, dictators and fireballs © Fotolia The game began while out in the yard Still we think we are champion of human rights Could I work out its length, it shouldn’t be hard? While humanity is crying and dying in dark nights Turn Up the Sound Walking around I count 106 steps Robin Eddy - HMP The Mount Dodging in and out of the cons smoking herbs Congratulations to this months winner who receives our £25 prize for ‘Star Poem of the Month’. “106 x 0.9, hmm - no calculator - I should be fine” The hills are alive with the sound of music Just under 96m, I’d done it at last Woodhill, Spring Hill, Rye Hill and The Mount I’d worked out our square and the boys were aghast! Searching for Something Bashment, Hip-Hop or a beat non-specific Mark Lee Foster - HMP Erlestoke At least 200 BPM’s I can count So I moved on to “time” and how long would it be that I would do Not that I mind a really good beat With an aching mind, and unsupervised thinking In hours - in this penitentiary! In fact the other day it made me spring to my feet Three, six, five x 24, is 8,760 hours behind my door Prescribed medication, feels like I’ve been drinking Dancing around in my cell to Jay-Z “But that’s including social” I hear you say? Crazy thoughts and feelings, how could I be so cruel? I even started to think I was free! I’ll knock off 4 hours and put it this way Swimming in my head, I’m drowning in the pool Questioning this pain, this whole life has been death On the radio I heard “And now a request shoe for Isis” In a year I’ll do 7,300 hours locked in a cell! I’m constantly gasping, in search of lifeless breath And thought that the service had suffered a crisis And I’ve worked out what my mates will do as well But the HMP was what it was about I continue walking blind on this hazardous path But as soon as I tell them - they don’t want to know And I heard bare mans giving out a shout Endless sounding voices, the same degrading laugh “Have you told Dave the lifer yet?” - I don’t think so! Could I really work out a sum that hard? With horrifying visions, I’m imprisoned behind my eyes What will this day be like I wonder? This is way more advanced than the one for the yard Pleading for reality as the Devil feeds me his lies Immersive in riffs or sleeping in slumber? I hope when I’m walking I hear a good show These battling forces, on what will it all be decided Eight, seven, sixty x 24 years, I look at my answer And together we’ll bring down the walls of this Jericho! Evil is powering good, I’ve been completely misguided And even I’m in tears! Without the control, I never could have planned NEW So should I tell him or should I not? What is happening, I’ve lost control of my hand insidepoetry I don’t want him thinking I’m in some weird criminal swat! Lost control of everything , feel like a puppet on strings Voices from prison It was two hundred and nineteen thousand hours I pray for life and everything that it brings Copies are available at a special But that’s all in - (including showers!) Searching for something, that is very hard to find discount price of £7.50 +£1 p&p for Inside Time readers, family & friends. I’ve been advised for my safety to keep this quiet In the block in a prison as well as imprisoned in my mind Inside Time, Botley Mills, Botley, As the results from my hobby could start a riot! Crying out for help, I need them to be sincere Southampton, Hampshire SO30 2GB So I’ve now been forced to “stay off the subject of time” So I can look in the mirror without disgust or fear Tel: 0844 335 6483 And do a new hobby - you guessed it - RHYME Insidetime March 2015 If you would like to contribute to the Poetry section, please send your poems to www.insidetime.org ‘Poetry’, Inside Time, Botley Mills, Botley, Southampton, Hampshire SO30 2GB. Inside Poetry 49

