Exploring how churches and Christian-based organisations might more deeply support people in prison and those returning to their communities.
Tag: justice
Message from Bishop Rachel, 17 March 2026
Last month the German Chancellor, Friedrich Merz, told a security summit that the rules-based world order no longer exists.
Message from Bishop Robert, 27 January
Telling a better story of Britain. Last week, at a meeting of the College of Bishops, we were challenged by Professor Luke Bretherton, Director of the McDonald Centre for Theology, Ethics, and Public Life at the University of Oxford …
A busy week in the House of Lords: Bishop Rachel’s challenges to government
Last week, Bishop Rachel was the bishop on duty in the House of Lords, and spoke on six occasions on various topics. Full details are below: Grok and Twitter/X:
Contacting Iran: Bishop Rachel asks Government about support for those struggling to contact loved ones
Bishop Rachel has released a statement on the Times Crime and Justice Commission report on the state of the criminal justice system
Holding the key: Parents in prison
Parental imprisonment is often discussed from the perspective of the parent, but what about the children left behind? In this episode of Holding the Key, Bishop Rachel, the Bishop of
Living Christ’s mercy, justice and hope
An in-person event for organisations, churches and individuals wanting to deepen their involvement or develop a Christian response to people in prison and those leaving prison.
Youth Voices on justice
Bishop Rachel brought the voices and views of generation alpha about the criminal justice system to a gathering of law and policy makers
Lisa on justice and compassion in the prison system
This week is Prisons Week, with the theme that ‘God’s word is not chained’ (2 Timothy 2:29). We talk to Lisa Ustok, a member of the worshipping community at Trinity
Holding the key, podcast episode 11: Junior Smart OBE, founder of SOS Project
In this episode of Holding the Key, Bishop Rachel, the Anglican Bishop for HM Prisons speaks to Junior Smart OBE. Junior Smart is a youth violence consultant, trainer, and someone
Holding the key, podcast episode 10: Kate Fraser of Women in Prison
“We know that all pregnancies in prison are high risk, three babies have died in a women’s prison in the past five years, and it’s absolutely outrageous that we’re sending pregnant women to prison.”
Bishop Rachel calls on Government to reset the relationship between politics and justice
Bishop Rachel has released a statement on the Times Crime and Justice Commission report on the state of the criminal justice system
Bishop Rachel in the House of Lords; “The training for prison staff is woefully short”
Bishop Rachel has released a statement on the Times Crime and Justice Commission report on the state of the criminal justice system
Bishop Rachel asks the Government to support those working in problem-solving courts
Bishop Rachel has released a statement on the Times Crime and Justice Commission report on the state of the criminal justice system
Holding the key, podcast episode 9: David Shipley
Bishop Rachel (Anglican Bishop for HM prisons) in conversation with David Shipley (prison reform campaigner). In this ninth podcast in the series of ‘Holding the Key: Unlocking the door to
Holding the key, podcast episode 8: Dilys Alam interviews Bishop Rachel
Bishop Rachel (Anglican Bishop for HM prisons) in conversation with Dilys Alam (Home Affairs policy advisor at the Archbishops’ Council) – Taking the politics out of sentencing. In this eighth
Bishop Rachel responds to the Times Crime and Justice Commission Report
Bishop Rachel has released a statement on the Times Crime and Justice Commission report on the state of the criminal justice system
Children’s Commissioner podcast, featuring Bishop Rachel
In this podcast Youth Ambassadors Tamar, Emmanuel and Zara speak to Rachel Treweek, Bishop of Gloucester and Anglican Bishop for HM Prisons in England and Wales. They talk about young
A message from Bishop Rachel, 10 December 2024
On Monday I was in HMP Wormwood Scrubs for a ‘Thank you’ event for prison chaplains in England and Wales. The various speakers used the words ‘hope’ and ‘joy’ in their words of thanks, and they were words to which I returned when I spoke at the prison carol service in the evening.
Bishop Rachel urges the Government to use financial resources with person-centred approach
Bishop Rachel gave a speech in response to the Budget. The Right Revd Rachel Treweek, Bishop of Gloucester and Anglican Bishop for HM Prisons in England and Wales, spoke in
Is employment the key to breaking the cycle of reoffending?
This week Bishop Rachel’s message comes from her prisons event in the House of Lords.
Holding the key, podcast episode 7: Bishop Rachel talks to Vicky Fobel
This podcast features the Anglican Bishop for HM Prisons, the Right Revd Rachel Treweek, in conversation with Vicky Fobel. Vicky is the Head of the Better Justice Partnership, a group
Holding the key, podcast episode 6: Bishop Rachel talks to Edwina Grosvenor
The Anglican Bishop for HM Prisons, the Right Revd Rachel Treweek, in conversation with Edwina Grosvenor, a philanthropist and criminologist who has worked in and around the prison system in
Holding the key, podcast episode 5: Bishop Rachel talks to John Podmore
The Anglican Bishop for HM Prisons, the Right Revd Rachel Treweek, in conversation with John Podmore. In this fifth podcast in the series of ‘Holding the Key: Unlocking the door
