Seminars

First seminar of the Commission on Sex in Prison

20 November 2012

Speakers

  • Debra Baldwin, Head of Women and Equalities, NOMS
  • Nick Hardwick, Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons
  • Nigel Newcomen, Prisons and Probation Ombusdman

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Second seminar: Sexual Health within prisons

Tuesday 26 March 2013

Speakers

  • Dr Alan Tang, consultant physician in GUM, Royal Berkshire NHS Foundation
  • Dr Eamonn O'Moore, consultant in public health, Offender Health
  • Angela Costetsos, Terrence Higgins Trust

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Third seminar: Consensual sex in prison

Wednesday 5 June

Speakers

  • Andy Bell, Prison Governors Association
  • Paul Laxton, former prison governor
  • Scott Ormerod, Staffordshire Buddies

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Fourth seminar: Women in prison: Consensual and coercive sex

Tuesday 10 September

Speakers:

  • Governor Andrea Albutt, HMP Bristol
  • Kate Asher, Wales Probation
  • Dr Abigail Rowe, Open University

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Fifth seminar: Sexual assaults in prison

Wednesday 13 November

Speakers:

  • Chris Daley, Just Detention International
  • Prof Lesley Moran, School of Law, Birkbeck College
  • Prof John Podmore, Durham University
  • Kate Maynard, Hickman and Rose Solicitors

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Sixth seminar: maintaining relationships with partners

Tuesday 11 February

Speakers:

  • Charlotte Weinberg, CEO, Safe Ground
  • Diane Curry OBE, CEO, POPS
  • Ruth Sutherland, CEO, Relate
  • Ralph Valerio, Vice-Chair, POA
  • A partner of a prisoner

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Seventh seminar: sexual development of boys

Wednesday 12 March 2014

Speakers:

  • Wendy MacDowall, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
  • Ruth Lewis, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine
  • Simon Blake, CEO, Brook
  • Lucy Emmerson, Sex Education Forum

Minutes of the seminar

Eighth seminar: Impact of prison on children's sexual development

Tuesday 9 September 2014

Speakers:

  • Caroline Twitchett, NHS England
  • Louise Bowers, forensic psychologist
  • Ian Ross, CEO, Outside Chance

Minutes of the seminar

Ninth seminar: Relationships between staff and children in prison

Tuesday 2 December 2014

Speakers:

Jason Halliwell, Partnerships on Care

Debbie Joyce, North Lincolnshire YOS

Carolyne Willow, children's rights campaigner

Minutes of the seminar