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The Secret Barrister @barristersecret.bsky.social · 1d

This is a lie.

There are many criticisms you might sensibly and truthfully make of the Sentencing Council and the Sentencing Guidelines. I’ve been making them for years.

But this is an outright lie. Pure fabrication. A fraud on the public.

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Fergus McNeill @fergusmcneill.bsky.social · 11d

Date for your diaries

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Alison Phipps አሊሰን @alisonphipps.bsky.social · 17d

Speaking from Gaza, Manar Al Houbi told the BBC's Sunday with Laura Kuenssberg show she was informed just days before her evacuation from Gaza that her family would not be allowed to come with her – despite the Labour Government allowing other students' families to enter the UK.

Gaza student hoping for Glasgow PhD in urgent plea as family blocked from entering UK

A student from Gaza hoping to study in Scotland has issued a plea to the UK Government urging them not to "make her choose" between her…

www.thenational.scot

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The Howard League @thehowardleague.bsky.social · Aug 25

In her recent report, Dame Anne Owers wrote that the prison capacity crisis stems from the “irresistible pressure for more and longer prison sentences.”

Read our explainer article to understand how longer sentences have fuelled this crisis:

The Howard League | What is sentence inflation?

What is sentence inflation? An expert summary by the Howard League for Penal Reform.

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The Howard League @thehowardleague.bsky.social · Aug 20

Children in prisons in England are typically being kept in their cells for about 20 hours per day and receiving less than 15 hours of education per week.

Our updated guide with IPSEA highlights an urgent need to improve education for children with special educational needs:

The Howard League | Updated legal guide highlights urgent need to improve education for children with special educational needs in custody

An updated version of the joint guide, ‘Education inside penal detention for children in England’

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Fergus McNeill @fergusmcneill.bsky.social · Aug 4

From the President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars.
opiniojuris.org/2025/08/04/i...

Is Genocide Happening in Gaza?

[Melanie O’Brien is Associate Professor of International Law at the University of Western Australia, President of the International Association of Genocide Scholars, and Visiting Scholar with the H…

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The Howard League @thehowardleague.bsky.social · Jul 31

“Prisons cannot go on like this. It is unconscionable to see the huge rise in deaths in custody, as well as continued spikes in self-harm and in assaults."

A staggering 401 people died in prison in the last year.

Read our response to MoJ's safety in custody stats: howardleague.org/news/shockin...

The Howard League | Shocking safety and prison performance figures reveal crisis behind bars

The number of people dying in prison rose by 30% in the past year, official data seen by the Howard League for Penal Reform reveal today (Thursday 31 July).

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Les Back @academicdiary.bsky.social · Jul 30

We have an opening for a one-year Sociology Lectureship in Glasgow focused on teaching the sociology of class. Please share it with anyone interested. www.jobs.gla.ac.uk/job/lecturer...

Lecturer in Sociology (LTS)

College of Social SciencesSchool of Social & Political Sciences Lecturer in Sociology (LTS)Vacancy Reference: 178793Salary, Grade 7, £40,497 - £45,413 per annum pro rata. The School of Social a...

www.jobs.gla.ac.uk

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Fergus McNeill @fergusmcneill.bsky.social · Jul 30

This is what I was doing, exactly 4 years ago… youtu.be/iqAKuQBF5Qg?...

Bloodrush [OFFICIAL VIDEO]

YouTube video by Fergus McNeill

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Les Back @academicdiary.bsky.social · Jul 20

Congratulations Satnam www.thebritishacademy.ac.uk/fellows/satn... @uofgsociology.bsky.social @uofglasgow.bsky.social

Professor Satnam Virdee FBA

Satnam Virdee is Professor of Sociology, School of Social and Political Sciences at University of Glasgow. He has held the position since 2005. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh and of ...

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The Howard League @thehowardleague.bsky.social · Jul 7

"Observations from Howard League members in Lowdham Grange prison"

A new blogpost on letters we have received from members living in one of the most troubled jails in the country: howardleague.org/blog/observa...

The Howard League | Observations from Howard League members in Lowdham Grange prison

Tim Kerr blogs about comments received from Howard League members in Lowdham Grange prison.

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Mark Joseph Stern @mjsdc.bsky.social · Jul 3

NEW: SCOTUS shoots down a federal judge’s effort to protect eight men from being expelled—without due process—to South Sudan, where they face torture and death.

Dissenting, Sotomayor says the court’s “indefensible” decision makes it complicit in “lawlessness.” www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/24p...

SOTOMAYOR, J., dissenting
adjudicating this case. But if this Court wishes to permit the Government to flout the fundamental rights guaranteed by the Due Process Clause, it cannot avoid accountability for that lawlessness by tasking the lower courts with inventing a rationale. The Court's continued refusal to justify its extraordinary decisions in this case, even as it faults lower courts for failing properly to divine their import, is indefensible.
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"In a democracy, power implies responsibility. The greater the power that defies law the less tolerant can this Court be of defiance. As the Nation's ultimate judicial tri-bunal, this Court, beyond any other organ of society, is the trustee of law and charged with the duty of securing obedience to it." Mine Workers, 330 U.S., at 312 (Frankfurter,
J., concurring in judgment). This Court continues to invert those principles. Today's order clarifies only one thing:
Other litigants must follow the rules, but the administration has the Supreme Court on speed dial. Respectfully, I dissent.

