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🧵A shocking new report by HMI Prisons reveals the appalling conditions and dangerous failings for 454 people held inside the Harmondsworth immigration detention centre near Heathrow. TW: Suicide, self-harm and trafficking. 1/9

As well as these shocking conditions, HMIP found that around 60% of people detained were released without being deported. They say this “begs the question of why so much taxpayer money was being spent keeping them locked up in the first place”. 9/9 theguardian.com/uk-news/articl…

We have a message as we welcome: - Shabana Mahmood MP, Justice Secretary - Heidi Alexander MP, Justice Minister - Wes Streeting, Health Secretary - James Timpson, Prisons, Parole and Probation Minister - Anneliese Dodds Bridget Phillipson Women & Equalities Ministers

All those miles and all that rain and we made it even more determined by the last step than the first. This is what hope - beautiful hope - looks like! Cherish it, clean your boots and we’ll keep walking.

Nigel Farage received 12% of TV/press coverage in the election. The Green Party (with 4 seats to Reform’s 5) didn’t even make top 20. Great research from Loughborough CRCC👉 @[email protected] shows Greens & smaller parties were especially marginalised by a press mesmerised by Farage’s anti-migrant noise

🧵 The Howard League for Penal Reform has responded to the Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood’s statement on measures to address prison capacity, announced today. howardleague.org/news/howard-le…

Worth considering that 40% of the average custodial sentence length (ACSL) in 2023 is still two weeks longer than 50% of the ACSL was in 2013.

Our new report today shows that people needing #councilfunerals are subject to a postcode lottery at end-of-life, in death and in #bereavement. Voluntary guidelines are not working in England and Wales and are non-existent in the rest of the UK. This cannot continue.

Our new report with Anna Lindley SOAS University of London reveals the barriers refugees face as they transition into the mainstream housing sector. The report draws on extensive casework experience & includes recommendations we hope will be of interest to policymakers. 👇 asylum-welcome.org/new-report/

New resources now available to members on our website! Read our new #StrongerFoundations case studies showing how our members have put the pillars of Strategy and Governance into practice: acf.org.uk/acf/ACF/Resear… With thanks to Smallwood Trust Laura Roling The Rayne Foundation

The Bromley Trust is really happy to be featured!

The events of the last week have been nothing short of deplorable. The far-right, racist & Islamophobic violence that we've seen on our streets and online has no place in our society. We stand in solidarity with the migrant & minoritised communities who have been targeted. 1/3

Donald Trump said he wants to punish women. And, as a result of his actions, today in America, one out of three women live in a state with a Trump Abortion Ban.

🚨BREAKING Our new report #CoercionAndControl shows that women who have fled gender-based violence: ❌Are subjected to coercion & control in hotel accommodation ❌akin to patterns they have experienced in previous abusive relationships & situations refugeewomen.co.uk/coercion-and-c… 1/🧵

“An historic moment for women’s justice.” Read Prison Reform Trust response to Shabana Mahmood MP commitment to establish a women’s justice board tasked with reducing the number of women in prison prisonreformtrust.org.uk/prt-comment-ju…

📣 BREAKING NEWS The Lord Chancellor Shabana Mahmood MP MP has made a landmark announcement on #WomenJustice. Speaking The Labour Party Conference, she said a new Women's Justice Board will be created to reduce the number of women going to prison. Read more: bit.ly/47HMAAm

"We imprison women on minor charges to a far greater degree than men. Around 2/3 did not commit a violent crime. Yet they are sent into prisons that are desperate places." Shabana Mahmood MP speaking today The Labour Party conference. Read more via The Independent bit.ly/3XAqrix

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To brighten up budget day, I am giving a set of these Fabulous Mr Benn badges away. To be in the bowler hat, all you have to do is retweet this tweet. I'll choose a winner this time next week. Good Luck!!