CREATING SPACE FOR CHANGE A SYMPOSIUM ON PRISONER REINTEGRATION SCOTTISH STORY TELLING CENTRE EDINBURGH 23 FEBRUARY 2015 2 Creating Space for Change A Symposium offered by the Scottish Prison Service in collaboration with Prisoners Week Monday 23rd February 2015, 7.00-9.00pm Scottish Storytelling Centre 43-45 High Street Edinburgh Key-note Speakers and Panellists Chair - Mr Colin McConnell, Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service The Right Reverend John Chalmers, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland Prof Fergus McNeill, Chair of Criminology and Social Work, University of Glasgow Very Reverend Susan Macdonald, Dean of Edinburgh, representing The Most Rev David Chillingworth, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church The Reverend Brian Gowans, President of the International Catholic Commission on Prisoners Pastoral Care and representing Bishop Joseph Toal, Bishop of Motherwell. Acknowledgements The symposium has been organised by Reverend Bill Taylor (Chair), Reverend Brian Gowans, Mr Tom Fox and Dr Jim Carnie. The compendium of papers has been compiled and edited by Dr Jim Carnie. 3 4 A COMPENDIUM OF SYMPOSIUM PAPERS ON THE THEME ‘CREATING SPACE FOR CHANGE’ Contributions in alphabetical order Dr Jim Carnie, Head of Research and Evaluation, Scottish Prison Service The Right Reverend John Chalmers, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland The Most Reverend David Chillingworth, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church The Reverend Sally Foster-Fulton, Convener, Church of Scotland Church & Society Council Sheriff David Mackie, Chair of Scottish Association for the Study of Offending, Edinburgh Mr Colin McConnell, Chief Executive, Scottish Prison Service The Very Reverend Dr Andrew McLellan Professor Fergus McNeill, Chair of Criminology and Social Work, University of Glasgow Mr David Strang, Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons The Right Reverend Joseph Toal, Bishop of Motherwell 5 6 NOTES ON CONTRIBUTORS AND SPEAKERS Dr Jim Carnie, Head of Research and Evaluation, Scottish Prison Service Jim joined the Scottish Prison Service in 1995 as a Senior Research Officer and became Head of Research and Evaluation in 2008. Over the last two decades he has overseen the development of the research and evaluation function within the Service and has played a key role in providing a solid evidence base for penal policy, practice and service delivery. Earlier in his career Jim was a Senior Research Fellow engaged in academic research on a variety of social policy and criminal justice issues at various Universities including Edinburgh, Stirling and Stockholm. He has also had spells in the NHS Information Services Division and the pre-devolution Scottish Office Central Research Unit. Jim was educated at the University of Edinburgh where he gained MA (Hons) in Politics and PhD in Social Policy. His doctoral thesis was on Scottish morality and the politics of social reform. The Right Reverend John Chalmers, Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland John Chalmers was installed as Moderator at the General Assembly in May 2014. John is Principal Clerk to the General Assembly and was minister in Renton Trinity Parish in West Dunbartonshire and at Palmerston Place Church in the West End of Edinburgh. These contrasting parishes have given him a breadth of understanding of the challenges facing the Church. Mr Chalmers, whose older sister June had Down’s Syndrome, has spent most of his life supporting the work of Enable; for twenty years he was a member of the Board of Donaldson’s, the National School for the Deaf. John and his wife Liz have three children and three grandchildren. In 2011 their younger son John-James was injured in Afghanistan while serving with the Royal Marines. Mr Chalmers says at that time they experienced the Church as a healing and supportive community. In a society in which so many people are friendless and lonely, Mr Chalmers hopes that in his role as Moderator he can encourage people to find faith, friendship and the spirit of Christ in the community of the local Church. Referring to the challenges beyond the Church he said “The Church has to be an instrument of healing and reconciliation in post-referendum Scotland.” He promised to “champion the right of the most disadvantaged both at home and abroad.” The Most Reverend David Chillingworth, Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church 7 Bishop David was born in Dublin and grew up in Northern Ireland. He studied at Trinity College, Dublin and Oriel College, Oxford. His training for ministry was at Ripon College, Cuddesdon, in the Church of England. Ordained in Belfast in 1976, much of his working life has been spent at the heart of the Northern Ireland conflict. His work in parish ministry was consistently focused on the problems of sectarianism and the challenge of reconciliation. He also served as Church of Ireland Youth Officer from 1979-1983. Before moving to