Flag Our Lost Voice The Cycle Alice - HMP Bronzefield Julian Pike - HMP Holme House Emma Smith The law-abiding citizen So, we descend into a world full of chaos Trained by the state to be Led by the nose, by mindless followers on monotheistic Jews Every excuse under the sun Upstanding in the execution I look at the world, dismayed through my tears It’s all about number one Of his loyalty As around me, what could be joy is reduced to fears Major sense of entitlement Every last penny must be spent He joins the cubs and then the scouts Imagine a world of no question, with no laughter He’s proud to hold the flag No chance to criticise, no satyr, just slaughter Fault never lies at one’s own door He learns his semaphore and codes This is a world that only a few do seek ‘Can’t be bothered anymore’ Collects another badge Eliminating the good, with the free and the meek Can’t be late for the dealer Soon Cadets and Rangers Can’t turn up to the healer Imagine a world where to speak free you dread Seem the natural progression Pleas for help are just half hearted Because just a few religious zealots want you dead He’ll learn to shoot, and climb and fight It won’t stop ‘til off he’s carted A life that the few impose on the many voice Feel no fear or compassion Because their extremism leaves you no choice He’s ready for the Army now Then the love flows back again Detached from all his reason Our voices taken away, so intolerance can thrive Pouring out in ink from pen Conditioned by the state to kill Freedom removed, the freedom our fathers did strive Sorry for the pain he’s caused For the next ‘killing season’ The hate that they give, gives us no chance to parley Reality kicks in now using paused But I do not care, I am proud, because “Je Suis Charlie” The State defines his ‘enemy’ Life is hard behind the door A man who’s never wronged him ‘Swear no more drugs anymore’ Exploiting all his childhood needs Thinking of You Now he’s over all the worst For praise and for belonging Peter Mace - HMP Bure ‘From now on putting family first’ Ambitions beckon, real life calls He knows that deep inside it’s wrong As the darkness of the night falls For when he’s out of those high walls But here is the incentive And the cell door slams closed A rack of medals on his chest The keys turn and the door is locked The state is so inventive! Another lonely night ahead Excitement builds release day’s here To celebrate just one small beer! So I lay in my bed thinking of you Thinking of the things that lovers do ‘Never getting back THAT habit mate’ The Psychologists Brief You may not love me, you may not care ‘Just have little for old time’s sake’ Ed Powell - HMP Wayland But if ever you should need me ‘Just one blow out then I’m done’ I will always be there ‘Drop me out just having one and one’ Am I a toy to you? You tell me that ‘you have met another’ ‘I know what I’m doing leave me alone’ A puzzle to be solved It really has torn me apart A riddle to be unravelled ‘Screw you I aint coming home’ But babe, I do not blame you An object of curiosity And so the cycle starts once more Yet it really has broken my heart For professional whiles Of finding and losing the man I adore Reborn If only I could turn back time A living cadaver unto whom you can Hugh Kunz - HMP Whatton I really wish I could extol If only I had stopped drinking My partner has been in and out like a Your years of academia The bush has bloomed Like I know you said I should And the potential you may hold And found it’s flowers yo-yo for years due to his addiction Or maybe just another number Made it through One thing I want you to know and it’s the same every time, the Is that I want you to be happy For the statistics borne upon your wall The sleet and snow frustration that I and so many of us And even if that has to be with someone else Not now naked who have a loved one who suffers from Are well-being and welfare But dressed in blossoms You will always be in my heart with me addiction are always overlooked. Paramount in your mind? Reborn redeemed Thinking of you, Kags, always and forever Or a secondary thought Review renewed To an underlying desire! We will award a prize of £25 to the entry selected as our ‘Star Poem of the Month’. To qualify for a prize, poems should not have won a prize in any other competition or been published previously. Send entries to: Inside Time, Poetry, Botley Mills, Botley, Southampton, Hampshire, The living autopsy proceeds Magic Bus SO30 2GB. Please put your name, number and prison on the same sheet of paper as your poem. As you continue to probe away Nick Moss - HMP Belmarsh If you win we can’t send your money if we don’t know who or where you are! In furtherance of your prospects By submitting your poems to Inside Time you are agreeing that they can be published in any of You invite this subject to play our ‘not for profit links’, these include the newspaper, website and any forthcoming books. You It doesn’t quite rank are also