The impact of the IPP sentence (imprisonment for public protection) is particularly harsh for Irish prisoners. Irish IPP prisoners do not have the chance to benefit from the Tariff Expired Removal Scheme (TERS) because Irish prisoners are not generally subject to depor...
Andrew Sperling on why the Conservative leadership contender’s “cheap attempt to whip up hatred’ on a prisoner’s temporary release – a case he will know nothing about – is dangerous.
One of the few pleasures of working in the criminal justice system is that it has been,...
Ian Clewlow of SL5 Legal was interviewed by Channel 4 News on 16 May 2019. He was commenting on the decision to reverse Chris Grayling’s disastrous privatisation of the Probation Service.
Let’s say you are a prisoner who has been convicted of sexual offences. You have done all that you can to change your behaviour. You are waiting for a Parole Board Review.
You find out that there is a 33% chance that your risk assessment was wrong or incomplete; that in...
The Ministry of Justice has announced that there will be a new review process to challenge Parole Board decisions termed the Reconsideration Mechanism. This is a worrying development for prisoners serving indeterminate and extended sentences. When it comes into effect...
Goldsmiths Forensic Psychology Unit in association with SL5 Legal and Red Lion Chambers hosted a unique, multidisciplinary event on Thursday 8 November 2018 at Goldsmiths University, London which brought together practitioners with expertise across the criminal justice...
