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Education and Memorialisation for Disaster Justice: Lessons from Grenfell, Hillsborough and Sewol
Get PDFIn the aftermath of tragic disasters, how can societies ensure that justice is served, memories are honoured, and lessons are learned to prevent future disasters? This challenge lies at the heart of disaster justice—a multifaceted concept that encompasses accountability, remembrance, and education. This policy brief synthesises the key insights from a webinar on ‘Education and Memorialisation for Disaster Justice’, hosted by the University of Southampton1in February 2024. The webinar brought together participants from three different communities and was attended by academics in various disciplines, as well as disaster families, activists, and charities. Chaired by Dr Wonyong Park (University of Southampton), three presentations were made to share the education and memorialisation activities following the Hillsborough disaster (1989), the Sewol Ferry disaster (2014) and the Grenfell Tower fire (2017). After a reflection and discussion by Professor Phil Scraton (Queen’s University Belfast), participants discussed issues that emerged across the three disasters. Summarising these discussions, this brief highlights challenges and proposes actionable recommendations for education policymakers and curriculum designers to advance disaster justice through informed education and meaningful remembrance
'I Am Sir, You Are A Number': Report of the Independent Panel of Inquiry into the Circumstances of the H-Block and Armagh Prison Protests 1976-1981
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Hillsborough: The Truth
No full textHillsborough: The Truth is acclaimed as the definitive book on the context, circumstances and aftermath of the Hillsborough disaster which claimed the lives of 96 men, women and children. Hundreds were injured, many seriously, and thousands traumatised by an avoidable tragedy on a beautiful early Spring day in April 1989. Twenty-seven years later, in April 2016, following the longest inquests in legal history, a jury concluded that those who died had been unlawfully killed. Its narrative verdict was damning, its 25 findings heavily criticising the South Yorkshire Police, the stadium owners, the safety engineers, the local authority and the ambulance service. It exonerated the fans.Drawing on personal accounts and in-depth research carried out by the author from the days after the disaster to inquest verdicts Hillsborough: The Truth exposes how the bereaved families and survivors were failed by successive investigations and inquiries. It considers the impact and consequences of these institutional failures, the negative press coverage and the origins and promotion of the myth that those who died and survived were responsible.In this latest edition the author draws on his work as head of research for the Hillsborough Independent Panel and principal author of its ground-breaking report published in September 2012. He shows how the report’s 153 findings led to a full apology to the families from the Prime Minister, the establishment of a new criminal investigation and the largest ever investigation by the Independent Police Complaints Commission. The inquest verdicts were quashed and new inquests followed, 2014-2016. The final chapter presents the compelling ‘inside story’ of the inquests from their preliminary hearings through to the recent verdicts.<br/
Indigenous incarceration: the violence of colonial law and justice
No full text[Extract] This chapter explores the issue of violence in relation to Indigenous people. The over-representation of Indigenous people in criminal justice systems is an international phenomenon. The social, economic, health and educational status of Indigenous peoples are indicative of the most marginalised groups globally. There is also a particular resonance between the experience of Indigenous people in Australia with those in other 'settler' countries of Canada, New Zealand and the United States. This chapter is specifically focused on the violence of incarceration for Indigenous people in Australia
Women's imprisonment and the case for abolition: Critical reflections on Corston ten years on
No full textIn 2007, the Corston Report recommended a far reaching and radical new approach to female imprisonment. The report advocated a ‘women-centred approach’, suggested a ‘fundamental re-thinking’ about how services are delivered in custody and in the community and recommended the development and implementation of a decarceration strategy championing the removal of most women from custody and imprisoning only those who commit serious and violent offences. Ten years on, what progress has been made? Bringing together a range of international experts, this book contributes to the developing discourse on the penal system, human rights, equality and social injustice and facilitates a critical understanding of the impact of imprisonment on the lives of women and their families. It critically reflects on the Corston Report 10 years after its publication, to map progress towards the significant reforms it proposed and to identify the significant barriers to change, and questions the institutional failure to halt the consistent growth in the women’s prison population or to transform responses to women’s offending. Following the global expansion of women’s imprisonment, particularly marked in advanced democratic societies, this book also contains key comparative contributions from jurisdictions in which Corston’s principles resonate. This book is essential for a range of courses on prisons, punishment, and penology; social justice and the criminology of human rights; and gender and crime, and feminist criminology
Women's imprisonment and the case for abolition: Critical reflections on Corston ten years on
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Post-Corston reflections on remanded women's experiences in Northern Ireland
No full textThis chapter examines current practices for remanded women in Northern Ireland. With reference to Baroness Jean Corston, it explores the failure in Northern Ireland to implement previous recommendations to ensure women's diversion into community sanctions and gender-responsive imprisonment. At a time of ever-reducing community provision, women categorised as 'offending' and requiring punishment will continue to be channelled to prison. The chapter interrogates conceptualisations of 'pathways' to custody through analysis of women's lived experiences prior to imprisonment. It explores women's experiences within the distinct penal context, challenging conceptions of the gender-specific reform that Corston had envisaged and noting the continued marginalisation of women within a male-focused system. While Corston's recommendation for diversion was significant, her vision was restricted by a criminal justice framework underpinning community alternatives. In effect, Corston proposed the sanitisation of the punishment administered to women and the initiation of proportionality, which continued to locate women on a carceral continuum where they were considered deserving of punishment
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