Fringe events at the 2022 Conservative Party Conference

• Date: 3 Oct 2022

• Location: Birmingham (within the secure zone)

The Howard League for Penal Reform is to hold two fringe events at the Conservative Party Conference – one looking at the future for prisons and the other focusing on the links between crime and gambling-related harms.

Both events are scheduled to take place on Monday 3 October 2022.

What’s the future for prisons?

Monday 3 October 2022 – 1pm to 2pm

ICC Birmingham, Broad Street, Birmingham, B1 2EA: Executive Room 10 (secure zone)

The government has published a white paper on the future of prisons, with the expectation that the prison population will increase by more than 20 per cent over the next five years.

What are the implications for the government’s plans and can anything be done to arrest the growth in prison numbers?

Confirmed speakers

Andrea Coomber KC (Hon.), Chief Executive, Howard League for Penal Reform
Rachel Maclean MP, Minister of State at the Ministry of Justice
Alex Chalk KC MP, former Solicitor General and Minister of State for Prisons and Probation
Andrew Neilson, Director of Campaigns, Howard League for Penal Reform (chair) 

What are the links between crime and gambling-related harms?

Monday 3 October 2022 – 6pm to 7pm

Hyatt Regency, 2 Bridge Street, Birmingham, B1 2JZ: Concerto suite (secure zone)

The Commission on Crime and Gambling Related Harms was set up by the Howard League for Penal Reform in 2019 to answer three questions:

What are the links between gambling related harms and crime?

What impact do these links have on communities and society?

And what should be done?

Panel

Andrew Neilson, Director of Campaigns, Howard League for Penal Reform (chair)
David Sidwick, Police and Crime Commissioner, Dorset
Anita Dockley, Director of Research, Howard League for Penal Reform