by Sean Reilly | Jun 18, 2008
UK-based international development agency Christian Aid has announced the appointment of Anne Owers, currently Her Majesty’s Chief Inspector of Prisons, as their new chairperson, taking up the role later this year. Ms Owers is a committed human rights campaigner...
by Sean Reilly | Jan 30, 2008
For the third year running Her Majesty’s Inspector of Prisons, Anne Owers, a former human rights campaigner, has hit the headlines with a hard-hitting report on Britain’s dire prison situation, calling for action not political posturing. In 2006 the...
by Archive | Oct 11, 2006
Bishop of Worcester backs prisons inspector against government axe -11/10/06 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,...