Mary Bosworth

@mfbosworth.bsky.social

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Professor of Criminology, @oxfordcrim.bsky.social, co-Director @bordercrim.bsky.social, writes about immigration detention and deportation.

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Mary Francesca Bosworth is Professor of Criminology at the University of Oxford where she founded and co-directs the international research network Border Criminologies. She is the author of a number of books, including Engendering Resistance: Agency and Power in Women’s Prisons (1999), Explaining U.S. Imprisonment (2010), the edited book What is Criminology? (2011), the edited book The Borders of Punishment (2013), Inside Immigration Detention (2014), Bordered Lives (2020) with Khadija von Zinnenburg Carrol and Christoph Balzar, and Supply Chain Justice (2025). From 2009 to 2024 Mary Bosworth was the UK Editor-in-Chief of the journal Theoretical Criminology. .. more

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Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social · 14h

I’m going to stick with no punctuation tho…

Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social · 14h

You can put commas in file names???

Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social · 2d

but will the Sainsbury's return?? that's what the rest of us want to know. I miss it.

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Detention Action @detentionaction.bsky.social · 2d

1/4 UN Experts and Special Rapporteurs have sent formal allegation letters to both the UK and French governments over serious potential human rights violations under the ‘one-in, one-out’ deal. You may read the full story here: www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social · 2d

and other nationalities, which may slow things down I fear. this is the same offspring who has done this before. last time it eventually was found.. and in the meantime they could reenter on other passport. sadly no longer... gah!

Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social · 2d

Anyone recently applied for a uk passport replacement for a lost one 🙄 and knows how long it’s taking to process By any chance?

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Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social · 2d

📣📆 Italy-based friends & colleagues! Our co-director @andrianifili.bsky.social will present her new book, Caged Histories, at the University of Bologna on 16 Feb. The book brings together 10 yrs of research on violence & resistance in Greek detention. More info ⬇️

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Violenza e resistenza nei contesti di detenzione amministrativa in Grecia

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Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social · 3d

In the uk it’s harder and harder to get funding for this kind of work @bordercrim.bsky.social very much in need of more funding. Everyone is doing brilliant work but it’s sadly not sustainable. I’m very worried about our future, & that maps onto academic research funding on these topics too I fear

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Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social · 4d

Australia is using criminal law to control migrants on deportation pathways, in tandem with heightened immigration law restrictions – allowing the government to circumvent constitutional law limits on detention. Read the new blog post by Peter Billings ⤵️

blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social · 4d

Am extremely jealous. It’s been years since I’ve been to dunsborough.

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Jane McAdam @profjmcadam.bsky.social · 5d

International Journal of Refugee Law – Call for Special Issue Proposals. Deadline for submission: 4th May 2026 academic.oup.com/ijrl/pages/i...

International Journal of Refugee Law – Call for Special Issue Proposals

Deadline for submission: 4th May 2026 The International Journal of Refugee Law is pleased to announce a Call for proposed Special Issues. Proposals for

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Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social · 5d

I used this today in teaching about visual methods. Very effective!

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Theoretical Criminology @theoreticalcrim.bsky.social · 5d

🗣️CHECK IT OUT🗣️ Are you interested in guest-editing for Theoretical Criminology? #TheoreticalCrim is now accepting proposals for our 2028 special issue! Deadline for proposals is April 15, 2026. Find our full criteria here: journals.sagepub.com/pb-assets/cm....

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Hetan Shah @hetanshah.bsky.social · 5d

Important! AHRC is looking for a new Executive Chair. A critical role for arts and humanities. £160k - £170k. Please share widely to help get the best possible field!
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UK Research and Innovation
Arts and Humanities
Research Council
Executive Chair
Candidate Prospectus
January 2026

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Colin Murray @colinmurray.bsky.social · 6d

If folk are in London this Friday evening, LSE Law School are holding what is certain to be an emotional event paying tribute to their colleague, the much missed Professor Conor Gearty:

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Remembering Professor Conor Gearty - In Tribute - LSE Law School Events

Join us for an evening of remembrance celebrating the life and work of Professor Conor Gearty, beloved teacher, mentor, and friend. Speakers will share personal tributes reflecting on Conor’s extraord...

