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21 Mar 2007

Reforming bishop to head up prison monitoring group

A network of independent prison monitoring groups is to be headed up by the Bishop of Worcester, Dr Peter Selby, who is an advocate of reform and of restorative justice.
6 Feb 2007

Prisons and opposition to Trident replacement on C of E agenda

The Church of England's General Synod is to be debate the Government's proposals to replace the Trident nuclear weapons system, as well as the crisis in Britain's prisons, it was announced yesterday.
2 Feb 2007

Archbishop of Canterbury backs restorative alternatives to failing prisons

The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, has criticized society's over-reliance on prisons ‚Ä' and is calling for a commission of enquiry into the penal justice system in the UK, which he says is failing both offenders and victims because it is not restorative.
11 Oct 2006

Bishop of Worcester backs prisons inspector against government axe

In a lively debate in the House of Lords yesterday, the Anglican Bishop of Worcester, Dr Peter Selby, spoke out firmly in favour of the retention of an independent inspectorate of prisons, forcing the government onto the back foot on the issue.
25 Jan 2005

Bishop calls for prisons review

The bishop to the Prison Service today backed penal reformers' calls for a thorough evaluation of prison privatisation.