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‘Prisons seem to be human farms’ Star Letter ...... insidetime ADY ADAMS - HMP WYMOTT a voice for prisoners 1990 - 2015 the national newspaper for prisoners published by of the Month I am currently a prisoner at HMP Wymott, arrived here December 9th 2014, and I have to say the Inside Time Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of The New Bridge Foundation, founded in 1956 to Congratulations and a £25 cash prize double standards, lack of communication skills and general laziness of the majority of staff is create links between the offender and the community. for this month’s Star Letter. quite disturbing. Over the years I have watched the change in the calibre of both inmates and staff. The old school staff were mainly ex-servicemen so they had a bit of life experience, unlike Inside Time is wholly responsible for its editorial content. Comments or complaints should be directed to the some of the child-like staff these days. Some of the old staff were calculated, disciplined and by Managing Editor and not to New Bridge. Prison hanging book the book; and some were just outright bastards but you knew exactly where you stood with them. Unlike these new, younger, more manipulative, underpaid, uncouth, career driven children. a © morally offensive not profit Board of Directors ...... I have put in a few apps and rarely do they even bother to reply unless I put in a COMP1. I’ve publication4 PETER OATES - HMP HULL noticed that most staff will white-lie or just tell you anything to stall you or put you off, especially if they are sat there with a brew and it looks as though you might actually want them to do something. They have recently changed the Application system here and they now have a Trevor Grove - Former Editor Sunday Telegraph, I’ve worked on the pris- Journalist and Writer prisoner doing all their skivvying (a PID worker) which allows them more time for sitting around oner Listener/Supporters Geoff Hughes - Former Governor, Belmarsh prison. drinking tea. They justify it by saying they are giving a prisoner ‘more responsibility’, but seem Scheme at HMP Hull for Eric McGraw - Former Director, New Bridge to forget about our right to confidentiality when making official applications. (1986-2002) and founder of Inside Time in 1990. over 5 years. As volun- John D Roberts - Former Company Chairman and teers we work extremely Prisons seem to be human farms and I feel for all the lifers and IPPs because things are only going Managing Director employing ex-offenders. hard in teams helping to get worse. There are already hundreds of prisoners over tariff, sat in noddy shops doing Louise Shorter - Former producer, BBC Rough other prisoners who are Justice programme. monotonous work that could only be classed as slave labour to anyone with a shred of sense and in crisis. Recently I was Alistair H. E. Smith B.Sc F.C.A. - Chartered embarrassment. They pay a few pennies yet hand us canteen sheets from privatised money-grabbing made aware that there Accountant, Trustee and Treasurer, New Bridge companies who earn a profit from us by tempting us with thousands of pounds worth of goods. Foundation.a © a © is a book that can be borrowed from the not not profit profit prison library that shows people how 4 publication4 to hang themselves. The book is titled service Sex offenders making ‘Pierrepoint A Family of Executioners’ by Some things Steve Fielding. children’s toys don’t change The Editorial Teama © This book actually exists and is available ...... not profit for prisoners to borrow. I was shocked NAME WITHHELD - HMP STAFFORD DJM - HMP FEATHERSTONE organisation4 that not only does the book show photographs of the tools needed to make a I write with a query about sex offenders being When serving a short prison sentence in the noose but also sets out in detail how far allowed to manufacture toys for children. early 90s, I found prison life to be very you need to drop by your body weight. It Here at HMP Stafford sex offenders are miserable. The thought of sharing a cell with a also goes on to explain how many prison- making a toy that was featured on the BBC stranger was very challenging. I can recall ers were hanged by the Pierrepoint family, programme Dragon’s Den a few months ago. having to urinate in a plastic pot and, the next including many here at HMP Hull. The toy is called ‘U Kick’ and basically it is a morning, walking 30 yards along the landing Eric McGraw Rachel Billington OBE This prison has already suffered two sui- shuttlecock toy - ‘A kick-it, whack-it, hack-it with it, brimming full, to empty it in the Novelist and Author and Managing toy’. communal sluice in the recess during ‘slop-out’. Journalist Editor cides by hanging and numerous attempts over theBlavo past Nov 6 months. 2012_Blavo Whilst Dec I fully 2008 sup red- border SHADOW.qxd 13/11/2012 09:42 Page 1 port the right of freedom of expression, I Now we know that not all sex offenders are Now, 24 years later, I find myself in a single also believe that in a prison environment paedophiles but in the real world sex cell that has been made into a double with a these books are morally wrong and deeply offenders cannot write/publish children’s toilet, but no curtain or partition. I find it very offensive. What sort of message are we books or make any profit from doing so, yet embarrassing and undignified that I have to sending out? What would families, rela- the prison authorities seem to be turning a use the toilet in this way! Plus, there are no tives or even a Coroner say about an insti- blind eye to them making toys for children. windows to open, only a small vent, so you tution where suicide and attempted sui- Surely if the Dragon’s Den team knew that sex can imagine the smell. There are no toilets in John Roberts Noel Smith cide are rife and yet the authorities supply offenders are making a product publicly the recess, only showers. It is like being Publisher and Director Author, writer and a manual on how to do it properly? backed by them this would cause them to warehoused in a Third World country. former prisoner think again, especially if the public were also HMP Hull have now removed this book aware. We get crap wages from making these Editorial Assistants from our library, but can you please ask toys and I wonder who is making a profit from Lucy Forde - Former prisoner education mentor NOMS if this book is available in any our work? Are the Prison Service willing to Paul Sullivan - Inside Information Compiler other prison libraries and, if so, will they allow sex offenders to produce children’s toys Administration Assistant Sonia Miah instruct staff to remove it? just so they can make a profit? It seems pretty 19 John Street hypocritical. Layout & Design Colin Matthews LONDON Editorial note: This letter has been sent to WC1N 2DL Correspondence NOMS for a response. Editorial note: This letter has been sent to NOMS for a response. Inside Time, Botley Mills, Botley, Southampton, Hampshire SO30 2GB. 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‘Serco have lost control’ ‘Sick people … to say the least’ Contents ...... BEN FLATTERS - HMP/YOI SCOTT ROBINSON - HMP BULLINGDON Mailbag ...... 2-9 DONCASTER I feel compelled to write in and challenge the responses featured in your August issue about a Newsround ...... 11-17 mailbag by Mr Craig Jenkinson published in the July issue titled ‘Why should I have to read about Comment ...... 18-31 I am writing this because I am genuinely sex offenders?’ concerned for all prisoners held in Serco-run establishments. There are a number of issues I have always been one for freedom of speech. Our forefathers fought and died bravely on the that worry me. battlefields of two world wars to give us the right to enjoy that privilege and it should be respected and cherished. However, after reading some of the responses Mr Jenkinson got I find myself agreeing with him. The Healthcare Department, or should I say lack of it. There are elderly prisoners on my Of the 9 people who responded to Mr Jenkinson’s letter I am assuming that at least 8 are sex wing who do not receive the correct medica- offenders? Five of you tried to put your crimes (which may or may not include such vile acts as tion or basic care entitlements that we as rape and molesting children) on a par with stealing, drug dealing, burglary, etc. but you simply human beings deserve. If this was my parent/ cannot do that. Let us agree that all crimes have victims, even the most trivial offence. But some grandparent I would sooner they be in the crimes hurt and affect victims more than others. Though that doesn’t mean they are right or worst care-homes ever than have to put up justified. Desperate Journeys: Europe’s migrant with what I see here. crisis ...... 28 People ‘choose’ to take drugs, it is rare for a dealer to knock on your door and force you to take them at gunpoint! It all starts with a choice and despite that old right-wing chestnut about the News from The House ...... 32 There is a Basic/IEP regime that is about as dealers targeting schoolkids (are children really rich enough to buy cocaine at £60 a gram?) Inside Justice ...... 33 consistent as the rice pudding we receive and nobody forces anyone to take drugs. The majority of thieves and burglars are drug addicts and The Rule Book ...... 34 probably causes as much harm. It seems to be committing offences to feed their habit. They are impulsive and opportunistic and not thinking Terry Waite Writes ...... 36 different rules for different people and a about their victims when they commit their crimes. They do not deliberately and consciously special rule that staff can use it as a weapon target vulnerable victims. Education ...... 37 whenever they feel like it. Surely PSIs are Legal ...... 38-41 there for a reason? The majority of sex offenders, however, seem to be egotistical, self-loving narcissists who get Legal Q&A ...... 42-43 their kicks from exerting their dominance over vulnerable people. They say it is a disease, I don’t Reading Groups ...... 44 know about that but I do agree that they are sick people to say the least. I know I have done The staff are stretched to the limit on a daily wrong to the many victims I have created in my crazy life, though I’ve never committed a sex Wellbeing ...... 45 basis although there are some who go above offence, let me make that quite clear. I’m not proud of my crimes and I hope I get the proper help Inside Poetry ...... 46-47 and beyond to help, they know who they are and support on my release so that I never create another victim (we can all hope). In truth, Jailbreak ...... 48-51 and so do we. You have to feel sorry when one whether your crimes create one victim or one thousand victims, it is still too many. National Prison Radio ...... 52 lone female member of staff is left to try and contain 90+ prisoners, sometimes for long Yes, it is a nuisance to have your phone stolen by a sneak thief, but you’ll get over it and it durations. ‘Serco safer custody’ this is not! probably won’t haunt and traumatise you for the rest of your life. This is not so with victims of sex offenders, they ARE traumatised for the rest of their lives. So comparing your crimes to others is no comparison at all. To add insult to injury we have been told that our already restricted regime is to be cut and restricted even more to allow for staff pulling ‘sickies’. Cuts to our gym sessions, association and even meal times! Now, in a place where violence levels are on the up surely this can only add to the tension and ill-feeling. On the evidence of what I see here it would not surprise me if there were to be a major incident. I believe Serco, in their greedy rush Crime: So what’s the difference? for profit, have lost control here and I would Questionnaire inside much rather be in a HMP-run prison.

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Smoking price No help from healthcare ...... discrepancy? ROWLETT - HMP LINCOLN ...... LEE SCOTT - HMP WOODHILL I suffer from Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and have severe flashbacks that cause Can you tell me why it is that the advertise- me to fall down and lash out during these ment in Inside Time for e-Burn state that the attacks, and on many occasions I have price is £3 for staff, yet £3.60 for prisoners? fractured, broken and bruised my body. I am Also, HMP Woodhill are already charging £4 well aware of what a fractured ulnar (forearm for them. Prison staff are not living on an aver- bone) feels like, as I have broken it twice in age wage of £7.50 per week so how come they the past and fractured it 3 times. This is also are getting a discount on the e-Burn? why my left ulnar is quite weak and prone to I’m not slagging the e-Burn but I’m just saying damage during these attacks. that if you are charging prison staff £3 then why can we prisoners not have it at the same On the 19th of August 2015 I had a severe price? Some prisoners are lucky enough to flashback at 22.00 in my cell and I fell and have jobs but there is not enough work to go fractured my left ulnar. I pushed my cell-bell round so what about those prisoners who to request medical assistance, as I required © Fotolia.com support for my forearm so it would not have no work and don’t get any money sent completely break were I to bump it in its in? If the authorities are going to ban smoking a smoke-free environment? It’s the only weakened state. The night officer phoned the Smoking in prison there is no way prisoners could afford the solution that makes sense. night health nurse and explained my situa- ...... e-burn as unemployment pay is £3 per week! tion. The nurse refused to come out and said I Editorial note: Following the various smoking And that is without taking off the TV rental PAUL HART - HMP WHATTON should report it to a dispensary nurse the bans being introduced by different authorities money. next morning. I think that stopping prisoners from smoking in the UK and overseas the issue of smoking could be against our human rights. It also in prisons is a hot topic. The prison authorities I’m glad we are able to have e-Burn instead of On the 20th of August at 8.05 I went to the brings in a lot of tax revenue and profit for are aware of the potential claims from prisoners going cold turkey from smoking but with the dispensary and asked for a support for my canteen suppliers. Once you stop people from and staff who may suffer the effects of passive high price being charged I’m not sure we’ll be arm as it was fractured. The nurse told me I buying tobacco then the canteen prices will smoking if they do not act. For some time able to afford it. At the moment we can buy prisoners who do not smoke are accommodated was wrong and refused to even look at my have to be increased on every other item, so very cheap tobacco, at £2.74 a pouch, from there is a possibility that non-smokers will be in a smoke free area wherever it is possible arm as I had not seen a doctor or had an X-ray which we can get at least 40 roll-ups but we penalised as well. At the moment those on but overcrowding makes it very difficult. The and could not possibly know it was fractured! cannot get an e-Burn for this price. So I think unemployment or basic pay - £3 per week - issue of affordability of e-cigs is difficult for I explained to her that I was quite experienced can afford to buy the cheapest tobacco at manufacturers to address as they are already there should be a price that is the same for with fractures and breaks and if I could just £2.74 a pouch but, as it stands, will not be sold as individual items. Because of the fixed everybody, whether it be £3 or £4, but can have a support for the injury then it cut down able to afford the e-Burn at £3.60 minimum. costs in production making a smaller version you let me know if HMP Woodhill are ripping on the possibility of it getting worse. She That means the thousands of prisoners who would make very little difference to the final us off by selling them to us at £4 each instead refused and told me to put in an application to are unemployed or on Basic will be ‘forced’ to price. Prisoners regularly write to Inside Time of the recommended price of £3.60? see the doctor. This was the ‘professional’ give up smoking due to cost. Can someone pointing out that pay levels have not been view of a Band 4 nurse who is not even please tell me how this is fair? increased for several decades whilst canteen qualified! prices continuously rise putting many items Darren Haley out of reach. We are however unaware of any E Burn Why don’t they just designate smoke-free Writes Five minutes later I spotted an NHS Admin wings or prisons and let all the non-smoking imminent plans to review either pay levels or person and explained to her what had prisoners and staff go about their business in canteen prices. The price shown in the advertisement for happened and what I needed. I was informed prison staff is plus postage and packing that they did not have anything I could use to ‘What about the ‘rights’ of smokers?’ whereas the price to prisoners includes all support my arm, not even a sling! She then ...... costs relating to delivery. The delivery and spoke to the dispensary nurse and told me G WADLEY - HMP LEWES distribution cost involved in supplying E Burn that there would not be a doctor in the prison to prisoners is complex because of existing until ‘sometime next week’ and that I should canteen contracts and security requirements. I keep hearing about the ‘rights’ of non-smokers to live and work in a smoke-free environment put in an app and wait. and whenever smoking is mentioned it is always about what affects the anti-smoking brigade. In England and Wales products are made Well, my question is this - what about the ‘rights’ of smokers? Who is standing up for us? Where available via DHL/Booker who are contracted How can our lives and health be treated so is our champion who will fight for our ‘rights’? Everyone knows that if you outlaw tobacco within by NOMS/HMPS to supply all canteen goods. casually by these so-called professionals? I prisons then you are just making another big hole that the black market will fill. There is no E Burn cannot control or dictate these know that we are now supposed to be treated problem getting illegal drugs, alcohol and thousands of mobile phones into prison so it will be distribution costs but we do hope to be in a the same by the NHS in prison as those who pretty simple to add tobacco to that list. Despite what you may think, non-smokers do not have position to reduce our prices once the are outside are treated. This is obviously not the moral high ground here, they have no ‘divine right’ to stop others doing what they want. volumes increase to the anticipated levels. the case.

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Duty of care? ‘Don’t let stigma kill you’ ...... A WILTSHIRE - HMP MOORLAND ALEX BROWNE - HMP STYAL

Prisons like to boast that they have a ‘duty of I was on National Prison Radio recently for Hepatitis C Awareness day. I wasn’t able to talk about treatment as it was not clear to me how far the new treatment has progressed into mainstream care’, but as far as the health service side of medicated use. I was lucky enough to be put through a new treatment. I had 8 tablets a day on a things is concerned they fail to live up to that 12 week course and the virus was ‘undetected’ at week 4! There were no side effects, such as boast. I have never mentioned this to anyone illness, hair loss and I got the full all-clear blood test last month. since it happened, but I was in HMP Oxford in 1974 on remand. There was 3 of us in one cell, Here at HMP Styal we have a great team in healthcare. When I was diagnosed I had one of the best all about 18 years of age, and one was my nurses and consultant from North Manchester Hospital. We need to accept that Hep C is not friend, called Martin. After a month Martin something that prisoners can pretend isn’t a problem. We all have a past, but in prison we get to started to get headaches and over the next do things we wouldn’t usually do so don’t let stigma kill you - get tested, get treatment, get a future! © Fotolia.com 4 to 6 weeks he constantly reported sick but was treated only with aspirin water. Pretty standard in those days. IPP = ‘Terrible abuse’ ‘Thank you for keeping Know your rights ...... DUNSTON - HMP WAYLAND me alive’ STEVEN GOODWIN - HMP ISLE OF One night he collapsed in the cell and by the ...... time the bell was answered and he was taken WIGHT to hospital he’d died. It turns out that his Since the abolition of the IPP sentence I find it P JOHNSON - HMP WAKEFIELD very hard to stomach that the same people headaches had been caused by an abscess on In response to the letter from Aaron Eastley responsible for implementing this type of the brain, which, had it been caught early, I read the odd moan and groan in your pages of HMYOI Aylesbury (Deaf Prisoners - August sentence still think they have a claim to could easily have been dealt with and Martin so I thought I would add a little balance. In issue). If you pop down to your prison library continue this nonsense with those who have August 2015 I had a heart attack at 5.40 in the would have lived. not yet been freed, in retrospect, from this and ask to see PSO 2855 - Prisoners with dis- morning in my cell. I found out later that this abilities - you will find all the information you terrible abuse. For those remaining, many of is just about the time the night staff changes. Now I am 60 years-old and have had chronic need on what you can expect from HMP. whom have not only gone past their tariff but I pushed my cell alarm bell and within minutes respiratory disease for a number of years and their entire sentence (some way beyond) there was an officer at my door who saw me in from time to time I suffer with chest infec- there now seems to be a kind of acceptance All prison governors have a duty under the pain and rushed off. Minutes later there was a tions. I put in an application to see the doctor by the authorities that it is ok to keep them DDA (Disability Discrimination Act) to make nurse, a PO and other staff coming to my aid. because I was waking up in the night with locked up. Well, no, it’s not! reasonable adjustments for disabled prison- Within 30 minutes I had a paramedic hooking chest pains. I ended up seeing a nurse who ers and the Act clearly states that they must me up to machines etc. and working very hard provide a vibrating alarm clock for deaf pris- told me I had ‘pulled a muscle’ and gave me Many of these people were sentenced for to keep me alive. Without the quick response oners, braille for blind prisoners and ramps some ibuprofen gel. The pain is all over my crimes that warranted sentences of 5 years or of staff, who knows what could have hap- for wheelchairs, amongst many other things. chest so I would have had to cover myself in less, so how is it possible to justify keeping them in this long? Yet, instead of apologising pened? gel. Three weeks later I am still in pain, getting and rectifying the situation, they have created I am a deaf prisoner myself and at both pris- no sleep and still waiting to see a doctor. a kind of vortex within the prison system and I was in hospital for 13 days and after many ons I have been in I have been provided with these prisoners cannot escape it. Just how tests I had a pacemaker fitted and one week an alarm clock once I had made a written Things in prison healthcare do not seem to long will this go on for? Can they not see the later I was back in prison. I still get good care request to the DLO (Disability Liaison Officer) have improved much since 1974. Not only do elephant in the room? from NHS staff and officers asking me if I’m or the Social Care Team. you have to worry about doing your sentence ok. For once I can only praise those who came but you also have to worry if you are going to Surely this is the time for the authorities to do to my aid and those who help me now. My You can also ask for induction loops in visits, live through it. The death rates in our prisons the right thing. Let’s hear no more about the wife and sons wish to thank all of those who education, reception, etc. I doubt that any are atrocious. Like a lot of older people, I have courses that either don’t exist, don’t work or helped to keep me alive. It may have been governor would refuse your requests as they worked all my life and deserve the full use of are just a waste of money, let’s do the proper home time for the night staff but they stayed are well aware that failure would result in the NHS whether I am in prison or not. thing and release them. to help me. Thank you for keeping me alive. legal action. Know your rights.