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Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social · 6d

Thanks Jason. It’s annoying that the govt stopped producing their colour coded ones.

Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social · 6d

am updating a ppt for an undergrad lecture on prisons in E&W and can't find an easy recent map of where the prisons are -- anyone have one by any chance?

Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social · 6d

Check out this fascinating method for studying immigration detention centres. More great work from @andrianifili.bsky.social @bordercrim.bsky.social

Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social · 6d

🚫 Immigration detention facilities in Greece are often hidden from public view – a 3D modelling project brings new ways of documenting these spaces of confinement. Read more from @andrianifili.bsky.social 👇

blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

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Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social · 6d

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Oxford Mutual Aid @oxfordmutualaid.bsky.social · 7d

If you cycle & would like to deliver #FoodParcels, #KitchenCollective Meals or other essential supplies by #bike, email [email protected]

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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · 8d

A child’s footprint frozen in time - pressed into a #Roman tile as it dried before firing nearly 1,800 years ago.

A tiny, timeless reminder of everyday life in the ancient world.

📷 online.landessammlungen-noe.at/objects/1306...

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A close-up photo of a Roman tile, featuring a clearly imprinted footprint of a small child's right foo. The tiles shows a rough, broken edge on the left and top, with the detailed five-toed impression visible on the worn surface against a neutral gray background.

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The Howard League @thehowardleague.bsky.social · 8d

The number of people dying in prisons in England and Wales has risen to the highest level on record, official data reveal.

Prisons recorded 394 deaths in 2025 – a 15% increase on the previous year.

https://howardleague.org/news/revealed-the-rising-death-toll-in-prisons-in-england-and-wales/

Line graph showing an increase in prison deaths in England and Wales from 1978 to 2025, peaking near 400 deaths.

Minnesota Star Tribune @startribune.com · 9d

Thousands of people filled the streets of downtown Minneapolis in protest of federal immigration enforcement for the second consecutive Friday.

📷️: Aaron Lavinsky

Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social · 10d

Not to mention the cost of an Aussie passport which is frankly day light robbery

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Cat Hobbs @cathobbs.bsky.social · 10d

Is Thames Water your water company?

They want permission for *illegal sewage until 2040*

Please tell YOUR MP to say NO

Deadline is tomorrow to sign up to our letter to Ofwat 👇👇👇

weownit.org.uk/act-now/take...

Take action - Thames Water households: get your MP to sign our open letter to Ofwat

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TheBossRoss 🧶 @thebossross.bsky.social · 11d

Reminder for all UK dual nationals:

As of the 25 Feb 2026, dual nationals will not be able to travel to the UK on their 'other' passport. If, for example, you or your dual citizen children live abroad & currently don't hold a UK passport, you need to get one (for them) in order to re-enter the UK.

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Border Criminologies @bordercrim.bsky.social · 11d

Amidst ICE's brutal crackdown in the US, immigration enforcement in Chicago has slowed. But in the aftermath of 'Operation Midway Blitz', community organisers describe the new, more subtle pains that have emerged. Read the new blog post from Monica Ruiz House ⤵️

blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-crimi...

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Austin Kocher, PhD @austinkocher.com · 12d

The Deportation Data Project just released their first full report based on immigration enforcement data: "Immigration Enforcement in the First Nine Months of the Second Trump Administration" by Graeme Blair and David Hausman.

deportationdata.org/analysis/imm...

Mary Bosworth @mfbosworth.bsky.social · 12d

awww. this was the first place I went to with my second newborn almost 20 years ago.. I was so impressed with myself for getting out of the house the very next day. ha. quite what I was thinking I cannot recall. it was for a coffee though, not a cocktail, sadly

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Bookshop.org @bookshop.org · 12d

While independent bookstores are giving out free whistles, hosting protest sign making events, and donating proceeds to mutual aid, Amazon is *checks notes* providing technology that assists ICE in their terrorizing of communities.

Independent bookstores deserve your support. Amazon does not.

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