giving permission for Inside Time to use their discretion in allowing other organisations With Kissinger’s Nobel Peace Prize to reproduce this work if considered appropriate, unless you have clearly stated that you do I shall not share with you But it catches in the throat not want this to happen. Any work reproduced in other publications will be on a ‘not for profit’ What you wish to know That the Serco bus to Belmarsh basis. WHEN SUBMITTING YOUR WORK PLEASE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING PERMISSION: THIS Because I am controlling you IS MY OWN WORK AND I AGREE TO INSIDE TIME PUBLISHING IT IN ALL ASSOCIATE SITES AND Has rose-tinted Plexiglas OTHER PUBLICATIONS AS APPROPRIATE. You’re just not clever enough to know! On its windows Insidetime March 2015 50 Reading Groups www.insidetime.org Reading group Shared Reading We’ve started reading Shakespeare’s Macbeth round-up at Walton prison. There’s real appetite and Image courtesy of Matthew Meadows allocating parts is no problem, even though one man volunteers for everything ... The report this month comes from HMP Wymott, where two different reading groups ings of the depths of human thought and ex- perience. ‘Clever stuff, this Shakespeare!’ says explored Jon Krakauer’s Into the Wild one man, tapping his own head. There’s sur- prise and pride at work grappling with Macbeth... it’s wicked that he’s come our way. Into the Wild is a Some of the men could relate to the drive that poignant, compelling McCandless had to ‘live off the land’. One This was the Read and Relax group reading at narrative of an intelli- member said he would like to do something HMP Liverpool over three years ago. I came gent, intense, and ide- similar one day, although hopefully without across this account recently while looking for alistic young man. the dying at the end part! something else, and was quite moved. The Chris McCandless cut group has since been disbanded but in the off all ties to his upper ‘It’s getting back to nature … the way we used nearly four years that we were lucky enough middle class family and to live before all this stuff came along’. to read together, we tackled all manner of reinvented himself as texts. However there was something about Alexander Supertramp, Another said ‘McCandless must have been a reading Shakespeare that represented the very a drifter living out of a special person as he left a strong impression best of what can happen. We read Macbeth backpack, eking out a on everyone he met along his way’. again more recently; a completely different set marginal existence as he wandered through- of men, similar results. There were opportuni- out the United States. No one had a bad word to say about him - ties for mirthful hamming with the three although maybe that was only the case witches ‘double, double toil and trouble’ and McCandless ended his journey in 1992 when because he died. with an unforgettably histrionic Lady Macbeth he walked alone deep into the Alaskan wilderness. with an appalling falsetto. Then there are Four months later his SOS note and emaciated The question was posed: Why do we some- moments of enquiry; to what extent is Mac- corpse were found in an abandoned bus. times do things that we know are bad for us beth’s action dictated by fate, by his ambition, ‘Who’s Macbeth?’ like drugs and crime? by the coercing of his wife? Macbeth’s reser- ‘I’ll be Macbeth.’ The first group discussed their many theories vation ‘I dare do all that may become a man; ‘Great. Ok, who’s Lady Macbeth?’ of why McCandless went ‘into the wild’: ‘He This was about the only moment of quiet during who dares do more, is none’ prompts us to ‘Go on, then, I’ll be Lady Macbeth.’ was angry with his parents’, ‘He was arrogant’, the meeting. After a long pause someone said think about the fine line he draws; what is ‘but you’re already, like, Macbeth.’ ‘He wanted adventure’ ‘He was tired of con- ‘curiosity killed the cat’ and there was much behavior befitting a man? What is a ‘man’? It sumerism’, ‘He had a mental illness’, ‘He was nodding and shrugging in agreement. depends on the man. There’s consensus on Are we getting it? There are some bewildered selfish’, ‘He wanted to commit suicide’. ideas about ‘honour’, ‘strength’, ‘loyalty’, looks, some tongues twisted - ‘what thou This is a great book to get discussions going ‘pride’, ‘being solid’. Some of us were shocked wouldst highly/ That wouldst though holily’ - Many in the group thought he was foolish to and is highly recommended to other groups. at Macbeth’s plummeting stocks in all of these and there’s occasional giggling at inappropri- go into the wild without a map or compass, There are so many questions left unanswered values as he murders his way to an abject state ate points in soliloquies, but there’s sufficient but others thought he wanted to go as minimal that it can prompt a lot of chat and debate. of paranoia and isolation. It’s sensitivity, com- grasp and more than enough enthusiasm. In as possible. Our conclusion was that he was passion and kindness that allows some of us to fact, we’re so keen that we have to make a perhaps bi-polar and was struggling with The Wymott groups are part of the Prison feel sympathy as Macbeth, ageing and on the point of reining in for long enough to establish anger felt towards his parents. Reading Groups network (PRG), sponsored cusp of his comeuppance, contemplates his loss; by the University of Roehampton and gen- what it all might mean every once in a while. No one in the group was really sure how he erously supported by Give a Book www. I have lived long enough: my way of life We reach the end of Act II scene 3 and Macbeth died. Was it a toxin and was it from seeds, plants giveabook.org.uk, Penguin Random House Is fallen into the sere, the yellow leaf; says ‘To know my deed, ‘twere best not to or mould? Or did he die from starvation, or a and Profile Books. And that which should accompany old age, know myself’, and there’s sudden poignancy. combination of the two? Did he want to die? If your prison doesn’t have a reading group, As honour, love, obedience, troops of friends, 400 years, linguistic changes, some miscon- The note left on the door of the bus gives a encourage your librarian to have a look at I must not look to have; but in their stead, ceptions about Shakespeare (‘why are we strong feeling that he did not want to die in the PRG website www.roehampton.ac.uk/ Curses, not loud, but deep, mouth-honour, breath, reading this old s**t?’), perhaps prejudice the end. Perhaps just the folly of youth? prison-reading-groups. Which the poor heart would fain deny, and against men in ruffs generally - that all evapo- PRG has also worked with National Prison dare not. The second group had a number of new at- Radio to start a radio book club. If you rates and we’re talking about conscience, where it comes from, where it sometimes goes tendees so it was quite rowdy with lots of dif- have access to NPR, listen out for details One week we find ourselves without our usual to when we most need it. It’s sensitive, re- ferent discussions going on at the same time! and ways to take part. room, so we read on the landing, absorbed and warding ground and well worth the wait. oblivious of the passers-by and their curious looks. The commitment to something difficult, We’re reading a ‘parallel text’ version, with a the ability to have fun with it and respond to modern translation adjacent to Shakespeare’s the seriousness of it, the pride in being in- URCELL PARKE original verse on each page. Why bother with P R volved in Shakespeare, often for the first time; the gobbledygook when it’s easier just to read Solicitors it’s a real, instantly engaging experience. Macbeth the story in the modern English?, one man and its characters became part of the folklore BIRMINGHAM’S TOP wants to know. It’s a good question, and better of the Read and Relax group, and it’s clear PRISON LAWYERS answered by Shakespeare than by me. He Licence Recalls that once again, they will not be forgotten. ShannonTrust doesn’t disappoint. When Macbeth is over- Prisoner Adjudications come by the witches’ prophecy that he will be IPP & Lifer Parole King, finding his actual situation emptied of all Do you, or anyone you know, The Reader Organisation is an award-win- HDC meaning in the face of what might be, he finds ning charitable social enterprise working to Sentence Calculations struggle with reading? himself feeling that ‘nothing is but what is connect people with great literature. Our Re - Categorisation not’. It takes us a while to get our heads around The Shannon Trust Reading Plan (Toe by Toe) is a simple & groups meet weekly to listen to a short a phrase that cleverly builds into its syntax