Women in the Penal System

Departmental Publication (Policy paper)
Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

May. 22 2024

Source Page: Lord Pickles Alderney expert review
Document: (PDF)

Found: Were there any women in Alderney? Yes.

Lords Chamber
Victims and Prisoners Bill
Report stage part one - Tue 21 May 2024
Ministry of Justice

Mentions:
1: None represented prisoners—the Prison Reform Trust, the Howard League for Penal Reform, the Prisons and Probation - Speech Link
2: Baroness Burt of Solihull (LD - Life peer) This is an estimated 600 prisoners out of the almost 3,000 still in the system. - Speech Link
3: Lord Garnier (Con - Life peer) As a Government Minister—particularly one in charge of the justice system and the prison system—the most - Speech Link
4: None Twenty years later we continue to see women living in fear, their lives blighted or ended. - Speech Link
5: None The system does not work. It is failing women and children. - Speech Link

Select Committee

Queen's University Belfast

MSA0050 - Modern Slavery Act 2015

Written Evidence May. 14 2024

Inquiry: Modern Slavery Act 2015
Inquiry Status: Closed
Committee: Modern Slavery Act 2015 Committee

Found: and by sea) provided a definition of 19Punish Trafficking in Persons Especially Women and Girls (the

Scottish Parliament Debate - Main Chamber
Unborn Victims of Violence - Thu 02 May 2024

Mentions:
1: Carlaw, Jackson (Con - Eastwood) in the justice system. - Speech Link
2: Chapman, Maggie (Green - North East Scotland) way in which the criminal justice system has let her down and my admiration for her years of work. - Speech Link
3: Dowey, Sharon (Con - South Scotland) There are also examples from further afield, such as in the New York penal code, where the definition - Speech Link
4: Clark, Katy (Lab - West Scotland) It is the Parliament’s responsibility to ensure that the justice system deals with violence against women - Speech Link

Bill Documents
1 May 2024 - Explanatory Notes
HL Bill 74 Explanatory Notes
Renters (Reform) Bill 2022-23

Found: to continue in the new system.

Lords Chamber
Indeterminate Sentences - Mon 29 Apr 2024
Scotland Office

Mentions:
1: Lord Moylan (Con - Life peer) two years, although noble Lords will, in some cases, still be surprised that there are women serving - Speech Link
2: Lord Stewart of Dirleton (Con - Life peer) the prison system can concentrate on their needs. - Speech Link
3: Lord Bishop of Lincoln (Bshp - Bishops) My Lords, recently in Lincoln prison I met a man who has been continuously in the prison system for the - Speech Link
4: Lord Stewart of Dirleton (Con - Life peer) We are engaged with the Howard League for Penal Reform. - Speech Link
5: Lord Hastings of Scarisbrick (XB - Life peer) The system is so badly broken. - Speech Link