Transform Justice
@transformjustice.bsky.social
Transform Justice is a national charity working for a fair, open, and compassionate justice system.
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🎙️ Podcast | 👁️ Insights | 👥 Community
Dame Rachel de Souza, children's commissioner, speaks on custodial remand of children at @longfordtrust.bsky.social Lecture 2025.
⚠️Last chance to fill in our short survey! ⚠️
Do you work with children at risk of remand? We want to hear your views: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
(Closes Monday)
⚠️Last chance to fill in our short survey! ⚠️
Do you work with children at risk of remand? We want to hear your views: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
(Closes Monday)
November 21, 2025 at 10:43 AM
Dame Rachel de Souza, children's commissioner, speaks on custodial remand of children at @longfordtrust.bsky.social Lecture 2025.
⚠️Last chance to fill in our short survey! ⚠️
Do you work with children at risk of remand? We want to hear your views: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
(Closes Monday)
⚠️Last chance to fill in our short survey! ⚠️
Do you work with children at risk of remand? We want to hear your views: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
(Closes Monday)
⚠️Have you listened to the newest episode of the Transform Justice Podcast yet?
To discuss how the police and courts deal with protest, @penelopegibbs.bsky.social is joined by criminal barrister Audrey Mogan & Sarah Lunnon of Just Stop Oil.
Listen now! ➡️https://pod.fo/e/35277d
To discuss how the police and courts deal with protest, @penelopegibbs.bsky.social is joined by criminal barrister Audrey Mogan & Sarah Lunnon of Just Stop Oil.
Listen now! ➡️https://pod.fo/e/35277d
November 19, 2025 at 11:52 AM
⚠️Have you listened to the newest episode of the Transform Justice Podcast yet?
To discuss how the police and courts deal with protest, @penelopegibbs.bsky.social is joined by criminal barrister Audrey Mogan & Sarah Lunnon of Just Stop Oil.
Listen now! ➡️https://pod.fo/e/35277d
To discuss how the police and courts deal with protest, @penelopegibbs.bsky.social is joined by criminal barrister Audrey Mogan & Sarah Lunnon of Just Stop Oil.
Listen now! ➡️https://pod.fo/e/35277d
🚨 Calling all youth justice lawyers!🚨
Survey extended: we want to hear from more practitioners working with children at risk of custodial remand.
If this is you (or someone you know) please take a few minutes to complete or share the survey.
📝➡️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Survey extended: we want to hear from more practitioners working with children at risk of custodial remand.
If this is you (or someone you know) please take a few minutes to complete or share the survey.
📝➡️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
November 18, 2025 at 10:43 AM
🚨 Calling all youth justice lawyers!🚨
Survey extended: we want to hear from more practitioners working with children at risk of custodial remand.
If this is you (or someone you know) please take a few minutes to complete or share the survey.
📝➡️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Survey extended: we want to hear from more practitioners working with children at risk of custodial remand.
If this is you (or someone you know) please take a few minutes to complete or share the survey.
📝➡️ docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 pod.fo/e/35277d
What happens when government turns protest into a crime? With thousands waiting to hear if they’ll be charged, the message seems clear: dissent now comes at a cost.
Sarah Lunnon & Audrey Mogan unpack the impact of new protest laws.
🎧Listen now: pod.fo/e/35277d
What happens when government turns protest into a crime? With thousands waiting to hear if they’ll be charged, the message seems clear: dissent now comes at a cost.
Sarah Lunnon & Audrey Mogan unpack the impact of new protest laws.
🎧Listen now: pod.fo/e/35277d
November 14, 2025 at 10:08 AM
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨 pod.fo/e/35277d
What happens when government turns protest into a crime? With thousands waiting to hear if they’ll be charged, the message seems clear: dissent now comes at a cost.
Sarah Lunnon & Audrey Mogan unpack the impact of new protest laws.
🎧Listen now: pod.fo/e/35277d
What happens when government turns protest into a crime? With thousands waiting to hear if they’ll be charged, the message seems clear: dissent now comes at a cost.
Sarah Lunnon & Audrey Mogan unpack the impact of new protest laws.
🎧Listen now: pod.fo/e/35277d
When the law changes, what happens to those left behind?
