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Women in Prison

Inquiry by the Justice Committee, 26 April 2021 to 14 September 2023. Its page on the Parliament website.

Reports and responses

Evidence sessions

  • 6 July 2021: Phil Bowen, Centre for Justice Innovation; Laura Seebohm, Changing Lives; Katy Swaine Williams, Centre for Women's Justice; Donna Everett, Beth Centre and South London Alliance; Dr Kate Paradine, Women in Prison; Sophie Taylor, Lambeth Council
  • 20 July 2021: Lucy, Former Prisoner; Keds, Former Prisoner; Lisa N, Former Prisoner; Peter Dawson, Prison Reform Trust; Jessica Mullen, Clinks; Jemima Olchawski, Agenda Alliance
  • 14 September 2021: Dr Cath Durkin, Central and North West London NHS Foundation Trust; Dr Amanda Brown, HMP Bronzefield; Jenny Talbot, National Women's Prisons Health and Social Care Review, National Women's Prisons Health and Social Care Review; Francesca Cooney, Prisoner Education Trust; Annick Platt, Novus
  • 19 October 2021: Laura Seebohm, Changing Lives; Vicky Davis, The Nelson Trust; Dr Jenny Earle, Safe Homes for Women Leaving Prison Initiative; Sandra Fieldhouse, HM Inspectorate of Prisons; Juliet Lyon CBE, Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody; Sue McAllister CB
  • 2 November 2021: Victoria Atkins, Ministry of Justice; Dr Jo Farrar, HM Prison and Probation Service; Kate Davies CBE, NHS England