We need to talk about prisons | Sara Hyde

We need to talk about prisons | Sara Hyde | TEDxExeter

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9 жыл бұрын

How many people does each of us know that have been to prison? Why is it that the answer is “lots” for some of us and “none” for others? Who ends up in our prisons? Other human beings. What does justice look like for them?
Sara Hyde is a leading left-wing thinker on women and the criminal justice system. She has worked in prisons for six years and currently works with young women leaving custody. Sara sits on a MoJ board that appoints magistrates and contributes to policy discussions in the sector. Her first career was in theatre and she still occasionally writes and performs with Wonder arts.
Sara tweets about prisons, justice, arts, feminism and faith at @SaraKHyde.
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@AniishAu 5 жыл бұрын

A brave, entertaining, powerful and moving speech! Hyde's Rehabilitation Manifesto for Relational Justice (9:33): - This is a person, not a monster - They are still part of my society (this crime took place in _our_ unequal, segregated society) - Space to practice living life (where new behaviours and relationships can be tried and practiced [and supported]) - Take the long view (every citizen has potential to contribute; don't typecast) - People not profit (Prisons should not be an industry, nor the people in it a commodity) - Increase accountability in the system (with onus on justice system and prisons) - True justice means reversing growing inequality (the bigger the wealth gap the higher the crime rate).

@stevet6676 6 жыл бұрын

Sara, sounds like the prison system in Britain is similar to America. In the U.S. we have moved to more private prisons. Unfortunately, their goal is more "customers". You mentioned Norway in your talk, and I listened to a TED talk about German prisons: Germany: Low Crime, Clean Prisons, Lessons for America | Jeff Rosen . There is a better way, as you so aptly point out. Thank you.

@AniishAu 5 жыл бұрын

thanks, great video, Germans are smart.

@jeffbridges5312 4 жыл бұрын

_Germany: Low Crime, Clean Prisons, Lessons for America_ "America: Be all white like us and you'll have low crime too." Class dismissed

@Richnsoul 6 жыл бұрын

Powerful stuff Sarah.. , too many people focus on the 'what' with crime and are not prepared to ask the 'why', but the answers to Why are what will help curb crime.

@interested-q4d 7 жыл бұрын

The trouble is in politics crime and punishment are big vote winners. The politician is sure to get a big vote by being tough on crime even when the statistics are down. If the opportunistic link could be broken it would be a big step forward. You'll get my vote on June the 8th anyway.

@Richnsoul 6 жыл бұрын

Sarah you've delivered a really important and powerful message really well, both personally and with the stats' that speak for themselves . Im totally with you on the campaign for relational justice as Probation Officer , but you need to alert people to the damage that this government has done to undermine this in its destruction of a respected national unified Probation Service which severely undermines our efforts in relational justice. As you suggest there is NO room for profit in the justice system. Keep up the good work, and Keep the Faith.

@thereoncewasalimerickwriter 4 жыл бұрын

Wonderful. I would love to talk with this woman. Her clarity of thought and her love of humanity is inspiring.

@WritewheelUK 6 жыл бұрын

I used to be a police officer. 30 years in the Job proved to me that prisons, as we have them organised in England and Wales, make the problems worse. This woman talks sense. The evidence is clear, just search for the prison charities. It is obscene that we lock people up when there is no real reason to. There are some who need to be separated from the public for our safety, and for theirs, but these are few. I've nicked people who've gone to prison for a number of years. I look back now and think that most could have been dealt with much, very much, more cheaply and effectively. Katie's lifestyle of offending is hardly unique but there are many others which have the same result: their offending is reinforced by our penal systems. Daft or what?

@jeffbridges5312 4 жыл бұрын

What you're talking about only applies to whites, silly.