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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · Jul 1

📖 Book Talk: 'Desistance, Resistance, & Normalcy' with Tea Fredriksson & Robin Gålnander is now on our YouTube page.

@spookademic.bsky.social @robingalnander.bsky.social @stockholm-uni.bsky.social @fergusmcneill.bsky.social @margueritesch.bsky.social

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Book Talk: Desistance, Resistance, and Normalcy

YouTube video by The Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research

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The Howard League @thehowardleague.bsky.social · Jun 30

How will the sentencing review recommendations be turned into operational reality?

With new legislation expected any day now, this blogpost from our Director of Campaigns, @andrewjamesneilson.bsky.social, looks at what the future may hold: howardleague.org/blog/how-wil...

The Howard League | How will the sentencing review recommendations be turned into operational reality?

Andrew Neilson blogs about new sentencing legislation, which is expected to be introduced soon.

howardleague.org

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Les Back @academicdiary.bsky.social · Jun 25

Critical piece of research on sexual violence in the Scottish folk music scene, please share. www.sccjr.ac.uk/news_item/se...

Sexual violence and harassment in Scottish folk music: Opportunity to participate in research. - SCCJR

We are seeking the views and experiences of women musicians on sexual violence and harassment in the Scottish folk music […]

www.sccjr.ac.uk

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The Howard League @thehowardleague.bsky.social · Jun 24

Here are some of the members of a working group we convened to explore ways to end the IPP scandal. Have you read their recommendations yet?

The report was launched last night in the House of Lords, and you can read it here: howardleague.org/publications...

📸 @andyaitchison.bsky.social

Eight people face the camera in front of a Howard League banner, in a committee room in the House of Lords. A woman with brown hair holds a copy of the report.

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The Howard League @thehowardleague.bsky.social · Jun 22

"James Timpson, the prisons minister and Labour peer, should accept this workable and detailed plan and seek to close this shameful chapter in the history of British criminal justice."

www.independent.co.uk/voices/edito...

Keir Starmer must end the injustice of indefinite sentences today

Editorial: There are thousands of people in prison in Britain with no release date, serving sentences that were abolished in 2012

www.independent.co.uk

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Fergus McNeill @fergusmcneill.bsky.social · Jun 19

Please share this far and wide… esp if you are part of the Scottish folk music scene.

Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · Jun 18

🗣️ Please share/take part in our survey on: Women musicians' experiences of sexual violence & harassment in the Scottish folk scene.

We've heard many conversations about ongoing challenges and hope to help develop better understanding and awareness, and pathways to change.

✍️ bit.ly/UofG-Survey

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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · Jun 18

🗣️ Please share/take part in our survey on: Women musicians' experiences of sexual violence & harassment in the Scottish folk scene.

We've heard many conversations about ongoing challenges and hope to help develop better understanding and awareness, and pathways to change.

✍️ bit.ly/UofG-Survey

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University of Glasgow College of Social Sciences @uofgsocsci.bsky.social · Jun 17

🎉We are delighted that two of our academics have received @erc.europa.eu Advanced Grants- out of five prestigious awards made across @uofglasgow.bsky.social.

Well done @fergusmcneill.bsky.social @thesccjr.bsky.social and Prof Ruth Dukes @uofglaw.bsky.social

More: www.gla.ac.uk/news/headlin...

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University of Glasgow @uofglasgow.bsky.social · Jun 17

Five Professors have been awarded @erc.europa.eu Advanced Grants – the most the UofG has ever received in one round.

Congratulations @jadamcarter.bsky.social, @sabrewster.bsky.social, @fergusmcneill.bsky.social, Ruth Dukes and Simon Hanslmayr!

More: gla.ac/4lb3FIl

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Photos of the five professors awarded ERC grants - Professor Steve Brewster, Professor Adam Carter, Professor Ruth Dukes, Professor Fergus McNeill and Professor Simon Hanslmayr.

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Scottish Centre for Crime & Justice Research @thesccjr.bsky.social · Jun 17

🥳 Congratulations to our very own @fergusmcneill.bsky.social who has been awarded ERC Advanced Grant funding for his 'Rehabilitation and Reintegration in Europe' project.

University of Glasgow @uofglasgow.bsky.social · Jun 17

Five Professors have been awarded @erc.europa.eu Advanced Grants – the most the UofG has ever received in one round.

Congratulations @jadamcarter.bsky.social, @sabrewster.bsky.social, @fergusmcneill.bsky.social, Ruth Dukes and Simon Hanslmayr!

More: gla.ac/4lb3FIl

#ERCAdG

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Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social · Jun 14

We have entered the "The police is saying that if the police is at your door you are not safe call the police immediately" stage of making America great again

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Dani Garavelli @danigaravelli.bsky.social · Jun 11

Peter Krykant kept the lives being lost to drugs in the public eye & shamed the Scottish gov into action. His van prevented overdoses & and continues to so as, without it, The Thistle wouldn’t exist. It was a privilege to know him. I hope he’s at peace. www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/peter-k...

Peter Krykant dies suddenly as tributes paid to pioneering Scots drugs reformer

Krykant, who battled addiction issues, was found dead at home in Falkirk. He inspired many to regard addiction as a health issue and paved the way for state-backed safe drug consumption areas

www.dailyrecord.co.uk

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