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Transform Justice @transformjustice.bsky.social · 14h

⚠️ Is the term 'vulnerable' helpful when used to describe women in the criminal justice system? Dr Sarah Waite and Lucy Campbell explore in the latest episode of the Transform Justice Podcast.

🎧 Listen to the full discussion - pod.fo/e/32d390

#TransformJusticePodcast #WomenInPrison

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Transform Justice @transformjustice.bsky.social · 7d

📢 Out-of-court resolutions save time and money, reduce reoffending, and are often preferred by victims. Yet some forces use them far more than others.

How does your local police force compare?

🔗 Start exploring here:
www.transformjustice.org.uk/crime-resolu...

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Transform Justice @transformjustice.bsky.social · 8d

💡The slow road to the bench: reforming magistrate recruitment

What is going on with the magistrate recruitment system? Why does it take years to begin sitting? And is the process biased?

📖 @penelopegibbs.bsky.social explores in our latest Insight:

www.transformjustice.org.uk/news-insight...

The slow road to the bench: reforming magistrate recruitment - Transform Justice

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Penelope Gibbs @penelopegibbs.bsky.social · 13d

On the day gov stats show delays increasing in the mags' courts our team are going through findings of our volunteers who observed mags' courts in London this year. Their reflections show why justice is slow & why the process is often not very just.

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Transform Justice @transformjustice.bsky.social · 12d

Out of court resolutions are effective, efficient & often preferred by victims. But how much are police forces using them?

🔗📊 Check our newly updated 2025 crime resolution tracker: www.transformjustice.org.uk/crime-resolu...

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Penelope Gibbs @penelopegibbs.bsky.social · 15d

The illegal prosecution of c 59,000 people for not having the right ticket/fare evasion is the biggest (in terms of numbers) British miscarriage of justice ever. All those illegally convicted - railway companies wrongly used single justice procedure court process www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2025/09...

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robroballen.bsky.social @robroballen.bsky.social · 19d

As ever, I learned a lot during this podcast - not only about the serious failings in our current approach to women in conflict with the law but how to go about creating a more just and effective system. Do have a listen to two very well informed contributors sharing their thoughts and experience.

Transform Justice @transformjustice.bsky.social · 19d

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨

Should stealing baby milk to feed your child lead to prison? Dr Sarah Waite & Lucy Campbell discuss how the prison system is failing women & what could be done to improve society’s response to women in crisis.

🎧Listen now: pod.fo/e/32d390

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Transform Justice @transformjustice.bsky.social · 19d

Thanks so much for sharing, Nick! Much appreciated.

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Nick Davies @njdavies.bsky.social · 19d

Well worth a listen. Women’s prisons are genuinely appalling and getting worse. They receive very little press coverage despite being more violent than men’s prisons and having a self-harm rate equivalent to around 6 incidents per prisoner per year

Transform Justice @transformjustice.bsky.social · 19d

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨

Should stealing baby milk to feed your child lead to prison? Dr Sarah Waite & Lucy Campbell discuss how the prison system is failing women & what could be done to improve society’s response to women in crisis.

🎧Listen now: pod.fo/e/32d390

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Transform Justice @transformjustice.bsky.social · 19d

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨

Should stealing baby milk to feed your child lead to prison? Dr Sarah Waite & Lucy Campbell discuss how the prison system is failing women & what could be done to improve society’s response to women in crisis.

🎧Listen now: pod.fo/e/32d390

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Cassia Rowland @cassiarowland.bsky.social · Sep 3

Excellent (as ever) sleuthing by Penelope on one of the massive holes in available data in the criminal justice system — in this case yet another on the ‘single justice procedure’, the process for prosecuting low-level offences based on paper submissions, with no court hearing.

Transform Justice @transformjustice.bsky.social · Sep 3

💡Transform Justice Director @penelopegibbs.bsky.social
went on a mission to uncover the mysterious single justice procedure case files hidden from public view.

Read more in our latest Insight ⬇️
www.transformjustice.org.uk/news-insight...

Where are the missing single justice procedure Libra court files? - Transform Justice

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Charlie Radclyffe @charlierad.bsky.social · Sep 3

A fantastic article by @penelopegibbs.bsky.social, building on the work of @kirkkorner.bsky.social

Highlights additional problems with the Single Justice Procedure (#SJP), this time related to the #HMCTS Libra case management system

And the system failing #openjustice principles. #UKlegal

Transform Justice @transformjustice.bsky.social · Sep 3

💡Transform Justice Director @penelopegibbs.bsky.social
went on a mission to uncover the mysterious single justice procedure case files hidden from public view.

Read more in our latest Insight ⬇️
www.transformjustice.org.uk/news-insight...

