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opendemocracy.net @opendemocracy.net · Jun 26

County lines and cuckooing: an ‘appalling failure of child protection’

Children across the UK are used to sell drugs, and the state appears more interested in arresting them than helping

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Revolving Doors @revdoors.bsky.social · Jun 12

💌 Want to find out more about the Academy? Email Natalia [email protected].

Revolving Doors @revdoors.bsky.social · Jun 12

💡 Co-produced by people with lived experience for people with lived experience, the Revolving Doors Academy enables our members to build the skills and confidence to become leaders.

Academy Coordinator Natalia shares her reflections in our latest blog ➡️ revolving-doors.org.uk/lived-experi...

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Revolving Doors @revdoors.bsky.social · May 30

🎧 Episode 6 of Weaving the Web, the podcast from the National Expert Citizens Group, is out now!

We're keeping it close to home this time, speaking to Revolving Doors Policy Manager Kelly Grehan about how we can break the cycle of crisis and crime.

Listen now ➡️ open.spotify.com/episode/1Eaj...

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Revolving Doors @revdoors.bsky.social · May 22

💡 We are pleased to see today's Sentencing Review adopts many of our recommendations.

Now, policymakers across Whitehall must act: to recognise the justice system alone cannot fix what are essentially health, housing, and social care problems.

Read our full response ➡️ tinyurl.com/426n5kez

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Revolving Doors @revdoors.bsky.social · May 16

🔄 On Wednesday, the Lord Chancellor has announced changes to prison recall rules via an expansion of the used of short ‘fixed-term’ recalls for people on sentences of 1 to 4 years.

We are a leading voice on the recalls crisis. Read our blog on the topic now ➡️ revolving-doors.org.uk/recalls-in-c...

Revolving Doors @revdoors.bsky.social · May 16

🎧 Tune in for Episode 5 of Weaving the Web - the podcast from the National Expert Citizens Group (NECG).

It's been a big few days for justice, with more to come. Join us as we explore the groundbreaking work that's happening to tackle the cycle of crisis and crime.

open.spotify.com/episode/1bL1...

Revolving Doors @revdoors.bsky.social · May 9

🎧 Listen now: E4 of Weaving the Web, the podcast from the NECG.

Join us as we speak to Alison Bearn, Programme Manager at the London Co-occurring Conditions Programme, about how integrated solutions to mental health and substance use can expand access to support.

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Revolving Doors @revdoors.bsky.social · May 8

⚖️ Read now: our latest blog about the third policy workshop from our Lived Experience of the Law project with ICPR Birkbeck.

In this workshop we looked at people’s experiences of representation in the criminal courts, specifically focusing on legal aid ➡️ revolving-doors.org.uk/lived-experi...

Revolving Doors @revdoors.bsky.social · May 1

🕸️ Episode 3 of Weaving the Web is out now!

Join the NECG as we speak to Laurence and Beth from the Essex Recovery Foundation about Essex's groundbreaking approach, where the local recovery community is working with the council to coproduce healthy outcomes.

open.spotify.com/episode/3kJD...

Revolving Doors @revdoors.bsky.social · Apr 30

⚖️ Earlier this year, Revolving Doors hosted two policy workshops for our Lived Experience of the Law research project.

The theme of our second policy workshop was women’s experiences of domestic abuse and the family courts.

Read our blog to find out more ➡️ revolving-doors.org.uk/lived-experi...

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Vulnerability & Policing Futures Research Centre @vp-centre.bsky.social · Apr 24

🚨 Job opportunity 🚨

@uoysbs.bsky.social are looking for a Research Trainee to work on an ESRC-funded research project aimed at understanding the interactions between the police and people who use drugs.

Apply by 29 April 2025

jobs.york.ac.uk/vacancy/rese...

Jobs - The University of York

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Revolving Doors @revdoors.bsky.social · Apr 24

Join the NECG for Episode 2 of its new podcast series - Weaving the Web.

In this episode host Charlotte is joined by Jim and Midori from homelessness charity @passagecharity.bsky.social to discuss bringing service user involvement into the mainstream.

Listen now ➡️ open.spotify.com/episode/09Nm...

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Revolving Doors @revdoors.bsky.social · Apr 24

www.crowdjustice.com/case/stop-th...

