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The View Magazine What is The View Magazine? We are a social enterprise and campaigning platform, by and for women of the criminal justice system.

"The View is a great idea, it advocates for women in prison and will be a force for positive change to bring prisoners and those who run them together through creativity.” – Ian Acheson, former prison governor and Government Terrorism Expert A grass-roots social enterprise and campaigning platform that gives voice to women in the criminal justice system, provides an outlet for creativity, and allo

ws for financial independence. The View Magazine was started by a group of women whilst incarcerated to embody the challenges they faced with the criminal justice system. Our quarterly print magazine gives voice to women, provides an outlet for creativity, and allows for financial independence. The View is the only magazine that speaks truth to power about the failings of a system meant to protect women. We are also a campaigning platform, fighting for decarceration, effective rehabilitation, and social inclusion. Profits are reinvested into producing the magazine and towards policy research and events.

16/09/2025

What happens when a woman who gives voice to the voiceless becomes the target of the very system she criticises? Farah Damji's story challenges everything we believe about justice, compassion, and human dignity in modern Britain.

Farah—a mother, editor, writer, and fierce advocate for women in prison—founded The View magazine in 2020 to amplify the stories of women caught in the criminal justice system. Now she finds herself fighting not only stage three breast cancer but also appealing a six-year sentence handed down in what her legal team describes as a profoundly flawed trial.

The details are harrowing. After a 13-hour cancer surgery, Farah was shackled to prison guards around the clock for 23 days—while showering, using the toilet, even during wound dressing with her breasts exposed. She missed 22 vital hospital appointments because Sodexo ltd which runs HMOP Bronzefield and CNWL NHS Foundation Trust failed to take her to hospital and never managed to put in place a proper CarePlan so she can commence chemotherapy and radiotherapy due to negligence and malicious misconduct by prison director, Charlotte Wilson and acting deputy director, Angie Dench. The prison couldn't arrange es**rts, claiming they did not have 2 female es**rt staff available, so Sharon Milliken refused to sign off the prison es**rt risk assessment, dropping her survival prognosis to just 20%. Despite her surgeon pleading for her release to access treatment and also 30,000 cash bail put out by her family, judges at Wood green Crown court denied bail four times.

Her application for leave to appeal both convictions and sentence, including disclosure failures, judicial misconduct, and the weaponization of stalking laws against a woman.

Link https://open.spotify.com/episode/7AfZN4aFCcT0qljrnwlQll

Sign the petition to stop the torture of women with cancer at HMP Bronzefield: https://www.change.org/p/stop-the-torture-of-women-with-cancer-at-hmp-bronzefield

Sign the petition to demand the removal of Judge Joanna Greenberg to safeguard women and girls: https://www.change.org/p/demand-the-removal-of-judge-joanna-greenberg-to-safeguard-women-and-girls

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Producers: Nico Rivosecchi & Charlotte Janes

Editor: Nico Rivosecchi

Soundtrack: Particles (Revo Main Version) by [Coma-Media]

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Since the 1990s, Emmaus has been reshaping the way the UK supports people experiencing homelessness. More than 850 compa...
30/08/2025

Since the 1990s, Emmaus has been reshaping the way the UK supports people experiencing homelessness. More than 850 companions now have not just a roof, but a chance to gain skills, find purpose, and start again.

Sophie’s story shows the impact: after years of hostels and rough sleeping, she found safety in a women-only Emmaus community and began rebuilding her life.

With projects like the Women’s Only programme in Norfolk, Emmaus is proving that ending homelessness takes more than shelter — it takes compassion, opportunity, and hope. 💛

The Ministry of Justice has axed the domestic abuse advocate role in women’s prisons — even though 57% of women behind b...
28/08/2025

The Ministry of Justice has axed the domestic abuse advocate role in women’s prisons — even though 57% of women behind bars are survivors of abuse.

Campaigners warn this decision will strip away crucial support, making rehabilitation even harder.

Should we really be cutting programmes that change lives?

💔 Agnieszka’s Story 💔Fifteen years ago, Agnieszka left Poland, rebuilt her life in England, and built a successful caree...
26/08/2025

💔 Agnieszka’s Story 💔

Fifteen years ago, Agnieszka left Poland, rebuilt her life in England, and built a successful career in education administration. She worked hard, created stability, and contributed to her community.

But three weeks ago, everything collapsed. Picked up off the street by police on an extradition warrant linked to crimes committed against her as a vulnerable young woman, she now sits inside HMP Bronzefield.