Scotland in 2005 as Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane, he was for 19 years Rector of Seagoe Parish Church in Portadown and Archdeacon of Dromore. Bishop David became Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church in 2009. Reverend Sally Foster-Fulton, Convener, Church of Scotland Church & Society Council Sally Foster-Fulton is Associate Minister at Dunblane Cathedral and Convener of the Church and Society Council for the Church of Scotland. The Church and Society Council is responsible for facilitating the interface between the Church of Scotland and wider civic society. It works with the government, scientific bodies, and the voluntary sector to open up debate on issues of importance to Scotland and its global neighbours. The Council is quite intentional in its focus on social justice, and uses this lens to frame its work. As its Convener, Sally is often lead spokesperson for the Church of Scotland on a wide range of social, political and ethical issues. Sally is married to Stuart and they have two daughters, Alex and Gracie. She is also the author of “Hope was Heard Singing” and has several on-line publications through the Iona community’s publishing group, Wild Goose. The Reverend Brian Gowans, President of the International Catholic Commission on Prisoners Pastoral Care Brian was ordained a priest in 1985 in Sheffield, serving a number of Churches in the Diocese of Hallam and appointed as Secretary-General to the Conference of Priests and Deacons of England & Wales. Moving north to St. Francis Xavier’s in Falkirk, Brian was appointed as a Chaplain to Polmont Young Offenders Institution in 1994. Currently, Brian is Parish Priest at St. Joseph’s, Burntisland, a Scottish Prison Service Chaplaincy Adviser and a Chaplain at HMP Castle Huntly. Brian has been President of the International Catholic Commission on Prisoners Pastoral Care (ICCPPC) since August 2011. This role involves Brian in extensive travel, meeting with Chaplains across the globe and often visiting people in custody where conditions are far from what would be desired. Brian has regularly attended UNODC Conferences in Vienna where he has led workshops and been a panellist on various themes including Women in Prison, Prisoners with Disabilities, Young People in Conflict with the Law, 8 Overcrowding, Chaplains Confronted with Torture and Freedom of Religion. Brian is co- writer of ICCPPC document ‘Basic Principles - Religion in Prison’. Sheriff David Mackie, Chair of SASO Edinburgh David N. Mackie has been a Sheriff since 2001 and the resident Sheriff in Alloa for ten years following twenty five years in private practice as a solicitor and an Advocate. Sheriff Mackie’s interest in young offenders and passionate belief in their potential to redeem themselves is partly born of his former involvement as a Board member and latterly Chair of Venture Trust for some ten years and now Chance for Change. When appropriate, he adopts an inclusive problem solving approach to some cases especially those involving young offenders. He helps with the Edinburgh branch of the Scottish association for the Study of Offending (SASO). The Very Reverend Susan Macdonald, Dean of the Diocese of Edinburgh, Scottish Episcopal Church Born, and still at heart, a native of the Scottish Borders, Susan has always resided in Scotland apart from a year living in the USA at the tender age of 20. She has travelled widely in the UK and much further afield in various aspects of her ordained ministry. Susan is a Scottish Episcopalian, ordained priest in 1997 and for the past 8 years has served as Rector of Christ Church Morningside in Edinburgh. In 2012 Susan was also appointed Dean of the Diocese of Edinburgh and is involved in various strategic areas of the life of the Scottish Episcopal Church. Susan has a deep interest in social justice and in particular the principles and practice of restorative justice and what they might have to offer in numerous aspects of our life in Scotland. Susan has two adult children, a son living with his wife and three children in Texas, and a daughter living in Edinburgh with her husband and two children. Mr Colin McConnell, Chief Executive, Scottish Prison Service Colin McConnell first joined the Scottish Prison Service in 1982 as a Prison Officer, before being selected for the fast- stream Assistant Governor Training Programme. After training, Colin served at Glenochil Prison, then as Management Development Officer at the Scottish Prison Service College. In 1992, he transferred to HM Prison Service for England and Wales, developing his qualifications and experience through a number of both operational and policy roles. In 2010, he was seconded to the Northern Ireland Prison Service as Director of Operations and appointed Director General in January 2011. Colin was appointed Chief Executive of the Scottish Prison Service in May 2012. 9 The Very Reverend Dr Andrew McLellan Andrew McLellan was HM Chief Inspector of Prisons for Scotland from 2002 until 2009.