
Jackie Long
Social Affairs Editor and Presenter at Channel 4 News
Channel 4 News Social Affairs Editor
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3 days ago |
channel4.com | Jackie Long
We spoke to Emma Torr who is a barrister working for the charity APPEAL, which takes on wrongful conviction cases and works with lawyers and specialist investigators to bring them to the Court of Appeal.
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4 days ago |
channel4.com | Jackie Long
We spoke to Professor Christina Pagel about the latest at the UK Covid Inquiry.
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1 week ago |
channel4.com | Jackie Long
The delicate balancing act facing the government is neatly summed up by this man sitting on the bench in the sunshine. Mark Cruise was convicted of a serious assault on his partner of 30 years. He sits, deeply ashamed, he says, horrified by what he has done – but free, not in prison. “I didn’t feel like I was punished enough at that time,” said Mark, who admits he was shocked and confused when he was told at court he would not be sent to jail.
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1 week ago |
channel4.com | Jackie Long
We spoke to the Prisons, Probation and Reducing Reoffending Minister Lord Timpson. With the prison population now higher than when he started, we asked him what’s going wrong?
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1 week ago |
channel4.com | Jackie Long
The much anticipated review of prison sentences by former Justice Minister David Gauke is due later this month. It’s expected to recommend moving away from short prison sentences to more sentences served in the community. While it may help ease pressure in overcrowded prisons, much of that pressure will then move to an already straining probation service.
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