When a woman is in prison it is almost impossible for her to get any legal advice concerning family matters. She can’t just search ‘what
Author: shonaminson
Report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights
Today, 9th September, the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Human Rights (JCHR) published the report of their enquiry into ‘The right to family life: children whose
Listen
On Friday 14th June a group of children and young people travelled to Westminster to tell MPs, Peers (members of the House of Lords), policy
Changing the Conversation
When I set out 7 years ago to try to change the way mothers were sentenced, I thought there were two big barriers to achieving
Response to the Sentencing Council consultation on proposals to provide expanded explanations in existing Sentencing Guidelines
(I am posting this as it may be of use to anyone formulating their own response. Some formatting has been lost from the original so
Responding to the Sentencing consultation on sole or primary carer mitigation
The following information and links will assist if you would like to respond to the Sentencing Council’s Consultation on the proposed expanded Guidelines for the
Dr Shona Minson 