🔒 She has not been able to pay her bail — not because she doesn’t have the money, but because the prison has cut her off from her phone and banking app.
⚖️ Each week, she is dragged back to court at the taxpayer’s expense and scolded by judges who refuse to believe her.
📱 She has begged for help from prison staff, managers, and even charities. She has written letters, filed complaints, and pleaded for one simple thing: a single phone call to access her funds.

No one has listened.

This isn’t just Agnieszka’s story. It’s a story of a broken justice system where women are forgotten, silenced, and left to spiral — while private companies like Sodexo and Serco profit from their suffering.

💷 Her unnecessary incarceration has already cost the public nearly £12,000. If she loses her job and her home, that cost will only grow. Meanwhile, her dignity and rights are stripped away daily.

When justice is run for profit, we must ask: who really benefits?

🚨 The UK’s talk of leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) has serious consequences for women in prison.T...
25/08/2025

🚨 The UK’s talk of leaving the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) has serious consequences for women in prison.

The ECHR provides safeguards that protect:
👩‍🍼 Mothers and pregnant women in custody
⚖️ Fair trial rights and protection from inhumane treatment
🔄 Pathways for rehabilitation and second chances

Without these protections, women — already disproportionately affected by trauma, poverty, and abuse before prison — risk being further silenced and stripped of their rights.

Human rights aren’t optional. For women in the justice system, they are life-changing. ✊💜

Bronzefield Prison Healthcare Under Fire After Allegations of Inhumane TreatmentCaroline is a woman in her late 50s from...
14/08/2025

Bronzefield Prison Healthcare Under Fire After Allegations of Inhumane Treatment

Caroline is a woman in her late 50s from the Caribbean. She went to see Dr Omar Wehilye with a burn on her left upper thigh. She had spilled boiling hot water on her leg accidentally. She was in agony. He refused to look at it and said he knows how to treat burns. He didn’t need to look at it. He told her to put ice on it, which clearly shows he does not know how to treat burns, and the last thing you should do is put ice on a burns. 

Women in prison have to rely on everything from an aspirin to access to chemotherapy. Often healthcare and the GP, they can’t just pop out and buy what they need from Boots. He sent her away in excruciating pain, saying that he would prescribe ibuprofen cream to alleviate her pain. He did not do this for three days. His reasons for not looking at the wound because he had too many patients waiting for him. Bronzefield has approximately 10% of the patients on one GPS list in a busy surgery, there are seven revolving GPS for 540 women. That is nothing like the caseload a GP in the community would have. He doesn’t have too many patients by any account. He just doesn’t care. 

Another doctor had to come and see Carolyn after she fed the nurse on the house clock. Finally, he prescribed ibuprofen cream. Dr Omar had never prescribed it. Caroline was in bed for two days in agony. This is not parity of treatment in the community. It is not decent or humane treatment.

In another case study about Dr Omar, Lydia is a prisoner in her late 30s: “I saw Dr Omar six months ago. I asked him to please resubscribe my prescription for metastases. I found him very dismissive and generally uncaring and very unhelpful. He refused to refill my prescription. I felt unheard, and I had really terrible withdrawal symptoms.”

The mirror has now reported on the death of Toni Asik, a 25 year old trans man who died in Bronzefield after repeated cr...
05/08/2025

The mirror has now reported on the death of Toni Asik, a 25 year old trans man who died in Bronzefield after repeated cries for help were ignored.

Just 24 hours later, Tracy D***s was found unresponsive in the same prison.

This is what happens when you hand lives over to a private company like Sodexo, whose model is built on punishment, cost-cutting and silence.

If you would like to join our action group please email [email protected]

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Long before sunrise, the tribal women of Koraput, Odisha, step out with sacks of forest produce and vegetables. Their da...
04/08/2025

Long before sunrise, the tribal women of Koraput, Odisha, step out with sacks of forest produce and vegetables. Their daily grind feeds families and fuels economies- and yet their labour remains invisible.

They need more than applause- they need action. Read more on our new blog post to learn why these women need
- Subsidised Transport
- Tailored credit schemes
- Market Training
- Recognition of informal labour
: https://theviewmag.org.uk/the-silent-breadwinners-of-rural-india-recognizing-the-labour-of-tribal-women/

https://theviewmag.org.uk/sodexo-limited-in-the-business-of-killing-women/New blog post up about yet another death at HM...
31/07/2025

https://theviewmag.org.uk/sodexo-limited-in-the-business-of-killing-women/

New blog post up about yet another death at HMO Bronzefield.

Toni Asik, a 25 year old trans man, cried out for help but was met with silence, neglect and institutional cruelty.

Our latest blog exposes the brutal failures of Sodexo-run Bronzefield Prison and the healthcare systems inside it. No GP after 7pm, no su***de prevention, no dignity, no justice.

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