It has been over three months since the Secretary of State banned his employees from giving recommendations to the Parole Board about whether someone should be released or progress to open conditions.  Various bits of guidance have been issued and published following Freedom of Information Act (FOI) requests since then and a legal challenge mounted […]

On 16 November 2022, The Times published a short piece I wrote about prison legal aid lawyers becoming an endangered species, due to being left out of the modest increases in pay that have been made for other criminal legal aid work. This comes at a time when prison lawyers are needed more than ever […]