Anglican Bishop for HM Prisons in England and Wales

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Rt Revd Rachel Treweek
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Latest news tagged ‘justice’:

Ceremony marks Knife Angel’s month-long installation at Gloucester Cathedral
on 31/01/2023 at 5:41 pm
Message from Bishop Robert, 24 January 2023
on 24/01/2023 at 9:58 am
Bishop Rachel: ONE Women’s Centre is ‘good news’ for women prisoners
on 16/01/2023 at 4:14 pm
Knife Angel monument coming to Gloucester Cathedral
on 04/01/2023 at 11:04 am
Message from Bishop Rachel, 29 November 2022
on 29/11/2022 at 8:40 am
Making sense of sentencing – Bishop Rachel hosts event at House of Lords
on 22/11/2022 at 2:29 pm
Bishop Rachel in debate on crime and sentencing
on 30/06/2022 at 12:23 pm
End to Friday releases to cut crime and make streets safer
on 23/06/2022 at 10:13 am

The Bishop of Gloucester, the Right Revd Rachel Treweek, became Anglican Bishop for HM Prisons in England and Wales towards the end of 2020, taking over from her predecessor, The Rt Revd James Langstaff.

In her role, Bishop Rachel is tasked with supporting the network of Anglican Prison Chaplains who share in the front-line care of prisoners, as well as developing relationships and being involved with people and issues across the breadth of the Criminal Justice System. This includes probation and community services, as well as many different charities and organisations. In all of this, Bishop Rachel seeks to use her role as a Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords, not least working for a change to systems and sentencing for the most vulnerable people in our communities, whilst not losing sight of appropriate justice for victims of crime.

The Rt Revd Libby Lane, Bishop of Derby, supports Bishop Rachel in work with young offenders, which will be a natural extension to Bishop Libby’s work as vice-chair of The Children’s Society. The Rt Revd Dr Michael Ipgrave, Bishop of Lichfield, supports with the male estate and brings his experience of being in a diocese with a number of prisons.

The Bishop of Gloucester, the Right Revd Rachel Treweek, hosted an event in the House of Lords to raise awareness of the impact of long-term sentences on prisoners and victims.

Earlier this year, the Independent Commission into the Experience of Victims and Long-term Prisoners published its report, ‘Making sense of sentencing – doing justice to both victim and prisoner’. The number of people in England and Wales given a prison sentence of more than 10 years has more than doubled in a decade, and the report supports other evidence that the lengthening of sentences for serious crime has not worked. ‘It does not work for victims. It does not work for prisoners. And it does not work for society as a whole.’