Where are the missing single justice procedure Libra court files? - Transform Justice

www.transformjustice.org.uk

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Transform Justice @transformjustice.bsky.social · Sep 3

💡Transform Justice Director @penelopegibbs.bsky.social
went on a mission to uncover the mysterious single justice procedure case files hidden from public view.

Read more in our latest Insight ⬇️
www.transformjustice.org.uk/news-insight...

Where are the missing single justice procedure Libra court files? - Transform Justice

www.transformjustice.org.uk

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Transform Justice @transformjustice.bsky.social · Sep 2

How do we navigate questions of mental illness, ‘insanity’ and culpability in our justice system?

Bradley Hillier and Rhona Friedman discuss on the latest episode of the Transform Justice Podcast.

🎧Listen now: pod.fo/e/319ef0

#CriminalJustice #MentalHealth #TransformJusticePodcast

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CourtWatch London @courtwatchldn.bsky.social · Aug 29

⚠️Faulty court technology is preventing the public from seeing crucial evidence.

Across dozens of hearings, courtwatchers saw faulty video screen links to be a source of delays and found they were unable to see the evidence originally intended to be viewed by the entire courtroom.
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Transform Justice @transformjustice.bsky.social · Aug 29

👁️‍🗨️“Court struggled with technology. In first room the TV screens didn't work at all. Case was shifted to another court room before starting. They still struggled with placement of the screen to protect witness, prosecutor had difficulty to show video, but resolved.”
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Transform Justice @transformjustice.bsky.social · Aug 27

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨

Should someone with schizophrenia stand trial?

In our 50th episode (🤯) Dr Bradley Hillier and Rhona Friedman of Commons Law discuss how defendants with serious mental health conditions are treated in the justice system.

🎧Listen now: pod.fo/e/319ef0

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Transform Justice @transformjustice.bsky.social · Aug 19

The single justice procedure has been used extensively to prosecute Covid rulebreakers - but was this really a fair way of dealing with the issue?

@kirstybrimelow.bsky.social discusses in the latest episode of the Transform Justice Podcast ⬇️

🔗🎧Catch up on the full episode now: pod.fo/e/30221c

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Transform Justice @transformjustice.bsky.social · Aug 14

The latest episode of the Transform Justice Podcast explores the ins and outs and failings of the controversial single justice procedure.

Here @penelopegibbs.bsky.social discusses one particularly shocking case ⬇️

🎧🔗Catch up on the full episode now: pod.fo/e/30221c

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Transform Justice @transformjustice.bsky.social · Aug 11

In a fair and compassionate justice system, intent and circumstance should always be considered. We believe the single justice procedure needs urgent and radical reform.

🔗Read our full report on the single justice procedure here: www.transformjustice.org.uk/publication/...

#SingleJusticeProcedure

Industrial-scale prosecution? Why the single justice procedure needs radical reform - Transform Justice

www.transformjustice.org.uk

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Transform Justice @transformjustice.bsky.social · Aug 11

Anything else won't be considered: a single mother pulling her hair out attempting to get her rebellious teenager to stop skipping school can't explain her efforts to a judge & plead for understanding. She could try using the box in the form, but her pleas will go unheard & she will be convicted.

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Transform Justice @transformjustice.bsky.social · Aug 11

Under the single justice procedure, parents can be prosecuted for the non-attendance of their children at school.

In fact, in 2024, there were over 20,000 parents convicted for this offence - which is a strict liability offence, meaning there are very few valid excuses to avoid prosecution.

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The Bar Council @thebarcouncil.bsky.social · Aug 6

Speed has replaced just decision making with the convey belt Single Justice Procedure (SJP) - reform is needed now.

On this Transform Justice podcast, our Vice Chair Kirsty Brimelow KC discusses how the SJP works and what it means for people facing charges.

Listen now ⬇️
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Transform Justice @transformjustice.bsky.social · Jul 25

🚨NEW EPISODE🚨

Online guilty pleas. No open hearings. Defendants convicted without their knowledge.

The Single Justice Procedure was designed for efficiency. But what happens when speed trumps justice? ‪@kirstybrimelow.bsky.social‬ joins us to discuss

🎧Listen now: pod.fo/e/30221c

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Transform Justice @transformjustice.bsky.social · Aug 6

Find out more:
📖 Read our latest report: ‘Industrial-scale prosecution? Why the single justice procedure needs radical reform’
www.transformjustice.org.uk/publication/...
🎧 Listen to the latest Transform Justice Podcast episode on the single justice procedure: pod.fo/e/30221c
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Industrial-scale prosecution? Why the single justice procedure needs radical reform - Transform Justice

www.transformjustice.org.uk

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Transform Justice @transformjustice.bsky.social · Aug 6

We believe the single justice procedure needs reform - and quickly. Too many people are getting caught in the cogs of a machine that does not stop to consider the people it is prosecuting, their reasoning or their circumstances. 🧵[3/4]

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