Published Work

One man’s battle to be ‘forgotten’

Published in Inside Time, the national newspaper for prisoners and detainees (November 2025).


The legacy of an advocate of compassionate front-line probation practice

Published in Probation Quarterly, the magazine of the Probation Institute publishing articles of interest to practitioners and researchers (September 2025).


The role of community councils in probation reform

Published in the SAGE academic peer-reviewed Probation Journal, Vol. 20, Issue 1 (March 2023). Featured in the Information for Practice resource by New York University.


Joint Enterprise: Lowering the Bar

Published in Inside Time, the national newspaper for prisoners and detainees (November 2022). Co-written by Kiri Jolliffe.


We need to Kill the Bill, but one part of it could be worthwhile

Published by The Canary, a popular political affairs news website (March 2022).


Jimmy McGovern: ‘Story First, Politics Second’

Published in Proof Magazine, the print magazine of The Justice Gap (November 2021).


‘Discriminatory’ crime crackdown will divide communities, says Liberty

Published in The Justice Gap, an online magazine about law and justice (July 2021).


Support for neurodivergent people ‘patchy’ and ‘inconsistent’, say justice watchdogs

Published by The Justice Gap, an online magazine about law and justice (July 2021).


Not a penny paid out to victims of miscarriage of justice in last 12 months

Published by The Justice Gap, an online magazine about law and justice (July 2021). Co-written by Jon Robins.


70% increase in number of immigration detainees held in prison post-lockdown

Published by The Justice Gap, an online magazine about law and justice (July 2021).


‘The Met colonised my life for 34 years’, says Daniel Morgan’s brother

Published by The Justice Gap, an online magazine about law and justice (July 2021).


‘Too little, too late’: Stockwell Six convictions quashed at Court of Appeal

Published by The Justice Gap, an online magazine about law and justice (July 2021).


Lawyers urged to ‘educate themselves’ over endemic racism in the justice system

Published by The Justice Gap, an online magazine about law and justice (July 2021).


The Judiciary is Afraid of Diversity

Published by Inside Time, the national newspaper for prisoners and detainees (July 2021).


‘The attack on “access to justice” is ideological and deliberate. Austerity is always choice’

Published by The Justice Gap, an online magazine about law and justice (June 2021).


Three-quarters of domestic abuse reports to police are dropped, according to watchdog

Published by The Justice Gap, an online magazine about law and justice (June 2021).


Government ‘deeply sorry’ for systemic failings on rape

Published by The Justice Gap, an online magazine about law and justice (June 2021).


Asylum seekers were ‘falsely imprisoned’ in ‘detention-like’ Napier barracks, High Court rules

Published by The Justice Gap, an online magazine about law and justice (June 2021).


‘Swift review’ needed of computer evidence in wake of Post Office Horizon scandal

Published by The Justice Gap, an online magazine about law and justice (June 2021).


Hillsborough officers have no case to answer, rules judge

Published by The Justice Gap, an online magazine about law and justice (May 2021).


Prisoners’ discharge grant to be increased to £76 after 26 year freeze

Published by The Justice Gap, an online magazine about law and justice (May 2021).


Australian scientists speak out over ‘incredibly dangerous’ shaken baby prosecutions

Published by The Justice Gap, an online magazine about law and justice (May 2021).


Almost 4,000 prisoners have died as a result of COVID-19 worldwide

Published by The Justice Gap, an online magazine about law and justice (May 2021).


Holding Back The Vote

Published by Human Rights Pulse, a platform that seeks to ‘make justice a priority’ (April 2021).


Women’s Centres: The case for the increased use of alternatives to custody for women

Published by The View Magazine, a quarterly publication campaigning to build a better world for women in the justice system (April 2021).


The New Resistance

Published by The View Magazine, a quarterly publication campaigning to build a better world for women in the justice system (April 2021).


Domestic Abuse Courts… a fairer system?

Published by The View Magazine, a quarterly publication campaigning to build a better world for women in the justice system (April 2021).


The Opposition Agenda

Published in Inside Time, the national newspaper for prisoners and detainees (March 2021).


What 2021 might hold for those in prison

Published by The Canary, a popular political affairs news website (December 2020).


Allow prisoners internet access, says think tank

Published by The Justice Gap, an online magazine about law and justice (December 2020).


The path to rehabilitation is available… but other issues more of a priority for the Conservatives

Published in Inside Time, the national newspaper for prisoners and detainees (December 2020).


As many as 3.6m people every year have unresolved legal problems

Published by The Justice Gap, an online magazine about law and justice (November 2020).


Eight out of 10 police forces are unaware of guidance on evidence retention

Published by The Justice Gap, an online magazine about law and justice (November 2020).


Facial Recognition Unmasked

Published by The Longford Blog, a conversation about the criminal justice system (November 2020).


A ‘multitude of ideas’ from economist turned penal reformer

Published in Inside Time, the national newspaper for prisoners and detainees (October 2020).


Top Cop Talk With Keith Fraser, Chair of the Youth Justice Board

Published in Inside Time, the national newspaper for prisoners and detainees (September 2020).


MP says he believes in second, third and fourth chances

Published in Inside Time, the national newspaper for prisoners and detainees (August 2020).


Public Safety or Legal Vacuum?

Published in Inside Time, the national newspaper for prisoners and detainees (August 2020). Co-written by Molly Mitchell.


Why the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act Must be Improved

Published as a comment piece by the Centre for Crime and Justice Studies (July 2020).


In Union, There is Strength

Published in Inside Time, the national newspaper for prisoners and detainees (June 2020).


UK Border Force staff ’embarrassed’ by poor conditions of short-term holding facilities

Published by The Justice Gap, an online magazine about law and justice (June 2020).


Arming England’s Police

Published in Inside Time, the national newspaper for prisoners and detainees (June 2020). Featured on the Research Portal website of Portsmouth University.


How Snowden became an enemy of the state

Published in Inside Time, the national newspaper for prisoners and detainees (September 2019).


Why Prison Doesn’t Discriminate

Published in Inside Time, the national newspaper for prisoners and detainees (July 2019).


No one can whistle a symphony…

Published in Inside Time, the national newspaper for prisoners and detainees (March 2019).


Can you be executed for a crime you didn’t know you committed?

Published in Inside Time, the national newspaper for prisoners and detainees (November 2018).