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I need to tell you about a problem we have here at HMYOI Aylesbury. It is about ship-outs - we I read in the August issue that an inmate at cannot seem to get any to adult prisons. This prison is keeping us here at the ages of 22, 23 and HMP Styal was having a moan about only in one case 24 and I wonder if this is the policy in other YOIs? I am 21 in 2 months time and I am getting one J-Cloth per day for cleaning. Think afraid that I will do my remaining 8 months in this prison instead of in my local adult jail - HMP yourself lucky, here at The Mount I get one Bullingdon. I want to be closer to my family for visits and resettlement but this jail seems reluctant to let any of us who are over 21 move to adult prisons. J-Cloth per week! We also get 4 disinfectant tablets, 1 piece of green pad, half a litre of In an adult prison we would get access to the Virtual Campus, not available here, so that we can washing up liquid and 3 sachets of shampoo at least be released with an up-to-date CV in order to help with employment, or a chance to look to last us a week. From the sound of things at jobs or careers before release. How can they expect us to not reoffend when they seem to the real cut-backs haven’t arrived at HMP make things more difficult for us? It is like they are setting us up to fail! A shame, really. Styal yet! There’s something to look forward © Fotolia.com to! Lie detectors What about Health and Safety Inspections? 1 J-Cloth per month! can be beaten ...... CHARLES DABIN - HMP HEWELL ADRIAN ALSOP - HMP LINCOLN PHILIP CANT - HMP CHANNINGS I write in response to the letter by Suzanne WOOD Over recent months I have noted several Cleaver of HMP Styal (‘One J-Cloth per day - letters and discussions in your pages on the August issue) and also the mailbag from I write in response to the letter by Suzanne subject of lie detectors which people seem to someone in HMP Swaleside who reported Cleaver, referring to J-Cloth rationing. think will prove their innocence. Some even there was no washing-up liquid or sanitizer, Suzanne should think herself lucky to get one seem frustrated by their lack of acceptance by etc. and how men were coming down with per day as here at Channings Wood we get the authorities. It may be of interest to know stomach problems. I would like to mention one per month, and that’s only if they have that in 2003 the US National Academy of that before prison I was a chef at a posh hotel Sciences issued a report on the unreliability ‘Stop stereotyping and any in the stores! We also get one bar of soap for two years and we had regular health and toothpaste per month, if available. of polygraphs and listed all the ways by which targeting our families’ inspections and always came out with a good they could be manipulated. It was clear that report. If the Health and Safety Inspectors ...... There are ongoing budget cuts here, and in lie detectors can be beaten by sociopaths who found no cleaning liquids at our hotel then, by have no remorse for their actions. ANDREW ROBERTS - HMP WYMOTT law, he would have to shut the place down every other prison I should imagine, and this immediately. leads to restraints on everything from food Two such cases were the infamous CIA double The local police here are engaging in somewhat and toiletries to clothing and cleaning agent Aldrich Ames, who was able to sail underhanded and unethical behaviour by So, my question is, when was the last time materials. And I have no doubt it will get through a barrage of CIA lie detector tests intercepting prisoner’s families just outside either Styal or Swaleside was inspected by worse. despite his double agent status. Then there the prison. the Health and Safety Inspectors? Because I was serial killer Gary Ridgeway who was able smell a rat. Are prisons hiding behind that old As prisoners we are often unsure what we are to go on and kill another 50 women after They stop visitor’s cars to check named ‘Crown immunity’ chestnut or do prison entitled to and even when we do know we have passing an FBI lie detector. American courts drivers, tax, insurance details, tyre, tread and kitchens get regular inspections and if not, very little chance to have those entitlements no longer accept lie detector results due pressure, overloading and the contents of the why not? simply to the fact that they only measure a boot! This is not only a poor use of resources enforced. Yes, these cuts in basic rights are human being’s anxiety levels. but several families have only managed to get Editorial note: This letter has been sent to probably making short-term savings, but at a 20 minute visit with their loved ones after NOMS for a response. what long-term cost? There is now a more accepted test, the MRI lie having been stopped and put through detector, the brainchild of Daniel Longleben of examination by the police! the University of Pennsylvania. MRI tests your DAVIES & JONES RODMAN PEARCE brain for activity whilst you are undergoing Considering the police are complaining so SOLICITORS the lie detector, and there is now a commer- much about the cuts and their lack of SOLICITORS cial company offering this service privately manpower, one couldn’t really consider this FIGHTING FOR YOU !!! and it is used for insurance claims, etc. The the best use of the resources they do have. Specialising in Experienced representation in company is called ‘No Lie MRI’. 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A dose of reality for Charles Salvador ‘Scottish system ...... AARON BARLOW - HMP HOLME HOUSE is much better’ ...... I am writing this in reply to Charlie Bronson, or whatever he is calling himself. First of all he says NAME WITHHELD - HMP GRAMPIAN he has had a 3 year IPP and he is 13 years over his tariff. Well I find this quite laughable. He is trying to claim he got an IPP sentence before they came into play in the UK. They only started For some time now I’ve been reading horror giving IPP sentences out in 2005 so I think he should read up on things before he tries to have stories about the English prison system and yet another pathetic claim to fame now I’d like to tell you about the Scottish © prisonimage.org system. I am an Englishman in the Scottish On the matter of the Kray twins only doing 15 years before they got re-categorised to B Cat, has system and I’ve been in 3 Scottish prisons so he ever thought to himself it might have something to do with them not being stupid and being The benefits of far. I have been in English prisons, both north involved in prison riots or taking prison officers and governors hostage. They weren’t stupid, and south, but what a breath of fresh air the education in prison Scottish system is. they worked the system and were not trying to be Britain’s most famous prisoner. God how it ...... paid off for him, now he is feeling sorry for himself; he brought it all on himself anyway. I am It is not without its faults but our incoming only writing this as I am actually an IPP prisoner and I just wanted to set people straight, the IPP ANDREW IBBOTSON - HMP LITTLEHEY mail is opened in front of us, they check for sentence came out in 2005 not 1999 as Salvador says and they were found inhuman in 2012, money or other articles and then hand us In many ways Michael Gove’s recent comments the year I got my IPP. our mail unread. There is no reading of your about the benefits of education in prison ...... mail, both incoming and outgoing. Unlike the make good sense although there are a few English system where they seem to believe things that he might need to bear in mind NIKKY WOODFIELD - HMP CHANNINGS WOOD the system will crash to the ground if they when it comes to providing effective education don’t read incoming and outgoing mail! n I am writing in reference to the letter written by ‘Charles Arthur Salvador’ formerly known as which leads to positive rehabilitation. Charles Bronson. Wages are set at a comfortable rate so that Firstly, education in any establishment should every prisoner can afford a half-decent living Firstly, Charles stated he was a forgotten IPP prisoner, 13 years over tariff! Well unless he has never be motivated by financial profit. The whilst in jail. Wages are from £13 to £20 per invented a time machine or is very bad at maths - I suspect the latter, but you decide. The IPP payment by results system often used by week. The food may not be the greatest but sentence was introduced in 2005, therefore an impossibility to be 13 years over tariff. commercial education suppliers in prison can we do not go hungry. If anything, the only all too easily leads to a ‘bums on seats’ men- crime with the food is the amount of waste. Secondly, I too am an IPP prisoner, yet I have been in for over 7 years and have been told to tality where the quantity of learners is more expect another knockback. Yet I have completed 56 courses, no IEPs or nickings. I am a peer important than the quality of learning. Given There is no such thing as Basic, Standard or mentor and have held a position of trust since 2008. that a fair proportion of people who access Enhanced - so no carrot and stick regimes. education in prisons might be doing so for the I know that Grayling practically brought the So when I hear the notorious Charlie Bronson fishing for sympathy, my blood boils. If you spend first time in their lives it is unrealistic to then English system to its knees but he had little decades holding hostages, assaults on staff etc. you play up to the name YOU created, then when tell them that a course must be completed in effect here in Scotland. Even the healthcare, YOU decide you don’t want the attention anymore you wonder why no-one can trust you. YOU a certain number of sessions. This cannot run by the Scottish NHS, treat us as humans created the ‘monster’, you signed away your right to be treated with respect and dignity. You allow for different learning styles, specific and not just prisoners. It is not perfect but is can’t be trusted to do even the most basic of social interaction. Five minutes of good behaviour educational needs or even creative or innova- a damn sight better than in England. does not undo decades of horrendous behaviour. The only loser in this situation is you. Frankly tive teaching. And finally, Mr Charles Salvador we hear and you have been in control of your destiny the whole time. But you have spent 40 years destroying Secondly, all the certificates in the world will feel your pain brother. Why not put in for a any chance of anyone taking responsibility of progressing you. YOU made your bed, now lie on it. do an ex-offender no good if employers in the cross-border transfer, you’ll get a single cell community are unwilling to offer jobs to those with shower and be treated with some dignity. who have been in prison. Every ex-offender Good luck and I hope you get release soon. STERLING 3rd Floor, 207 Regent Street, who struggles to find work because of their COURT CHAMBERS London, W1B 3HH past becomes a burden to an already over- Religious items SCC stretched benefits system. Maybe the government should look at offering tax incentives to ...... Direct Access Barristers 0207 307 5930 employers who will actively seek to offer ALAN MARTIN - HMP WHATTON work to ex-offenders. Also, maybe it is time to I found it interesting reading that John Chadwick re-evaluate the process of disclosing offences (June issue) was denied his Book of Shadows to potential employers so that people can as a Pagan. I am a Christian and have been have a fair crack of the whip when applying denied the right to have my cross and chain for jobs after prison. and St Christopher medal by HMP Whatton. Finally, I wonder if Probation and local CRCs They have placed them in my stored property could do more to encourage companies in and say that I cannot have anything from my their area to look beyond peoples’ offences stored prop until I leave the prison. Can any- and offer jobs to ex-offenders, especially for one tell me what my rights are regarding hav- those who may have long license periods to ing these religious items in my possession? whom the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act will Editorial note: This letter has been sent to not, in its current format, apply. NOMS for a response. beesleyandcompanysolicitors Adaku Parker [email protected] Personal Injury and Civil Action against Mobile : 07535 744123 the Police and other authorities

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Since being in prison I have tried many many times to get an accurate assessment and some Section 7 (4) Prison Act 1952 states ‘The Chaplain and any assistant Chaplains shall be clergy- proper treatment for my mental health problems that have been affecting me for a number of men of the Church of England. This refers to the Prison Staff Chaplain, that is to say the paid years. I committed my current offence while under the influence of a psychotic episode which Staff Chaplain. I was very concerned that the Assistant Chaplain at this prison is not a clergy- with the medication I needed would never have happened. man of the Church of England and therefore made a request to the Ministry of Justice under the Freedom of Information Act. The MoJ reply states ‘As at 31 March 2015 there were 240 Chaplains Upon sentencing the judge stated to me personally and said ‘I believe it would be beneficial for and Assistant Chaplains employed by NOMS who were not recorded as Anglican’. So, prison you to be put on some medication and when you leave prison you can lead a productive life’, he governors and NOMS appear happy to break the law whenever they feel like it whilst telling said this after he asked me if I had been receiving any treatment in prison for my mental health prisoners that we are ‘offenders’. Is this a case of do as I say not as I do? problems to which I replied ‘No, they have done nothing’. He did not look happy with my reply. I am over eight months into my sentence and am currently in my second prison and the health- Editorial note: This letter has been sent to NOMS for a response. care and mental health service have done nothing for me. They have not put me on any medication or given me any kind of treatment at all. I have been feeling worse over time and despite going down all the correct paths with apps, all they have done is make promises of appoint- NOTICE BOARD ments and not kept them; told me I am next in line to get help and left me for weeks without telling me a thing. Write All About It: We want to hear your voice! They do nothing. I feel worse......

Here at De Montfort University in Leicester email type messages. How might these © Fotolia.com Innocent and black- we are currently researching the role of the compare to the traditional postal letter? written letter for those in prison. mailed by the state All of our research is anonymous and all ...... We would like to know more about letter responses will be kept strictly confidential writing whilst in prison; do you enjoy writing - your identity will never be revealed in our DEL PATTERSON - HMP FRANKLAND letters? What is special about writing a letter? reports and publications. Please write to us at: Does it give you something that phone calls It never ceases to amaze me how the National or visits don’t? Would you be willing to Dr Victoria Knight & Christopher Stamper Probation Service, along with NOMS, refuse contribute to research about prison through Community and Criminal Justice Division to help those prisoners like myself who totally writing letters to researchers, discussing Faculty of Health & Life Sciences maintain their innocence. In spite of all my your experiences and views? How would you De Montfort University, Freepost MID 20741 efforts I have not been helped by anyone to feel about anonymously sharing your Leicester LE2 2ZE move on. And, in spite of all directives, my thoughts and experiences with a researcher Probation Officer still makes recommenda- through letters? We will write back confirming the receipt of Steel guitar strings tions to the Parole Board to stop me being ...... your letter and give you some more details released or going to open conditions. We know that you are able to communicate about our project. Many thanks for taking MARK LEWIN - HMP GRENDON with family and friends via the telephone, time to read this. We hope we have inspired It is all down to one thing, if I don’t do courses face-to-face visits and for some of you via you to put pen to paper and write to us! You may recall that under PSI 30/2013 IEP then they say I am getting nothing. This comes policy, all guitars with steel strings were from Probation and OMU and it is a form of banned, including all electric guitars (which, blackmail. If they were to actually think about by their nature, have to have steel strings). it they might realise that it is impossible to do The only guitars allowed were the Spanish- an offending behaviour course if you haven’t type ones with plastic strings. This silly ban offended in the first place! was lifted following a high-profile campaign and a dose of common sense and steel string Clearly Probation, the OMU and Parole Board guitars were reinstated. are a law unto themselves, it’s about time they took some responsibility for their However, why does the ban on electric guitars vindictive and negative attitudes. In a and small amplifiers remain? Is this just an nutshell, it’s not about Risk Factor, it’s all oversight? Ironically the steel electric guitar about conning the taxpayers out of millions strings are of a lighter gauge than acoustic ones for crappy courses that have no proven effect. and therefore are potentially less dangerous. I will never do the courses as I did not commit Can someone tell me why we are allowed any crime in the first place. steel string acoustic guitars but not electric guitars? When will they lift this silly ban? They can blackmail me and throw threats all they like but they cannot break a man who is Editorial note: This letter has been sent to innocent. If I were to commit blackmail I’d NOMS for a response. rightly be arrested for it.

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This latest report says; ‘The Mount was performing well and was better than many similar prisons’. It had recently opened a new 250-bed resettlement wing which was THE INSPECTOR CALLS ... being filled as the inspection took place. This was a good report, Nick Hardwick, Nick Hardwick - HM Chief Inspector of Prisons Chief Inspector, saying; ‘The Mount was achieving better outcomes for the men it held than most prisons inspected recently, Inside Time highlights areas of good and bad practice, along with a despite facing similar challenges and de- summary of prisoner survey responses at HMP/YOI Stoke Heath and HMP The Mount spite the disruption caused by its expansion HMP The Mount. These extracts are taken from the most recent Male adult category C training and and the imminent transfer of much of its re- resettlement prison Reports published by HM Inspectorate of Prisons. settlement function to a new Community Managed by HMPS Rehabilitation Company. Outcomes for pris- CNA: 996 oners were reasonably good in all the main mainly low level, though some weapons had Population: 917 areas inspected and there were credible been found. Inspectors felt that levels of vi- Unannounced Full Inspection: 7-17 April plans for further improvement.’ olence was linked to alcohol, drugs and new 2015 Published: 21st August 2015 psychoactive substances. They also thought Last inspection: October 2011 The prison is described as being safe, calm, boredom and inactivity contributed to vio- and well ordered although Inspectors say SAFETY: Reasonably good lence; they found 40% of prisoners ‘milling the ‘use of force’ was high but proportionate RESPECT: Reasonably good aimlessly about on the wings during the and well managed. Inspectors did have con- PURPOSEFUL ACTIVITY: Reasonably good cern about vulnerable prisoners, they said; working day’. RESETTLEMENT: Reasonably good ‘Care for men at risk of suicide or self-harm was generally adequate but some lessons The report says; ‘The prison was over- ‘Performing well’ from previous deaths in custody had not crowded, some cells were very small and HMP/YOI Stoke Heath been fully embedded … Listeners were not the overall environment was worn. Prison- Closed adult male category C establish- 6.1% Recall 15.9% Foreign Nationals sufficiently available. Too many victims of ers complained they could not get access to ment with young adult designation and 7% Sentenced to less than a year 26% bullying sought sanctuary in the segrega- small remand function cleaning materials but cells were generally Lost property on arrival 76% Treated well tion unit and most were then moved out to Managed by HMPS clean. Prisoners could wear their own in Reception 41% Had legal letters opened prisons with insufficient effort to resolve CNA: 634 clothes but prison clothing was often ill-fit- 54% Food is bad or very bad 22% Don’t their concerns and reintegrate them back Population: 745 (17:04:15) ting and in poor repair.’ know who IMB are 84% Treated with on the wings where appropriate.’ Unannounced Full Inspection: 13-23 April 2015 Published: 19th August 2015 respect by staff 32% Number who have Although activities were insufficient for the The prison has a good environment and most Last inspection: March 2012 felt unsafe 29% Victimised by staff 68% number of prisoners, Inspectors said that; Difficult to see dentist 40% Easy to get prisoners had access to on-wing cooking SAFETY: Reasonably good ‘The quality of activities was good and the drugs 27% Not engaged in any purpose- facilities which they appreciated. Staff were RESPECT: Reasonably good achievements of prisoners were outstand- ful activities 27% Less than 4 hours out stretched and busy, but relationships were good although ‘the applications system was PURPOSEFUL ACTIVITY: Reasonably good ing. There was a very welcome focus on of cell RESETTLEMENT: Reasonably good functional skills such as maths and English.’ inconsistent and slow and too many minor issues that should have been sorted out in- ‘Managing change well’ formally were dealt with as formal complaints which created extra work.’ 8.4% Recall 2.1% Foreign Nationals Despite staff shortages and a restricted re- 9.3% Sentenced to less than a year 16% gime, time out of cell was reasonable and Lost property on arrival 84% Treated well consistent. Ofsted assessed the overall ef- in Reception 35% Had legal letters fectiveness of learning and skills and work opened 60% Food is bad or very bad 37% as good. There was a welcome emphasis on Don’t know who IMB are 82% Treated ensuring prisoners had basic maths and with respect by staff 36% Number who English skills. Library and PE provision have felt unsafe 27% Victimised by staff were also good. 74% Difficult to see dentist 50% Easy to get drugs 24% Not engaged in any pur- In summing up Nick Hardwick said; ‘the poseful activities 14% Less than 4 hours prison is very well led with a stable senior out of cell management team; the regime and staff are consistent - prisoners know what to expect; and there is excellent use made of peer Chief Inspector of Prisons Nick Hardwick workers. There is much that other prisons said; ‘HMP/YOI Stoke Heath has weathered can learn from The Mount.’ the pressures on the prison system better than most, and outcomes for the prisoners held were better than in many prisons we URCELL PARKE have recently inspected. Priorities for the P R future should include a focus on tackling Solicitors violence, improving support for prisoners BIRMINGHAM’S TOP with protected characteristics, keeping PRISON LAWYERS men fully occupied and doing more to re- Licence Recalls duce the risks that they will reoffend after Prisoner Adjudications release.’ IPP & Lifer Parole HDC Although Inspectors said there were prob- Sentence Calculations Re - Categorisation lems with prisoners access to Listeners, levels of self-harm were low and safe- Call now to speak with: guarding for vulnerable adults was better Tiernan Davis, Sadie Daniels or Anthony Cartin than they normally see. Purcell Parker Solicitors 204 - 206 Corporation Street Birmingham B4 6QB Levels of violence were high, although 0121 236 9781 Insidetime October 2015 12 Newsround www.insidetime.org

‘Extreme custody’ - The things people say… a report on Close Supervision Centres

A recent report from Chief Inspector of Prisons Nick Hardwick on Close Supervision Centres (which hold 40 of the most ‘dangerous’ and ‘disruptive’ men in the prison system) has labelled CSCs ‘extreme custody’. (Noel Smith writes) “We can’t carry on like this. It’s The aim of the CSC system was to remove immoral, it’s cowardly and it’s the most dangerous prisoners from ordinary not the British way… it should be location, manage them in small units and possible for the UK to take some use individual or group work to reduce their 10,000 people seeking to escape risks so that they could eventually return to the totalitarianism of Isis.” normal or other suitable location. Yvette Cooper MP, former Shadow Home Inside Products The Inspectors were pleased to find that Secretary speaking at the Centre for some aspects of this was working, prisoners European Reform on Sept 1st 2015. and staff ‘generally felt safe’ and staff/ A company aimed at rehabilitating prisoners called Inside Products was launched in April in prisoner relationships were ‘reassuringly What the present migration crisis teaches us is that when a government partnership with the Ministry of Justice, with the aim of selling products made inside prisons good’. However, Inspectors were concerned allows uncontrolled immigration it then to the public. Currently it’s operating from: HMP Featherstone, HMP Long Lartin, HMP to find no independent scrutiny or external Hewell, and HMP Stoke Heath becomes very much more difficult to involvement in decision-making, which is respond to an international humanitarian particularly important given the ‘highly re- Local prisons have historically operated schemes which see offenders making a range of crisis, like the one we are now facing. products as part of their rehabilitation & re-training - ranging from chess sets through to strictive’ nature of the units. They also garden furniture. This new company gives them a way of getting those goods to market, but reported a very high proportion of black and Yvette Cooper was a member of the last also improves both the volume of people who can benefit from training, and means they get minority ethnic prisoners and Muslim men Labour government that allowed uncon- a better, more relevant experience. held, and management have commissioned trolled immigration (apparently for research to find the reasons for this. political reasons) which produced almost It’s hoped that this programme will help reduce reoffending, by not only teaching offenders four million additional people - equivalent new skills, but also putting those skills to work within a proper business environment. They Nick Hardwick reported: ‘Leadership of the to 15 cities the size of Southampton. will have to not only ‘produce something’, but to also think about things like costs, deadlines system as a whole was clear, principled and This happened at a time when the UK and quality control as well. All of which should improve their job prospects upon leaving courageous’. There were, however, ‘a prison, but also - boost their self-esteem and self-worth whilst they are serving their sentence. needed 3.5 UKs to feed and provide number of important issues that needed to energy for a population of 60 million (it be addressed’. still does). At that time the UK was also robincorbettITad.qxp_Layout 1 21/09/2015 10:28 Page 1 issuing, it was reported, a British passport every four minutes to recently Complete review settled migrants. Desperate Journeys: Europe’s Source: The Sunday Times, August 2, 2015 PRT is pleased to announce that of prison education Migrant Crisis pages 28-29 applications for the Robin Corbett Award for Prisoner Rehabilitation are now welcome. announced

It has been announced that, over the next See Along with Lord Corbett’s family, the Prison Reform Trust year, there is going to be a complete review established and administers this award for prisoner of education in prisons and YOIs. Paul page 39 rehabilitation. Sullivan writes. It will examine the scope, quality and effec- This annual award, kindly supported by the Worshipful Company tiveness, support for learners, and how this THE PRISON of Weavers, is for outstanding rehabilitative work with prisoners supports rehabilitation. It will look individu- done by a small charity or community group working in ally at different segments of prisoners: for PHOENIX TRUST partnership with prison staff. Robin Corbett had a developed example; older prisoners, female prisoners, young adults, life sentenced prisoners, and Head doing you in? interest in prisoners' education and people in prison 'learning young adults. through doing'. So, uniquely, the award champions work that Stressed out? fosters personal responsibility and encourages people in prison. The review will look at domestic and foreign Can’t sleep? prison education in an attempt to identify what works and look at how prison education Simple yoga and We look forward to receiving applications for this exciting award. can emphasise rehabilitation for the different Nominations must be endorsed by the prison governor/director prisoner segments. meditation practice, To apply go to: www.prisonreformtrust.org.uk/robincorbettaward working with silence and the Under consideration will be prisoners’ breath, might just transform (please note that applications close on 30/10/2015) access to education and current strengths your life in more ways than and gaps in provision (for example: those with learning disabilities). The review will you think ... Interested? also consider the quality of delivery and how Write to The Prison Phoenix Trust to recruit and retain the best teachers for the P.O.Box 328, Oxford, OX2 7HF. prison environment. We’d love to hear from you anytime and An interim report is expected in January 2016 have several free books, which could help and a final report should be available by the you build and maintain a daily practice. end of March 2016. Insidetime October 2015 www.insidetime.org Newsround 13

Gambaccini attacks Police halt ‘VIP sex abuse inquiry murder ring’ inquiry

The broadcaster Paul Gambaccini has A police investigation into claims of murder compared the Operation Yewtree investiga- by a VIP paedophile ring has been halted tion into allegations of historical child sex after detectives could find no evidence to abuse to a lynch mob in 1930’s America. Mr support the allegations. Gambaccini, 66, was arrested over allegations of sexual assault against two teenage Officers from the Suffolk force became so boys in the early 1980’s and spent a year on worried by the behaviour of the “witness’ who police bail. He was not prosecuted because the made the claims - known only as Darren - that Crown Prosecution Service concluded there they have referred his son to social services. was insufficient evidence. In a new book he likens the experience to The Scottsboro Boys, Darren has now said that he will no longer a musical based on the true story of a group co-operate with the police. He had previously of black teenagers sentenced to death after given lurid accounts of two incidents in which two white women falsely accused them of he claimed people died at the hands of a pae- rape. “A lynch mob gathered outside their cell, dophile gang that included a senior Conserv- just like the witch-hunt mentality that has ative politician. Beware embarrassing online postings gripped Britain in the wake of Savile,” he wrote.

Mr Gambaccini told BBC Radio 4’s Today The declaration that there is no evidence to Nine out of ten bosses vet job applicants on Facebook. Half have reconsidered offering a job programme that sex crime suspects should support Darren’s claims is another setback after seeing a candidate’s social media accounts. But recruiters are looking out for profani- be given anonymity before they are charged. to the campaign by the new deputy Labour ties, spelling and grammar mistakes. Scrutiny also includes illegal drug references, sexual Consideration should also be given to how leader Tom Watson and others to show that a posts and mention of alcohol. (John O’Connor writes) false accusers are treated. paedophile ring once operated at the highest level of the government. Findings revealed by a survey carried out by recruiting software company Jobvite also disclosed: • Nine out of ten employers admit they always check social media before hiring applicants; Police drop It has been reported in the Daily Mail that • Ninety-three per cent use Facebook and Twitter ‘to keep tabs’ on potential candidates and to police had “grave doubts” over allegations by vet them pre-interview; Cliff Richard case a second witness, known as “Nick”, who • But over half of recruiters have second thoughts about offering someone a job based on One of the three investigations into alleged claimed to know of three murders by the their social profile - with 61% of these U-turns due to ‘negative’ reasons. sex abuse by Sir Cliff Richard has been gang, but officers could not find a “shred of dropped by police according to a close friend credible evidence” to substantiate them. A separate survey of 2,000 14 to 25 year-olds by Barclay Bank LifeSkills initiative found that of the pop star. The inquiry is said to have one in five (22%) admit to posting pictures from nights out. One in ten regularly share photo- stalled because the police have been unable In addition, a source has told The Sunday Times graphs of themselves drinking. This is despite the fact that 77% of young people are aware to find evidence to support the claims. Sir that Operation Midland - a separate investi- that potential employers are checking social media profiles before hiring. Almost a quarter Cliff is understood to have provided police gation by the Metropolitan police into the still have no privacy settings in place and a further one in ten are unsure if they are protected with evidence that he was never alone with alleged Westminster ring - is “going nowhere” or not. LifeSkills was created by Barclays to help young people get the skills they need to enter two men who allege that he sexually attacked because detectives can find no evidence to the world of work. ‘Right to be forgotten’ page 19 them in separate incidents in the 1980’s. corroborate the stories of witnesses. rmnj solicitors Recalled? ... let us fight for your freedom Give our experienced Prison Law Team a call on 0151 200 4071 - we can help you.