efficient way of helping people to learn to read. Prisoners story or an extract from a novel and a Call now to speak with: what should be a warning of the nullity that is who can read teach prisoners who can’t. poem being read aloud by a trained practi- Tiernan Davis, Sadie Daniels or Anthony Cartin being mistaken for everything, here. It doesn’t If you would like more information on how to become involved, tioner. No one else has to read aloud, Purcell Parker Solicitors take us long to find resonance in the modern as either a Mentor or a Learner , contact the Reading Plan although some choose to do so. There are 204 - 206 Corporation Street Birmingham B4 6QB Lead in your prison (ask a Shannon Trust Mentor who this world, in our own experience, and we’re left pauses in which we discuss how we feel is) or write to: Shannon Trust, Freepost RTKY-RUXG-KGYH after about half an hour wondering at the The Foundry, 17-19 Oval Way, LONDON SE11 5RR about what we’ve read. 0121 236 9781 beauty and economy of Shakespeare’s sound- Insidetime March 2015 www.insidetime.org Book Reviews 51

The court watched a video of the programme, crowed The Daily Telegraph. Bad Show: the quiz, the which Ingram described as “unrepresentative” and “unfairly manipulated”. The coughing ITV went on to broadcast two ‘documentaries’, was amplified relative to other sounds and containing all sorts of suggestions of a network cough, the millionaire major voices. Ingram maintained he never “listened of quiz cheating and communication. for, encouraged, nor noticed any coughing”. Bob Woffinden and James Plaskett - Review by Geir Madland “The television documentary sealed our fate,” Alyn Morice, Professor of Respiratory Medicine Diana Ingram explains in the book. “But I’m called by the defence, testified that Whittock not one of those people who bleat on about year, and being exported around the globe. was indeed suffering from two of three condi- how dreadful things are… The people whom I tions causing chronic coughing: love and who love me know what happened, The authors recount how, at the end of the despite what Tonight with Trevor McDonald may recording of the programme, Ingram was “It is entirely compatible with medical evidence have said, and that’s all that matters to me.” handed a cheque for £1milliion, signed by the that he would have a chronic cough.” show’s host, Chris Tarrant, who then joined He may not be in jail but thanks to ITV’s sub- him in a glass of champagne. The next day, a Whittock had followed Ingram to the hot seat sequent ‘documentaries’, Ingram is wholly brief note from the producer arrived on on the quiz show. The prosecution noted that unemployable. After one interview for an NHS Ingram’s doormat, saying transmission would his coughing ceased at this point. Whittock administrative job, Ingram was shown his new be deferred. explained that he had taken advantage of the office and expected to start on the Monday, break to down several glasses of water. Morice but over the weekend he had a phone call to “If I thought there was anything wrong, I confirmed that this remedy was consistent say the post had been offered to someone Major Charles Ingram won the £1million jackpot certainly would not have signed it,” Chris with medical knowledge. else. on ITV’s Who Wants to be a Millionaire? in Tarrant later said of the cheque. 2001. Eighteen months later he and his wife At this point in court, one of the jurors seren- Woffinden and Plaskett’s scrupulous examina- Diana were convicted at Southwark Crown The book describes the trial in detail. The dipitously began to cough uncontrollably, and tion of this bizarre episode makes for engaging Court of deception (cough, cough). Ingram Ingrams were tried together with another con- was brought a glass of water by the usher. and highly informative reading. Did you know, was ruined. He lost the money, his army com- testant, Tecwen Whittock. A third quiz show for instance that the idea of a national lottery mission, his reputation, and is still paying the fine. hopeful, Larry Whitehurst, told the court he After three days’ deliberation and one jury came from the world’s greatest lover, Giacomo had detected a pattern of coughing from member being removed for discussing the Casanova? Bob Woffinden, veteran investigator of mis- Whittock that had helped Ingram win. case, the foreman declared a