Why me? shares three Restorative Justice priorities with new Ministers

This week, following the new ministerial appointments by Prime Minister Andy Burnham, Why me? contacted the relevant ministers calling on them to support wider access to Restorative Justice. We have written to the new Ministers for Prisons, Violence Against Women and Girls, and Justice to share the power of Restorative Justice and urge them to […]

Feed into the Government’s Independent Review of Prisons

At the beginning of the month, the Government announced that they are conducting an independent review into the prison system in England and Wales.  They explained that the rationale behind this decision was the “ongoing and future challenges that are not widely understood, shaped by pressures across capacity, safety and decency, security and rehabilitation, as […]

The sector responds to new ReHub policy in letter to Lord Timpson

On Wednesday this week (1st July), Why me? submitted a letter to Lord Timpson, Minister for Prisons and Probation, outlining the sector’s concerns with ReHub’s new policy. Signed by over 45 other organisations and practitioners, the letter was based on a consultation process where Why me? gathered the views of the restorative sector. ReHub’s new […]

ReHub review: Next steps for strengthening access to Restorative Justice

This is a blog by our CEO, Sara Dowling.   Over the past year, Why me? along with numerous Restorative Justice practitioners, RJ services, PCCs, and others have voiced growing concerns about the performance and transparency of the HMPPS Restorative Practice Hub (ReHub) and it’s blocking of access to RJ. As a result of campaigns […]