Simon Scott
Passionate about dogs, walks, Spurs, User Voice, life sentences, prisons, Stage IV CRC 15 years and counting.
@davidallengreen.bsky.social
Commentator on law and policy. Own blog/substack, but also Prospect, FT, elsewhere. Liberal constitutionalist; Villa supporter; sometimes ironic. Birmingham/London, England. (Account deactivated when not used.)
@fergusmcneill.bsky.social
Criminologist interested mainly in punishment, rehabilitation and reintegration… increasingly explored via creative methods. Also a singer-songwriter, when I can find the time.
@andyaitchison.bsky.social
Freelance documentary #photographer, working since 1991. Covering most subjects, Climate solutions, Unions, Campaigns, Social & Criminal Justice, specialise in photographing in UK prisons. Visit my website: www.andyaitchison.uk for more.
@penelopegibbs.bsky.social
My passion is to improve UK justice. Lead charity www.transformjustice.org.uk (email there). Also visiting fellow https://www.kellogg.ox.ac.uk/ and chair www.appropriateadult.org.uk
@aiannucci.bsky.social
Words and smiles. BBC Sounds Podcast #StrongMessageHere. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/brand/m0024cp6?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile Also, Patron of Child Poverty Action Group, @cpaguk.bsky.social
@hugorifkind.bsky.social
Writing in The Times Thursday and Saturday, talking on Times Radio Monday-Thursday. Also, other things. Latest novel, Rabbits, found here: https://amzn.eu/d/hUQTsSW
@rmcunliffe.bsky.social
Associate Political Editor @NewStatesman. Devout classicist, "indulgent editrix", at one point the only Ancient Greek teacher in South Korea
@zoesqwilliams.bsky.social
Guardian writer, but one time I said something inflammatory to the US right & they called me a Diseased Pitmommy. So that's what I go by now
@doitjustice.bsky.social
Director Do It Justice and Justice Futures. Criminal justice geek. Former adviser to Justice Select Committee. One time Clarice Starling wannabe. Views own. RTs not endorsement.
@shelaghfogarty.bsky.social
Broadcaster, Journalist, lover of swimming. Find me @LBC 1-4pm or anytime @globalplayer. For work enquiries contact yellowpoppymedia.com …
@resfoundation.bsky.social
Resolution Foundation is a think-tank working to improve the lives of people on low-to-middle incomes. Launched May 2021: The Economy 2030 Inquiry.
@shattenstone.bsky.social
Guardian interviewer/features writer, with a thing for prison and miscarriages of justice (well not a thing for them as such, a thing for writing about them). Proud Mancunian/Salfordian. City fan of some vintage
@philippabudgen.bsky.social
Freelance Media Consultant for charities & campaigns. Loves justice. Hates injustice. Reformed journalist. Sometimes found in cold water.
@crimegirl.co.uk
“Well-known tweeting Barrister” Bar Council | “Popular anonymous Barrister” Daily Mail | “Possibly cabin crew” my neighbour | NGO MD | no longer tweeting a fo ben, bid bont |🎗️🏴
@thehowardleague.bsky.social
Building a more humane and effective response to crime. Join: https://howardleague.org/membership/ Give: http://PayPal.Me/howardleague
@barristersecret.bsky.social
Wears a black cape and fights crime. Not Batman. Sunday Times No.1 Bestselling author•The Secret Barrister•#FakeLaw•Nothing But The Truth• Also writes thrillers as S.J. Fleet. The Cut Throat Trial coming 28 Aug 2025.
@shipleywrites.bsky.social
Did corporate finance, produced a film, committed a fraud. Served my time. Horrified by the prison system. I write and talk and try to change it. Words in Inside Time, The Spectator, the i, amongst others. david@david-shipley.com
@jengba.bsky.social
Joint Enterprise Not Guilty by Association. Common Law used against common people that makes no common sense. Official website www.jengba.co.uk
@janjengba.bsky.social
JENGbA Co Founder fighting against the injustice of #jointenterprise #socialist (UK) @jengba.bsky.social www.jengba.com No DM’s please …I don’t like being pestered by strangers 🤬
@shonaminson.bsky.social
Women's Justice Board member BBC New Generation Thinker Centre for Criminology, University of Oxford Family law/ criminal law intersections. Children's rights. Procedural Justice Creative public engagement. Once upon a time I was a barrister
@gemabbott.bsky.social
Legal Director @thehowardleague.bsky.social. Trustee @dignityindying.org.uk. Views my own. She/her 🏴
@jonbcollins.bsky.social
Chief Executive of Prisoners’ Education Trust and criminal justice nerd.