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Bang to rights The things people say… not have 1,200p, let alone £1,200, which is what they will be ordered to pay if A police officer is arrested on suspicion of convicted after a Crown Court trial. It is criminal offences almost every day, according wrong practically, because the costs of to figures released under freedom of infor- trying to collect the charge will be mation laws. considerable, and many (if not most) of the charges will eventually have to be A total of 1.629 officers were arrested over written off after a significant waste of the past five years - one almost every 27 court time. hours. Almost a third were detained on suspicion of committing violent offences In any event, the charges seem not to have including assault, grievous bodily harm and been thought through because it is the manslaughter, according to data released by same for a defendant whose shoplifting Call for review most of the 43 forces in England and Wales. “The Criminal Justice and trial takes one day or whose complicated Courts Act 2015, which came fraud case takes three months.” after 2,300 ruled More than 500 officers went on to be convicted, cautioned or punished for crimes into force in April, creates at The Act also introduces a new criminal ranging from rape, drug trafficking and least eight new offences, offence of revenge porn, meaning that ‘fit to work’ die those who share private sexual images of sexual offences, to fraud and traffic offences. increases the penalties for a someone without consent and with the The Government is under pressure to review Some received jail sentences. number of crimes and levies intent to cause distress will now face up to its fitness-to-work tests benefit claimants new charges on anyone con- 2 years in prison. after charities, unions and MPs expressed concern about the number of people who die Judge attacks social victed of a criminal offence.” Changes in the law to stop teenagers from after being assessed as able to work. worker over baffling Former Justice Secretary Chris Grayling, being criminalised for ‘sexting’ are being called for after a 14-year old boy ended up The Department of Work and Pensions writing in an MoJ press release. with his details on police records for (DWP), which disclosed the figures after a language sharing a naked image of himself. freedom of information request, announced Robert Rhodes QC writes: “The recent A social worker’s report about a woman who that more than 2,300 people who had been outcry over the criminal court charges wanted to care for two children may as well The details of the incident will remain on told they would no longer qualify for Employ- imposed by the last Justice Secretary, have been written in a foreign language, a record for 100 years even though he was ment and Support Allowance (ESA) died Mr Grayling, is justified. The charges are judge has said. The social worker had used not arrested or charged. Mark Fenhalls between December 2011 and February 2014. wrong, both morally and practically. I phrases such as ‘imbued with ambivalence’, have been in practice in the criminal QC, Chairman of the Criminal Bar Associa- ‘having many commonalities emanating tion says that the law is in need of ‘urgent Of 50,580 ESA claimants who died over the courts as both barrister and judge for from their histories’, ‘issues had a significant review and reform’ or the public would period, 2,380 were classed as “fit to work” more than 40 years and most of the interplay on (her) ability’ and ‘I asked her to consider it ‘an ass.’ and told they would switch to standard un- defendants I have seen are from the convey a narrative’. The judge rejected employment benefit - meaning a cut of up to poorest elements of society. concerns raised by the social worker and He added; ‘Another example of legislation £30 per week. Critics claim people who are ill ruled that the woman should care for the rushed through Parliament without proper or even dying have to spend months fighting The charges are wrong morally because children - who faced being placed for scrutiny’. for state benefits to which they are entitled. many of the defendants I have seen do adoption.

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Why we need more iodine The Diabetes could ‘bankrupt’ NHS Over prescrib-

expanding The rising number of people being diagnosed with diabetes ing antibiotics threatens to “bankrupt the NHS”. Cases have risen by two- continent thirds in a decade: the condition now affects 3.3 million people - 5.5% of the population, says Diabetes UK. Around 90% of them have Type 2 diabetes, which is linked to lifestyle, the remainder have Type 1, which is genetic in origin. Treating diabetes costs the NHS nearly £10bn a year already. And that bill could soar, says the charity, if the Government doesn’t act © Fotolia.com to slow the growth in diagnoses (currently running at around 3% a year) and ensure that existing sufferers are properly Doctors who prescribe too © Fotolia.com treated. It estimates that a third of diabetes sufferers in many antibiotics should face England and Wales are not being given the right checks to disciplinary proceedings, a prevent serious, and expensive, complications such as ampu- leading NHS figure has said. Expectant and breast-feeding mothers should take daily tations, blindness and strokes. “With a record number of Mark Baker of the National iodine supplements to boost their babies intelligence, people now living with diabetes in the UK, there is no time to Institute for Health and Care according to a new study. Iodine is known to help brain devel- waste,” said a spokeswoman. NHS figures show that GP’s Excellence (NICE) , says that opment, and supplements can raise IQ levels by an average now spend 10% of their budgets on prescriptions for diabetes a quarter of the 42 million 1.22 points. But unlike some other countries, Britain does not © Fotolia.com medications. antibiotic prescriptions issued fortify food with the mineral, and levels have fallen with a in England each year are un- decline in the consumption of milk - a major source of iodine The expanding world popu- necessary. Nice has issued - particularly since the ending of free school milk in the lation will rise by almost new guidelines on antibiot- 1970s. A 2013 review found that the UK ranked among the Teen angst three billion by the end of the ics - and Baker called for world’s ten worst countries - between Angola and Mozam- century, to reach 11.2 billion, GP’s who don’t follow them bique - for iodine deficiency. The study’s author, Professor according to the latest UN to be brought before the Kate Jolly from Birmingham University, warned that “even projections. And Africa will General Medical Council, mild iodine deficiency during pregnancy is associated with account for much of this which can order retraining children with lower IQs”. “explosive growth”. Fertility and even strike doctors off. rates have been in steady Smoking ban curbs infant deaths decline across much of the globe since the 1960s: Children worldwide, the average woman has 2.5 children over having children her lifetime. But the figure for Africa - though falling - is 4.7 children per woman. Even assuming a continued decline, current projections © Fotolia.com would see the continent’s population roughly double by Teenagers are drinking and smoking less than previous gen- 2050. In Nigeria, where birth erations, are taking fewer illegal drugs, and are less likely to control has stalled, the pop- fall pregnant. But that doesn’t mean teenagers are all right. ulation is set to hit 439 According to a Government paper, today’s teenagers are in- million by 2100 - 2.5 times creasingly prone to self-harm; a third of 15 year-old girls are its current size. A further ten © Fotolia.com believed to have deliberately hurt themselves. And many other African countries teens suffer from a chronic lack of sleep and get alarmingly Stillbirths across England have fallen by 8% since the intro- among them some of the duction of the ban on smoking in public, according to a study world’s poorest, are likely to little exercise. In 2012, the proportion of teenage boys taking The number of babies born carried out at Edinburgh University. The researchers examined experience a steep popula- the recommended amount of exercise was 21%, down from to teenagers in England and data on more than ten million births across England between tion rise, said the UN. Such 28% in 2008. The paper concedes that there is “considerable” Wales has fallen to its lowest 1995 and 2011. Their findings suggested that in the four years rapid growth would “make it uncertainty about the impact of the digital revolution on level in almost 70 years. after the ban was introduced in 2007, nearly 1,500 stillbirths harder to eradicate poverty and young people, but notes that there has clearly been a rise in 25,977 females aged under and newborn deaths were averted. They also found a signifi- inequality” and to “combat cyber-bullying, and that teenagers are increasingly exposed 20 had babies last year - the cant decrease in the number of low-birthweight babies. hunger and malnutrition”. to pro-anorexia and self-harm websites. fewest since 1946.

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Polar bears are starving because of climate change

Photographer Kerstin Langenberger’s tragic Scandinavia and Russia. Sea ice there has di- TREES IN NUMBERS image of an emaciated polar bear (above) in minished even more quickly in the past 35 Svalbard has gone viral and highlighted the years than on the side of the Arctic bounded The earth has lost more than half of its trees since the dawn of civilisation climate change crisis. by the United States and Canada, putting when mankind started cutting them down. A study published in the journal polar bears in increasing peril. ‘Nature’ shows how researchers have for the first time been able to esti- She sighted the bear stranded on an ice floe, mate accurately the number of trees growing on all continents. its bones visible through its wet fur, in Norway’s Svalbard archipelago, far north of the Arctic Circle. She posted the image to Facebook on August 20, writing that the bear’s terrible condition was not an unusual sight. The photo quickly made its way from Facebook to other social and viral news media sites.

For the polar bear to survive in the wild, the Arctic must remain extremely cold and largely covered in ice year-round. Unless nations This 16-year-old male polar bear died of slash burning of coal and oil for energy in the starvation resulting from the lack of ice on 3 trillion 422 15 billion next few decades, scientists believe, Arctic which to hunt seals. Trees on the planet Number of trees for Trees cut down summer sea ice will likely disappear by mid- every person on earth each year century, and much of the region will become On the other side of the Arctic Ocean, too warm year-round for polar bears and the summer sea ice dwindled to an area of 1.7 ice seals they prey on to thrive. million square miles as of Sept. 11, according to the U.S. National Snow and Ice Data Extreme warmth in the Arctic has also Center. This is its fourth-lowest extent on disrupted the jet stream in recent years, record, with all four lows occurring since causing severe winter weather in eastern 2010. The extent of 2014-15 winter ice was North America and Southeast Asia, and is the lowest ever recorded. implicated in this year’s massive wildfire season in Alaska and Canada. With temperatures in the Arctic warming at twice the rate of lower latitudes, Arctic Ocean 1 182 The Svalbard islands are in the Barents Sea, ice pack has dropped by 40 percent overall an area of the Arctic Ocean bordered by since the late 1970s. Tree for every person in Saudi Arabia Trees for every person in France

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l An academic is spending a year living like to preparing parties for the routines. m Do you know...? David Bowie at various points in his career to NEWS IN BRIEF get a better understanding of the pop icon’s l One Direction were praised by ChildLine mind and work. Will Brooker of Kingston for breaking the news of their split gently, l The UK’s foreign-born population have University is wearing Bowie-style make-up saving their millions of young fans unnec- topped eight million, according to the and clothes, visiting Bromley and Berlin, and essary distress. The band announced that Migration Observatory at the University of submitting himself to sleep deprivation. But they would be splitting up. Oxford. In 2013, 2.7 million of foreign born he has drawn the line at matching Bowie’s people were from the EU, and 5.2 million cocaine consumption in the 1970s, opting for l Princess Beatrice has taken 16 holidays from elsewhere in the world. a six-pack of energy drinks instead. in the past ten months. Among other places, the 27 year-old has been to New l Airport staff have been ridiculed for con- l The first dance at weddings used to York, Switzerland, Colorado, Beijing, fiscating a three-year-old boy’s “Fart Blaster” involve only the newlyweds. But now a Greece, Florida, Bermuda, Bahrain, Abu toy on security grounds. Leo Fitzpatrick, growing number of couples are insisting on Dhabi and Florence. She is currently from Nottingham was told he couldn’t take their guests taking part in complex, choreo- enjoying a break on Roman Abramovich’s In response to Jeremy Corbyn’s idea to his noisy, megaphone-shaped toy on an Aer graphed routines - all ready for YouTube. yacht, moored in Ibiza. have ‘Women Only’ carriages - trials begin. Lingus flight from Dublin because it had a There are even dance companies dedicated trigger. “Would you shake with fear if I pointed a Fart Blaster at you?’ demanded his mother. l Young shoppers are taking a new kind of selfie: Before buying an outfit, they post photos for themselves wearing it on social media to get their friends verdicts. According to one poll, one in seven shoppers under 30 takes a chelfie before every purchase. Vogue advises wearing “basic but good underwear” for the practice. Toby has an entry in the record Book of Guinnesses. l 72% of British adults define themselves as entirely heterosexual and 4% as entirely homosexual. But among 18 to 24 year-olds only 46% say they are 100% heterosexual, while 6% say they are entirely homosexual 6% of Tory voters and 3% of Labour voters identify as 100% homosexual. l British parents are having more children than at any time since the 1970s. In 2013, 9.5% of babies born in the Uk had three or more siblings - up from 5.3% in 2009. The EU average is 5.6% falling to 3.1% in Italy Image courtesy The Week and 2.6% in Spain. The rapid increase in At the Lib Dem party conference in Britain is thought to be due to the trend for The working membership of the House of Lords will now stand at a record 826, making Bournemouth, delegates are eager to wealthy parents to have larger families, it the world’s biggest legislative chamber outside China! The question is; why in a know why they did so badly at the and to rising levels of immigration democracy is it OK to create 50 more seats in the (unelected) House of lords yet General Election. (immigrant families also tend to be larger). abolish 50 in the (elected) House of Commons?

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PSI2013-023: Para 6.17; ‘The retail workshop must provide appropriate buffer stock as agreed with the establishment of essential items to facilitate the prompt replacement The canteen mystery and resolution of queries or errors that may arise from time to time. Proper arrangements Inside Time’s Paul Sullivan has a look at the Prison Canteen must be in place to account for this buffer stock.’ PSI2013-023: Para 6.18; ‘In the event that system in England and Wales after inquiry it is agreed that an error has been made, and this cannot be resolved through Local Product List: must also be available in Arabic, French, use of the buffer stock, then a credit must be German, Spanish, Punjabi and Welsh. made to the prisoner.’ • Consultation with prisoner representatives, Prisoners with special needs must be assisted Paul Sullivan including members of protected groups; to ensure they are not disadvantaged. Some PSI2013-023: Para 7.1; ‘Specialist products • Equality Impact Assessments; new prisons now have an automated kiosk including music CDs, DVDs (not 18 rated), an • Consultation with the chaplaincy and health- system which can be used for ordering. extended range of products suitable for he whole area of Canteen provision care teams; vegans, an extended range of religious items, is seen by many prisoners as one • HMCIP reports; Orders are picked and packed by prisoners for electronic games, electronic equipment, surrounded by mystery and • Views of the Independent Monitoring Board; DHL/Bookers in a number of prisons. The clothing, footwear, books, mother and baby designed to relieve them of as much • Local security and regime restrictions; pickers should not know who any order is for. requirements, and cosmetics may, at the dis- of their meagre weekly allow- • Storage facilities - eg chilled items should not; After delivery to a prison the orders must be cretion of the establishment and subject to ances,T and those of their families, as possible. be chosen if prisoners do not have access to stored appropriately to comply with food safety the Incentives and Earned Privileges Scheme, adequate refrigeration facilities to store their regulations; for example, in chilled cabinets. be purchased by prisoners for their own use, The Prison Service produces a ‘National Product purchases; through catalogue suppliers. This may not List’ (NPL) which is up-dated about four times • Discussions at workshop cluster meetings. Prisoners should normally collect their own order, include any item which is on the NPL, as these a year. The content of this list is agreed between and may not collect orders for other prisoners. can only be purchased from the agreed con- NOMS and the Canteen providers (DHL/ The Local Product List should be reviewed and tractor. Exemptions are not permitted for Booker) and, according to NOMS, takes into updated at least every three months. Each PSI2013-023: Para 6.12 has a mandatory buying differing sizes, brands, colours, or any account: market trends; sales volumes, selling prison should have a nominated member of instruction which states: ‘Irrespective of the other product detail, where a suitable product prices; staff and prisoner requests. Brands, staff, called the ‘Retail Liaison Contact’ who is approach to distribution, prisoners must be is available on the NPL.’ sizes and colours (where appropriate) are all the main contact for any Canteen issues. given a reasonable opportunity to inspect the set centrally. The administrative section which products being sold to them before accept- PSI2013-023: Para 7.5; ‘A handling fee for deals with this is called ONE3ONE Solutions. Prices are set for products centrally by NOMS ance. Prisoners may reject products according catalogue and specialist items will be added and all items must only be purchased from the to their statutory rights. Proof of acceptance to all orders to cover administration costs. When considering items for inclusion in the agreed contractor. The prices are set at manu- must be gained from the prisoner and the This is separate to any carriage/postal costs NPL, NOMS considers if any item poses a facturer’s Recommended Retail Prices (RRP). prisoner issued with a receipt clearly itemising charged by the catalogue supplier, which threat to good order and control, whether the Where items are price marked lower than the the products that have been sold to them, the should be considered as part of the purchase product could aid escape, and whether the Canteen price list the lower price should be unit price paid, and the total amount charged price paid by the prisoner. The handling fee item could hamper the detection and control charged. Where there are statutory price to them. If goods are rejected, then a credit will be set centrally and reviewed annually.’ increases, for example tobacco, the prices note must be given.’ of illicit substances. PSI2013-023: Para 8.1; ‘Newspapers and should impact prisoners at the same time as periodicals may, at the discretion of the estab- the general public. The date the order is placed PSI2013-023: Para 6.16 says; ‘On receiving The NPL, which NOMS does not publish (but lishment, be purchased by prisoners through should reflect the price charged. their packed bags, if a prisoner has a query or you can place a Freedom of Information the use of local supplier agreements … Para believes there is an error with their order, request for a copy), contains around 1,000 8.4; ‘A local description of newspapers and Prisoners should be issued with an order form then they must inform the staff distributing items from which Governors can select about periodicals allowed to be purchased must be (provided by the Canteen contractor) which the bags of this before their bag is opened or 375 items for inclusion in their prison’s canteen available to prisoners.’ list, known as the Local Product List (LPL). lists the Local Product List. Printed onto each in any way tampered with. Goods are packed PSI2013-23 has a list of criteria which estab- form should be the prisoner’s name, number, in clear plastic bags which are heat sealed, so Copies of PSI2013-023 are available in Prison lishments must consider when setting up their cell location and available spends. Order forms the contents can be inspected before opening.’ Libraries.

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Helping teenagers remove embarrassing online postings © Fotolia.com t’s a year since the Inside Time article Facebook was the website which had the most Facebook and Twitter messages risk damaging about the “right to be forgotten” links removed, followed by the social network appeared and Google has now search site Profile Engine and video sharing ex-YOIs’ future prospects says John O’Connor confirmed the massive scale of the site YouTube. However, according to the Daily requests it has received. So far is has Mail, the European ruling has also been ndoubtedly teenagers are the The iRights campaign report insists young Ibeen asked to take down more than a million hijacked by killers, sexual predators and terror- most prolific users of social people should be able to clean up their links. Requests have flooded in from across ists trying to airbrush their wrongdoing from media such as Facebook and “digital footprint” easily when they reach Europe since the law came into effect last year history. Examples of links deleted by Google Twitter. And teenagers being the age of maturity. It follows a number of including many from people who want to use include a number of Mail articles detailing teenagers more often act first recent high profile cases in which the online human rights legislation to hide their criminal issues ranging from drug abuse to incest, and regret later especially when it’s too late history of young people has come back to pasts. murder and spying. U to undo something they posted on social haunt them, notably Paris Brown, Britain’s The European Court of Justice ruled in May Under the European ruling, people who have media. For there must be plenty of lads first youth and police crime commissioner, 2014 that internet service providers (ISP) such been convicted of serious crimes “do not have presently in YOIs who now wish they hadn’t who came unstuck in 2013 when embarrass- as Google must remove links to websites that the right to be forgotten”. However, other left a trail of incriminating messages or ing tweets documenting her sex life and include content that is “inadequate, irrelevant individuals named in the articles can request embarrassing pictures of themselves on the drug-taking came to light. or no longer relevant”, which may include the removal of links which appear in searches internet. Some of this material may have criminal convictions. Since then the web search for their own name. That means they can even resulted in criminal convictions; other The campaign group, backed by Schillings, a giant has received more than 281,000 requests exploit the controversial ruling by asking still may have simply confirmed just what an law firm, insists that free speech will not be from people who wanted information about friends or family mentioned in the same article idiot they were at the time it was uploaded. compromised because young people would themselves to be suppressed. to make the request on their behalf. Moreover, some probation staff do regular not have an automatic right to delete repro- trawls of an offender’s internet postings duced data or content written or produced The requests asked for 1.1million web links to Following the Inside Time article a number of when gaining insights into their attitudes by others. This reports states: “It is essential be removed - of which 602,000 have now readers made contact seeking assistance when been deleted. Google agreed to remove 63% removing internet links to their name. Some and behaviours. that there is an easily accessible route for of the links flagged for removal on its UK had valid reasons for doing so including one children and young people to resolve website, compared with just 5% of those on reader who wrote: “My children had to But soon teenagers, including those in YOIs, disputes or correct misinformation that does its French operation. Many requests come change their school, my partner had to stop may be able to wipe their online past clean not require recourse to the courts.” from ordinary people trying to erase embar- going to her church and, in fact, I myself when reaching 18. 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is often accompanied by the onset of mental such a strict and unusual routine can make it health issues. This type of reaction to change almost impossible for a prisoner to succeed is also apparent in other situations, however in once released back into society. After spending the majority of these, people are given the months and even years getting to grips with a opportunity to make a change. Attempting to new routine and how to survive, it is taken generate change whilst in prison is almost away from them and they are expected to go impossible, due to being directly and indirectly through this dramatic change once again. controlled by the environment lived in and the They now have to learn how to survive in people they are surrounded by. society, which the majority have never done before, potentially suggesting why so many Having to cope with time inside means having people reoffend. Perhaps we should take note to get to grips with the person inside you, on how the prison system is run in Norway spending hour upon hour alone in such an and alter time inside to mirror outside society, intense environment isn’t for the weak- giving prisoners more responsibility and minded. Which makes me wonder why the respect, making each transition into and out of public are so ‘pro-prison’; why anyone would prison that little bit easier, reducing the likeli- actually believe that putting someone into hood of reoffending. these conditions will create a ‘perfect citizen’ is beyond me. The person themselves should Life outside of prison is dominated by routines want to change and not be forced into it; if and what you’re ‘supposed to do’, individuals they are aware of the positive outcomes to are continuously being indirectly controlled by change then perhaps they will go on to do so. the environment as well as directly by the laws Photographs inset © prisonimage.org put in place. Whether inside or outside of It’s quite easy to throw around opinions about prison I think people should be given more prison, crime and criminals when it’s not been information on how to benefit more from their part of the life you’ve lived, but one day life personal situation. The majority of us are might not be so simple and entering prison guilty of failing to make the most of our lives, A life of routines might be next on the cards. Without any prep- being led to believe that the corporate routine aration you are thrown into another world, lifestyle is the only and best way to live. It which you might see as unjust, but this is seems we are presented with only two options, Evie Pardoe wonders why the public are so overruled by society, and you are powerless. to be rich or to be poor. I think society is With only yourself to comfort you, getting therefore as much to blame, in most cases, as pro-prison used to the routine ahead of you seems like the individual who committed the crime itself. the only option. I do not have the perfect solution for the ideal he ‘prize’ at the end of prison is success at all. Criminal Justice System, but I think if the UK being released back into the Routines make life that little bit easier; as a whole was properly educated on the world you once lived in, thus, It seems in ‘normal’ life people can easily get knowing what is round the corner can give subject then we might get that little bit closer being seen as a success. The lost in the routines they re-enact each and you that sense of security. Without these to the answer, and could make a useful change majority of the public forgets to every day, making each day seem no different routines then perhaps not as many people to the routines currently in place. Tlook further into the issues of prison, the to the last. would survive prison, being able to get your physical abuse and equally as important, the head down and let time pass seems to be one psychological/mental damage individuals’ When that routine is swept from under our of the only options inside. Although also Evie Pardoe, Forensic Psychology and experience. After taking these things into con- feet and replaced with a new one, it’s difficult having its positives, the fall downs of having Criminal Justice Graduate sideration it is difficult to perceive this as to adapt, which is why when entering prison it

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twice that level for prisoners who have not received the support, the Scottish Govern- ment has declared it a success. Funding of £630,000 has been provided by the Big Lottery Fund and the Robertson Trust as well as the Scottish Government.

Whist this provides a much needed safety net, surely it would be better if prisoners - in particular those serving long sentences - were given an opportunity to build up substantial nest eggs whilst in prison that could sustain them upon release without needing to claim benefits, or to earn money to help support their families during their sentence. A portion of their earnings could also be used for victim reparations.

Instead, newly released ex-offenders are often left sitting at home with minimal or no support or money, twiddling their thumbs and being a drain on the taxpayer resources rather than contributing to the common good.