Stop the use of PAVA spray on children in prison

The Howard League is a national charity campaigning for less crime, safer communities and fewer people in prison.

www.crowdjustice.com

Revolving Doors @revdoors.bsky.social · Apr 24

Revolving Doors joins the Howard League in condemning the decision to use PAVA spray in young offenders' institutes.

To meaningfully manage youth offending, the complex unmet needs faced by the majority of these young people must be addressed - further violence will not break the cycle.

Gemma Abbott @gemabbott.bsky.social · Apr 24

“We condemn the decision to introduce PAVA spray into children’s prisons” - @thehowardleague.bsky.social

The Howard League will take whatever steps necessary, including legal action, to challenge this decision

howardleague.org/news/howard-...

The Howard League | Howard League responds to use of PAVA against children in prison

The Howard League for Penal Reform has responded to condemn the government’s decision to introduce PAVA spray for use against children in prison, announced today (Thursday 24 April).

howardleague.org

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Revolving Doors @revdoors.bsky.social · Apr 22

💡 We're ending Stephen Lawrence Day with a blog from new member Natasha.

Her persistence – continuing to seek opportunities for learning, combining these with a passion for activism and creativity – is testament to the power of lived experience.

Read now ➡️ revolving-doors.org.uk/knowledge-re...

Revolving Doors @revdoors.bsky.social · Apr 22

💡Today is Stephen Lawrence Day 2025. This year’s theme is Knowledge Changes Everything.

This is our second piece of the day, from lived experience member Kelly. This is her journey – from an unfinished education to graduating for the first time.

Read now ➡️ revolving-doors.org.uk/im-graduatin...

Revolving Doors @revdoors.bsky.social · Apr 22

💡Today we mark Stephen Lawrence Day 2025 with three blogs from our members.

In the face of systemic racism, our lived experience members are beacons of hope: their personal journeys show exactly how #KnowledgeChangesEverything.

Read Ayesha's story ➡️ revolving-doors.org.uk/long-may-my-...

Revolving Doors @revdoors.bsky.social · Apr 17

🏠 Is the 'Housing First' model key to cracking the homelessness crisis?

E1 of Weaving the Web, the new podcast from the NECG, is available now.

Join us as we speak to Jo from Homeless Link and Georgia from St Mungo’s about their work on this pioneering model ➡️ open.spotify.com/episode/7LHh...

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Revolving Doors @revdoors.bsky.social · Apr 2

📃 We will be calling for the Lord Chancellor to mandate full, high quality PSRs for anyone who is potentially facing a custodial sentence.

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Revolving Doors @revdoors.bsky.social · Apr 2

🖐️By blocking the latest Sentencing Council guidance on pre-sentence reports, the government is sending a message that it is willing to ignore evidence, expert opinion, and the voices of those directly affected by these decisions.

Read our blog now ➡️ revolving-doors.org.uk/pre-sentence...

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Revolving Doors @revdoors.bsky.social · Apr 1

⛔ The Lord Chancellor’s decision to block the Sentencing Council’s guidance on pre-sentence reports is a deliberate step backwards.

Blocking progress is not about fairness, it’s about maintaining a status quo that already fails too many.

Read our statement ➡️ revolving-doors.org.uk/a-deliberate...

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Revolving Doors @revdoors.bsky.social · Mar 19

🧠 It's Neurodiversity Celebration Week.

Revolving Doors members have been at the forefront of the campaign to ensure neurodivergent people are diverted away from the cycle of crisis and crime and into tailored support to address their needs.

Read A*'s story ➡️ revolving-doors.org.uk/from-the-rev...

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Revolving Doors @revdoors.bsky.social · Mar 18

⭐ A great lived experience opportunity here from Just Fair - check it out!

Just Fair @justfairuk.bsky.social · Mar 18

🤝 We’re looking for new members to join our Lived Experience Advisory Group.

If you have experience of injustice and want to help shape the fight for everyday rights, this is a chance to bring your knowledge into our work and influence change.

Apply now
justfair.org.uk/wp-c...

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Revolving Doors @revdoors.bsky.social · Mar 18

"...to succeed, any reforms to sentencing must ensure the Probation Service is properly resourced to be able to deal with the cases it is required to manage."

Latest annual Probation Inspectorate report highlights overwork and inexperience ➡️ hmiprobation.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/news/the-pro...

The Probation Service “has too few staff, with too little experience and training, managing too many cases” – HM Inspectorate of Probation

Inspecting probation and  youth justice services.

hmiprobation.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk

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