This week…
Making changes to the Ministry of Justice
With..
Multiple Guests
In this final, roundup episode of the Justice Redesigned series on All Things Conflict, I pose a single, transformative question to a panel of expert podcast guests: “If you had the keys to the Ministry of Justice and could make one immediate change, what would it be?”
The responses offer a multi-perspective blueprint for overhaul and reform across the legal and penal landscapes. Guests tackle critical issues including dedicated funding for legal defense and future judges, mandatory pre-court mediation to divert cases from overwhelmed courtrooms, and giving formerly incarcerated individuals a central role in justice policy consultation.
The conversation spans systemic reforms, such as replacing punitive prisons with Nordic/Dutch dignity models, ending early-stage trauma in family court, introducing sentence reductions for positive mentorship, and cracking down on unproven expert witness testimony to prevent wrongful convictions.
If you didn’t know, the Charity that I founded, the Centre for Peaceful Solutions, currently works across some of the Prison estate.
Through my Flagship DRM Programme, practitioners get the opportunity to volunteer directly on our prison projects, taking the Dialogue Road Map into the spaces where conflict, hostility and breakdown are at their most acute, and where the skills to navigate them matter most.
This isn’t theory. It’s the work itself.
If you are interested in applying for my flagship programme, applications are now open for the 2027 cohort.
🎙️ Listen to the full episode of All Things Conflict and hear bold ideas for redesigning our justice system, from tackling the court backlog and transforming prisons to putting lived experience at the heart of justice.
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