Perhaps more importantly, being unable to access legal and productive employment simply causes resentment, anxiety and depres- © Fotolia.com sion and may result in the ex-offender feeling that he has no alternative than to return to what, for some, may be the only way they have known to make money - through crime. This, of course, means that the ex-offender is Does work make you free? once again an offender and is destined to be returned to prison on a longer sentence. Why not allow prisoners to work asks Neil Robertson A solution to this would be to actively encourage and incentivise ex-offenders to find eter Gladstone-Smith wrote in The contribute to their families, therefore avoiding to provide funds needed to cover their work. In many cases, the best option for them Daily Telegraph on 5th June 1965: losing their homes. expenses that in many cases will include drugs. will be to set up their own business, and again “Sir Frank Solstice, the (Labour) It is therefore important that the process of support for this in the form of facilities, Home Secretary, is planning a total Frances Crook, Chief Executive of the Howard developing a work ethos by those prisoners mentoring and funding is required: local reorganisation of prison work in League for Penal Reform, has long advocated should be commenced whilst they are in Business Gateways already do this, so are the whichP prisoners will be able to earn enough to that prisoners should be allowed to pay tax prison. This cannot be achieved if prisons fail logical providers. support their families and start a new life and national insurance in exchange for being to ensure attendance at education classes or when released. Most of the existing prison paid ‘a working wage’ by enabling ‘proper work; and in particular if the work provided is The Prison Reform Trust’s Summer 2015 industries, including the hand sewing of businesses’ to be set up within prison. not something that provides meaningful qual- Bromley Briefing states that only a quarter of mailbags, will be scrapped. Their place will be ifications that can be used to obtain work prisoners were employed following release in taken by a few specialised industries which The Howard League established Barbed, a graphic following release. 2013-14, with outcomes for women ‘signifi- can be run at a profit.” design studio in HMP Coldingley in Surrey, cantly worse’ than for men; and just 12% of but had to shut it down in 2008 because There is no reason why prisons could not be people referred to the Work Programme Inmates in British prisons would be available to prisoners are banned from paying tax and NI. entirely self-funding and indeed a profit centre found a job they held for six months or more. do a ‘five day, 40 hour week’. Those of ‘high The Howard League felt that the payment of for government, which would help defray the intelligence’, including some convicted for prisoners on a ‘cash in hand’ basis resulted in costs of justice including legal aid rather than Many employers are understandably concerned espionage and company fraud, would provide mixed messages being conveyed about the the present policy of severe cuts to it. Already about the possible impact on their staff, ‘management assistance’ to the prison that acceptability of tax evasion and possible there are commercial businesses such as customers, stock and cash if they were to take was suited to their abilities, rather than being benefit fraud. The ban was set to be over- Timpsons and Speedy Hire operating within on people with a criminal history and are prej- trained in crafts and trades. It was by this point turned by Ken Clarke, but was derailed when prisons that are benefitting from low cost udiced against ex-offenders. A recent Scottish widely accepted that work was one of the he was replaced by Chris Grayling in 2012. labour whilst providing training and job Government study showed that over 50% of most effective forms of rehabilitation for opportunities for many upon release. employers surveyed said they would be unlikely prisoners, preventing ‘institutionalisation’ and Ms Crook noted that work carried out under to employ someone they knew to be an giving them a sense of pride. exploitative conditions such as factories in Many prisoners are being released with nothing offender. The reality is that remarkably few Bangladesh could be brought into prisons, and except their discharge grant of £46 - fixed ex-offenders offered employment cause trouble, Gladstone-Smith also noted that the ‘natural said, ‘It’s no good prisons sticking to their 19th since 1997 - which has to last them until their with a few ‘rotten apples’ affecting the way all public resistance’ to expenditure in prisons century models. Prisoners should be allowed benefit claim is processed, and one third will former offenders are perceived. The Prison could be alleviated if prisons were able to to pay tax and NI, be given a full day’s work in not even have bank accounts into which those Reform Trust says only 12% of employers generate their own income. proper businesses, and bring prisons into the benefits can be paid. Faced with no money, no surveyed said they have employed someone new millennium.’ employment and often no accommodation, it with a criminal record in the past three years. Fast forward fifty years. These eminently sensible is unsurprising that many feel they have no ideas have been adopted in many European Pretty much exactly what the Home Secretary option other than to return to crime. Employers should be incentivised to take on countries: but sadly not in the United Kingdom, said, half a century earlier. So why has there ex-offenders through the provision of financial where attitudes towards work by prisoners been no change? In order to address this, in partnership with incentives including, for example, the same remain firmly stuck in the 19th century. two charities the Scottish Government has waiver of Employer’s NICs as is provided to It costs approximately £50,000 per year to piloted a scheme at HMP Low Moss near companies taking on apprentices. For example, in the Netherlands and several imprison someone - and that is not taking into Glasgow to help prisoners claim benefits, set Scandinavian countries, many low-risk offenders account the costs of the crime itself, the police, up bank accounts and re-register with GPs In an age of austerity, the country cannot afford are able to continue working in their existing courts and post-release supervision. Prison is a after leaving prison in the hope that it will to have so many potentially productive people jobs and are simply accommodated in prison horrendously expensive way of warehousing reduce re-offending. Whilst it was originally barred from work and claiming benefits. at night and weekends. This means that they people that could, quite literally, be better designed to support vulnerable prisoners with can retain their jobs rather than being unem- employed elsewhere. learning difficulties or disabilities serving less ployed upon release (and their employer than four years, in practice the service is Neil D Robertson is currently resident at having to go through the expense and effort Many offenders will never have had a legiti- available to anyone that wants it. 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or has learning difficulties. More often than not the prison system fails to reach certain individuals, it is a ‘one size fits all’. On an Free will - the lifer’s loss MSU, therapy is still intense in its delivery but the way it is provided gives the patient time to think and discuss it with others. There is a 24 A life sentenced prisoner finds free will in the NHS system hour breathing space between groups and 1-to-1 support from tutors as well as meeting for this or not - and god help anyone who refuses. high score. This then traps them on the thera- with a lead psychologist every week. For many by Terry Leggatt peutic merry-go-round having to repeat the slow learners or those suffering from learning With the introduction of the Tariff system in same courses over and over again. difficulties therapy within the NHS would 1984 by then Home Secretary Leon Brittan, benefit from this approach. hen I was first sentenced and then the introduction of prison therapy in However, over the last two years or more a to life in 1978 the average the 1990s, lifers could now be buried and all- new avenue has opened up for lifers that I received a lot of help and support during time served before the too-often forgotten about for years on end. allows them to make progress. These are the therapy in the prison system during the 1990s, Parole Board released a NHS Medium Secure Units. Over the past few but I have learned far more here in the last 18 lifer was between 12-15 Gone are the days of serving your sentence years these units have started to take in lifers months than I learned over an 8 year period in Wyears, unless there was a sexual element, say and getting out. A lifer’s mental and physical and the waiting lists are growing. I would prison. The first thing I received on settling rape, then the average term was between freedoms now depended on psychology advise any lifer to take the NHS route as it here was the return of my mental freedom, a 15-20 years. In short, as a lifer you could trainees and students with no life experience could make the difference between regaining situation where I could make choices for roughly gauge how long you would serve to draw on at all. Failure to satisfy these psy- your freedom or dying in prison. myself and my future. I actually have a sense before the light of release shone on the chologists, or if you are wrongly assessed and of having my life back and not be belonging to horizon. Mentally, you could prepare yourself labelled as having a Dangerous/Severe Per- As a lifer who has served 37 years and having what prison psychologists deem ‘suitable’ for for a 15-20 stretch - you could map out, plan, sonality Disorder, means being buried in made no progress over the past 12 years I me. To have a future again as well as having how you were going to change, how when prisons such as HMP Whitemoor or HMP Full jumped at the chance when I realised there is the choice to choose what is right for me really and why. You came in, served your sentence Sutton for years on end. little difference between being released on life does return that sense of freedom. First comes and were released. license and being on a Section 47/49. the mental freedom and with it comes the There seems to be no set sentence to serve hope of eventual progress and release back So today. In fact, today the life sentenced and any inkling of doubt or fear from a psy- For me it was the best thing I could have done into the real world. prisoner has no mental freedom whatsoever. chology trainee meant that a lifer sentenced in and, whilst security on these units may be a bit He has little or no say in how he wants to do the 1980s or 90s could expect to serve double tighter than prison, the sacrifice is worth I would recommend any trapped lifer to think his sentence. His mental freedom, his mental his tariff. Even lifers who did well in therapy making. Now, having spent 18 months in the about moving out of the prison system to choice of when to make amends or when to and met all the therapeutic aims and goals NHS undertaking a number of therapy courses, continue their treatment with the NHS. make changes in his life has been stripped could still fall foul of the PCL-R Assessment I can see myself progressing. away from him. and find themselves warehoused in dispersal Hopes and dreams restored, what more could without any hope of being sent to open or One of the situations that I have found to be a lifer hope for? Nowadays the prison psychologists have taken released into the community. most helpful to me is the way therapy and the lifers right to change when he wants to courses are delivered to the patients compared change, instead the psychologists rip away a Many lifers now sitting in these DSPD Units to prison. Prison therapy is usually run daily for Terry Leggatt is currently resident at lifers free will, emotionally blackmailing him having completed therapy cannot score low 2 hours, 5 days per week. This can cause Bethlehem Royal Hospital into doing therapy groups whether he is ready enough on the PCL-R because of their historic problems for the prisoner who is a slow learner BITTER PILLS YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE TO SWALLOW

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From October, we’re going to use our Past, sex offence? Present and Future show to explore the lives of many more remarkable individuals. You must go in person to a police station and PRISON Francesca Cooney fill in a form, to tell them your details within In the first few episodes, we’ll be hearing from REFORM three days of leaving prison. When you leave Advice & Information Carlotta Allum, the Director of the Stretch TRUST prison you will be given a list of police station charity who talks about her past conviction Manager addresses near to you. The police should give and what has inspired her to turn her life you a copy of the form, which you should around and help others. We’ll also hear the he Prison Reform Trust is updating keep to show that you have registered. stories and songs that mean the most to its booklet on sex offender singer songwriter Henry Maybury, whose licences which was first produced If you are on the register indefinitely, (for a first song ‘Lost Days’ was written for his in November 2013. It will be out sentence of 30 months or longer) you can brother Tom who died as a result of alcohol at the end of October. We have apply to the police to see if you can have addiction. rewrittenT it because there have been some your name removed after 15 years on licence. changes. The law has changed and from 8th The police will consider whether you still We also want to hear from you. Choose 6 March 2015, SOPO’s (Sexual Offences Pre- need to be on the register. They will consider songs which have defined your life - why vention Orders) ceased to exist and were the seriousness of the offence, the length of have you chosen them and what do they tell replaced by Sexual Harm Prevention Orders time since the offence was committed and us about you and your story; who you are, (SHPOs). The leaflet covers release on licence, your behaviour since then and any other and what you hope the future holds, and the sex offenders’ register, police monitoring evidence of risk of sexual harm. your unique story might just feature in a of sex offenders (MAPPA), SHPOs and when future programme. information can be disclosed about you. It also A query that we often get relates to people contains new sections on risk and polygraphs. maintaining innocence and their eligibility for Past Present and Future: It’s about finding sexual offending behaviour courses in the If you have been released on licence it means What’s made you into the person you are out more… community. The guidance we have says that you will serve the rest of your sentence in the today? someone maintaining innocence would not Past Present and Future is on National Prison community. Your licence says what you should be expected to attend these as they should do. You may be taken back to prison if you Who are you and where are you going? Radio on Mondays at midday and 6pm, not be accepted on to the course. However, repeated on Sunday mornings at 9am. do not follow the rules. This may be because there might be a condition on the licence you offend again or break some other rules. These are questions everyone asks of them- that you need to attend a pre-course This is also called breach of licence. selves, and often they’re hard to answer. interview or an assessment. This can be a Making waves behind There will be some standard conditions for all condition that could lead to breach, and Coming soon on National Prison Radio, we’ll released prisoners. They are to keep in touch recall, if you did not turn up for the meeting. be asking those very questions of our guests bars at HMP Styal with your supervising/probation officer and in Past Present and Future. if required, to receive visits from them at your It is also worth noting that courses for people The women at HMP Styal will be presenting home or where you are living. You must also maintaining innocence are being developed. Our guests will be remarkable people, and Past, Present and Future. The radio project at permanently live at an approved address and They may become available for people on the stories and songs they share will have HMP Styal was set up just over 5 years ago, only take work as agreed by your probation licence in the community. If this happens, a shaped their lives. We ask where they’ve and the women in Styal present two other officer. The other standard conditions are not course could be added to your licence condi- come from, what they’re doing now with NPR shows each week. to travel outside the UK and to be of good tions if you were assessed as fitting the their lives, and what they want their future behaviour. There may be more conditions for requirements. If you didn’t attend the course, to look like. Sound Women is a programme for and about people convicted of a sex offence. These can you could be breached and recalled to prison. women, covering a range of topics including be restrictions on activities you can do (such It’s an hour long show presented and healthcare, education and rehabilitation, and as using the internet) or places you can go or produced by the women from HMP Styal - a there’s also loads of great music. You can people you can speak to. If you would like a copy of the leaflet or have prison near Manchester. If you’re fascinated hear Sound Women on Wednesdays at any questions about the process please by what makes people tick it’s a must listen. midday and 6pm. The sex offender notification requirements - contact us. Please note that we cannot sometimes known as the sex offenders’ advise you on what your licence condi- Over the last 5 years HMP Styal have played The Family and Friends Request Show is on register - were introduced in 1997 to allow tions will be. You can contact us at Prison host to loads of interesting and inspirational Thursdays at 1pm and 7pm, and features the the police to keep track of people. Anyone Reform Trust, FREEPOST ND6125 London guests, from Rosetta from the Happy songs requested by family on the outside for convicted of a sexual offence is required to EC1B 1PN. Our free information line is Monday’s to author Martina Cole, from listeners on the inside. If you want a request, tell the police their details. If you do not do open Monday, Tuesday and Thursday broadcaster Clare Balding to inspirational ask your friends and family to visit nation- this, it is a criminal offence with a maximum 3.30-5.30. The number is 0808 802 0060 humanitarian author Terry Waite. prisonradio.com sentence of 5 years in prison. and does not need to be put on your pin.

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Since the victims’ commissioner urged judges Victims should not have the to take into account victim-impact statements, it looks like she and the victims’ lobby, of which she is a part, has got its way with the Ul Nasir judgement. But this is hardly surprising right to personalised justice since a desire to reorganise criminal justice around the wishes of victims has been government-backed policy for many years. In 2003, the values held by ‘their particular community’, from the objective facts of what the offender by Jon Holbrook the government passed a law requiring judges which meant that ‘great shame’ was brought did by considering as relevant the victim’s sub- to consider ‘any harm that the offence caused’ Barrister upon them. Justice Walker also accepted as sequent circumstances. As the Court of Appeal - the word ‘harm’ was a gateway through relevant the father’s concern ‘about the future stated in 2013, the purpose of a victim-impact which a victim’s personal circumstances would marriage prospects for his daughters’. statement is to allow the victim to explain he decision of the Court of Appeal eventually walk. To make victims’ views more ‘how [he or she has] been affected by the central to the sentencing process, the govern- to view the sexual abuse of Asian So now we know that, in the eyes of the law, crime or crimes of which they were victims’. ment then passed a law requiring judges to girls as more serious than sexual identical abuse may be more serious if perpe- pay due attention to sentencing guidelines from abuse of other girls is an outrage. trated on a ‘particular community’. The sexual A victim may be affected by a crime in many the Sentencing Council. Judges were ordered But the outrage should be directed abuse of Asian girls, the logic goes, is likely to different ways, which in a case of sexual abuse to consider ‘the impact of sentencing decisions notT at the judges who passed the sentence, be worse than the same abuse of non-Asian may turn on the victim’s culture and morals. on victims of offences’. It was these guide- but at the victims’ rights discourse that has girls. In fact, from now on, the court’s power But, with other offences, the impact on the lines, and their reference to considering the been challenging the objectivity and universal- to deviate from a universal and objective victim will vary for a whole host of subjective psychological effect of any abuse on the victim, ity of criminal justice for many years. It has standard when sentencing an offender should reasons, such as his or her mental fortitude or that the Court of Appeal followed in Ul Nasir. now achieved its objective of a ‘justice’ that not be limited to particular offences or to par- views on criminal justice. The wealthy man varies according to a victim’s personal circum- ticular circumstances that engage the politics may (although, equally, he may not) view the New Labour’s mission to reorganise criminal stances, such as his or her culture, values or of diversity. The Court of Appeal has given the street robber who steals £100 from his wallet justice around the victim’s personal circum- mental fortitude. green light to judges to administer victim- differently from the poor man who experi- stances has been followed by the Conserva- friendly sentences in respect of all crimes and ences the same crime, or it may be that one The Court of Appeal judgement on the sen- tives. In 2012, UK home secretary Theresa the circumstances personal to the victim. victim puts before the court an impassioned tencing of Jamal Muhammed Raheem Ul Nasir May said that ‘For too long, victims of crime and articulate victim-impact statement, while have had no voice, but this government is has ended the idea that justice is objective and The Ul Nasir judgement hit the headlines others do not. But such circumstances which giving victims back their voice’. To this end, universal. Ul Nasir appealed against his seven- because it touched a raw nerve in British are personal to the victim should have no there are now some statutory duties on pros- year prison sentence for six counts of sexual society about diversity and the privileging of bearing on criminal proceedings. Every victim, ecutors to consult with victims about what assault with two girls aged 13 and 9. Last one community over others. But the willing- whether they are Asian or non-Asian, rich or sentences should be sought from a court. December, the sentencing judge, Sally Cahill ness of the judiciary to privilege one victim poor, out for revenge or a believer in dispas- QC, found as an aggravating feature of Ul over another has been clear for years. In 1995, sionate justice, is entitled to the same protec- Philip Davies, the Conservative MP for Shipley, Nasir’s offending the fact that his victims were in the case of R v Doe, Justice Sedley referred tion from the criminal courts. was quick to condemn the Ul Nasir judgement: Asian, for which she increased his prison to ‘the valuable practice of putting before the ‘To suggest that to sexually abuse Asian girls is sentence. In refusing his appeal against the sentencing court what is sometimes called a As Libby Purves put it in The Times: ‘Crime is more serious than sexually abusing white girls length of sentence, the Court of Appeal noted “victim-impact statement”’. But the use of crime is crime: if you rape, steal, beat, kill or is completely unacceptable. One has to the impact on the girls and their family due to victim-impact statements can only detract intimidate you should be sentenced… A drink- wonder from where they manage to dig up driver who hits a vicious gangster is not less these politically correct judges. The principle “guilty” than if they hit a virtuous young that everyone is equal before the law - once mother walking to evensong.’ the cornerstone of British justice - appears to have been thrown out of the window.’ The arrival of victim-impact statements in court has not been without controversy; most Davies was right to note the harm that the Ul judges have traditionally recognised the need Nasir judgement has done to the principle that for justice to be objective, universal and everyone is equal before the law, but he was unyielding in the face of a victim’s particular wrong to scapegoat ‘politically correct judges’. personal circumstances. The US Supreme It has been state policy for many years to Court warned of the dangers of allowing vic- undermine the objectivity of criminal justice tim-impact statements to be used in capital with a focus on the personal circumstances of cases (although the US moved more quickly victims, promoted in the name of ‘victims’ than the UK in allowing victim-impact state- rights’. All that has changed with the Ul Nasir ments in other cases). In 1987, in the case of judgement is that the Court of Appeal has Booth v Maryland, the Supreme Court held given legal recognition to this long-standing that a victim-impact statement ‘creates a con- state-backed policy. stitutionally unacceptable risk that the jury may impose the death penalty in an arbitrary In criminal proceedings the state should, as a and capricious manner’. The court noted how matter of common decency, look after victims evidence of the psychological impact of the and inform and support them during the pros- crime on the victim’s family may be entirely ecution of a defendant. But the state should unrelated to the blameworthiness of the never lose sight of the fact that the criminal law defendant, who could be sentenced to the is concerned with the application of universal death penalty merely because family members and objective standards. With the Ul Nasir are willing and able to articulate their grief. judgement, the personal and subjective has been Most judges in the UK have traditionally rec- allowed to trump the universal and objective. ognised the cogency of these objections and It is no longer the case that all members of have applied them when it comes to the sen- society are entitled to the equal protection of tencing of criminals, irrespective of the crime. the law. Victims have been given a right to personalise justice. And this is no justice at all. Only last summer, a UK judge caused a storm of protest when he was recorded in private as saying, ‘I feel so very sorry for these families. Jon Holbrook is a barrister based in London. They make these statements thinking they are He was shortlisted for the Legal Journal- going to make a difference, but they make no ism prize at the Halsbury Legal Awards difference at all. Someone should tell them.’ 2014. Follow him on Twitter: @JonHolb Canter Levin & Berg The judge’s statement prompted the victims’ commissioner Baroness Newlove to note: 1 Temple Square, ‘Victims pour their hearts into these state- Originally appeared on 24 Dale Street, ments to make sure they do their loved ones www.spiked-online.com Liverpool, L2 5RL the best possible justice - they should never be 22nd September 2015 THE 2015 KOESTLER AWARDS RE:FORM is the UK’s annual national showcase of arts by prisoners, offenders on community sentences, secure psychiatric patients and immigration detainees. It is the eighth exhibition in an ongoing partnership between the Koestler Trust and Southbank Centre.

The Trust received 8,509 entries to the Koestler Awards 2015 including writing, music, film, fine art and design from 285 prisons, special hospitals and other establishments. There were 984 paintings, 838 drawings and 1297 poems from approximately 3,200 unique entrants.

This year’s show was curated by Southbank Centre and the Koestler Trust to showcase many of the pieces chosen for Koestler Awards by over 150 arts professionals including Carol Ann Duffy, Speech Debelle, the BFI and Hot Chip. Specially commissioned texts by artists Jeremy Deller and Alan Kane, curator and writer Shama Khanna, editor of Afterall Books Caroline Woodley and Koestler Award-winner Ben add insight and context.

Working alongside Southbank Centre exhibition hosts, to welcome visitors and Whitby Bay, HM Prison Hull, Orpington Methodist Church Silver Award for Mixed Media invigilate the exhibition, are ex-offenders, specially recruited, trained and employed by the Koestler Trust. As well as gaining unique work experience and new skills, the hosts deepen visitors’ engagement with the exhibition, enabling audiences to hear first-hand how the arts reflect and enrich the lives of people in secure and criminal justice settings.

Exhibition open from 1 Oct - 29 Nov 2015 Daily, 10am - 11pm FREE ENTRY Spirit Level, Royal Festival Hall, South Bank Centre, London SE1 8XX. All images courtesy of the Koestler Trust.

Harley, HM Prison Whatton, Gold Award for Matchstick Models

Dragon, HM Prison Whatton, Space Station Sixty-Five Platinum Award for Matchstick & You May Have Your God But I Have My Bloodied Nose, HM Prison Shotts, oil on canvas, Swain & Co. Don’t Be Quiet, Heatherwood Court Hospital, Felix Kelly Gold Award for Mixed Media Mixed Media Models Highly Commended Award for Painting Les Paul, HM Prison Maghaberry, Irene Taylor Untitled, Brook House Immigration Removal Centre, Rosemary Trust Commended Award for Woodcraft Bartholomew Commended Award for Painting

Sleep Fruit Tree, HM Prison Full Sutton, James Wood Q.C. Silver Award for Towards Bannockburn from My Cell, HM Prison Glenochil, Evelyn Watercolour and Gouache Plesch Platinum Award for Watercolour and Gouache

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he refugee crisis that has fo- cussed the world’s attention recently has been several years in the making, driven by a destructive mix of conflict and violence inT Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan - in Libya and other regions of North Africa. But it took one searing image in September to produce an evident change in public opinion here in the UK and around the world. The body of a little Syrian boy found on a beach in Turkey will forever be linked to this crisis. A crisis that is clearly going to be Europe’s most important challenge for years to come. LIBYA Quentin Somerville reports from Tripoli.

