Christopher Stacey’s blog

Opening the criminal justice market — Who is the customer?

In the Summer of 2012, the editors of the Probation Journal contacted me, on the recommendation of Fergus McNeil, to ask whether I’d be interested in writing an article for their special issue, “Opening the criminal justice…

BBC Radio 4’s Moneybox interview — Changes to insurance for people with convictions

Below you find a copy of an interview I gave to Paul Lewis of Radio 4’s Moneybox on changes (and potential changes) to insurance and convictions that might make it easier for people to…

Reformed offenders’ charity wins Guardian Charity Award

I am pleased to announced that UNLOCK, the Charity that I work at as Head of Projects & Services, won the Guardian Charity Awards in December 2011. There is an image of the award presentation below. More details on the award are…

The biggest week of my life?

It’s not often that I talk (or write) about myself when it comes to my job. Or at least not so publically. But early March was certainly the exception that. Without over-exaggerating, it could probably be regarded as the biggest week of my life so far.

Sentence reduction for early guilty pleas

Well, seen as I gave an interview to Radio 4’s Law in Action last week, only for it to not make the edited final version, I thought I would post my thoughts here instead — at least I know I won’t edit myself out.

Should high-profile jobs (like footballers) be treated differently when employing people released from prison? The Ched Evans case

The case of Ched Evans has hit the headlines once again as news reports announce that he’s due for release…

Did the supermarket in EastEnders break the law in doing a DBS on Derek? And why did a historic decriminalised offence show up on his disclosure?