David Shipley

Washington, D.C., United States

Editorial Page Editor, The Washington Post @postopinions

Articles

Demand for 'super-max' prisons for worst inmates

4 days ago | thetimes.com | David Shipley |Dipesh Gadher |Caroline Wheeler
Pepper spray to be used in youth custody after surge in assaults

2 weeks ago | thetimes.com | Ben Ellery |David Shipley
White Boys Blamed Again – The Daily Sceptic

1 month ago | dailysceptic.org | David Shipley

It seems as though everyone is watching Adolescence this week. The four-part Netflix series tells the story of a 13 year-old white boy who murders a female classmate after having been radicalised by the ‘manosphere’. It’s beautifully shot and wonderfully acted. My mother has been texting me excitedly as she watches each episode.
Governor who moved gangster to open prison faced no investigation

Feb 9, 2025 | thetimes.com | David Shipley |Matt Dathan
Why wasn’t the Southport killer stopped?

Feb 6, 2025 | spectator.com.au | David Shipley

Now that the Southport killer Axel Rudakubana has been sentenced for his horrific crimes, we can try to understand how he was free to kill, and what can be done to stop crimes like this in the future. Between 2019 and 2021, this young man was referred three times to Prevent, the counter-extremism programme.
The Crown Prosecution Service Needs to Explain Why so Many People Only Tangentially Connected to the Southport Riots Have Been Sent to Prison – The Daily Sceptic

Dec 9, 2024 | dailysceptic.org | David Shipley

The August riots disappeared from the headlines long ago. The Ministry of Justice stopped reporting on the progress of the prosecutions a month ago. Perhaps people stopped caring, but the system still rumbles on. This week the BBC reported that Derek Heggie, a former boxer from Carlisle has decided to plead guilty, although it’s not clear from the report whether he has pleaded guilty to an offence under the Malicious Communications Act or a lesser offence.
Why are the police allowing trans officers to strip-search women?

Nov 25, 2024 | spectator.com.au | David Shipley

What is the British Transport Police playing at? Biologically male officers identifying as female will be allowed to intimately search women so long as they have a gender recognition certificate (GRC). The guidance, which was revealed by the Daily Telegraph, shows that the police aren’t quick to learn lessons when it comes to resolving the question of who should, and shouldn’t, be allowed to search female suspects.
It’s obvious why crime is up in Britain

Oct 24, 2024 | spectator.com.au | David Shipley

Yesterday, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) published its annual report on crime in England and Wales. This combines data on crimes reported to the police and the Crime Survey for England and Wales to produce the best estimate of how much crime is being committed. It makes for grim reading. While overall crime is up 10 per cent, some offences have soared.
Britain could learn from Texan prisons

Sep 26, 2024 | spectator.com.au | David Shipley

Before I was sentenced to prison I imagined it as a place of discipline, where we who had broken society’s rules would be taught to be better men. I could not have been more wrong. One of the most toxic, and least-understood problems with the British prison system is the moral code it teaches.
Revealed: Wife beaters among those on the run after 37 prisoners were incorrectly freed under Keir Starmer's early inmate release scheme - as system blunder sparks chaos | This is Money

Sep 25, 2024 | thisismoney.co.uk | David Barrett |David Shipley

Labour's early release prison scheme was in crisis last night as it emerged domestic abusers have been freed by mistake. Dozens of offenders convicted of breaching a restraining order have been wrongly let out of jail. The Ministry of Justice is now striving to avoid more ineligible offenders being freed after the oversight emerged. In all, 37 men were released in error. Most have now been recalled to jail but five were still on the loose last night.