Libya, lacking a stable government, is an ideal base for people traffickers. As the chaos in this country deepens, it gets deadlier for refugees. This week alone we saw 200 people drown in the waters just off Lebanon. Earlier I travelled to the very heart of Libya’s smug- gling trade, Zuwara. This week, the bodies of men, women and children have been washing Fergal Keane reported from a refugee Desperate Journeys: up on this beach. A week ago two hundred camp outside the Syrian border. people died here when two boats were lost at sea. The clothes of the dead litter the beaches for hundreds of miles. This Mediterranean From across the seas, along endless roads. Europe’s migrant crisis summer nightmare will soon ease though. From the east, from Africa - a story of depar- With colder weather coming, fewer will at- ture. Driven by desperation and by hope. We tempt to cross these waters. live in a great age of migration. They are refugees from war, or come fleeing poverty and of population than Germany. oppression. To them, our Europe is the Europe of the rule of law, of work, of education. But The EU’s border force, Frontex, reckons 350,000 it is the story of Syria’s refugees which has this people have crossed into Greece and Italy so week forced the crisis to the forefront of pub- far this year, around 94,000 Syrians escaping lic imagination and political debate. It is a the civil war there: 32,000 more have reached story of millions of people fleeing a nation the EU from Afghanistan. Add to that another that has been torn apart. Now 4 million live 26,000 from Eritrea, escaping a repressive outside their country. dictatorship and 12,000 from Nigeria. There are three main routes to Europe. Through TURKEY the central Mediterranean - just over 91,000 Ian Pannell reports from Turkey. so far this year got in that way. A little more than 102,000 used the path through the West- KOS It is fair to say that Turkey has taken in more ern Balkans, up through Hungary. But Eu- Chris Butler (on Kos) Syrian refugees than any other country. In rope’s challenge in dealing with the migration fact, almost half of those people who fled crisis is dwarfed by that of Syria’s neighbours. Syria have ended up here. Many of them are Of the four million people who have fled the living in makeshift camps in rudimentary con- During any normal summer, the seafront at war, the overwhelming majority are in refu- ditions, fleeing from war conditions. Many Kos would be lined with tourists. But this year gee camps in places like Lebanon and Turkey. it’s lined with tents. Despite dangers and “We got on the truck and they shot at us. are living in makeshift camps, others are living in towns and cities across Turkey and many drowning, the sea is proving no deterrent to We arrived at the checkpiont and they those desperate to get to Europe. There have shot at us. A lot of people were fleeing describe life as ‘intolerable’. They are not given refugee status, allowed citizenship or given been queues, crushes and conflicts. To tackle with us, including our neighbours. We tension, tear gas has been used more than saw someone who died there.” work permits. A lot of them can’t find jobs and when they do, the pay is very low and once. On islands like Lesbos, makeshift camps Two children tell of their crossing over have been set up but many are little more the border from Syria to a refugee camp rents are very high. People ask, why would you put your children onto a boat and the an- than waste ground without the basic facilities swer is simple; Europe looks like a promised needed for the thousands of people who have All day people continue to arrive here. Some land compared to what you see here. found themselves stuck here. 3,000 in the last 24 hours. And we are told there are tens of thousands more waiting on the other side of the border. All of this is putting a huge strain on the resources of the camp. The Arab world and the rest of the in- SYRIA ternational community failed to meet its Jeremy Bowen reports from Latakia. promises on aid. For people who had homes and jobs, who were farmers or craftsmen, life in the camps often led to despair. Becoming a refugee is not a decision that people take lightly. It means leaving your home, The numbers involved in this ongoing drama leaving your family, leaving your friends, eve- are truly staggering. rything that is familiar and you might hold dear. People take a decision like that because Not far off 500,000 asylum applications they fear that otherwise they might get killed (438,000 according to the UN) have been or because their homes have been destroyed. made in Europe so far this year. Here in the The first step is often to be internally dis- UK, 25,000 have applied. In Germany, where placed, becoming a refugee in your own it appears many refugees want to go, there country. In Latakia, on Syria’s Mediterranean have been 188,000. But in Sweden there have coast, there is an estimate that there are been eight applications for asylum for every about one million internally displaced people 1000 people in the country - more per head who have lost their homes, sometimes more than once. Insidetime October 2015 www.insidetime.org Comment 29

Refugees in the UK Quote of the Month 20,000 more refugees will be resettled in the UK by 2020 4,980 Syrian asylum seekers have been allowed to stay since 2011 HUNGARY Emily Maitless, at the Central Station in Budapest, now a Accepting these CALAIS 25,771 temporary refugee camp. Lucy Manning reports. people applied for asylum in the migrants is a huge Never before has the description of Hungary UK in the year to end June 2015 as ‘Central Europe’ seemed more appropriate. This is a corner of Calais in the camp now mistake The people here have left the harshness of the known as ‘The Jungle’. It’s home to people 2,204 east but they have yet to arrive at what they Melanie Phillips, The Times, from across the world; walking through today were from Syria consider to be the sanctuary of the west. I’ve met people from Afghanistan, Syria, Su- 10 September 2015 They are in limbo. Why? Because Hungary is dan, Eritrea and Egypt but it’s not where they to all intents and purposes a gateway to a want to call home. Some people here have 87% Britain can’t be expected to take zone of free movement between European claimed asylum in France but many more are of Syrian requests for asylum were granted in a flood of displaced people that states, the last country of border control. In making those nightly dangerous attempts to will alter the cultural balance of other words, if people can leave here they can get over to the UK. In the summer there were the country forever. This is not a humanitar- get to pretty much anywhere. thousands of attempts every night. Now that 145 ian refugee crisis. It is a political migration is down to a few hundred attempts but they Syrian asylum seekers have been crisis: an enormous and unprecedented are still trying. But the announcement the removed from the UK since 2011 movement of peoples from the developing government made to take more refugees to the developed world which threatens to doesn’t apply to anyone here and I met a group engulf Europe. It’s complicated. The 1951 of Syrian refugees who say there are only 60 million Refugee Convention defines a refugee as around 120 Syrian refugees in the camp here Forcibly displaced people seeking someone with a well-founded fear of and that the UK should be able to take them. asylum in the world persecution, which clearly doesn’t apply to the majority of these people who are not 1 in 5 running for their lives. This is an extract taken from a BBC News Owing to fake passports EU figures show Even the family of three-year-old Aylan Special presented by Huw Edwards, with only one in five migrants is Syrian Kurdi, whose drowned body provoked this AUSTRIAN BORDER reports from BBC correspondents across mass outpouring of publicly proclaimed Matthew Price is walking two continents. 4 September 2015 Source: Home Office towards the Austrian border compassion, weren’t desperate to reach with migrants there. sanctuary at all. They had already been living in safety for three years in Turkey.

This is Europe’s migration flow. Its refugee cri- Given this convulsion of entire civilisation, sis is playing out in front of us at the moment. the line we are being fed that Britain and One thousand people have been marching Europe have a moral duty to take hundreds from the station in Budapest through the af- of thousands of those who are affected is ternoon and into the night and they are head- spectacularly misguided. ing towards Austria and then to Germany. Wrongly convicted Why do the parents do it? Every single parent Firstly, why is this our responsibility? The that I’ve spoken to says this isn’t out of choice, of a crime? Gulf states have not volunteered to take a it’s out of necessity and they do it for the fu- single refugee. But isn’t this migration ture of their children. principally the responsibility of the Arab and Muslim world?

Lost your appeal? Second, the idea that Britain and Europe can accommodate this flood of people is delusional. According to the UN, by the end of last year almost 60 million people had been forcibly displaced or seeking asylum. Britain certainly can’t take them. Public services are already being stretched to breaking point, with a What next? record population being further swelled by an unsustainable annual net immigration of a third of a million people. BERLIN Jenny Hill, in Germany which is The consequences will change Europe for planning to take as many as ever. The vast majority of this tide are Muslims, 800,000 refugees this year. The CCRC can look again The UN estimates 70 per cent of these people If you think your conviction or sentence is wrong apply to the CCRC are young men. If they settle in Europe, their Germany. This is the end of a long road. And families will probably follow. Europe’s It won’t cost anything maybe it’s the start of a new life. Volunteers • culture will therefore be transformed. Angela Your sentence can’t be increased if you apply provide hot drinks and clothing. Officially, the • Merkel has already admitted Germany will You don't need a lawyer to apply, but a good one refugees are welcome. Some say this country • be changed by this “breathtaking” influx. is too open, but the Chancellor, Angela Merkel, can help says they have a moral and legal obligation. Christians in the Middle East have been You can get some more information and a copy of the crucified, beheaded, raped, forcibly converted Every day migrants and refugees arrive at CCRC's Easy Read application form by writing to us at 5 St Philip’s Place, Birmingham, B3 2PW. or calling 0121 233 1473 and ethnically cleansed. Yet our govern- Munich railway station. Germany is unique ment has so far refused requests for two reasons; first, the high number of asy- Prisoners in Scotland should contact; The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission, 5th Floor, to grant asylum to Christians lum seekers it attracts and secondly, the wel- Portland House, 17 Renfield Street, Glasgow, G2 5AH. Phone: 0141 270 7030 Email: [email protected] trying to flee Iraq and Syria. come they receive here. Insidetime October 2015 30 Comment www.insidetime.org

them are afforded a certain amount of kudos and criminal admiration.

The ‘cat burglar’ for example. Professional cat burglars are as rare as hen’s teeth, though every second burglar you come across in prison claims to be one, just as every GBH merchant who has ever pulled on a Boy Scout uniform in their youth will have fantasy stories of their years in the French Foreign Legion or the SAS. Prisons are full of Billy Bullshitters.

Cat burglars risk their lives climbing the outside of tall buildings, usually at night, in order to steal cash and jewels. These men (as cat burglars are invariably men) are not interested in your telly or DVD player, or the kid’s Play- Station, they are professionals with a plan and usually a bit of inside information. Their aim is to get in and out with the prize with as little fuss and mess as possible. The mark of a good cat burglar is that you will never know they have been there until you discover items missing.

Then there are commercial burglars - those who break into warehouses, shops or factories in order to steal high value, high volume items for resale. There is nothing personal in commercial burglaries, they are usually carried out by professional criminals. This does not mean there are no victims of these crimes, there are, nor is it some sort of endorsement of certain © Fotolia.com types of burglary, all burglary is crime and all crimes have victims. I am merely pointing out that some burglars are deemed more ‘acceptable’ in the criminal world. Burglars - where do they But, as far as I’m concerned, the lowest rung on the burglary ladder are the common or garden dwelling house burglars or house- breakers, who make up the vast majority of stand on the pecking order? burglars operating in this country. It has always amazed me that burglars seem to get a free pass from the majority of UK prisoners Inside Time’s Noel Smith does his best not to judge house burglars (perhaps because of the sheer numbers of them in almost every prison) and are not sound absurd that some criminals look down level - I don’t really care for burglars! treated with contempt on a par with others on and judge other criminals for their crimes who commit crimes against families and but I suppose no matter what terrible deeds Perhaps I should clarify that somewhat; the children. I mean, think about it for a second - Noel Smith we do ourselves can be contextualised by kind of burglars that really irk me are dwelling what do dwelling house burglars actually do? pointing the finger at others and being house burglars, a distinct sub-species of the The facts show that they break into the homes make no bones about it, I used to be a ‘horrified’ at their crimes. Essentially, it makes burglar genre. Now that may sound strange, of ordinary people, sometimes doing terrible serious criminal. Armed crime was my us feel better, but it also trivialises other crimes or even a tad hypocritical coming from a and expensive damage, they then rifle through milieu and I was not shy about pointing that seem ‘acceptable’ when buying into the former career criminal who made a living from the personal belongings of whole families, loaded firearms at people and threaten- twisted logic that is the prisoner hierarchy. crime, but, having been a victim of burglary children and babies included, and take what ing death or serious injury in order to myself, I know first-hand the devastation that they want. And sometimes (all too commonly) Iget what I wanted. I was no angel, and I Just recently I have been asked about the some of this sub-species leave behind. Though leaving behind devastated and frightened served a long time in prison for my crimes. I status of burglars behind bars. I never really the general public make no real distinction victims whose lives have been impacted by now seriously regret that part of my life and I thought about where they would fit in the when it comes to burglary it is a fact that this most personal of crimes. do my best not to judge others. But sometimes hierarchy of prisoners but, after giving it some under the law there are several different types a seemingly innocent question can bring forth thought, I have realised that on a personal of burglar. And, in the criminal world, some of During my three decades spent incarcerated at old prejudices.

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Her Majesty’s pleasure I met a lot of these victims. It took 5 years of intense therapy for dwelling house burglars and they seem to me to finally realise the damage I had left in come in all shapes, sizes and hues. Mostly they my criminal wake. But becoming a victim of look just like me and you and it is part of their burglary myself made me think about burglars. To rebel ‘job’ to pass unnoticed as they trawl residen- My home was burgled whilst I was serving a tial areas looking for places to break into long prison sentence and my wife and children (though, obviously there are some freakish were so terrified that the burglars would exceptions to this rule!). When quizzed about return they moved home. Up until that their crimes, they invariably talked of burgling incident I’d had the same attitude as the ‘stately homes’ and ‘stealing from the rich’. I majority of prisoners when it came to burglars with a cause once questioned one such burglar on what he - I would just shrug my shoulders and say actually stole from these rich stately homes he ‘Well, that’s what they do’, but seeing the fear Owen Davies believes the British Criminal was forever burgling, he shrugged and and misery on the faces of my children made mumbled ‘You know, the DVD players (!), me think again about burglars. I was a different Justice system can learn from Dostoevsky paintings, antiques…and all that.’ Though I character back then and saw violence as the got the distinct impression that he wouldn’t answer to most questions, so I went around to be a success. He does take money and have been able to recognise an antique if it the wing until I found someone serving time valuables from the flat but he never spends was in a box marked ‘antique’ and was bang for burglary and gave him a few right-hand- any of it. He cannot allow himself to profit in the middle of the front window of an ers. It didn’t make my children feel any better materially from the murder. antique shop. but it gave me a little bit of satisfaction. And no, I’m not advocating violence towards When he decided to go through with the In reality the highest burglary blackspots are in burglars and I would never take the same murder, Raskolnikov felt ‘that he had thrown the poorest inner-city areas so the majority of actions today as I am a lot more mature but off that terrible burden which had been burglars are not noble class warriors taking unfortunately that was my response at that weighing him down for so long and his soul from the rich but callous sneak thieves who time. Though I’d bet there are a few victims began to experience a sense of lightness and don’t give a toss who they take from. This is out there who would love to have been in my peace.’ His murder was a great release from the reality of dwelling-house burglars. But place! the shackles of conformity and obedience to a they are accepted as ODCs (Ordinary Decent society that had, as he saw it, treated him so Criminals) by the majority of other criminals As a footnote; it was revealed recently that the badly. His release is derivative of his obedience who are very quick to point the finger at crime of burglary appears so far down the list to the laws of the universe. various ‘unacceptable’ offenders who target of priority crimes for the police that they will ordinary families and children. no longer be visiting the scene of burglaries Raskolnikov’s experience of murder upsets and ask that the victims just phone it in! I him enormously but it is mostly the fear of I wonder if burglars ever stop to think about suppose they are too busy arresting people punishment and the confusion of what lies the devastation they cause to ordinary people? who ‘hog’ the middle lane on motorways. It beyond that causes this. It is not guilt or I’d guess not as, going by my own experience really is a funny old world. n Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel of 1865, remorse that drives him to confess but a need as a criminal, I had no thought for my own ‘Crime and Punishment’, the reader is to tell the world what he has done, though it given unparalleled insight into the mind could be argued that he confesses as a result and character of a murderer. Raskol- of the police officer’s investigations. But freely nikov is a student in St Petersburg, confesses he finally does. The freeing up or I‘remarkably handsome, taller than average, cleansing he experiences as a result of his con- slim and well-built.’ He is intelligent yet has Midlands & South: 0121 270 1988 fession is due to him finally obeying the laws North: 0114 321 1000 been ‘crushed by poverty.’ of the universe but has little or nothing to do FREE Initial Advice with remorse or guilt. He stoically accepts his Raskolnikov is a very moral individual. When punishment and Sonja the prostitute follows him he sees the young prostitute Sonja, drunk and to Siberia to help him through his sentence. Who’s on your side defenceless, and being accosted by a predato- rial, young male, he fights him off and gives The Criminal Justice System can learn a sub- on the inside? her all the money he has in his pockets. He is stantial amount from ‘Crime and Punishment.’ Call now for FREE Initial Advice from over 160 experts UK wide tormented by the poverty in which his mother The CJS looks at superficial motives for crime and sister live in order to permit him to study. such as material gain, personal revenge, sexual We are National Prison Law Solicitors who consistently When his sister tries to marry an older man to gratification … but ignores deeper motives achieve great results for our clients. We can also help you help Raskolnikov’s financial problems, Raskol- that are explored in Dostoevsky’s work. 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So instead of greater power into the life of a lowly student condemning the criminal, for me, it would in St Petersburg. make much more sense to remove what is Family & Divorce Child Care Child Contact Immigration loathsome, to remove the injustices of the His murder is a protest against the injustices of world that bring so many people to the point FREE the world. The money lender is symbolic of where striking out seems the only alternative. the world he hates; by murdering her he is Crime is rebellion. The criminal is a rebel and striking a blow for the underprivileged and Mental Criminal Free Police Video Link into the CJS, it seems, wants to keep him a rebel with Health Defence Station Prison where marginalised. He is striking out at the world superficial motives, a rebel without a cause. Representation available that has placed him and his family in such hor- Raskolnikov only got seven years. It is not rendous circumstances. He will put up with it revealed whether Russia had or did not have Write to us: Prison Law, Cartwright King, Norwich Union House, Nottingham, NG1 2LH no more. He wants the world to know that he conjugal visits in the middle of the 19th century. will not suffer in silence. He is satisfying something in him that will not stand by and let Owen Davies is a released life sentenced the divisions of the society get away with prisoner undermining his potential and others like him

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be closures in the High Peak, has any thought been given to sending people to Stockport? Or has that not been looked at News from the House because Stockport happens to be in a different county or region from the High Peak - or could no one really be bothered? The Government is seeking to close some courts to save money. MPs were invited to debate the Consultation paper on 17 September. Andrew Bingham I understand the need to look at issues such MP was not alone in describing the content of the Consultation as ‘Slapdash’. as the cost to the public purse and whether we can do things differently. The savings for the courts on the High Peak, however, are Andrew Bingham (High Peak) (Con): I have The document states the Buxton court is not video link. That has proved to be a valuable projected at about £46,000, but the moving witnessed many consultations in my 12 compliant with the Equality Act 2010. That is asset and is one not offered by all courts. It to Chesterfield will incur extra costs years as a borough councillor in the High wrong; it is fully compliant with the disabil- reassures vulnerable witnesses to know elsewhere, such as the travelling costs of Peak, and in my five years as a Member of ity legislation under that Act. The document that they do not even have to enter the court defendants and, indeed, the magistrates. Parliament, and I am sorry to say that I states that there are two consultation building where, despite the segregation Does a magistrate who is living and serving cannot remember seeing one as poorly rooms and that they are in poor condition. offered, they would fear bumping into the in High Peak really want to be going over to written and riddled with errors and inaccu- That is again wrong; there are three, and defendants. That gives huge reassurance to Chesterfield? Those who know the area will racies as this Cone.O It containsMP basicE mistakesNS AtheyT I areO ofN a high F standardOR because they those who need it most. be aware that it gets a touch cold in the regarding the High Peak magistrates court were refurbished in 2010. winter and we have quite a bit of snow, and in Buxton. For example, it claims that it has The document goes on to talk about using people who try to drive from High Peak to no publicV lift,IC whenT inI factM itS has one.O ThatF isC HILD ABUSE Chesterfield as an alternative, claiming it is Chesterfield in February sometimes do not a basic H error,elpi n andg v I i shallctim talks p aboutlan f o otherr th e future and achieve justice fully compliant with health and safety regu- have the best of chances. This move will dis- such errors in the document later. lations. By omitting the fact that Buxton is courage people from High Peak from Our specialist team are committed to helping victims of abuse and are experts in also compliant, there is implication by becoming magistrates, and I would not like Many peoplebring takeing a ac tdimion aviewgain soft lconsultations,ocal authorities , such as social services, and residential omission, and yet again in my view that to see that. The magistrates do a great job which are often seen as windowinstitut io dressing,ns, such as children’s homes. could be seen as misleading. and I support them in everything they do. while the result of the process is inevitable. Our dedicated team of male and female lawyers have a proven track record with People will face additional travelling costs, I am sorry to say that the mistakes that have Andrew Bingham If someone had bothered to visit Buxton and been made in this consultationsexual ,will phy onlysical feedand emotional abuse claims. do their homework they would realise that leaving aside the inconvenience, but we also that viewC amonghild abu these c generalan take apublic. long ti me to come Theto te documentrms with an alsod it c aclaimsn be d ifthatficul tthere for is one Chesterfield is just not practical. It may look have to consider the costs for other organi- victims to speak out about their traumatic exwaitingperienc erooms. Re gavailable,ardless of htherebyow long preventingago a good solution on a map but in reality it sations, such as the police. Officers of High It is a slapdash piecethe a ofbu work,se too kand pla cI ehave, you tom ay sthetill b e “desired able to m segregation”ake a claim. of parties. Yet does not work. The consultation talks about Peak Borough Council have to go to court ask whether its author has actually been to again, that is wrong. In 2010 the waiting travel times from Buxton to Chesterfield. It for various things and at the moment they Buxton andAny tvisitedhing yo theu sa court,y to us or w iwhetherll be han ditle isd withareas the u t weremost le reorganisedvels of profe s sosio n nowalis m there, is a completely ignores the fact that the court have only to go across the road from the merely a regurgitation of a consultationsensitivity un an-d unseparatederstandi n entranceg. and room in the court- serves not just Buxton but the whole of the town hall. They can go across, do what they have to do and be back behind their desks dertakenChil dabout abus e10 c layearsims a rago.e oft eHasn e lisomeonegible for p ubichouse fundin forg a nwitnesses,d Jordans aandre r ethecog “desirednised by seg- High Peak, including Glossop, which has a fairly quickly. Moving the court to Chester- simply tdustedhe lega loff se rthatvice sdocument, commissio changedn as one oaf theregation”, few specia aslis tit p isro termed,viders of isle gthereforeal aid for now in larger population than Buxton. Getting to few of the names and dates and decided that place; witnesses are segregated from de- Chesterfield from Glossop is just not field will mean that council officers will be that would do? Whichever it is, itt hisis nottype ac of- workfendants in the UK at. all times and can be taken into practical by public transport. A move to taken out for at least half a day, if not more, ceptable. At best it is inaccurate; at worst it the court without any communication with Chesterfield would see 73% of my constitu- and then we have to add on the travel costs is misleading. It has been pointed out to me others waiting in the court waiting room. ents facing a journey by public transport of and so on. Given the lack of feasible public by somebody with a far more qualified legal over two hours. transport between High Peak and Chester- brain than mine that so great are the inac- I am sorry to labour this point, but the errors field, I can see money being spent on taxis to curacies in this consultation that any are multiple. The document claims that vul- The hon. Member for Stockport talked about get people to and from the court. That would decision basedCal lon C hit rcouldistin bee Sopenand tos legaland thnerablee team witnesses on 019 2 have4 86 to89 use11 a waiting Macclesfield. As we both know, the transport be an expensive and unacceptable outcome; challenge, and I wouldEm hateail a b tou s seeete a that.m@ j Io rdroomanss o acrosslicitor s the.co .u road.k There is a room links between the High Peak and Stockport want Wtor runite tthrougho Neil Joneord ora ntwo Ho ofu sthee, inacWel-lingacrosston R othead road, De fromwsb uthery ,court; WF1 3it is1H usedL for are a lot better than those between High The Minister should think long and hard curacies. vulnerable witnesses giving evidence via Peak and Chesterfield. If there are going to about this decision. He should not base it on this woeful and sloppy piece of work mas- querading as a consultation. He should look ANTHONY STOKOE carefully at the submissions from people in COMPENSATION FOR High Peak, mine included. They will give SOLICITOR him an accurate picture of High Peak, not the one put out in the consultation. 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marriage. Rice successfully appealed the NFL’s If there is any pattern in the cases I have suspension and his team settled his request for researched, it is that charges against celebri- $3.5m in back pay. While he has been eligible ties are less about the law and more about to play for a team since November 2014, no how much the celebrities can manipulate the team has signed him. situation. Professional media, social media, TV and radio interviews can all be used to tell This would appear to align itself with Ched people what they need to hear. The public Evans’ situation in Britain. However, Tony Porter need to believe you are not above the law. and Ted Bunch - co-founders of A Call To They won’t forgive you until you show Men, a national organization that encourages humility and remorse. As Ched Evans now men to end violence against women - have understands, the 12 jurors in court might not worked with Rice since November and say he be the most important jury you face. deserves an opportunity to play football again. It is not necessarily the case that celebrities are We certainly see this attitude in the entertain- dealt with more leniently in the USA, it may ment industry. Chris Brown saw continued just be that they are better and more experi- Ched Evans Ray Rice Chris Brown success after the public learned of the physical enced at understanding and dealing with the abuse he inflicted on Rihanna whilst threaten- bigger picture. In the cases I have examined, ing to kill her. After the initial negative administering justice is now only partially publicity, he hired a Crisis Management team, about the law. entered a guilty plea, avoided jail time and Stars in your eyes released an album a month after sentencing. There appears to be a sliding scale for how much attention the public pays to celebrities Max is a freelance writer with enthusiasm For celebrities, the 12 jurors in court might being charged with certain crimes. for exploring the philosophical side of the law and the implications beyond the not be as important as the verdict of the The conclusion I draw is that, regardless of sentence. guilt, if you admit to the crime, show remorse general public and promise to be a better member of the community, you will be judged more favour- re-establish his career. A number of clubs ably. Continuing to protest your innocence Max Davies attempted to sign him, but each was met with may serve your personal quest for justice, but Freelance Writer a huge public backlash including multiple its effect on public opinion is in complete petitions, threats to boycott the clubs, pulled contrast to contrite cooperation with the sponsorship and resignations. This seemed at appropriate governing bodies. Inside Justice, part of Inside Time, is funded round a century ago, Robert Frost odds with the perception of how American by charitable donations from the Esmee said, “A jury consists of twelve celebrities are treated after breaking the law. Given the way juries can be swayed and public Fairbairn Foundation, Inside Time and the persons chosen to decide who has perception altered, returning to the opening Roddick Foundation. the better lawyer”. In 2012, Dallas Cowboys’ Josh Brent was quote, maybe it should be adjusted for the Website: www.insidejusticeuk.com A sentenced to 180 days in jail and 10 years of modern day to be, “A jury consists of twelve Facebook: insidejusticeUK With the recent news that UK legal aid has been probation for a drink driving incident that persons chosen to decide who has the better Twitter: @insidejusticeUK cut, forcing more people to represent them- killed the passenger, teammate Jerry Brown. lawyer and PR firm”. selves, Fiona Kendall, from Jones Myers solicitors Despite minor protests from several anti- remarked, “Someone who isn’t properly rep- drink-driving groups, The NFL suspended resented needs additional help and the trouble Brent for only 10 games and he returned to is that there just isn’t the court time for it”. the team in 2014.