In the latest episode of the Transform Justice Podcast, Matthew Parris explores the political and moral dilemmas surrounding the release (or not) of IPP prisoners.
🎧Catch up on the full episode now: pod.fo/e/33eb2a
In the latest episode of the Transform Justice Podcast, Matthew Parris explores the political and moral dilemmas surrounding the release (or not) of IPP prisoners.
🎧Catch up on the full episode now: pod.fo/e/33eb2a
November 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
When the law changes, what happens to those left behind?
In the latest episode of the Transform Justice Podcast, Matthew Parris explores the political and moral dilemmas surrounding the release (or not) of IPP prisoners.
🎧Catch up on the full episode now: pod.fo/e/33eb2a
In the latest episode of the Transform Justice Podcast, Matthew Parris explores the political and moral dilemmas surrounding the release (or not) of IPP prisoners.
🎧Catch up on the full episode now: pod.fo/e/33eb2a
What is it like to be imprisoned indefinitely?
Andrew Morris discusses his experience of an IPP sentence, and the devastating toll it took on his mental health, in the latest episode of the Transform Justice Podcast.
🎧Listen to the full episode here: pod.fo/e/33eb2a
#IPP #TransformJusticePodcast
Andrew Morris discusses his experience of an IPP sentence, and the devastating toll it took on his mental health, in the latest episode of the Transform Justice Podcast.
🎧Listen to the full episode here: pod.fo/e/33eb2a
#IPP #TransformJusticePodcast
November 5, 2025 at 10:09 AM
What is it like to be imprisoned indefinitely?
Andrew Morris discusses his experience of an IPP sentence, and the devastating toll it took on his mental health, in the latest episode of the Transform Justice Podcast.
🎧Listen to the full episode here: pod.fo/e/33eb2a
#IPP #TransformJusticePodcast
Andrew Morris discusses his experience of an IPP sentence, and the devastating toll it took on his mental health, in the latest episode of the Transform Justice Podcast.
🎧Listen to the full episode here: pod.fo/e/33eb2a
#IPP #TransformJusticePodcast
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
IPP ended in 2012, but 1,000+ people are still serving indefinite sentences in prison.
Andrew Morris & Matthew Parris discuss why people are still held under IPP & how we can rid ourselves of its legacy once and for all.
🎧Listen now: pod.fo/e/33eb2a
IPP ended in 2012, but 1,000+ people are still serving indefinite sentences in prison.
Andrew Morris & Matthew Parris discuss why people are still held under IPP & how we can rid ourselves of its legacy once and for all.
🎧Listen now: pod.fo/e/33eb2a
October 17, 2025 at 8:35 AM
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
IPP ended in 2012, but 1,000+ people are still serving indefinite sentences in prison.
Andrew Morris & Matthew Parris discuss why people are still held under IPP & how we can rid ourselves of its legacy once and for all.
🎧Listen now: pod.fo/e/33eb2a
IPP ended in 2012, but 1,000+ people are still serving indefinite sentences in prison.
Andrew Morris & Matthew Parris discuss why people are still held under IPP & how we can rid ourselves of its legacy once and for all.
🎧Listen now: pod.fo/e/33eb2a
📢 New episode of the Transform Justice Podcast out tomorrow!
This week we were joined by Matthew Parris and Andrew Morris to discuss the injustice and long-term consequences of IPP sentences.
Follow the podcast and tune in from tomorrow morning:
➡️https://podfollow.com/the-transform-justice-podcast
This week we were joined by Matthew Parris and Andrew Morris to discuss the injustice and long-term consequences of IPP sentences.
Follow the podcast and tune in from tomorrow morning:
➡️https://podfollow.com/the-transform-justice-podcast
October 16, 2025 at 10:57 AM
📢 New episode of the Transform Justice Podcast out tomorrow!
This week we were joined by Matthew Parris and Andrew Morris to discuss the injustice and long-term consequences of IPP sentences.
Follow the podcast and tune in from tomorrow morning:
➡️https://podfollow.com/the-transform-justice-podcast
This week we were joined by Matthew Parris and Andrew Morris to discuss the injustice and long-term consequences of IPP sentences.
