Published by The i paper (11th June, 2024) Tootie is serving a five-year jail sentence after being caught dealing drugs in Oslo. Yet he smiles as he tells […]
Crime / Drugs / Policy
Westminster’s drug policy is put to shame
Published by The i paper (10th July, 2023) The state of British politics often induces despair. Westminster is hooked on playing pathetic tribal games and populated by self-centred […]
Crime / Policy
Prison is a dead end, not a solution
Published by The i paper (10th April, 2023) The former Wimbledon champion Boris Becker has punctured a pernicious and persistent myth that clings to political discourse like the […]
Crime / Policy / United States / World
What’s killing New Orleans?
Published by UnHerd (5th July, 2021) Portia Pollock was 60 years old when she was murdered outside her home. She was a physical therapist who loved working with […]
Crime / Policy / Politics
Our prisons are a national disgrace
Published by UnHerd (2nd December, 2019) In 1773, a wealthy businessman named John Howard, appointed High Sheriff of Bedfordshire, was distressed to discover the barbaric treatment of inmates […]
Crime / Policy
Short sentences prove prison doesn’t work
Published by The Times (28th June, 2018) This is a depressing time for prison reform campaigners. Ministers have announced they are building two new jails ready for another […]
Crime / Drugs / Policy
When will politicians quit the war on drugs?
Published by UnHerd (16th May, 2018) Few dispute that drugs can damage lives, devastate families and are linked to criminality. All the evidence indicates it is prohibition that […]
Crime / Police / Policy
Children need help, not demonising
Published by The i paper (9th April, 2018) Sometimes the smallest things drive home the enormity. Amid the mound of flowers marking the spot where another teenager lost […]
Crime / Policy
A broken prison system – but Scotland pushes for reform
Published by The i paper (29th January, 2018) Two years ago, in those far off days before the Brexit debacle, David Cameron declared prison reform ‘a great progressive […]
Crime / Policy / Politics
Longer prison sentences won’t stop animal cruelty
Published by The Times (14th December, 2017) Michael Gove seeks to show that Brexit means we can take back control of our laws. The Tories are desperate to […]