There is no shortage of high profile businesses Clubs standing by players convicted of violent or celebrities who pay large sums of money to offences is not without precedent in the UK. avoid criminal charges. An embarrassment of Examples include the footballers Jonathan riches, so to speak. It is also clear the general Woodgate and Eric Cantona, suggesting that public are only exposed to only a fraction of English sport is not immune to showing favour instances where those at the top of the food to valuable assets. Luke McCormick and Lee chain are caught doing something they Hughes have both been convicted of ‘causing shouldn’t. At first glance, there seem to be death by dangerous driving’ and returned to many situations where the rich or famous professional football relatively easily. experience a different justice system compared to those less fortunate. In 2013 NFL footballer Ray Rice was arrested on domestic violence charges. When TMZ Footballer Ched Evans was convicted of rape released the infamous video footage, there in 2012 and was sentenced to 5 years. He was was an immediate outcry and the NFL released on licence in 2014 and whilst contin- suspended Rice indefinitely. Janay Palmer, the uing to protest his innocence, attempted to victim, forgave Rice and went ahead with their

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The PSI states; ‘It is important to be clear l Assisting an adult with cleaning himself or about the circumstances in which it may be herself following a soiling or wetting episode. Family and friends can now appropriate for assistance from other prisoners send books to prisoners The to form part of the arrangements to meet care All prisoners providing and receiving assis- and support needs that are not being met by tance must be made aware of the types of Update to PSI 2013-030 Incentives the local authority, and to be clear that there activity that are and are not considered appro- and Earned Privileges are forms of assistance that are not appropri- priate. ate for them to provide, including those that An amendment has been made to Annex I Rule are concerned with meeting needs that are the Annex B provides a list of ‘appropriate’ activi- of the PSI - Sending and Handing in of Books responsibility of the local authority to meet. ties for prisoners providing assistance: to Prisoners - to reflect that, from 1 September Care and support needs will now be clearly 2015, families and friends will be allowed defined in care and support plans or written l Transportation - to help prisoners move to send and hand in books for prisoners. Book information provided by local authorities. This from one area of a prison to another due to a Visitors will not be allowed to hand books development, together with the necessity to physical impediment permanent or temporary; directly to prisoners; they will need to be work alongside local authorities as they l left with staff to process; all books will be Inside Time’s Paul discharge their duties to prevent need escalat- Transportation of food to and from the des- ignated kitchen areas; searched. Prisoners will also be able to order Sullivan has a look ing to the point that it requires their interven- books themselves through the normal channels. tion and to promote wellbeing more generally, l Cutting up food where appropriate; into Prison Rules and means that all Governors must have the ability Books can also be ordered and sent in from to mobilise prisoners to provide assistance to l Helping to keep a prisoners cell tidy and Blackwells, Foyles, Mr B’s Emporium of Instructions other prisoners, should it be needed.’ accessible; Reading Delights, Waterstones, WH Smith, and Wordery. l The PSI sets out three desired outcomes: Providing reminders about the need for hygiene to be maintained; The numerical limit on the number of l All formal arrangements for prisoners to books which can be held in-cell will also be l Helping to reorganise prisoners cells so that provide assistance to other prisoners are governed removed but the volumetric limits will still necessary items are accessible; by a clear and consistent set of principles; apply to the overall amount of property l There are clear boundaries around the role l Accessing work, training, education, volun- held in possession. The sending or handing that prisoners may play in providing assistance teering or recreational activities that are in of audio books is no longer limited to in meeting the care and support needs of available in the establishment; prisoners with learning difficulties or disa- other prisoners, and both those receiving and bilities. These may be cassette or CD format l providing such care and support are safe- Helping prisoners to raise concerns and will be classed as ‘books’. guarded; regarding abuse and neglect where their impairment prevents them from doing so; Prisoners can hand books they no longer l Governors have the ability to mobilise assis- wish to keep to the prison library as a l tance from other prisoners for a prisoner with Moving and handling, including manual donation; or send them out, or have them care and support needs who has a care and lifting where appropriate; placed into stored property. support plan or is awaiting a care and support l Helping prisoners to read and have an needs assessment, should it be needed. The PSI states; ‘Restrictions on the books improved understanding of instructions that which prisoners are allowed to have access are labelled throughout the establishment. Amongst the principles explained in the PSI are: to remains unchanged. The Public Protec- © Gstudio Group - Fotolia.com tion Manual sets out the books that no Copies of all PSIs are available from your l Prisoners must not be relied upon to provide prisoner can have access to and Governors prison library. assistance that is the statutory responsibility of can extend this list if the nature of the par- Prisoners Assisting another service, for example health or social PSIs only apply to prisons in England and ticular prison’s population requires it. In care services; Wales. Prisons in Scotland, Northern Ireland, addition, Governors can decide whether an other Prisoners individual prisoner should have a particular l All prisoners providing assistance to other Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey do not have book, taking into account the prisoner’s prisoners as part of a formal scheme must be an equivalent. Scotland publish ad-hoc policy PSI 2015-017 up-dates from time to time. We will be offending behaviour.’ Issued: 31 March 2015, Effective from: appropriately selected, risk assessed, trained, looking at these in a future issue. 01 April 2015, Expiry Date: 31 March 2019 supported and supervised; This is a new PSI l Formal arrangements for prisoners to provide assistance to other prisoners may l DETAILS OF THE REGIME, Prisoners have always helped each other in utilise support from prisoners who are paid by VISITING AND FACILITIES IN ALL UK many ways, often unofficial and in an ad hoc the prison as a form of work or prisoners ESTABLISHMENTS way; just as people outside prison often assist acting as unpaid volunteers; each other where there is no official or easy l Formal arrangements for prisoners to l HELP AND SUPPORT assistance available. Prisoners who have provide assistance to other prisoners may problems with literacy will usually know l utilise support from prisoners who are paid by THE 2015 HARDMAN TRUST another prisoner who is willing to read corre- NEW the prison as a form of work or prisoners PRISONER FUNDER DIRECTORY spondence for them or write responses and it acting as unpaid volunteers; has, for many years, been part of the official l FACT SHEETS (INC SCOTTISH) Complaint System instructions that other Prisoners must not be permitted to handle, prisoners can write out application forms and l LEGAL DIRECTORY store or administer medication provided to other complaint forms for other prisoners under prisoners nor may they provide intimate care. their instruction (although this is often l RULES AND REGULATIONS frowned on by staff). Intimate care includes: l USEFUL ADDRESSES

Over time the ways prisoners assist each other l Assisting with eating and drinking (in the l GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND has progressed and been modified. The two sense of placing food or drink into the mouth, ABBREVIATIONS most obvious examples are the Listeners as distinct from other activities to manage and Scheme and Toe by Toe. Schemes such as maintain nutrition such as cutting up food and l INSIDE TIME ARTICLE ARCHIVE these have developed, saving the Prison transporting food); Service many millions of pounds but they have Online at www.insidetime.org for been concerned that they had no real control l Oral care, including teeth cleaning; Inside Time is proud to publish £25 +£7.50p&p or £35 from all over them, so this PSI has been written to l Washing body areas that are usually clothed the 2015/16 EDITION of the address that problem. good bookshops for privacy and dignity; most comprehensive guide to This PSI reiterates that; ‘It is normal and l Dressing and undressing body areas that are prisons & prison related services To order your copy contact: acceptable for prisoners to assist each other usually clothed for reasons of privacy and Inside Time, PO Box 251, Hedge End, with various day-to-day tasks on an informal dignity; Supplied free of charge to every UK Hampshire SO30 4XJ. basis as one would expect to occur between l Toileting support e.g. changing continence friends or neighbours in the community.’ prison library - it’s even bigger & better! pads or sanitary towels; Tel: 0844 335 6483

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help them adjust to the British way of life and also to help the local British community understand other cultures. Without such programmes we get the development of From over the wall ghettos and conflict between groups. Such a situation is unfair to both the immigrant and to the local population. It’s a good thing for Terry Waite writes his monthly column for Inside Time people to feel sympathy for those who have left their homeland but sympathy is not enough. A good understanding of the problems facing both the immigrant and the locals is required and sensible fair policies need to be put in place. Many immigrants Terry Waite CBE have a great deal to contribute. Without them the National Health Service, of which we are justly proud, would collapse couple of years ago I returned tomorrow. to Beirut where 25 years previously I had been captured and Years ago I went to visit a British lady who held hostage for almost five lived in Liverpool. Her son had just been years. Lebanon is a lovely beheaded in Iraq and I was in touch with the countryA in many respects. The people are lady and her family. She was ill in bed and I friendly and the diet is one of the healthiest sat by her bedside and she talked about her you could find anywhere. It’s a small country sorrow. ‘Nothing,’ she said, ‘can describe the with fertile land and stunning scenery. The sorrow I feel at this time.’ Then she said problems facing the country are well known something truly remarkable, ‘but my sorrow as the political and religious divisions are a is no different than the sorrow a mother in constant source of conflict. Not only that but Iraq feels when she has lost her son through it is surrounded by problems. On one side, war or insurgency’. In those few words she the ongoing conflict between the State of Syrian children march to the refugee camp in Jordan pointed to a profound truth. Despite differ- Israel and the Palestinian people continues ences of culture, religion, nationality or what year after year and it’s a standing disgrace have you we are all members of one human that the international community has been problem of the mass migration of people is a in which the richer nations of the world give family with hopes and desires. We live in a unable to find a solution to a problem that global problem that is likely to get worse in the aid. A global coordinated policy is required world that is sadly divided and often locked has caused so much suffering to so many. coming years. The vast majority of migrants directed at dealing with some of the problems in conflict. It can and will be changed as each On the other side, warfare rages in Syria and would prefer to stay in the land of their birth I have mentioned. one of us takes our responsibility to help thousands and thousands of refugees have but they leave because the situation facing make it a better place. Government must flooded over the border into this little them has become intolerable. Warfare has As for the immediate problems, I have nothing give a lead but nothing will happen if country. Since I visited the refugees, the destroyed communities that once lived in but contempt for the criminal gangs who have ordinary men and women, such as you and camps are four times as large as they were harmony, one with another. Corruption in exploited those fleeing for their lives and have me, don’t make it happen. It’s never too late then and the future for those who live there Government has led to vast inequalities and sent them to Europe in unseaworthy vessels or for any of us to do that. is far from bright. The UK government has made the poor even poorer. Law and order packed them into cargo containers. Many said that we will take in twenty thousand has broken down with the result that people have got rich on this evil trade and they need Terry Waite was a successful hostage asylum seekers over the next five years. live in fear and terror. Religious conflict has to be stopped in their tracks. Europe needs a negotiator before he himself was held Lebanon already has about a million and a brought nothing but misery. These problems coordinated policy but at the moment that captive in Beirut between 1987 and 1991 half! What to do? are not easily resolved and certainly will not be seems far away. I firmly believe that if people (more than 20 years ago). He was held resolved in the short term, but resolved they are going to settle in this country we need to captive for 1763 days; the first four years I suppose the first thing to say is that the must be. We need a total overhaul of the way have proper educational schemes in place to of which were spent in solitary confinement.

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“This time, although they didn’t meet an Suite, a recently refurbished facility equipped author the film crew had an opportunity to with 8 new Apple desktop computers. Prisoners film a lively debate about Daniel Keyes’ are encouraged to use the suite to learn ‘Flowers for Algernon’ and interview two of Imaging Software skills and produce our PRG volunteers Graham and Maggie. prison’s monthly newsletter.

“Since opening in 2012 Thameside prison has “The following day, to conclude their tour, been working closely with Shannon Trust to Susannah and Antonio moved on to film the improve the literacy of prisoners who struggle education department and various classes on with reading. Turning Pages is another initia- offer to prisoners ranging from functional tive coordinated by the library and we are English skills to Creative Writing. Finally, they responsible for recruiting mentors, distributing visited one of the cells to see how our in-cell learning materials and holding weekly Content Management System (CMS) provides meetings during which mentors can talk about prisoners with the best access to breadth of and resolve any issues associated with the learning and education resources available at programme. We’ve had an amazing track HMP Thameside. Using computers in their record in this to date and currently enrol over cells prisoners can select and apply for courses, 70 learners who are supported by 10 trained schedule their own library sessions and send and passionate mentors. Following one such messages to the education department. weekly meeting, one of our learners was happy to have his mentoring session filmed by “Prisoners’ Education Trust’s filming project the PET crew and interview two mentors (Olsi was an encouraging experience to all of us and Kevin) about the many benefits of the initiative. Olsi said he gets a great deal of satis- involved in running the library and education Beyond literacy faction helping others to read: ‘When I’m departments. It sparked interest and excite- teaching, I’m learning.’ ment among the prisoners who were constantly peering from behind the camera like “Next on the schedule was the charitable ini- curious children. I was surprised to see how tiative Story Book Dads, which allows prisoners many of them came forward offering to in prisons express their views and experiences in front of to connect with their young children by sending them recorded stories read from a the camera. Those of us who try to make HMP Thameside a place of rehabilitation with Education Trust (PET) on the production of a wide range of children’s books available in the opportunities to make a fresh start were Susannah Henty film about learning and education resources library. James was filmed as he enthusiastically uplifted by the many positive contributions PET Media and Public available to prisoners. Thameside was one of enacted “The Scary Lion and The Little Owlet” Affairs Manager two prisons which had this unique opportunity for his 10 year old son. Stories are recorded by made by prisoners and passion they showed to showcase the variety of such services the prison’s Family First team in the Media for initiatives they are involved in.” offered by our Library and Education departments. If you would like advice or funding to study a distance learning course or tell us ack in August two charities teamed about your experiences of prison education - write to FREEPOST Prisoners’ up to make a film about literacy in “The project was facilitated by the HMP Education Trust (PET) or call 0203 752 5680. prisons. Prisoners’ Education Trust Thameside Library and coordinated by our and Prison Learning TV wanted to Head Librarian Neil Barclay. The film crew showcase the prisons, charities, consisting of PET’s representative, Susannah staffB and individuals who are working hard to Henty and Prison Learning TV’s director, ensure prisoners of all backgrounds and Antonio Ferrara, arrived at Thameside on a abilities have access to a wide range of oppor- Thursday morning and settled into the library tunities to develop and progress with reading. in preparation for their two-day tour of our prisons education facilities. In order to get a Looking For money In our film we journey through entry level full picture they would have to interview both literacy classes, Shannon Trust Turning Pages, prisoners and staff as well as film some of the the Reading Agency’s Read Ahead scheme, activities and classes. To heLP you move Story Book Dads, creative writing courses and Prison Reading Groups. At HMP Thameside, “Filming started by interviewing one of the library has a crucial role in coordinating Thameside’s language learners to talk about Forward? many of these schemes so we visited the team his experience learning French on Rosetta and were shown around by enthusiastic staff Stone - an interactive language learning and prisoner orderlies. Neil Barclay, the software which is available to prisoners on Librarian, said some prisoners had never three terminals in the library offering a total of The Prisoner Funder picked up a book before starting their 12 sessions a day. Due to constant efforts and sentences, but now they have become avid supervision of the Rosetta Stone coordinator readers. At HMP Lewes, we looked at the role - Michael, sessions are easily accessible and the education department plays in enabling scheduling flexible which allows prisoners to Directory people to progress through distance learning spend their time productively regardless of courses. Robert told us that his creative writing their engagement in other activities. This initi- 2015 course has given him the confidence to start a ative works particularly well with our library’s writer’s group with a few other prisoners, and foreign language books section allowing they have been encouraged by the prison to prisoners to utilize their newly acquired skills help organise a literary festival, which will and follow through with learning once they’ve bring the community and prison together. completed the course.

We asked the Big Issue founder John Bird, “The camera crew then moved on to film a who is a passionate writer and learned to read Prison Reading Group (PRG) session. Book in prison when he was 16 years-old, to con- Club sessions attract a large number of tribute to the film. He says: “Reading and prisoners every week who come to exchange writing to me is one of the most important opinions about pre-selected books. Book Club things, it has certainly changed my life.” sessions at HMP Thameside Library are fre- The Prisoner Funder Directory 2015 should quently visited by distinguished authors willing The film will be screened at a Prison Libraries to share their passion for literature and discuss be in your library. Ask to see a copy today! event next month and on PET’s website. their own work. Thanks to Neil’s efforts in reaching out to potential guests we’ve had a If it’s not, please ask the librarian to email: HMP Thameside’s library orderly writes about rare and exclusive opportunity to talk to celeb- [email protected] for 2 free copies. filming at Thameside: “Last month HMP rities such as Andy McNab and Russell Brand Thameside was asked to work with Prisoners’ and are due to meet Martina Cole in October. Insidetime October 2015 38 Legal www.insidetime.org

