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Changing the game

The voices of women with experience of the criminal justice system are too often ignored or overlooked. That’s why we’re excited to introduce Changemakers, a policy and campaign group of women with convictions fighting to change the system.

Worst-Case Scenario: Left behind on the career ladder

Worst-Case Scenario: Fighting battles on multiple fronts

Racially minoritised women with convictions are fighting battles on multiple fronts whilst looking for work - whether that's social stigma, custody battles, or mental health issues.

Worst-Case Scenario: Over-policed and harshly punished

A criminal record is a massive barrier to employment. This is the first in our #WorstCaseScenario blog series on how these challenges are much tougher for racially minoritised women, who face multiple and intersecting discrimination.

Five years after HMP Holloway closed, what happened to Western Europe’s largest women’s prison?

Five years after the last women left its gates, the former Holloway prison site stands empty and deserted, a reminder both of the long struggle for women’s rights and liberation, and the thousands of women who lived there deprived of their freedom.

Joint Statement: The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill Will Have Harmful Long-term Consequences for Women

The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill will not make women safer. Read our joint statement about why we strongly oppose the Bill in its current form.

Worst-Case Scenario: Working Chance publishes new research

In 2021, we published our latest research, 'Worst-Case Scenario: How racism in the criminal justice system harms women's chances of finding work'. The research highlights the long-lasting collateral consequences of conviction for racially minoritised women.

#PrideMonth: A call for more inclusive, intersectional support

This #Pride, Working Chance calls for more inclusive, intersectional support for queer people, who are overrepresented in the criminal justice system.