Miscarriages of justice the result of racist and classist majority verdict rule, research by APPEAL finds

thejusticegap.com/majority-verdi…

Tragic news to break:

Another two prisoners died at Parc prison overnight.

The deaths of the men, aged 19 and 73, mean the jail’s sudden death toll is now at nine in under three months.

We’ve been reporting on drug-dealing and corruption in the jail

The MoJ has consistently…

Richard Wyn Jones on BBC Wales Politics #SundaySupplement :

“In the Welsh context in particular, having PCCs at all makes no sense. The powers that have been devolved to PCCs in Wales have been devolved in Manchester to [elected Mayor] Andy Burnham.”

Next week will mark the 25th Anniversary of the first Senedd Election in Wales 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🗳️

How have opinions and identities changed over that period? @jaclarner has taken a look at what opinion data tells us about a quarter of a century of devolution 🧵👇

Cardiff UCU is concerned to learn that our School of Social Sciences is proposing to effectively replace Postgraduate Researcher Tutors with a Grade 5 fixed-term, part-time and ‘variable hours’ (i.e. precarious) Teaching Associate post. 1/

Rob Jones '...a rise in the number of prisoners held in Wales and the effects of spiralling healthcare costs, the latest data show that the funding deficit facing health boards is now greater than ever.' 👇

Wales is being shortchanged by Westminster on a small but vital funding area
walesonline.co.uk/news/politics/…

Afternoon session at #EGCardiff24 on Welsh miscarriages of justice kicks off with Danielle Fahiya on the case of Mahmood Mattan killed by the British state

New in PQ31, Rob Jones explores the latest disaggregated data on punishment in Wales. buff.ly/2UHtEg4 #probation

Six prisoners have died in HMP Parc in the past three weeks.
thejusticegap.com/six-dead-in-we…

Would you be interested in working for Cardiff Innocence Project?

Do you have experience of criminal appeals as a practitioner?

Please follow this link - krb-sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search…

Colleagues from the innocence project would be happy to chat to anyone interested

📢 'Nothing to See Here? Deaths in Custody and FAIs in Scotland – 2023' out today!
New research by Sarah Armstrong, Betsy Barkas, Linda Allan, Stuart Allan & Debbie Cairns.

sccjr.ac.uk/publication/no…

Sarah Armstrong Linda Allan Deborah Cairns

Diolch Emyr Lewis & Dr Kathy Hampson for recording with us today to explain and explore issues related to the sustainability of the joint ‘England & Wales’ justice system & challenges around the proposed devolution of only youth justice & probation.

Coming soon(ish) to the feed!

NEXT TUESDAY, 6pm at the Pierhead, Cardiff Bay:

'A vision for Ambition: Why fairness has to be both economic and social'

The Centre kicks off the new year with a keynote address by Plaid Cymru leader, Rhun ap Iorwerth MS

Register here > eventbrite.co.uk/e/a-vision-for…

NEW on Thinking Wales blog 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿💷

Health by a thousand cuts? An initial analysis of the Welsh Government Draft Budget

Read this next-day analysis on the Welsh Government budget from Guto Ifan

blogs.cardiff.ac.uk/thinking-wales…

The British/Irish Section of European Group will be holding a conference in Cardiff, Wales from 3-5th April 2024.

(See next post for link to booking form)

#Abolition #Wales #Resistance #Independence

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Announcement👇 Call for papers 👇

🚨 An important 🧵 on next week’s Welsh Government budget by Guto Ifan 🚨

🚨🌎NEW REPORT - IMMIGRATION HEALTH SURCHARGE🌎🚨

Skilled migration is playing a vital role in offsetting Wales’ rapidly-ageing demographics, according to a new Wales Fiscal Analysis report...
cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/2782…