Advertorial Advertorial Wells Burcombe The countdown - an overview to Christmas pleaded guilty and having done so, Ms David Wells Khumra was able to achieve the lowest Matthew Smith, Head of the Prison Law Department, Senior Partner, Head of Complex reported sentence for an offence of this type. Crime & Criminal Appeals Department Similarly, Senior Partner Alan Burcombe is alongside Nicola Maynard of Reeds Solicitors discuss - Wells Burcombe Solicitors an exceptional fraud and complex financial crime lawyer. He is often referred clients the most popular wish and request of Recalled being investigated for such cases by some of ells Burcombe was set up inmates in the lead up to the festive period and how the most recognised city law firms whose just 7 years ago and in that clients require a lawyer specialising in cases time there is no doubt that to make the wish a reality. of this type. Alan also represents clients we have established facing POCA and confiscation matters and is owever you wish to countdown application for release has been denied or you ourselves as a nationwide often instructed after conviction by inmates to Christmas, it still seems a sig- have been granted an Oral Hearing, it is not leading firm in all aspects of criminal law. W who face confiscation proceedings and nificant period of time, espe- too late to seek assistance and attempt to be Most of the articles written each month in issues of financial and asset restraint. The cially considering the fact that released before Christmas. Inside Time focus on issues concerning reality is that many solicitor firms simply the Parole Board should review prison law and criminal appeals. The don’t understand confiscation and financial any recalled prisoner’s case at the 28 day point. The PPCS have the power to reconsider a purpose of this article is to highlight some of H restraint. The consequences of getting things Unfortunately, those who have been made recalled prisoner’s case at any time if there has the other areas within the criminal law that wrong for those involved can be severe. subject to recall proceedings will be aware that been a significant change of circumstance or Wells Burcombe specialise in, and to being recalled in October onwards will make it there is information that was not previously highlight other departments that can help Furthermore, Appollonia Avanzi, head of extremely difficult to have their case reviewed considered by the Parole Board. A common inmates at any stage of their sentence. family law, continues to receive instructions and a release direction made before Christmas. example of this is being recalled for commit- from inmates with family law issues, although ting a further offence which is later discontin- Over the last year, the prison law and she only represents clients on a privately In order to ensure that your case is being dealt ued. If you believe that you meet the criteria appeal’s departments at Wells Burcombe funded basis. Issues such as contact, divorce with expeditiously, it is imperative to contact a above, contact Reeds and we can advise you have achieved remarkable success and have and financial settlement are sadly common Solicitor at the earlier opportunity. However, if whether you meet the criteria. achieved some commendable results for within the prison system. If you are an inmate you are reading this article after being recalled, clients. Senior prison law advisor Joe wishing to discuss an issue concerning any it is not too late. If you have been granted an Oral Hearing and Chapman in just one week in September family law matter, simply write to Miss have been told that you have to wait until 2016 alone has helped three IPP inmates secure Avanzi. A Solicitor can ensure that the Public Protec- for a hearing, there is also the possibility that release on parole. Criminal appeals are tion Casework Section (PPCS) and your Offender your hearing will be treated as a priority. In lodged at the court of appeal on an almost Wells Burcombe is also being increasingly Manager are adhering to procedure and your order to gain ‘priority status’, an application daily basis. Following my recent article on instructed nationwide by inmates who face case is not being delayed. They will be able to must be made to the Parole Board for consid- compensation for inmates who have suffered interviews by the police during sentence. obtain your recall pack, take your instructions eration. Examples of cases to have recently delay during the parole process, the Parole This can either be for an investigation linked and prepare representations on your behalf. been granted such status are those where Board have begun to start paying compensa- to the original offending conduct (where for These representations will be considered by inmates have had severe medical/psychologi- tion for those affected. For one inmate who example further complaints have been made the Parole Board when reviewing your case. cal issues and those who have pressing matters suffered an extensive delay, the Parole Board following conviction), or where the prison There are many benefits in submitting written in the community such as an ill relative or has just offered £3,500 compensation. Wells itself refer allegations to the police following representations but the main benefit for deter- partner. Burcombe helped secure his release. alleged misconduct said to have occurred minate sentence prisoners is that the Parole during the sentence. For both, it is just so Board have the power to direct release on the Reeds Solicitors appreciate the pressures that Others members of the Wells Burcombe important to treat these cases seriously. The papers alone. This means you do not need to inmates have when being recalled at this time team continue to investigate convictions for consequences on the issue of release can be wait months for an Oral Hearing but could be of the year and can only advise you to be pro- those convicted of historical allegations. so severe. released in a matter of weeks. This will, of active and seek Legal Advice. There are no Such cases are now more common and the course, be the preferred option for those guarantees when it comes to the Parole Board courts are seeing more and more prosecu- Wells Burcombe can provide inmates advice wishing to be released in time for Christmas. and PPCS but Reeds Solicitors can guarantee tions for alleged offences which are said to and assistance on any of the issues mentioned to assist you in a timely manner and, wherever have occurred a very long time ago. These in this article. The vast majority of inmates For those of you who have already had their possible, reunite you with family and friends in cases are littered with difficulty and sadly all qualify for legal aid. For those inmates who case considered by the Parole Board and your time for Christmas. too often result in conviction. In my view, the do not qualify for legal aid, fees can be courts often impose wholly excessive discussed on a case by case basis. sentences upon conviction. 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The allegations of child sexual abuse are said by Mr. Proctor in the press conference to be so fanciful and extreme that they could not be Another trial by media? true. He does maintain that he is innocent, and as such should not be pilloried by media exposure. On the other hand these allegations the complainant should be protected, because are so serious that they must be rigorously they are often vulnerable children or disabled investigated by the police in great depth. It is adults, and far less powerful than the accused. undoubtedly correct that if an allegation has been made, then the person against whom it is 2. Is this a witch hunt against homosexuals? made must be entitled to counter them at a police interview or criminal trial in a balanced The Salem Witch Hunts of many years ago way. Mr Proctor denies the allegations, and as involved witches being hunted down and put such he should be given the right to defend to death by the authorities for simply being himself at a trial before a Judge and jury, if witches without any evidence of wrong doing. indeed he is ever charged. The trial should not The analogy being drawn is clearly wrong in take place in the glare of the media before that here we have actual allegations by indi- charges have even been brought. viduals being investigated by the police against certain accused individuals. If there was no At the press conference yesterday, there was evidence to investigate then the Witch Hunt no representative from the police, or the com- analogy would hold more water. In a civilised plainant. It was simply an opportunity for Mr society, with all the rules of evidence there are, Proctor to make allegations against the police, then a Witch Hunt by the Police could clearly and to suggest that the complainant was making not happen. false allegations. It was therefore a one sided debate clearly designed to influence the media in his favour. Arguably such publicity could Harvey Proctor press conference 3. Should the Policeman in charge of the investigation resign if he has got it all wrong? affect any criminal trial, should there ever be one. To hold a press conference about the Clearly not. The policeman in charge has an wrongfulness of media exposure concerning Peter Garsden - Senior Partner In cases where the individual has based his/her obligation to the public to investigate all alle- allegations of abuse, is somewhat paradoxical. Quality Solicitors Abney Garsden career upon promotion through the media, and gations made to him/her by the individual is a public figure, then different rules should concerned. It is his/her job to seek out all the This argument has been made by public figures apply in that they have based their popularity available evidence, then refer it to the Crown against whom allegations have been made was asked, as an experienced Child upon the help they get from the media and the Prosecution Service, who will decide whether many times before. The same is true, of course, Abuse Lawyer, to give an interview to public. “Live by the sword, die by the sword” it meets the threshold required by them to of non-famous people, but their stories are of LBC Radio this morning about the recent charge or otherwise. Again, because of the limited media interest due to their low media press conference given by former Con- In other cases against celebrities, the media independence and power of the CPS, it would profile. Hopefully, one day, some legislation servative MP, Harvey Proctor, who has exposure has brought other complainants not be possible for the police to charge will be passed to clarify the position one way or nowI been interviewed twice by the Metropoli- forward, who otherwise would not have been someone on the basis of bias even if he wanted another. Meanwhile, it provides opportunities tan Police about serious allegations being contactable by the police in that the abuse had to do so. for debate to take place by those for and against. investigated by Operation Midland concern- taken place many years ago whilst the celebrity ing his connection with the Dolphin Square was making public appearances. This has had child abuse paedophile ring, and various the effect of reinforcing the case against the serious allegations. My view is that we should accused, and assisted the prosecution. not be judging guilt or innocence at this stage, nor should Mr Proctor be attempting to In Group Actions I have been involved in, after manipulate the press and public into believing charges have been brought, admittedly, in that he is innocent in advance of any criminal care home cases the accused has appealed for charges. The venue for the trial of guilt or witnesses to come forward to support his good innocence is the criminal court, not the media. character, which has back fired on him/her, in If it is wrong for the allegations to be made that it has brought forward other complain- CHILD public, so is it wrong for him to hold a press ants of abuse against him/her. conference in an attempt to clear his name. I also do not think that this is anything The debate on anonymity goes on. 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sentence of 12 months or more for a specified Can I be recalled if I fail a polygraph test? sexual offence. Offenders must also be There appears to be some confusion as to what assessed as high or very high risk of serious happens if an offender is found to have lied Would I lie to you? harm, and high or very high risk of sexual reof- during a polygraph test. The legislation that fending using the OASys and Risk Matrix 2000 governs the use of polygraph testing makes it Emma Davies looks at why offenders might systems. There is also provision for additional clear that the results of a failed polygraph offenders across England and Wales to be examination cannot be used in the Criminal be subject to Polygraph Testing, what is subject to the polygraph condition when it can Courts or be the basis of an offender’s recall. be shown that such testing is necessary and involved in the testing process and what proportionate to manage that offender’s risk. However, if an offender fails to attend the examination, deliberately sabotages it or fails happens if a test is failed. In order to undertake a polygraph examination to co-operate with the examiner then this may an offender must be able to do the following:- be sufficient enough for a recall to custody to be instigated. to this testing, what it is about and what would 1. Sit still for the duration of the actual testing Emma Davies lead to their recall to custody. This article seeks phase of each test (3 or 4 spells of 3-6 minutes Offenders are advised that they should Head of Prison Law and Partner at Hine to explain the process and what will happen if per test); therefore comply with a polygraph condition. Solicitors those tested are found to have lied. 2. Understand the difference between telling If they do not, then this could result in their the truth and lying; recall to custody. If they do comply but are olygraph testing was introduced as What is Polygraph Testing? found to have lied, this will not on its own 3. If the offender has any physical or psycho- part of certain offenders licence The Polygraph is a device that measures certain result in a recall. Those who fail a test are given logical problems which may suggest the conditions in January 2014. Most physical responses, such as heart rate, an opportunity to explain the test result. polygraph examination is not possible or offenders will know that polygraph breathing rate, blood pressure and skin resist- suitable, the Offender Manager should notify testing is in essence a lie detector ance. Changes to these physical traits are However, if the offender admits to or discloses the examiner and an assessment will be made Ptest. The introduction of this testing as a licence thought to indicate that the person being behaviour that would constitute a breach of regarding suitability. However, in most cases, condition has caused many offenders to be tested is lying. If an offender is made subject to their licence conditions either before taking providing the offender is able to understand concerned about whether or not they would be a Polygraph condition on release they will be the polygraph test, or afterwards when the difference between the truth and telling a subjected to this testing, and if so how it would required to take part in polygraph sessions as “explaining” a failed test result, enforcement lie there are very few situations where the affect them. instructed by their Offender Manager. proceedings may follow and may result in examination should not be carried out. either of the following:- In August this year it was reported that in the The imposition of Polygraph testing as a • Immediate recall; last 12 months, 492 people convicted of serious licence condition is meant to assist the What will the condition require me to do? The wording of the polygraph condition on an • Warning letter from Assistant Chief Officer grade; sex offences have been forced to take polygraph Probation Service in ensuring that an offender offender’s licence conditions must be:- tests as part of their licence conditions. The same is complying with other conditions of their • Breach warning letter from the Offender Manager. report confirmed that 63 of those offenders licence and is meant to provide information To comply with any instruction given by your had been recalled “after the tests showed they about an offender’s behaviour to improve how When deciding the most appropriate and pro- Offender Manager requiring you to attend had breached the conditions of their release.” they are managed during their licence period. portionate response to a breach of the polygraph polygraph testing. To participate in polygraph licence condition, Offender Managers should sessions and examinations as instructed by or The way in which this information has been Who will be subject to Polygraph testing? consider an offender’s past compliance, under the authority of your Offender Manager reported has done little to assist offenders in Polygraph testing can only be used for qualify- current behaviour and whether there is a risk and to comply with any instruction given to understanding whether they would be subject ing offenders who are over 18 and are serving a of serious harm to the public. An offender’s you during a polygraph session by the person risk of harm to the public should be assessed conducting the polygraph. as unmanageable in the community in order for a recall to be justified. This means that offenders subject to this condition will need to follow the directions If an offender finds themselves recalled for given by their Offender Manager and attend breach of a polygraph condition, it is important examinations when asked to do so. to ensure that they seek legal advice as soon as possible. Those representing offenders can properly At the beginning of an offender’s licence period assess whether recall has been instigated their Offender Manager should make sure that appropriately and in accordance with the law. the offender understands the condition and should provide them with a leaflet called Polygraph testing is a relatively new concept in “Information about Polygraph Licence Condi- the management of offenders in the community. tions”. The Offender Manager should make What is clear from recent reports is that sure that they remind the offender of the need offenders are being recalled on the back of this to be tested when the date of the polygraph testing. It is important to know your rights, examination draws near. understand what is required of you, and if you are recalled to ask for help from a solicitor who How often will I be tested? can look at whether you have been recalled Those offenders who are subject to a polygraph appropriately. Our open, friendly solicitors working condition will be asked to undertake their initial polygraph examination early in their in Criminal Defence will help you with all licence period. This will however only be done aspects of Prison Law including: once sufficient time has elapsed for aspects of an offender’s behaviour to be tested. The first Licence recall • Adjudications test will normally take place within 8 - 16 weeks Forensic Accountants of an offender’s release. 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especially where the events in question are But when Rotherham exploded, we decided to has emerged that there are more white men in By Margaret Jervis long past and there may be financial incen- take a closer look and published a critique. Rotherham under suspicion for ‘grooming’ Consultant Legal Analyst and Researcher tives for complainants, with a troubled past. Because frankly, the evidence for the conclu- than Asians. with Chris Saltrese Solicitors sion did not add up - and it still doesn’t, even In the Oxford Bullfinch case - the highest though a Government appointed team Does that mean the report got it wrong? Or profile criminal prosecution to date - a jury endorsed the Jay findings. that the criminalisation of mostly young work- ince the explosion of allegations found several men guilty of a string of quite ing-class males has reached even greater about the late Jimmy Savile in 2012, hideous crimes verging on ‘ritual abuse’. But Our critique met with a deafening silence - this epidemic proportions even while the welfare we have become accustomed to a did the actual evidence really match up to all is not unusual for counter ‘received- message’ services hand out underage contraception and plethora of inquiry reports pro- the lurid claims? child protection industry research. But in this allow abortions without parents having any nouncing guilt without the merest case, we did have an important child protec- knowledge or say in their children’s well- whiffS of due process. tion message. We pointed to the hypocrisy of being. the child protection establishment in their In a similar vein in August last year, the “ Now it has emerged support for the Gillick ruling in the 1980s Stripped of hyperbole, the fact is we know very Rotherham Independent Inquiry into Child which granted children sexual autonomy as if little of the nature and extent of the criminal Exploitation came to the shocking verdict that that there are more they were adults by permitting contraception activity underpinning the conclusions of the at least 1,400 children in the town had been and abortion services without parental notifi- Rotherham report or anywhere else. Training hideously abused over 14 years in plain sight of white men in Rotherham cation and consent. for front line investigators includes ghosted the protective authorities with barely a prose- pseudonymous ‘misery memoirs’, known to cution to show for it. under suspicion for Little wonder therefore that some girls were be an unreliable guide, and the evangelising of easily vulnerable to persuasion as to perceived professional victims. During the past few years public awareness of ‘grooming’ than Asians ” sexual freedom, aping the culture of clubbing the ‘grooming gangs’ has increased through a and recreational casual sex that the adult and In a climate of fear, the more severe the con- number of high-profile prosecutions, but if the media world shamelessly flaunts. clusion the more likely it is that sexual abuse claims made in the Rotherham Report have In the Rotherham Report, a handful of extreme inquiries are guaranteed virtual immunity substance, these are indeed the tip of the pro- case history allegations documented are said While the Rotherham Report clearly from critical scrutiny. ‘Better safe than sorry’ is verbial iceberg. to typify the speculative number of victims’ documents the processes that failed potential the understandable overriding maxim. But experiences as a whole predominantly at the victims and their families over the years, it is this is misconceived. A rush to presumptive However at Chris Saltrese Solicitors, we have hands of ‘Asians’. We have in the past written far from clear how reliable and extensive the judgment will do little to ensure justice, or learnt to be wary of presumptive and stereo- critically of the oversight of police and social violent exploitation, trafficking and multiple protect future children from harm and fosters typed claims - and how they can preface a workers in allowing young girls to engage in perpetrator rape claims were. Furthermore the widespread injustice and avoidable harm. witch hunt. With investigative expectations to sexual activity detrimental to their welfare, source of much of the ‘hard core’ evidence the fore, too often evidence may be coaxed and while urging caution in accepting oral appears to emanate from an untrained An earlier version of this article was published confabulated to fit a pre-conceived image, testimony uncritically. advocacy source, Risky Business. But now it on chrissaltrese.blogspot.co.uk in November 2014 CriminalCriminal AAppealsppeals chris saltrese solicitors

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ER - HMP Swinfen Hall Ombudsman who can look at your complaint. MF - HMP Bristol They can be contacted at: Prisons and Probation I am a life sentenced prisoner with a Ombudsman, PO Box 70769, London, SE1P 4XY. I seek clarification of the license recall Qtariff of 17 years. I recently read the Qprocess. I already know that I am article by Harriet Gilchrist on pre-tariff Response supplied by Hine Solicitors subject to a standard recall as this is my reviews. Does this mean if a life sentenced ...... second recall after having a 28 day fixed term prisoner is in a Cat C they can apply for D-Cat PJB - HMP Leeds recall, I therefore know my SED - 12th August four and a half years before the tariff expires? 2016. However at what point do I get a review Also if the Governor refuses your application, I was attacked on the landing by of this or a hearing to consider re-release? I can you challenge this? Qanother inmate with a weapon which am also over the 28 day mark and have been staff had witnessed and stopped the attack. almost 5 weeks and still haven’t received or As a life sentence prisoner with a 17 year Although staff saw me trying to get away from seen a copy of my recall dossier. Can I apply A tariff you are not guaranteed regular the attack, I was still placed on an adjudica- to get the recall scrapped due to the time parole reviews until your tariff expiry date. tion, lost my job, got put on basic and had my limit passed to fairly appeal? Can I apply for However, those prisoners who are not serving TV removed. I’ve even been refused a complaint compensation through breach of this process? a short term tariff may be eligible to be consid- form! I pleaded not guilty at my adjudication ered for open conditions at a pre tariff review. and now for the next three weeks, I have no job, Although you have been recalled to A pre-tariff review is not however an automatic no spends, and no TV! Is that not punishment? A custody and your sentence expiry date is right and only those prisoners who are 12 August 2016, you are entitled to a review of assessed as having a good chance of their risk I will first deal with your adjudication your detention after 28 days (PSI 17/2013, Inside Time being managed within the community will be A enquiry. As you have described the cir- paragraph 5.3) and then if unsuccessful and no recommended for a Pre-tariff Review. These cumstances in your letter, you are perfectly further date for a review is set in the initial prisoners are identified via a system known as entitled to plead not guilty to this allegation as refusal, then an annual review would be Legal Forum the Pre-tariff Sift - which helps prison staff you would be relying on self-defence. Although undertaken (PSI 17/2013). However, please short-list prisoners who may be eligible for a you do not state what the allegation is, given note that there is a requirement that your Pre-tariff Review. that violence is involved I would imagine the detention is continually reviewed. For Answers to readers’ legal queries are A Pre-tariff Sift will be undertaken as part of a matter has been referred to the Independent instance, if you were recalled in respect of given on a strictly without liability Sentence Planning and Review Meeting Adjudicator. I would advise that you seek spe- further allegations and they were not proved basis. If you propose acting upon any (SPRM). Prisoners are able to submit repre- cialist legal advice and representation at your against you, this would trigger a review prior to of the opinions that appear, you must sentations to argue that they should be eligible hearing as you may receive extra days if you are the annual review as there is new information for a pre tariff review. The Governor will take first take legal advice. found guilty. which directly impacts on the perceived level the final decision about whether a prisoner In terms of your treatment, the Incentive and Capital Defence Solicitors, Olliers should be recommended or not for a Pre-tariff of risk.In order to request a hearing you would Earned Privileges scheme (IEP) is utilised dif- need to submit representations to the Parole Solicitors, Hine Solicitors, Cartwright Review. If the prisoner disagrees with the ferently at each prison under PSI 30/2013. As this decision made then they can challenge this by Board outlining why you believe one is King Solicitors, Crowns Solicitors, is a PSI, each prison is allowed a small amount necessary. However, the Parole Board can Wells Burcombe LLP Solicitors, way of Judicial Review, if it can be said that the of discretion in how it is implemented so long decision was unreasonable, irrational or unlawful. direct one of their own volition, although this Carrington Solicitors, Pickup & Scott as the core function of the PSI remains. It is noted is rare. These submissions must be submitted Unfortunately none of these matters are at 8.1 of PSI 30/2013 that although adjudications Solicitors covered by way of legal aid, and although you within 28 days and upon submission the case and the IEP scheme are separate, there will be will be referred to the Parole Board immedi- would strongly be advised to instruct a solicitor times where a prisoner is, in effect, penalised Send your Legal Queries (concise and ately (paragraph 4.14 PSI 17/2013). I would to assist you, you would only be able to do so if twice for the same incident. Regrettably, it is clearly marked ‘legal’) to: David Wells, advise that you seek specialist legal advice in you are able to pay privately. common practice to be downgraded on the Solicitor c/o Inside Time, Botley Mills, this regard. If you disagree with the decision of the IEP scheme whilst an adjudication is decided. Botley, Southampton, Hampshire Although you state that you have not received Governor in not allowing your case to proceed You also state that you have been refused a SO30 2GB. For a prompt response, your recall dossier, it clearly states at paragraph to a Pre-tariff review, it would be an idea to complaint form. The Prisoner Complaint 13.8 of the same PSI that the dossier must be readers are asked to send their queries submit a complaint under the COMP system was introduced in 2002 through PSO on white paper using black ink or procedure. In the event that you are not happy 2510 and further detail can be found in PSI issued to the prisoner within 24 hours of the typed if possible. with that response then you can refer your 02/2012. 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You say no one ever gets the blame. papers to be served and then for the first time AMany Judges are reluctant to blame someone noticed the date of the offence. lawyers in case it damages the system. The JW’s lawyers then applied for a writ of habeas Banks on problem is that this failure to confront the corpus because the order was unlawful. A issues makes the problem worse. Long ago, sillier application is harder to imagine because Richard Crossman, a Minister of Health, was all orders are treated as lawful until a court presented with a damning report about abuse quashes them and the Administrative Court Sentence in mental hospitals. It made chilling reading. had no power to quash the IPP sentence. As The civil service said it was so bad it would be was inevitable, his application was dismissed. devastating to their department if the report On 30 January 2015 his lawyers at last made an Robert Banks, a barrister, writes Banks on Sentence. It is the second-largest sell- was published and the report must not be application to the Court of Appeal and in ing criminal practitioner’s text book and is used by judges for sentencing more published. Richard Crossman said the public February the Lord Chief Justice quashed the had a right to know. He gave a long press con- IPP sentence and so JW was released. The reason than any other. The book is classified by the Ministry of Justice as a core judicial ference about it and the report received I tell you this sorry tale is because in 2006 bar- text book. The 2015 edition of the book and app was published recently. The app massive publicity and the universal reaction risters were generously paid. Further, the law is for Apple iPads and Windows 8/10 tablets and computers and costs £99 (incl. was total shock. The result was that the money about when IPP is available and which court a VAT). Updates will appear in the relevant paragraph. The print copy costs £106 was released to do something about the barrister should appeal to is so basic that no and there will be regular updates on www.banksr.com. There is also a discount problems, massive changes were made and one can say that all those people who failed to the reputations of Richard Crossman and his spot the problems did so because of low pay. available when the print copy and app are purchased together. If you have access ministry were enhanced. The government and You ask whether you are entitled to a proper to a computer, you can follow Robert on twitter: @BanksonSentence and you can the public worked together to improve matters. service and indeed you are. The problem is receive his weekly sentencing Alert. Since then the default mode of the establish- that so many prisoners are not being given a www.banksr.com ment is to cover problems up and so improve- proper service. You also ask who is going to do ments are delayed or never materialise. something about it. I fear the answer is no one. I received 2½ years and the barrister case. The Legal Aid Agency Specialist Quality You mention the low fees. As I said last month, If a light plane crashes there is massive Q never came to see me. I spoke to the Mark Standard lays down at para F3 that the that cannot be an excuse but it is an explana- publicity and a report makes a whole list of solicitor and I was told there would be an letter should include ‘what happened in the tion. Much of what a criminal barrister does is recommendations. If JW stays in prison 3 years appeal. I never spoke to the barrister. I then case and what further action may be taken or paid for at a rate less than the current minimum 3 months longer than he should, nothing discovered the appeal was about the sentence may be necessary’. That would inevitably wage. Many advocates believe they cannot happens. I wish I could be more optimistic. and not about the conviction so I never had include information about your appeal. afford to buy the necessary books. It is not sur- Because this answer criticised the barrister for an appeal. Surely I am entitled to an appeal You state you must have your say and input prising that cock-ups occur. But the problem JW, I sent him a copy of it. He demands I correct and be involved in it? I want my say. It is my about the appeal. The same principles apply cannot only be about low fees. Let me tell you the errors in my article and put forward points appeal in any event. about your involvement with a conviction about JW. The court reference is 2015 EWCA of law and facts which contradict the judgment appeal as with a sentence appeal. You should Crim 599. Few will know about him because of the Court. I have asked him to allow me to You say that the barrister did not come have been able to discuss with your barrister his court judgment was put in the ‘restricted put his remarks in context by telling me when Aand see you after your sentence. The the reasons why you think there should be an publication’ list of cases. The establishment he was first instructed and who first noticed Court of Appeal in the Guide to Commencing appeal. However, as the issues are primarily might say it was in the restricted list to protect the significance of the date of the offence and Proceedings in the Court of Appeal 2008 para issues of law while you are represented, it is the name of the victim involved. If that was a when. No answer has been received. I will A1-1 says that legal representatives must see the barrister’s judgement that determines cause for concern, the simple way to deal with update you next month and if there is a point the defendant at the conclusion of the case. what issues/grounds of appeal are taken. If that is not to put the name of the defendant in that can be made in his favour I will tell you. Sometimes advocates can’t see defendants you write your own grounds of appeal then the report in full. The victim’s name is not mentioned. The case deserves publication. JW because they are being loaded into a van but it you decide what is included. The problem with Asking Robert and Jason questions: was tried in 2006. The Judge gave him IPP with is an important rule that should be adhered to grounds of appeal written by defendants is Please make sure your question concerns a minimum term of 6 years less time served. where possible. that virtually every such appeal fails. sentence and not conviction and send the The Judge, the counsel, the solicitors and the You note that the barrister did not involve you Here, the problem seems to be that the letter to Inside Time, marked for Robert Court did not notice that JW’s offence had Banks or Jason Elliott. Unless you say you in the appeal paperwork. It is normal for the barrister did not inform you about the been committed before 4 April 2005, so IPP don’t want your question and answer barrister not to involve defendants in the prospects of an appeal against conviction. Not could not be passed. He was no doubt errone- published, it will be assumed you have no details of the appeal points in the same way only was he obliged to see you after you were ously advised that there was no appeal. In 2011 objection to publication. It is usually not that advocates do not tell the defendant every convicted (which may or may not have question they intend to ask a witness. However, he had served the minimum term and there possible to determine whether a particular happened), he was also obliged to tell you the for the witnesses, advocates should discuss followed four reviews by the Parole Board. defendant has grounds of appeal without prospects of a successful appeal and, if there with the defendant the general areas that are None of the people involved in reading the seeing all the paperwork. Analysing all the were no grounds, he was obliged to set that out to be questioned. The same is true about papers, which must have clearly stated the paperwork is not possible. The column is in writing so that you could see his reasons. appeal documents. He should have told you date of the offence, noticed that the sentence designed for simple questions and answers. his views and given you an opportunity to was unlawful. His lawyer then launched an No-one will have their identity revealed. [This is part of a long letter.] I have comment. appeal but it was not about the unlawfulness of Letters which a) are without an address, b) been reading your column for some The real issue is, however, your appeal against Q IPP but about JW’s lack of opportunity to cannot be read, or c) are sent direct, cannot time and see all the cock-ups there are, but conviction. After you were convicted you undertake rehabilitation work and therefore be answered. Letters sent by readers to no one ever seems to get any blame. How can should have been seen by the barrister and his inability to be released or transferred to Inside Time are sent on to a solicitor, who they claim it’s because of low fees? Surely we told whether or not there was an appeal. If you another prison. The Administrative Court forwards them to Robert and Jason. If your are entitled to a proper service? Who is going are legally aided, the solicitors are also obliged adjourned the case pending a decision of the solicitor wants to see previous questions to do something about it? to send you a letter at the conclusion of the Supreme Court. After the Supreme Court had and answers, they are at www.banksr.com. made its decision, the Court ordered fresh Have your lawyers J D Solicitors Parole? Recall? Malthouse Chambers 30 Walsall Street, Life Sentence? let you down? Willenhall WV13 2ER OLLIERS SOLICITORS Do you want Robert Banks or Prison Law Specialists Jason Elliott to represent you? CAN HELP Serving the East and West Midlands Robert is a specialist in criminal • Parole Applications and Reviews • Licence Conditions and Recalls Life Sentences IPP, MANDATORY, DISCRETIONARY, AUTOMATIC appeals against sentence. • Categorisation and Transfers LIFE SENTENCE PRISONERS - ORAL & WRITTEN REPRESENTATION Jason is a specialist in criminal • Cat A Reviews and Lifer Panels appeals, trials and prison law. • Sentence Planning and H.D.C. Recall PAROLE BOARD REPRESENTATION For free professional expert advice. Contact: You can ring, write or e mail us with all your CONTACT: JEREMY PINSON David Wells, Wells prison law issues. Burcombe, Please call our Prison Law Team: FREEPOST NEA 13621, 5 Holywell Hill, 01902 632123 MANCHESTER M3 9ZL St Albans 24hr Emergency No: 07971 194 042 0161 834 1515 AL1 1EU [email protected] Insidetime October 2015 44 Reading Groups www.insidetime.org Reading group Shared Reading There are several Reader groups on the Westgate unit at HMP Frankland, some led by prisoners. round-up Andy, a resident of Westgate, discusses a group he Image courtesy of Matthew Meadows led reading a short story by Chekhov

