Ruth Armstrong

I’m talking with someone in prison in Texas who tells me the prison is shipping people out b/c the town is complaining the prison uses 70% of the water. There is a link between generative justice and regenerative use of our worlds resources & not wasting lives or resources @fergusmcneill.bsky.social

Delighted to have contributed to this with a brilliant @justicematters.bsky.social network of awesome people working in and around problem solving courts globally.

New edition 278 of Prison Service Journal available now! This is a special edition focusing on developments in youth justice across Europe.

🔗 www.crimeandjustice.org.uk/prison-service-journal-278

#prisonservice #prisonservicejournal #psj #youthjustice #europeanyouthjustice #europe #openaccess

Looking forward to listening while I cook I the tea tonight! Can’t wait!

Here’s what’s on the air this week, starting May 12th, on Colorado Radio for Justice - from hard-hitting conversations to reentry resources to music shows across genres. If you’re wondering, “how do I listen?”, Check out www.radioforjustice.org!

Very much looking forward to walking towards new horizons with a bunch of brilliant people on Saturday 10th May - if you like a gander in the hills & believe in futures that are different to true past including for those who have spent time in prison, join us! #lakedistrict #JoanWearmouthWalk25

The fact the police here have uniforms that say ‘secret service’ in big letters does not, it would appear, amuse them as much as it has amused me.

Delighted to be working with the Organisation of American States in Washington DC to think about how to understand and reliably measures experiences of people convicted of drug trafficking pre and post prison. What a great group of people working here together!

I always said for this Pope I’d turn catholic. What a loss.

‘People can learn to care about each other’ - preach it sister!

‘You are system impacted - here’s how - let’s get a conversation going’ - love this radio station so much. Get tuned in! #weareallsystemimpacted

Watch this and tune in! Be an early adopter! This radio station for people leaving prison in Colorado is going to shape the face of justice for good - so excited for the launch of this work & its role in @prisonradiointl.bsky.social

Co-operation beyond bars: How incarcerated people are finding purpose Argentinian prison co-op Liberté began in 2014 as a small group of prisoners making and selling handcrafted clocks

Brilliant to see the amazing work of prisoners and victims of crime in Argentina who set up this self governed cooperative in a prison highlighted in the UK press: www.thenews.coop/co-operation...

BBC Radio 3 - The Essay, New Generation Thinkers 2024, Mothers on trial Shona Minson explores the pardoxical thinking around sending mothers to prison

"When women are imprisoned their motherhood is expected to be set aside, as if it's a coat that can be taken off & hung on a hook... But setting motherhood aside is not like taking off a coat; it's more like peeling off your own skin."

My essay for Radio 3👇

www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Beyond excited with this month’s AMPLIFIED 🔊 from @prisonradiointl.bsky.social featuring the amazing new project of @radioforjustice.bsky.social read all about it here: prison.radio/amplifying-v... and tune in for the launch in April 15th. You know where it’s AT!!! 💥💥💥

Can the UK fix its broken prison system? – video The prison population in England and Wales has doubled in the last 30 years, with overcrowding now endemic across the system. But the government's strategy of easing this pressure by granting early re...

Impactful piece about life after prison comparing UK and Netherlands from @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/society/vide...

New billboard in Clacton, Farage’s constituency. He’s still the UK’s #1 grifter. No other MP takes more from second jobs while being employed to represent their constituents in Parliament

Today is an exciting day! I’m off to #HMPPrescoed #PrisonFarm with #sixinchesofsoil to see the work they are doing and discuss #regenerativefarming and #generativejustice - are there principles we can pull through the ways we love together that would help us to do all of our life better together?

Running Up That Hill - The Longford Trust As part of our Employability programme, we offer travelling scholarships to our award holders to enable them to see the world and build their skills […]

An amazing opportunity from @longfordtrust.bsky.social - get applying if you’re a #longfordscholar and #aspiringwriter www.longfordtrust.org/runninguptha...

Quite enjoyed the sun going down on this soviet block

Loving listening to my former student @roscasworld1410 on YouTube performing in memory of our friend & colleague #jackmerritt in Cambridge tonight #LTforever

Oxford University role announced for George Clooney wife 6th February Education Oxford By Toby Oliver Reporter @JournoToby A famous barrister and wife of a Hollywood film actor has been appointed as a visiting professor of a university department in Oxford.

"Celebrated human rights lawyer's hubby to make Broadway debut"

Nah. That wouldn't happen. Would it.

To add to the many, many reviews currently going on, there is now a review of the handling of prison capacity.

WMS here: questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...

Terms of reference here: www.gov.uk/government/p...

Dame Anne Owers is leading it.

Ruth thank you! We're so excited to be back in action - and grateful for your support along the way.

Amazing to see y’all on here! Can’t wait to get back to listening to your radio shows!

A privilege to work on this with you and everyone in the room yesterday because @justicematters.bsky.social and it takes all of us and the relationships between us to make change.

Beyond excited to receive this debut novel from #RachelBower today - thanks for the tip off @jakephillips.bsky.social can’t wait to start it!

We're at the Weavers 'Collaboration to Change the Shape of Justice for Women' event.

Great to hear our problem-solving court work being referenced by @rutharmstrong.bsky.social & @shonaminson.bsky.social in the launch of their new research: www.clinks.org/publication/...

#WeaversSummit

‘My vulnerabilities were not palatable … so I entered a grey area. Was I a victim or a perpetrator?’ Excellent presentation from #AliyaAli CEO of #www.daddylessdaughters.co.uk

Enroute and excited for this event #justicematters #systemschange #evidence/act/change #relationshipsarekey !