majority of the carriages of justice, writes a meticulous account jury found Ingram and Whittock guilty but not “ITV must pay Charles Ingram the £1million of the quiz show’s development and the Diana Ingram had already appeared on the Diana Ingram. they owe him,” the book concludes. Ingrams’ determination to win it. Aided by chess show, as had her brother Adrian. The Ingrams grandmaster James Plaskett, who initially set about honing their skills in order for Charles Having been instructed by the judge that, Bad Show: the quiz, the cough, the mil- wrote an essay proclaiming Ingram’s innocence, to win the jackpot. Diana and Adrian even since the prosecution’s case was conspiracy by lionaire major by Bob Woffinden and James Woffinden argues convincingly for Ingram. began to write a book on the subject. Quiz all three co-defendants, the jury retired again, Plaskett. 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1. Jeremy —, English philosopher and social 1. A person employed to rouse game for shooting (6) Inside Chess 8 reformer (7) 2. A solid lump of gold in its natural state (6) 5. Conductor who founded the London Philharmonic 3. State capital of Pennsylvania (10) by Carl Portman 7 Orchestra (7) 4. Principal town on the island of Minorca (5) 9. A tool for boring holes in wood (5) 5. A small and usually inexpensive French restaurant (9) I continue to be humbled by your correspondence 6 10. The most important items of news (9) 6. — Stanley Gardner, American detective novelist (4) and I am now more aware than ever just how pas- 5 11. Someone who saw what happened (10) 7. Central American country bordered by sionate and dedicated many of you are to playing 12. Geoffrey —, Australian actor who starred in the Guatemala and Nicaragua (8) chess in prison. I know that some of you are encour- 4 1996 film”Shine”(4) 8. Devilment (8) aging chess with fellow inmates and spreading the 14. 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Not supporting or favouring either side in a war (7) 23. A methodical examination or review (5) with a view to looking at how I might be able to write 28. The treatment of disorders, other than by surgery (7) 24. “Prince —”, an opera by Borodin (4) Let me try to answer a few questions put my way something. recently, at random. The current World Chess Rando Lillepalu HMP Huntercombe (A3138CD) Champion is the Norwegian Magnus Carlsen and he I am delighted to offer a chess problem sent to me Shakespeare KingACTS John MeasureMATTHEW is 24 years-old. Regarding castling - you cannot by Paul from HMP Grendon. It was composed by one RomeoCOLOSSIANS and HenryNAHUM V castle through check, into check or out of check. Leonid Kubbel in 1922 and is an absolute beauty. H T E B C A M Q W R Y U I O R F H J B R CORINTHIANSJuliet Love’sPETER Labour You cannot castle if you have already moved the Sometimes referred to as The Witchcraft Position, it DEUTERONOMY PHILIPPIANS H I C O R I O L A N U S N O L L E H T O TheEPHESIANS Merchant PROVERBSLost king. When you touch a piece you do have to move it is white to play and win. It does not seem possible F T I E E T Y U H D S V G N J A W E L M ofEXODUS Venice HamletPSALM if legal to do so. When you touch an opponent’s as black (coming down the board) is only two T U N R R R Y V Y R N E H Y U R I A O E AsGALATIANS You Like It TwelfthREVELATION Night piece you do have to take it if legal to do so. When squares away from promoting his pawn to a queen. HEBREWS ROMANS SAMUEL D S E Y U Q E R T Y U G J K A D S S V O JuliusISAIAH Caesar THESSALONIANSOthello your pawn reaches the eighth rank you must Get your thinking caps on then - how can white win N A V D S A R G H Y D H D E Y F T D E A MacbethJAMES TIMOTHYKing Lear TITUS promote it to a knight, rook, bishop or queen. It this? Difficulty level - difficult! H N F O A Z F V N C F H L H H H H F S N JEREMIAHPericles Timon of cannot stay as a pawn. CoriolanusJOB Athens S D O O E T V H Y S H G R Y H M G G L D JOHN CymbelineJOSHUA I would like to ask for your help. I am thinking of Write to me with your answer care of The English N R T H M H I C V B N V D G K K I N A J The LUKETempest writing a book about chess in prisons - although it is Chess Federation at The Watch Oak, Chain Lane, E O N E R E C E X I B F H E I J N J B U MALACHIDouble just an idea at the moment. 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