Published by The Times (14th December, 2017) Michael Gove seeks to show that Brexit means we can take back control of our laws. The Tories are desperate to […]
Crime / Policy
The solution to overcrowded prisons? Stop locking people up
Published by The i paper (16th October, 2017) Marc Maltby was only 23 years old. Yet he has just become the fifth person to die in a month […]
Crime / Policy
How do we deal with paedophiles?
Published by The i paper (6th March, 2017) Two years ago, I sat down with a pair of Britain’s most senior police officers, both then serving at the […]
Crime / Policy
Our prisons shame the country
Published by The i paper (13th February, 2017) Prison reform struggled to win much attention in those sorely-missed days when news was dull and politics felt predictable. Who […]
Crime / Disability / Policy
The barbaric crime wave we ignore
Published by the i paper (12th December, 2016) Like many people with learning difficulties, Lee Irving was a trusting character. His family tried to protect him since people […]
Crime / Drugs / Policy
The spice of prison life
Published by the ipaper (5th December, 2016) The ambulances turn up at Bristol Prison with monotonous regularity. Once every few hours, five times a day, up to 35 […]
Crime / Policy / Technology
The gagging of justice
Published by The Mail on Sunday (6th November, 2016) A ‘very wealthy’ businessman has won a legal injunction to stop The Mail on Sunday from revealing that he […]
Crime / Disability / Policy
The hate crime that leads to silence
Published by The i paper and The Independent (4th April, 2016) It was a shocking crime. Two soldiers, out for a night drinking near their training camp in […]
Crime / Policy
To get really tough on crime, we must help prisoners
Published by The i Paper & The Independent (8th February, 2016) For many years ministers privately complained that even the most carefully chosen chief inspector of prisons rapidly […]
Crime / Policy / Politics / United States / World
Prison reform is a classic conservative issue
Published by The Spectator Coffee House (12th October, 2015) Many people were surprised when David Cameron placed prison reform at the heart of his party conference speech last […]
Crime / Policy / Politics / United States / World
Could the Tories’ decade in power really be defined by prison reform?
Published by The Independent (12th October, 2015) Shortly after the Conservatives won their unexpected victory in the general election, I asked a Downing Street aide what he thought […]