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Prison inspectorate condemns lack of safety at HMP Holloway but notes role of Women in Prison’s support services In a report on a full unannounced inspection of HMP Holloway the Prison Inspectorate found that almost 60% of more... New Vacancies Do you have a commitment to working within a women-centred service and to making a real difference to vulnerab more... EHRC Funds Women in Prison Project Women In Prison has recently been funded by the Equality and Human Rights Commission to work specifically with more... SWAP Campaign Write to Ken Clarke 7 July 2010: The SWAP Campaign Network have written to Justice Secretary Ken Clarke to ask how he will en more... The revolution must not be gender blind 1 July 2010: Here comes Ken Clarke's revolution in rehabilitation, a long overdue recognition that prison more... A message from inside to the new government The SWAP campaign led by Women in Prison has received a massive 500 votes in support of its manifesto more...		Women in Prison supports and campaigns for women offenders and ex-offenders. We assist women with advice on housing, education, mental health, legal rights, work, benefits, debt, domestic violence, and more. Prison causes damage and disruption to the lives of vulnerable women, most of whom pose no risk to the public. Women have been and are marginalised within a criminal justice system designed by men for men. Prison is often a very expensive way of making vulnerable women’s life situations much worse. Women are often incarcerated miles from their homes and families – they lose their homes, their relationships with their children and their mental health in the process. Better outcomes for women offenders means a reduced use of prison and an increased use of community alternatives. Prison does not work. The best way to cut women’s offending is to deal with its root causes.

"Taking the most hurt people out of society and punishing them in order to teach them how to live within society is, at best, futile. Whatever else a prisoner knows, she knows everything there is to know about punishment because that is exactly what she has grown up with. Whether it is childhood sexual abuse, indifference, neglect; punishment is most familiar to her." Chris Tchaikovsky - Former prisoner and founder of Women in Prison

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