Right Behind Bars: Panel Discussion
Join experts to discuss justice, rehabilitation, and inmate dignity at our panel on prison rights and reform.
How far have we really come in protecting the human rights of people in prison?
Join leading experts on Thursday, 19 March 2026, at 14:00 in JHB 304, John Henry Brookes Building, Oxford Brookes University. This panel brings together professionals from law, criminal justice, and human rights to examine the protection of rights for people in prison. The discussion explores rehabilitation, dignity, and ethical questions in incarceration by blending research with lived experience. Participants will reflect on past violations and current challenges within the justice system. Engage in this critical conversation to investigate how far society has progressed in protecting rights behind bars. Refreshments will be provided, and there will also be a short opportunity to network and meet other attendees.
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Tom Bartlett is a Senior Support Worker in the project "Through the Prison Gate" which supports male and female prison leavers by providing services concentrating on employment, training, education and housing.
Fatima Rahman is a member of the People's Tribunal, a radical grassroots initiative that researches and organises panels on state violence, including police and prison killings, with the aim of ensuring those responsible are held accountable.
Dr Richard Carver (Oxford Brookes University) is a retired academic who taught human rights and forced migration studies at Masters level within the Centre for Development and Emergency Practice (CENDEP). His research has focused on the prevention of torture and the role of national human rights institutions.
Jeanette Hall (Royal Holloway, University of London) is a final year PhD candidate researching the legitimacy of PAVA irritant (pepper) spray in prisons in England and Wales. Jeanette has extensive management experience in a wide variety of public sector prisons and is an accomplished detention monitor. She is passionate about improving treatment and conditions in prisons.
Check out our full festival program here at Oxford Human Rights Festival
Support the festival by donating to us
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Join experts to discuss justice, rehabilitation, and inmate dignity at our panel on prison rights and reform.
How far have we really come in protecting the human rights of people in prison?
Join leading experts on Thursday, 19 March 2026, at 14:00 in JHB 304, John Henry Brookes Building, Oxford Brookes University. This panel brings together professionals from law, criminal justice, and human rights to examine the protection of rights for people in prison. The discussion explores rehabilitation, dignity, and ethical questions in incarceration by blending research with lived experience. Participants will reflect on past violations and current challenges within the justice system. Engage in this critical conversation to investigate how far society has progressed in protecting rights behind bars. Refreshments will be provided, and there will also be a short opportunity to network and meet other attendees.
___________________________
Tom Bartlett is a Senior Support Worker in the project "Through the Prison Gate" which supports male and female prison leavers by providing services concentrating on employment, training, education and housing.
Fatima Rahman is a member of the People's Tribunal, a radical grassroots initiative that researches and organises panels on state violence, including police and prison killings, with the aim of ensuring those responsible are held accountable.
Dr Richard Carver (Oxford Brookes University) is a retired academic who taught human rights and forced migration studies at Masters level within the Centre for Development and Emergency Practice (CENDEP). His research has focused on the prevention of torture and the role of national human rights institutions.
Jeanette Hall (Royal Holloway, University of London) is a final year PhD candidate researching the legitimacy of PAVA irritant (pepper) spray in prisons in England and Wales. Jeanette has extensive management experience in a wide variety of public sector prisons and is an accomplished detention monitor. She is passionate about improving treatment and conditions in prisons.
Check out our full festival program here at Oxford Human Rights Festival
Support the festival by donating to us
Looking forward to seeing you there!
Lineup
Dr Richard Carver
Tom Bartlett
Jeanette Hall
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Highlights
- 2 hours
- In person
Location
JHB 304, John Henry Brookes Building, Oxford Brookes University
Gipsy Ln
Headington OX3 0BP
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