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THE THINGS YOU FIND IN CUPBOARDS:
A RIPOSTE.
Since John Berry has taken my name in vain in the autumn Newsletter, I am prompted to rouse myself from my post-retirement lethargy (there are those unkind enough to say that I got used to it while working) and send a response. John recounts that we never worked together though he frequently called in my Cleland House office when performing his sterling staff welfare duties. Like many other elements of the job, .....
PETER JOHN LEONARD 1945 –2019
After short periods at agricultural college and in the retail trade, Peter Leonard joined the Prison Service in 1968 as an officer at Leyhill OTS before being posted to Finnamore Wood. In 1970 he was promoted to the governor grade and after the 27th AGs Course at Wakefield, was posted to Wormwood Scrubs. Thereafter he served, in various grades, at Aberford Road OTS, Wellingborough, Morton Hall, and Lindholme. His last post in the field was as Governor I at Frankland.....
The Wisdom of the Judiciary!!!
Older readers (come on, there aren’t many younger ones) will recall the literary musings of Millbank in the PGA Magazine all those years ago. It’s a pity he’s not around any more to tell you of the Court of Appeal judgment in AB v Secretary of State for Justice on 18th January this year. In a complicated case in which a young offender challenged his segregation, a bench comprising Lord Burnett and Lords Justices Moylan and Singh concluded their judgment at Paragraph 161 with an enunciation of legal certainty:
"Accordingly, it would have been lawful but for the fact that it was not in accordance with the law."
Well, who could argue with that?
Peter Quinn
Peter Quinn
MONEY FOR NOTHING FROM THE MoJ
Peter Quinn
Sounds too good to be true, like some email offering a chunk of a Nigerian prince’s fortune if only it can be lodged in your bank account for a while? And ps. please will you send your bank details to some overseas phishing address. No, its not like that at all. Honest.
BATTING ON A STICKY WICKET - OR THIRTY YEARS AT THE CREASE.
Peter Quinn
Issue re-write’ was the instruction to the Censors’ Office once a prisoner had included offensive content in a letter. Hopefully there will be nothing offensive here, but it is a re-write. Versions have appeared twice before, tailored for different readerships.
Wisden Writing Competition: Introduction
On Not being picked
Roger Outram suggested I might write another piece for the Newsletter. I promised an article, once again about cricket.....
