The Transform Justice Podcast

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The Transform Justice Podcast episodes

June 23, 2022 Ep4: Protecting the protectors?
In this episode we discuss a very emotive crime - people being violent or abusive towards police and NHS workers. Recent legislation has increased the maximum sentence for assaulting an emergency worker to 2 years - four times the maximum for assaulting anyone else. Penelope and Rob are joined by Caitriona Mclaughlin from Stokoe Partnership Solicitors and Mark Brown, former police officer and current PhD student at the University of Southampton to discuss whether harsher sentences will reduce violence and abuse towards police and NHS staff and what else could be done to prevent such incidents from happening.
Caitriona Mclaughlin @StokoePartners
View Caitriona’s profile here.
Mark Brown @UoS_Socio_Crim
View Mark’s profile and some of his writing here.
Read our report Protecting the protectors: Do criminal sanctions reduce violence against police and NHS staff? here.
Website: www.transformjustice.org.uk
Twitter: @TransformJust1
Email: [email protected]
The Transform Justice podcast is hosted by Penelope Gibbs and Rob Allen and produced and edited by Alexandra Kimmons and Sonderbug Productions. With thanks to Burges Salmon LLP for use of their space.
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June 17, 2022 Ep3: Presumed innocent but behind bars
In this episode we explore pre-trial imprisonment, otherwise known as remand. The remand process allows people who have not been found guilty of a crime to be kept in prison, sometimes for months or even years, while awaiting trial. Rob and Penelope are joined by Griff Ferris of Fair Trials, and May Robson, who has researched the use of remand for foreign national women, to discuss why we imprison people before trial and what could be done to decrease the number of people stuck in this limbo.
Griff Ferris of @FairTrials
Read Fair Trials’ report Locked up in lockdown: Life on remand during the pandemic here for a look into the lived reality of remand.
May Robson @mayrbsn
Read May’s work on bail decision making for foreign national women here.
Read Transform Justice's written evidence to the Justice Committee on the role of adult custodial remand in the criminal justice system here.
Website: www.transformjustice.org.uk
Twitter: @TransformJust1
Email: [email protected]
The Transform Justice podcast is hosted by Penelope Gibbs and Rob Allen and produced and edited by Alexandra Kimmons and Sonderbug Productions. With thanks to Burges Salmon LLP for use of their space.
28 min
June 17, 2022 Ep2: Children in police cells
This episode shines a light on the experiences of children aged 10 to 18 held in police custody. On average, children suspected of committing a crime are held in a windowless cell for 11 hours with nothing to do and often no one to talk to. Rob and Penelope along with guests Mel Stooks, solicitor for the firm GT Stewart, and Dr Vicky Kemp, Principal Research Fellow at the University of Nottingham, discuss what this experience is like for children and provide practical suggestions for how it could be improved.
Mel Stooks of @GTStewartSols
Mel’s profile can be found here.
Dr Vicky Kemp @DrVickyKemp
Read Dr Vicky Kemp’s recent article on children’s understanding of their legal rights here.
The Channel 4 documentary series 24 hours in police custody can be found here.
If you are interested in becoming an appropriate adult, you can find out how here.
Website: www.transformjustice.org.uk
Twitter: @TransformJust1
Email: [email protected]
The Transform Justice podcast is hosted by Penelope Gibbs and Rob Allen and produced and edited by Alexandra Kimmons and Sonderbug Productions. With thanks to Burges Salmon LLP for use of their space.
30 min
June 08, 2022 Ep1: Conveyor belt justice
This episode looks at the single justice procedure. It's the way most crimes in England and Wales are prosecuted, but many people have never heard of it. Penelope and Rob are joined by guests Naima Sakande, Deputy Director for the charity Appeal and Tristan Kirk, courts reporter for the Evening Standard, to discuss what the single justice procedure is, how it works, and where it's going wrong.
Naima Sakande of @we_are_APPEAL
Read more about Appeal's work on women and TV licensing here or check out their briefing on the single just procedure here.
Tristan Kirk @kirkkorner
See an example of Tristan's reporting on the single justice procedure here.
Website: www.transformjustice.org.uk
Twitter: @TransformJust1
Email: [email protected]
The Transform Justice podcast is hosted by Penelope Gibbs and Rob Allen and produced and edited by Alexandra Kimmons and Sonderbug Productions. With thanks to Burges Salmon LLP for use of their space.
32 min

About The Transform Justice Podcast

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The Transform Justice podcast throws light on the hidden corners of the criminal justice system. Each episode, we focus on one aspect of the justice system and ask if it’s fair and what can be done to make it better. Transform Justice is a national charity working for a fair, humane, open and effective justice system.