Women in Prison
@WIP_live
National charity supporting women affected by the criminal justice system & campaigning to end the harm of prison to women, their families & our communities.
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http://www.womeninprison.org.uk 10-02-2010 11:24:27
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📣 Our March Newsletter is out:
🗞️: open.substack.com/pub/womenbeyon…
Justice or just lip service? Reflections on #IWD , #CSW68 and the road ahead for #WomensRights . Also, news from #Haiti , India and England.
#FreeHer #Incarceration #EqualityForAll
Last night at #LivedExperienceCharter 2024 Awards we were THRILLED to receive Gold Charter status from NHS England & Career Matters 🎉
It recognises #WomenInPrison 's open, inclusive recruitment of women with lived experience of the justice system - nothing about us without us!
New metrics released by Ministry of Justice show mixed progress against their Female Offender Strategy, which aims to reduce the women's prison population.
Read more via Russell Webster ✍️ 👇
#WomenInPrison
⚠ 12 national criminal justice charities view a new offence & increased sentence for assault of a shop worker as counterproductive.
We invite decision makers and industry leaders to read our letter to @The_BRC & consider our concerns.
🔗Read the letter: transformjustice.org.uk/wp-content/upl…
We are searching for a strategic, ambitious and pragmatic Director of Fundraising to join Women in Prison at a very exciting time for our organisation.
Apply by 5th April!
bit.ly/49GGe47
#DirectorOfFundraising #FundraisingJobs
🎉🎉🎉 Sentencing Council has announced pregnancy, birth & postnatal period to be included as a mitigating factor in sentencing - Magistrates & judges must take heed.
A great step forward for pregnant women, mothers & babies drawn into the #CriminalJusticeSystem .
Birth Companions
We are hiring!
Head to our website to find out more about these roles: bit.ly/49GGe47
#HRjobs #AdvocateJobs #CharityJobs #WomenSupportWomen
A new report published yesterday by CASCADE set out the impact of our project to employ prison-based social workers to support mothers in prison.
Here are some of the things that the women said...
#PrisonReform
#WomenInPrison
#CriminalJusticeReform
Did you miss The Howard League's #IWD2024 discussion on #WomenInPrison ?
Watch back to hear from our CEO Sonya Ruparel paula harriott & Jules Rowan from Life After Prison on women's experiences in the Criminal Justice System. 👇