Published by The i Paper & The Independent (8th February, 2016) For many years ministers privately complained that even the most carefully chosen chief inspector of prisons rapidly […]
Crime / Policy / Politics / United States / World
Prison reform is a classic conservative issue
Published by The Spectator Coffee House (12th October, 2015) Many people were surprised when David Cameron placed prison reform at the heart of his party conference speech last […]
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Could the Tories’ decade in power really be defined by prison reform?
Published by The Independent (12th October, 2015) Shortly after the Conservatives won their unexpected victory in the general election, I asked a Downing Street aide what he thought […]
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Has a Texan gangster persuaded Gove to reform our jails?
Published by The Mail on Sunday (13th October, 2015) Alfred Adams admits that he was a menace to society: a cocaine-addicted gangster who did anything to feed his […]
Crime / Policy
Horror for a senior detective
Published by The Mail on Sunday (21st June, 2015) During 28 years as a detective, Phil Gormley thought he had seen it all, from vicious rapes to brutal […]
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Crime chiefs warn 750,000 British men may be attracted to children
Published by The Mail on Sunday (21st June, 2015) Up to 750,000 men living in Britain may have an interest in having sex with children, the Government has […]
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Could Michael Gove become a liberal hero by reforming prisons?
Published by The Guardian (20th May, 2015) The appointment of Michael Gove as justice secretary was among the more interesting appointments in David Cameron’s first all-Conservative cabinet. Attention […]
Crime / Policy
Politicians in thrall to mentality of the mob
Published by The Independent (12th January, 2015) Just over four years ago in the United States there was a firestorm of protest over the suggestion a prominent quarterback […]
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Ched Evans has been punished. Let him return to his job
Published by The Guardian (17th October, 2014) Let us start with the most important fact. Ched Evans is a rapist, a footballer found guilty of predatory assault on a […]
Crime / Disability / Policy
Insulted, bullied and murdered – for being disabled
Published in The Independent (November 8th, 2013) David is an autistic man in his fifties. He lives in his own flat in north-east London, earning piecemeal money washing […]
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One step forward on probation, then one giant step back on jails
Published in The Guardian (January 11th, 2013) According to the latest figures there are 83,632 locked up in English and Welsh prisons. This is an obscenely large number […]