Rob Allen @robroballen
Researcher and consultant on criminal justice and prisons, co-founder of Justice and Prisons, working in UK and abroad. Retweets not endorsements. reformingprisons.blogspot.co.uk London Joined October 2010-
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A mostly positive inspection report on Oakhill Secure Training Centre but surprised there isn’t some discussion of how one girl is properly cared for in an institution with 66 boys. files.ofsted.gov.uk/v1/file/502440…
"Sentences now for a lot of offences are too long", ex Lord Chief Justice tells @thetimes, becoming the latest victim of Post-retirement enlightenment syndrome. thetimes.co.uk/article/crime-…
The Dutch prison service is already working on “the possibility of reducing staff deployment through robotisation”. The likely impact of AI on community corrections was one of the topics discussed at last week’s World Congress on Probation and Parole . reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2024/04/the-wo…
Moving visit to so-called ‘Oranjehotel’ prison used by Nazi occupiers to detain 25,000 Dutch people in WWII. Launched as national monument in 2019 when the King left the gate ajar so people will always be able to see what lies beyond it from outside to inside and inside to out.
A few thoughts on this weeks World Congress on Probation and Parole organised by @ReclasseringNL #WCPP2024 reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2024/04/the-wo…
Ex Utrecht prison now rents out cells as work spaces for small businesses, authors, and anyone who’ll pay 600 euros a month for peace and quiet. Modelled on Pentonville, the 1850s jail shut in 2014 as surplus to requirements. Dutch now haven’t enough space to meet demand ……
Race against Time : Another Update on the Prison Building Programme @robroballen shows us where (most of) the 20,000 new prison places will be buff.ly/4aSMEgP
Race against Time : Another Update on the Prison Building Programme reformingprisons.blogspot.com/2024/04/race-a…
Does probation push people back into prison? I had a great discussion with @PenelopeGibbs2, @robroballen and @julie_eden for the @TransformJust1 podcast. Podfollow: pod.fo/e/22dd8a Apple: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ep3… Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/5TUNpi…
Depressing topic but good to have the chance to talk a bit about the Independent Investigations into Serious Incidents in Prisons I've done over the last few years and what we can learn from them. Thanks Marianne Moore for the opportunity @justicestudio rss.com/podcasts/justi…
Rat infestation at HMP Pentonville endangers health of prisoners, staff and monitors. Watchdog has raised shocking and unhygienic state of kitchen since July 2023 and has now written to prison minister about it. imb.org.uk/news/concerns-…
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@robroballen Nice spot, Rob. We seem to be pretty short on transparency on all these measures...
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@jonbcollins @robroballen Oh, so it's not a 'third Grendon' in the sense of a much needed additional therapeutic prison. That would have made a less depressing story.
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Write-up of yesterday's @CommonsJustice session on the prison population and prison capacity, referencing comments by me, @nicklhardwick2 @robroballen and Mark Day of @PRTuk I called for the government to expedite the release of #IPP prisoners independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/…