News
Our last lunchtime forum was in March in
Cheltenham - Kate Cairns spoke on: 'Beyond Reason: the roots of criminal
behaviour'.
In July we will be considering the position
of older people in prison, this will be at the Friendship Cafe in
Gloucester. further details nearer the time.
Professor David Nutt spoke to us on the
war on drugs. See under events.
The 'F Word' - the exhibition of the
Forgiveness Project - was at Gloucester Cathedral from 22 - 28 November
2011, sponsored by PJG. To read one visitor's account of this click
here
The Archbishop of Canterbury, asked by the
Guardian what one thing he would like to change about British society,
replied,"a more realistic prison policy."
Read Kenneth Clarkes’s response to the riots here
But see also reply by Phil Wheatley, Former director
general of the Prison Service and the National Offender Management
Service, here
Saturday July 2 - our summer
lunchtime forum, 'Victims of Crime - click here to read a
report
PJG response to the
government's green paper "Breaking the cycle - effective punishment,
rehabilitation and sentencing of offenders". Click here to read
this.
Women in Prison: Ruined Lives. Please see the report of the public
meeting here
June 2011 newsletter download it here
Positive Justice
Gloucestershire
Aims:
- To encourage the use of restorative and therapeutic practices within
the criminal justice system, in order to reduce crime and its impact on
victims.
- To act as a pressure group: balancing negative representations in the
popular press, and raising public awareness of, and support for, positive
initiatives within the criminal justice system, particularly alternatives
to imprisonment where appropriate.
Objectives
- To organise regular public meetings, and informal discussion
forums;
- To disseminate accurate and up to date information regarding
crime and the community;
- To cooperate with other community/voluntary groups;
- To act as an information point for those who wish to get
involved with the voluntary sector; to promote positive policies to
the media and to policy makers by writing letters, putting out
press releases and through our website.
Imprisonment
Maggi Hambling Highly Commended Award, Koestler exhibition,
2010, by an artist in HM Prison, Acklington