Follow the podcast and tune in from tomorrow morning:
➡️https://podfollow.com/the-transform-justice-podcast
How should the criminal justice system respond to women who commit crime? Are women's centres - multi-agency hubs with specialist support services - the way forward?
Lucy Campbell and Dr Sarah Waite explore in the latest episode of the Transform Justice Podcast ⬇️
🎧Listen now: pod.fo/e/32d390
Lucy Campbell and Dr Sarah Waite explore in the latest episode of the Transform Justice Podcast ⬇️
🎧Listen now: pod.fo/e/32d390
October 14, 2025 at 9:26 AM
How should the criminal justice system respond to women who commit crime? Are women's centres - multi-agency hubs with specialist support services - the way forward?
Lucy Campbell and Dr Sarah Waite explore in the latest episode of the Transform Justice Podcast ⬇️
🎧Listen now: pod.fo/e/32d390
Lucy Campbell and Dr Sarah Waite explore in the latest episode of the Transform Justice Podcast ⬇️
🎧Listen now: pod.fo/e/32d390
⚠️ 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
🎧 Listen to the full discussion - pod.fo/e/32d390
#TransformJusticePodcast #WomenInPrison
October 8, 2025 at 8:55 AM
⚠️ 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
🎧 Listen to the full discussion - pod.fo/e/32d390
#TransformJusticePodcast #WomenInPrison
📢 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...
How does your local police force compare?
🔗 Start exploring here:
www.transformjustice.org.uk/crime-resolu...
October 1, 2025 at 9:50 AM
📢 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...
How does your local police force compare?
🔗 Start exploring here:
www.transformjustice.org.uk/crime-resolu...
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...
🔗📊 Check our newly updated 2025 crime resolution tracker: www.transformjustice.org.uk/crime-resolu...
September 26, 2025 at 9:36 AM
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...
🔗📊 Check our newly updated 2025 crime resolution tracker: www.transformjustice.org.uk/crime-resolu...
🚨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
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
September 19, 2025 at 8:56 AM
🚨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
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
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
Bradley Hillier and Rhona Friedman discuss on the latest episode of the Transform Justice Podcast.
🎧Listen now: pod.fo/e/319ef0
#CriminalJustice #MentalHealth #TransformJusticePodcast
September 2, 2025 at 9:30 AM
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
Bradley Hillier and Rhona Friedman discuss on the latest episode of the Transform Justice Podcast.
🎧Listen now: pod.fo/e/319ef0
#CriminalJustice #MentalHealth #TransformJusticePodcast
🚨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
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
August 27, 2025 at 9:05 AM
🚨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
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
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
@kirstybrimelow.bsky.social discusses in the latest episode of the Transform Justice Podcast ⬇️
🔗🎧Catch up on the full episode now: pod.fo/e/30221c
August 19, 2025 at 9:59 AM
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
@kirstybrimelow.bsky.social discusses in the latest episode of the Transform Justice Podcast ⬇️
🔗🎧Catch up on the full episode now: pod.fo/e/30221c
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
Here @penelopegibbs.bsky.social discusses one particularly shocking case ⬇️
🎧🔗Catch up on the full episode now: pod.fo/e/30221c
August 14, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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
Here @penelopegibbs.bsky.social discusses one particularly shocking case ⬇️
🎧🔗Catch up on the full episode now: pod.fo/e/30221c
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.
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.
August 11, 2025 at 9:47 AM
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.
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.
If you regularly travel in London, you probably see signs like these all the time. TFL proudly displays huge numbers representing people given penalty fares and prosecuted, to dissuade members of the public from evading travel fares and protect their revenue. 🧵[1/4]
August 6, 2025 at 10:55 AM
If you regularly travel in London, you probably see signs like these all the time. TFL proudly displays huge numbers representing people given penalty fares and prosecuted, to dissuade members of the public from evading travel fares and protect their revenue. 🧵[1/4]
Currently, 38% of defendants in open magistrates’ court hearings don’t plead, compared to 73% of single justice procedure defendants…
🔗Our new report explores the ins and outs, the issues and the human impact of the single justice procedure: www.transformjustice.org.uk/publication/...
