Rebecca Roberts is Head of Policy at the charity INQUEST.
INQUEST is the only charity providing expertise on state-related deaths and their investigation, with a focus on deaths in prison and other forms of detention, and mental health settings, as well as deaths where wider issues of state and corporate accountability are in question, such as Hillsborough and Grenfell Tower.
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Published in: Shine A LightWhy are so many people dying on probation in England and Wales?Flawed ‘reforms’ and part-privatisation have created havoc in the probation service. Amid the chaos: a sharp rise in self-inflicted deaths.
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Published in: openJusticeMore mega-prisons won't fix a broken societyThe British government is building more prisons to lock up more people in the most incarcerated country in Europe.
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Published in: Shine A LightG4S: Don't blame us — blame the prison systemAn activist reports from G4S annual general meeting, Surrey, England, 26 May 2016.
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Published in: openDemocracyUKCameron’s prison reform: privatisation and asset stripping?What exactly will the British government's plans look like in practice?