HMP Thameside enjoyed a recent visit from author Cathy The third session of the morning is peer-led, I could tell N had something to say which I Rentzenbrink when she came to discuss her new book, The allowing prisoners who have completed the jumped on as he is a quiet group member who DIY shared reading course to facilitate if they doesn’t talk much but when he does it is Last Act of Love. The report comes from PRG volunteer want. The third and final session of the always interesting. “It feels wrong somehow” Maggie Gallagher, and one of the reading group members morning can be a ‘tough crowd’ as some of the he said, unsure why exactly but trying to work lads are all read out after two hours. I chose the answer out. “He should have kept it, if Anton Chekhov’s short story A Work of Art. feels dishonest to give it away.” He added, “Once you get a gift the person who gave it Luckily the group seemed up for it and the thinks you will keep it, this seems underhand.” story’s humour kept it from seeming hard going. We picked this view apart a bit and most agreed the lawyer should have kept it. At the outset we were introduced to Sasha Smirnov, the only son of a widowed mother, The lawyer Uhov is at first moved to ‘inde- thanking Dr Koshelkov for saving his life. This scribable delight’ by the piece but then thanks culminates in Sasha presenting the considers that his mother and clients would doctor with a bronze candelabra. The doctor’s see it. Once the doctor departs Uhov resolves views were summed up thus: “The serpent- to give it away to Shashkin the comedian, with tempter himself could not have invented R likening the candelabra to a ‘hot potato’ anything worse … why to put such a phantas- that no one can hold onto for long. The magoria on the table would be defiling the comedy of the situation wasn’t lost on the whole flat.” He is also worried that children group with members openly laughing at the and women would see it as the form depicts absurdity adding to the light-heartedness that two naked women with ‘coquettish smiles’. was working so well with no ‘3rd session Cathy Rentzenbrink (left) This idea of bowing to the perceptions of blues’. The pattern had been set with the and PRG volunteer Maggie Gallagher others rather than ones own artistic prefer- anticipated actions of the next owner Shashkin ences led to our first discussion. who found he didn’t want the actresses who Making the decision to turn off a beloved pleasurable. During the session, each member visited him to see it due to embarrassment. brother’s life support system after eight years spoke in turn, expressing his opinion about Z thought the doctor should keep and display of keeping him alive through ‘clinically as- ‘The Last Act of Love’ and praising Cathy for the gift. I prompted him further and he added The group were laughing and rolling their sisted nutrition and hydration’ or, in plain the accomplishment of publishing such a suc- confidently “It’s rude not to accept and display eyes as the story came full circle. Shashkin language, tube-feeding, is fortunately not one cessful and moving first book. Next, Cathy this thing given the importance it has for hears of an old lady, Madam Smirnov, the that falls to many people. talked to us about the struggles of writing Sasha, the opinions of others shouldn’t matter.” mother of young Sasha, who collects such such an emotional book and the role it played There was a general murmured agreement to things. Everyone could see the punch line However, it is also a rare person that is able to in the healing process of dealing with the grief this view which I felt was missing something coming. Sasha’s mother accepts the candela- write down the story of that decision, includ- and guilt in losing her brother. We talked as others opinions often do matter. J put this bra, thinking it the pair to the original given to ing the circumstances leading up to it and its about the beauty of damaged people, some- into words tentatively with “the doctor’s the doctor at the start. Sasha runs excitedly to aftermath, with the clarity, humanity, courage thing prisoners could easily relate to, and the business could suffer as a result” and “he the doctor presenting him with the same can- and wit of Cathy Rentzenbrink who recently Japanese art of fixing broken china in a way could keep it somewhere the public wouldn’t delabra he had at the beginning. The group visited HMP Thameside to discuss her just- which exposes and embraces the damage. see it.” A nice balance was found between was delighted by this with B saying this was published account of those events. these views with the group deciding in a case “the best short story” he had yet read. I had Our lovely morning session concluded with a like this that there are no easy answers with been worried that the whimsical jokey tale The eagerly anticipated visit was a huge book-signing (for which Cathy used the trade- considerations not readily apparent. would irritate the group and was very pleased success with a well-attended book club mark purple fountain pen) and photo-taking. it was accepted in what felt like the right session, most of the participants having fin- It was a remarkable experience, one that HMP B took up the next section which was excellent humour. ished or almost finished the book and being Thameside was privileged to have facilitated. as he is usually very reserved. We continued happy to engage with Ms Rentzenbrink in reading about the doctor’s dilemma with Another discussion arose about what defines spirited discussions about life, death and eve- Maggie adds: ‘The group also enjoyed the Sasha’s advice being to “rise superior to the art as art. C threw out a question: “What makes rything in between. One of the book club author’s descriptions of how she creates char- crowd.” For a while the doctor is convinced to some art more desirable and expensive?” I asked members was inspired to contribute the fol- acters (she is currently writing a work of keep the gift but once Sasha leaves decides to “what was more important: artistic intention lowing review. fiction) and about the use of creative writing give the troublesome thing away to his friend or perhaps the process involved in making it?” as therapy - something to which many in the the lawyer Uhov. The Last Act of Love group related. J was of the opinion that “intention and Book Club sessions at HMP Thameside Library emotion matter more that process”. are frequently visited by distinguished authors The next book for our group is Rose Tremain’s willing to share their passion for literature and 2008 novel, ‘The Road Home’, about an east Understandably we couldn’t define exactly discuss their own work. Thanks to Neil’s European immigrant’s struggles on arrival in TurningPages what makes art good or bad, worthwhile or (Library Lead) efforts in reaching out to poten- Britain.’ not. I think the group coming to this realisa- tial guests, we’ve had a rare and exclusive op- Prisoners who can read tion was important and being okay with not portunity to talk to celebrity calibre personali- The Thameside groups are part of the pinning it down was enlightening for everyone. ties such as Andy McNab and Russell Brand. Prison Reading Groups (PRG) network, teach prisoners who can’t During our last session Thameside Library had sponsored by the University of Roehamp- the pleasure to host our perhaps most special The Shannon Trust Reading Plan (Turning ton and generously supported by charities guest to date - Cathy Rentzenbrink - who re- Pages) is a simple & efficient way of The Reader is an award-winning charitable including Give A Book www.giveabook. helping people to learn to read. cently released her first and very special book social enterprise working to connect org.uk - ‘The Last Act of Love’. If you would like more information on how to people through great literature. In weekly If your prison doesn’t have a reading group, become involved, as either a Mentor or a Learner, sessions, a practitioner reads aloud a short encourage your librarian to have a look at Since Book Club members receive free copies contact the Reading Plan Lead in your prison (ask story or extract and a poem. Anyone in the the PRG website www.roehampton.ac.uk/ a Shannon Trust Mentor who this is) or write to: of the books before they are discussed, every- group may choose to read too: some do, prison-reading-groups Shannon Trust, Freepost RTKY-RUXG-KGYH one had an opportunity to read Cathy’s others don’t. In this way, connections are PRG also worked with National Prison The Foundry, 17-19 Oval Way, memoir and prepare questions and comments made with thoughts and feelings; some Radio to set up their book club. If you have LONDON SE11 5RR. for the author. It was a lovely hardback copy: people reflect on these privately, others are access to NPR, listen out for details and beautifully designed, printed on high quality more vocal. Either is fine. The emphasis is ways to take part. ShannonTrust paper which made reading it all the more on enjoying the literature. Insidetime October 2015 www.insidetime.org Wellbeing 45

Warrior Freedom Inside 5 slow breaths on each side

The Prison Phoenix Trust

This yoga routine will make your body feel more free - your muscles will become less tense, your mobility will increase, and any back pain will ease. Do it slowly, enjoying the movements and focussing on your breathing throughout. If you practice it every day, you may find that Extended Side Angle you quickly become much more comfortable and happy in your skin. 5 slow breaths on each side

Yoga and meditation will also give you another kind of freedom - you may find that your thoughts will also become less tense, you will be less angry, and acceptance and tolerance will come more easily to you. Try it for a week, and see how you feel.

Happy Cat Forward Bend Breathe in 5 slow breaths

Bridge Flow slowly between these movements, lifting your hips as you breathe in and lowering them as you move out. Repeat five times, then hold Angry Cat your hips up for a few more breaths. Breathe out - Flow between these movements slowly 10 times

Down Dog 5 slow breaths

Knees to Chest 5 slow breaths

This sequence was taken from our newest CD, which features two complete yoga, relaxation and meditation lessons, plus a bonus yoga moves track. It is based on our radio show, Freedom Inside, which airs every week at noon on Friday and 7am and 6pm on Sunday. If you’d like a copy of this CD, write to us and ask for Freedom Inside.

If you want a free book and CD to help you set up a regular yoga Baby Camel and meditation practice write to: The Prison Phoenix Trust, PO 5 slow breaths Box 328, Oxford OX2 7HF. The Prison Phoenix Trust supports prisoners and prison officers in their spiritual lives through meditation and yoga, working with silence and the breath. The Trust supports people of any religion or none. We also run weekly yoga classes for inmates and prison staff. If you would like to contribute to the Poetry section, please send your poems to Insidetime October 2015 46 Inside Poetry ‘Poetry’, Inside Time, Botley Mills, Botley, Southampton, Hampshire SO30 2GB. www.insidetime.org When a Boy, When a Man Star Poem of the Month H Kraig Mellor - HMP Forest Bank Weather When a boy’s got money he’s a man Paul Robinson - HMP Highpoint The whole world is his ‘Master Plan’ Captivated by the movement of the stars, Picking, choosing, making, losing Transmuting as they orbit past, Spending, playing, drinking, flossing, Infinite expansion, He’s got the key to the Kingdom It’s an intricate dimension, And a look in his eye A complete divine invention, Doesn’t stop questions and doesn’t ask why

Rumbles of passion in the night sky, A look for desire, honesty and lust Clashing the lightning flashing brightly But, if he doesn’t be careful Elusive and pretty and oh, so frightening This man will go bust! Beautiful and destructive As just because he’s a man The sound of crashing clouds Doesn’t mean he is wise So seductive And too many people, have their eyes on the prize Freezing rain, forming hail And too many conflicts only means one thing Violent wind causing gales The Raven and the Dove Back to the start, that’s where he’ll begin Frantic thoughts admiring the storm Simon Cowie - HMP Manchester Extra sun and water I wonder what will be born That, when a man has no money Swooping raven, dark foreboding A BOY AGAIN A spectrum forms in a bow Feathers black as sticky tar Colourful and loud with complete silence The scent of death between its beak 4 O’ Clock Eyes Performing a vibrant illusion Landing heavy on lungs and heart Dave Roberts - HMP Norwich Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo and violet A joyful intrusion Contrast, camouflage of cloud I’ve got pockets of thread and silver Rain to snow Masks the emergence of the dove To throw away at Looney Fair Amazing glow No olive branch to wave, nor offer I turned around to stare out loud Spoilt by morning Lightness of breath on the breeze above And spelt 10 colours red in the air Icy road slippery and daunting Tiny flakes descending before me Let not size or strength preside The colour 13 shone bright in the sky Crunches forged with my feet Nor leave it to the hand of might As 4 o’clock eyes came my way Walking on the snow beneath The dove we wish victorious I knelt down on my toes high in the snow Anticipate the looming fight Congratulations to this months winner who receives our £25 And tasted she wanted to stay prize for ‘Star Poem of the Month’. But it’s the raven who brings Peace to the wing tonight The Looney Fair it got wider Pets As the field it started to shrink Barry Britton - HMP Rye Hill I put out my joint and held on tight Lost As I fell into 4 o’clock drink Once I had a budgie Daniel Smith - HMP Nottingham I had named him Fred The time it was just past a kilo But one day the cat got him Flowers grew out in the road Now her pen traces over paper Now poor Fred is dead The beginning I wanted to start again The way her hand used to trace on mine As the sky turned into a toad Her words read off the page so delicately Next, I bought a goldfish Between the lines a torrent swells in her mind Hmm, I wondered about that Behind my ear the joint came to life When she feels alone her thoughts tend to race And sure enough, the very next day With a puff I started to swim She whispered out loud… come very slow He disappeared inside the cat Hearing rumours back through the grapevine How can she stay this strong for so long? And 4 o’clock eyes laid within Then I got a hamster Reminds me of the beauty I have left behind She drives 100 miles to visit Time it had stopped forever A lovely little chap Never to finish, once more Sometimes I don’t feel I am worth the time But one day, when he was out Together they’d taken my energy Somehow she puts me back together again He was eaten by the cat As I started to fall through the floor I always feel like she’s improved the design Now I’m not a violent man Despite all this current adversity Looney Fair was ending Believe me, that’s a fact She sits across from me and seems to shine My head had gone to the skies But by this time, I’d had enough It doesn’t make sense, in this room I know well I shouted my name in Black ‘n’ Blue So I shot the bloody cat That I still get so lost in her eyes As I laid with 4 o’clock eyes Insidetime October 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 47 Behind Bars That you’d patched up through living the day in a haze Caroline Sanders - GP at HMP Bedford Now your past in full colour, the pain in full blaze. In gratitude to those I work with and serve D wing your routine of methadone gives some Security knowing the next hit will come. The old man in cell 10 who’s served many years For others, the bullies create living hell Your burden seems heavy and face worn. Though tears You loathe your existence, you’re sick of the smell. I have not seen, your calling and fights Will this be the sentence that marks something new With the bed and the buzzer speak of anguish each night. For your partner, your children, you’ll see this one through? Once day dawns, your demeanour returns to a state Will the lure of the next fix, the line, the snowball Of quiet acceptance of the Time that awaits Consume mind and body, fill your life, take your all? You. Only death holds the key now, no man will release Your soul from these walls, your form to the streets. The YA, a fruit of your life and its past The youngest of inmates will this crime be your last The hardened and challenging man in the Seg Or will it mark the next step of a career Your hurls of abuse and your threats now I beg A vocation, a lifestyle that traps you for years? You to stop. Lie and rest. Kick no more. I long for the first, yet the choice is not mine Adjudication accused, closed your isolation door. I can show you, I can talk, I can give you my time Your term of separation will come to an end Only you, though, can turn from the claws and break the Your meal choice, your shower, your phone call to a friend Chains, choose to take life, let strength set you free. That now punctuate your day, will soon be enhanced By association on main wings and out in the yard. Awaiting deportation, I cannot know The furnace you came from and where you will go. The Rule 45 which protects the ensnared Your sentence complete, yet the bars still remain I am mindful to watch for your acts of despair You long now for liberty, your freedom to gain And self-harm. Imprisoned yet still on trial Not to walk in the ashes in fear of your life Your crimes not of violence but of grooming and guile. But to hold tight your children, to cling to your wife. Truth often finds you wanting but begs you to stay I cannot change what turns lie ahead on the path Close, hold fast to it, leave behind games you may play. That is marked for you but will pray on in faith. You reflect and your past clings with talons and stench Freedom within these walls the greatest wrench. My choice is privilege, to stay or to leave I struggle with chains and with bars where reprieve The man off the streets who some say is now blessed Is not found as I leave the great gates, head for home. With a roof and a shower, you often seem stressed I carry my burdens and stumble where none By routine and hot meals. In your cell Has forced me to go. Where liberty whispers ‘freedom’ You stand, bereft of your liquor and living in hell. I ignore. Sleepless nights, thoughts of fear how stubborn Anxiety shouts, gnaws your bones, seeps through pores My soul! At last, on my knees, I cry out, strength now gone The detox you went through opened wounds, picked at sores You whisper again, ‘Take my love, come on home.’

Prison Aviary Chimpitus Jason Smith - HMP Featherstone Alex Carr - HMP Wandsworth I observed a starling on the exercise yard Having entered under a gate it feasted on insect delights When a human is kidnapped, abused and locked up in a cage That other birds do not dare beneath the netting He can develop Chimpitus, because he is treated like an animal On satiated, food stored in gullet for spring chicks He begins to act like one, symptoms include With flies in beak ready to leave Starling had forgotten the way it had entered and the way to freedom Random shouts and screams, quick to anger Back and forth, up and down in increasingly harried flight Very quick to violence, they are just as likely to bite you Only to come up against its aviary like prison As they are to have conversation with you Eventually I no longer saw starling, perhaps he found a way out More common in the working class humans as they are Perhaps he tried and still flies back and forth even now… The most likely to be kidnapped and incarcerated But my view is limited to my own prison 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 Out The Gates previously. Send entries to: Inside Time, Poetry, Botley Mills, Botley, Southampton, Hampshire, SO30 2GB. Please put your name, number and prison on the same sheet of paper as your poem. Allan Cook - HMP Lindholme If you win we can’t send your money if we don’t know who or where you are! By submitting your poems to Inside Time you are agreeing that they can be published in any of Finally, at last the day has come round our ‘not for profit links’, these include the newspaper, website and any forthcoming books. You My feet once again get to touch my home ground are also giving permission for Inside Time to use their discretion in allowing other organisations to reproduce this work if considered appropriate, unless you have clearly stated that you do I walk through the gate out into the world not want this to happen. Any work reproduced in other publications will be on a ‘not for profit’ Like a map out before me it all lays unfurled basis. WHEN SUBMITTING YOUR WORK PLEASE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING PERMISSION: THIS Cars screeching by, everything moving so fast IS MY OWN WORK AND I AGREE TO INSIDE TIME PUBLISHING IT IN ALL ASSOCIATE SITES AND OTHER PUBLICATIONS AS APPROPRIATE. The day has come round, finally, at last. Insidetime October 2015 48 Jailbreak www.insidetime.org

Crossword TWENTY QUESTIONS TO TEST YOUR GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

es on Desert Island Discs?

10. Which night of the Promenade Concerts or ‘Proms’, held at the Albert Hall, is marked by the singing of patriotic songs?

11. ‘Strong as an ox’ and ‘brave as a lion’ are both examples of which figure of speech?

12. Ergophobia is an abnormal dislike of what? 1. Which Welsh actress played Gladys Pugh in the TV sitcom Hi-De-Hi!? 13. In the French language, the word reine refers to which royal figure? 2. In the natural world, is an octopus classified as a squid or a mollusc? 14. A vexillologist is an expert in what?

3. What was the name of the band formed 15. Taken from the words ‘smoking’ and by former Beatle, Paul McCartney, in 1971?| ‘flirting’, what new word describes outdoor socializing where smoking bans operate? 4. The ‘Sally Army’ is an abbreviation of the name of which international evangelical 16. In teenage language, what is the word organization? ‘peeps’ short for?

5. In which country is the town of Leerdam, 17. In the French language, the word jupe where Leerdammer cheese originated? denotes which item of female clothing?

6. The Basenji is a breed of which domesti- 18. Relating to eyesight, which term cated animal? describes the inability to perceive differenc- es between some or all colours? 7. The coconut grows on which sort of tree? 19. Which word comes from the French Across Down 8. Which twentieth-century artist famously meaning ‘born’, and is used when citing a 1. Colourless transparent variety of quartz (4,7) 1. A flavouring essence made with the essential oil said, ‘In the future everybody will be world married woman’s maiden name? 9. One appointed to take care of an organisation’s of almonds (7) famous for fifteen minutes’? finances (9) 2. “Falcon —”, aTV soap of the 1980s (5) 20. Which word that rhymes with ‘bump’ 10. Movable objects used on the set of a play or film (5) 3. The science of the origin and development of the 9. In 2006, which Tory politician selected describes a dance phenomenon that began 11. Unit of length used in nautical measurements (6) universe (9) Benny Hill’s song ‘Ernie’ as one of his choic- on the streets of south central, LA in 2005? 12. The island of Zanzibar is part of this country (8) 4. A fine cord of twisted fibres used in sewing (4) 13. Margaret —, Canadian novelist whose works 5. A bullfighter, especially on horseback (8) include “The Handmaid’s Tale” (6) 6. Capital of Bolivia (2,3) Inside Chess 15. “Are You — Tonight?”, hit song for Elvis Presley (8) 7. Song that was a hit for Petula Clark in 1964 (8) 8 18. 1935 movie starring Shirley Temple (5,3) 8. “The Great —”, 1963 prisoner-of-war movie (6) by Carl Portman 19. A craftsman who makes furniture and light 14. An anticoagulant used as a rat poison and in 7 woodwork (6) the treatment of thrombosis (8) 21. An incident in which two vehicles narrowly 16. Art of public speaking (9) Cornel from HMP Thameside asks if Anatoly Karpov 6 avoid collision (4,4) 17. African country formerly known as Bechuanaland (8) every played Garry Kasparov and what happened. 23. A hard aromatic seed, grated and used as a spice (6) 18. Sir Samuel —, Canadian-born shipowner who The answer is yes he certainly did, many times. 5 Kasparov won the world title from Karpov in 1985 26. Claude —, English actor who appeared in many founded a famous shipping line (6) 4 Hollywood films (5) 20. Period of British history from 1811 to 1820 (7) after a marathon match over many months. The second Karpov-Kasparov match in 1985 was 27. A vertebrate typically living on land but breeding 22. Hebrew prophet who led the Israelites from Egypt (5) 3 in water (9) 24. A state in New England (5) organized in Moscow as the best of 24 games where the first player to win 12½ points would claim the 28. The first actor to play James Bond in films (4,7) 25. A long narrative poem of heroic deeds (4) 2 Rosalyn Bullman HMP Peterborough (A0615DC) World Champion title. Kasparov won again. 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