🔗Our new report explores the ins and outs, the issues and the human impact of the single justice procedure: www.transformjustice.org.uk/publication/...
August 4, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Currently, 38% of defendants in open magistrates’ court hearings don’t plead, compared to 73% of single justice procedure defendants…
🔗Our new report explores the ins and outs, the issues and the human impact of the single justice procedure: www.transformjustice.org.uk/publication/...
🔗Our new report explores the ins and outs, the issues and the human impact of the single justice procedure: www.transformjustice.org.uk/publication/...
What offences are most commonly dealt with through the single justice procedure?
🔗Get into the nuts and bolts of this conveyor-belt justice process, as well as some of the human stories (uncovered by
@kirkkorner.bsky.social) - read our latest report now:
transformjustice.org.uk/publication/...
🔗Get into the nuts and bolts of this conveyor-belt justice process, as well as some of the human stories (uncovered by
@kirkkorner.bsky.social) - read our latest report now:
transformjustice.org.uk/publication/...
August 1, 2025 at 10:17 AM
What offences are most commonly dealt with through the single justice procedure?
🔗Get into the nuts and bolts of this conveyor-belt justice process, as well as some of the human stories (uncovered by
@kirkkorner.bsky.social) - read our latest report now:
transformjustice.org.uk/publication/...
🔗Get into the nuts and bolts of this conveyor-belt justice process, as well as some of the human stories (uncovered by
@kirkkorner.bsky.social) - read our latest report now:
transformjustice.org.uk/publication/...
🎧Have you listened to our latest podcast episode yet?
@kirstybrimelow.bsky.social joins @penelopegibbs.bsky.social & @robroballen.bsky.social to explore the single justice procedure and what it means for the vulnerable people who often fall victim of its impersonal nature.
🔗➡️ pod.fo/e/30221c
@kirstybrimelow.bsky.social joins @penelopegibbs.bsky.social & @robroballen.bsky.social to explore the single justice procedure and what it means for the vulnerable people who often fall victim of its impersonal nature.
🔗➡️ pod.fo/e/30221c
July 31, 2025 at 10:07 AM
🎧Have you listened to our latest podcast episode yet?
@kirstybrimelow.bsky.social joins @penelopegibbs.bsky.social & @robroballen.bsky.social to explore the single justice procedure and what it means for the vulnerable people who often fall victim of its impersonal nature.
🔗➡️ pod.fo/e/30221c
@kirstybrimelow.bsky.social joins @penelopegibbs.bsky.social & @robroballen.bsky.social to explore the single justice procedure and what it means for the vulnerable people who often fall victim of its impersonal nature.
🔗➡️ pod.fo/e/30221c
Single justice procedure prosecutions make up the majority of all prosecutions in the magistrates’ courts.
In our new report, we detail how the SJP works, its failings and how we could improve this impersonal ‘conveyor-belt’ process.
🔗Read the report here: transformjustice.org.uk/publication/...
In our new report, we detail how the SJP works, its failings and how we could improve this impersonal ‘conveyor-belt’ process.
🔗Read the report here: transformjustice.org.uk/publication/...
July 30, 2025 at 9:58 AM
Single justice procedure prosecutions make up the majority of all prosecutions in the magistrates’ courts.
In our new report, we detail how the SJP works, its failings and how we could improve this impersonal ‘conveyor-belt’ process.
🔗Read the report here: transformjustice.org.uk/publication/...
In our new report, we detail how the SJP works, its failings and how we could improve this impersonal ‘conveyor-belt’ process.
🔗Read the report here: transformjustice.org.uk/publication/...
🚨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
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
July 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
🚨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
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
⚙️ The Single Justice Procedure was meant to speed up justice. But has it come at the cost of fairness? Our latest report explores how a quiet courtroom revolution may be undermining defendants' rights.
Read now: www.transformjustice.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Read now: www.transformjustice.org.uk/wp-content/u...
July 21, 2025 at 8:40 AM
⚙️ The Single Justice Procedure was meant to speed up justice. But has it come at the cost of fairness? Our latest report explores how a quiet courtroom revolution may be undermining defendants' rights.
Read now: www.transformjustice.org.uk/wp-content/u...
Read now: www.transformjustice.org.uk/wp-content/u...