@ungripp.bsky.social
UNGRIPP campaigns on behalf of everyone affected by the Indeterminate Sentence for Public Protection (IPP) in England and Wales.
@russellscott1.bsky.social
Investigative Journalist: Good Law Project. Guardian. Byline & more. Book ➡️VIP Lane - OUT SOON https://mailchi.mp/bylinetimes.com/vip-lane Portfolio ➡️ russellscott.contently.com & RussellScott.substack.com Follow ➡️ @thepitchinspection.bsky.social
@cambridgedcn.bsky.social
PhD-led initiative at Cambridge’s Institute of Criminology, engaging with decolonial thoughts and perspectives. We seek to centre colonialism at the centre of contemporary debates and amplify subaltern, non-Western, and Indigenous voices in criminology.
@policefoundationuk.bsky.social
The only independent think tank in the UK focused on improving policing. Hosted the Strategic Review of Policing https://www.police-foundation.org.uk/
@vickytaylor.bsky.social
Attempting DPhil · Border Criminologies · writing about the UK's criminalisation of asylum seeking · otherwise found in cold water somewhere
@hmiprisonsnews.bsky.social
Independent inspectorate reporting on conditions for and treatment of those in prisons, young offender institutions and immigration detention facilities. Learn more at: https://hmiprisons.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/
@natashaporter.bsky.social
CEO and founder Unlocked Graduates Board for Children’s Commissioner, Impetus, Get Further & The Times Crime and Justice commissioner. Young Australian of the year in the UK 2025. Into all things education/prison reform/leadership
@pjkkc.bsky.social
KC at Gatehouse Chambers but as likely to be found in the Alps or Stamford Bridge. Warden at STwSS
@richardjgarside.bsky.social
Director @crimeandjustice | Law and justice | Materialist not idealist | Facts not feelings | My views, not my employer’s
@cassieedmiston.bsky.social
Head of Fundraising and External Affairs at Prisoners' Education Trust
@prisonersed.bsky.social
Prisoners' Education Trust (PET) offers distance learning courses and advice and guidance to people in prison. We use our policy and advocacy work to improve prison education. Support us here: prisonerseducation.org.uk/donate
@manwithbooks.bsky.social
Big Issue #changemaker, Co-director of Penned Up https://pennedup.org.uk/ - a literary festival curated with people in prison for people in prison.
@criminographer.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire. Geographer. Mum of four (two live in my heart). Tweets child loss, SUDC, PPA2 deficiency, sex work, digital-sexual exploitation, fraud, policing, VAWG. #WIASN
@davidpitts.bsky.social
VP Justice & Safety, Urban Institute. Research on prisons, jails, and systems change. Alum of Georgia, Indiana, and UC Irvine. Adjunct Faculty, CUNY. Alabama native. #criminaljustice #criminology #corrections #prisonreform #crimsky
@vickihcardwell.bsky.social
CEO at Spark Inside. Focused on unlocking potential and talent in prisons. Formerly Criminal Justice Alliance, Revolving Doors Agency & T2A Alliance.
@stephenfarrall.bsky.social
Criminologist (offending careers; politics & crime; homicide; fear of crime) & cyclist (MTBs + Brompton). S11 & NG7. Sociology qualifications: BSc/MSc (Surrey) Law qualifications: DPhil (Oxford); GCSE (graded at U). https://stephenfarrall.substack.com
@profalexstevens.bsky.social
Professor of Criminology, University of Sheffield. Trustee at Harm Reduction International and Criminal Justice Alliance. My views, not theirs.
@jenniward.bsky.social
Associate Professor in Criminology Middlesex University researching courts, sentencing, comparative approaches to 18-25 year olds in the criminal justice system.
@the-sipr.bsky.social
SIPR is a strategic collaboration between Scotland's universities, Police Scotland and the Scottish Police Authority. Our mission is to support internationally excellent, multi-disciplinary policing research to enable evidence-informed policy & practice.