Secretary of State for Justice

December 14, 2022

All stick and no carrot? Meaningfully rewarding good conduct in prisons

Reading Time: 12 minutesA lot of people tend to assume that well-behaved prisoners get time off for ‘good behaviour’. In the United States, for example, federal inmates can earn up to 54 days off each year under the First Step Act, if staff feel they have remained “in exemplary compliance with institutional disciplinary...

May 4, 2022

Secretary of State refers Court of Appeal Safety Test to Law Commission

Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Deputy Prime Minister, Secretary of State for Justice Dominic Raab has confirmed to us that he has asked the Law Commission “to consider including a review” of the threshold test for overturning convictions in the Criminal Appeals Court, in line with recommendations made by the Westminister Commission on Miscarriages...

March 3, 2022

Voiceless Inside – Miscarriage of Justice campaigners take Ministry of Justice to Court over Podcast Ban

Reading Time: 8 minutesThe Ministry of Justice has denied an investigative journalist access to interview Mark Alexander while he is in prison, effectively preventing further investigation being conducted in to his case to establish his innocence. Mark has always maintained that he was wrongly convicted of murder in 2010. This is now the...

A friend of Mark’s girlfriend

“Apart from his good looks, Mark is certainly an incredible boyfriend to SN, but perhaps more importantly one of the most amazing people I have ever met. I immediately noticed how caring Mark was; he would always ask if SN or I wanted anything, and if there was a request Mark was the first to offer to get it. During their housewarming party [October 2009] he ensured every girl got home safely, either ordering all their taxis or personally accompanying them to the bus, waiting until it would arrive no matter how long it would take.

It’s his sincere kindness that makes everybody around Mark love him. He always ensures that everyone around him is happy before concentrating on himself. I recall on SN’s birthday [November 2009] how he spent his whole day (and that literally means 9am to 5pm) running around London buying her presents, returning home out of breath with a huge bouquet of flowers and a whole box of freshly made cakes that SN could pick from, just to ensure her utmost happiness.

Additionally, Mark is extremely ambitious and entrepreneurial. Already a successful IT consultant aged only 22. In my lifetime, Mark is one of the few young males I know that has this innovative drive for success, someone who has that sparkle in his eyes that makes him unique. Mark is truly a ‘self-made man’ and losing everything he has achieved thus far would be a tragedy.

I have no doubt, nor have I ever doubted, that Mark is completely innocent. I love him like a friend, practically everything about Mark emphasises his big heart and this heart is incapable of any wrong doing towards anyone. If anything, Mark’s big heart is what allows others to use him”

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Secretary of State for Justice

All stick and no carrot? Meaningfully rewarding good conduct in prisons

Secretary of State refers Court of Appeal Safety Test to Law Commission

Voiceless Inside – Miscarriage of Justice campaigners take Ministry of Justice to Court over Podcast Ban

A friend of Mark’s girlfriend

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