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Report from Court 4
By Bob Woffinden
For once there was an exuberant atmosphere in Court 4 at the Royal Courts of Justice. It was a spring morning and a special day. A conviction was going to be quashed.

It was Wednesday 18 March and Sean Hodgson, who had served twenty-seven years for a murder he didn’t commit, was about to be freed. The pathway to justice and liberty had opened for him when he read Inside Time. He contacted lawyers who advertised their assistance, and they took up his case with considerable energy. Within a year, fast work by criminal justice standards, he was on his way to the outside world. read full article

Rehabilitation revolution
By Paul Sullivan
Former prisoner Paul Sullivan responds to Conservative proposals for reforming the justice system

Political correctness
By Charles Hanson
Lifer Charles Hanson looks at how several areas of prison life have fallen foul to an insidious ‘politically correct ideology’

Adjudications
By Harjit Chana
Solicitor Harjit Chana draws attention to the adjudication process and says that departure from natural justice within the disciplinary process should be challenged

Carrot or stick?
By A Former Teacher
A former teacher with several years experience of working within prison education departments is highly critical of methods employed by security to undermine teachers’ efforts

Categorisation of foreign nationals
By Matthew Stanbury and Emma Burkinshaw
Barrister Matthew Stanbury and Prison Law Advisor Emma Burkinshaw emphasise the plight of many foreign national prisoners and how the prison service attempts to deal with the question of categorisation

Conspiracy
By Aziz Rahman and Jonathan Lennon
Law Tactics & Strategy in Defending in Conspiracy Allegations

Lags and Wags
By Alison Henderson
Continuing her series exclusively for Inside Time, writer and comedienne Alison Henderson has more zany adventures from Sue and her friends …this month they are off to the Partners in Severe Stress (PISS) annual conference at St Mary’s scout hut and the ladies are raring to go. They meet at Sue’s house however some are more eager to go than others!

Month by Month
By Rachel Billington

Now 'Listen' To This
By Andy Thackwray
Andy Thackwray considers the Listener scheme needs a transformation in order to function properly and provide the kind of support structure that challenging, complex and vulnerable prisoners need and deserve

Only lawyers with good expert knowledge to advise prisoners
By Andrew Sperling and Michael Purdon
Andrew Sperling and Michael Purdon from the highly influential Association of Prison Lawyers highlight the Legal Services Commission Consultation on funding of prison law work and its implications for prisoners seeking legal advice

The forgotten victims
By Clare Algar
Clare Algar, Executive Director at Reprieve, says secrecy and cover-up surrounding the UK government’s role in rendition must stop

The future is in our hands
By Ben Gunn
Lifer Ben Gunn announces that he is the newly appointed General Secretary of the Association of Prisoners and challenges all prisoners to play their part in bringing about change

Tools of the trade
By Gerard McGrath
Gerard McGrath takes issue with modern teaching methods that have led to a generation of young people without a proper concept of English language skills

Wheel of the Year
By Polly Wallace
A monthly column devised by astrologer Polly Wallace exclusively for readers of Inside Time drawing on themes from both astrology and astronomy. The intention is to provide a range of information and ideas to coincide with the International Year of Astronomy and the 400th anniversary of the birth of Astronomy (1609) celebrating Galileo’s first observation of the sky using a telescope.

Worshipping psychology
By Keith Rose
Keith Rose exposes flaws in psychology and how prisoners are frequently intimidated into participating on certain courses

Locked Up Potential
By Eric McGraw
Eric McGraw reports on a new report by the Centre for Social Justice ... 'Locked Up Potential - a strategy for reforming prisons and rehabilitating prisoners.’

Book Review - Criminal by Caspar Walsh
By Lucy Forde
Inside Time’s Lucy Forde concludes that ‘education’ doesn’t always come best served at the hands of the authorities

Book Review - Guess How Much I Love You by Sam McBratney and Anita Jeram
By Jane Andrews
Jane Andrews discovers a treasure of a book with innocence flowing from the pages

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