Mark Johnson

Punishment won’t get rid of knife crime

Website admin — Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:08:43 +0000

Mark has an article in the Guardian this week on the UK government’s response to knife crime:

“The government’s response to knife-crime hysteria, the youth crime action plan, is an expensive package of measures, almost exclusively punitive in nature. No surprises there. And let’s not be surprised when it all ends in failure.”

Read the full article.

Mark’s Prince’s Trust Award

Website admin — Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:50:55 +0000

Watch the television coverage of Mark receiving his Prince’s Trust Award at the Daily Mirror Pride of Britain Awards.

Carol Vorderman hosts the show, while the award is presented to Mark by Victoria Beckham. There is also a tribute to Mark’s achievements by the Prince of Wales.

Mark in South Africa

Website admin — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 12:35:01 +0000

Mark is currently in South Africa working with Khulisa, a crime intervention charity working in Prisons and in Townships with vulnerable people.

We’ll bring you some photographs from his trip as soon as we can.

It’s time the great and good met some real scary kids

Website admin — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 11:20:52 +0000

Read Mark’s article in the Society section of today’s Guardian newspaper, titled “It’s time the great and good met some real scary kids”.

The Truth About Street Weapons begins Monday

Website admin — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:49:16 +0000

The Truth About Street Weapons, the series investigating why young people carry guns and knives and featuring Mark along with Cherie Booth, begins on Channel 4 on Monday, June 30th at 11.05 pm.

The Street Weapons Commission panellists visited Liverpool, London, Birmingham, Glasgow and Manchester during May 2008 taking evidence from interested parties in an attempt to find out why so many young people now routinely carry guns and knives.

Highlights of each hearing will be shown on Channel 4 every day until Thursday, July 3rd. A studio debate hosted by Jon Snow follows on Sunday, July 6th at 7pm.

Find out more about the programme and watch clips from the hearings on the Channel 4 website.

Does prison rehabilitate criminals?

Website admin — Fri, 30 May 2008 13:03:06 +0000

Mark has an opinion piece called ‘Does prison rehabilitate criminals or just make them worse?’ on the Friction TV website. Watch it here.

The User Voice of the Criminal Justice System

Website admin — Mon, 12 May 2008 16:47:55 +0000

Mark has produced a new report called ‘The User Voice of the Criminal Justice System’.

Click here to download a pdf copy of the report [2.6Mb]

How to make prisons better

Website admin — Fri, 09 May 2008 16:47:04 +0000

Mark was guest editor of the Society section in the Guardian newspaper this week.

Read his article on how to make prisons better.

Shake-up for probation service

Website admin — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:24:29 +0000

Read reports on Mark’s activities in his childhood hometown of Kidderminster, courtesy of local newspaper The Kidderminster Shuttle.

Author Mark Has Turned Life Around

Shake-up for Probation Service

Talk Inspires Both Pupils and Parents

Lewis Hamilton praises ‘inspirational’ Mark Johnson

Website admin — Wed, 07 May 2008 10:06:23 +0000

Formula One star Lewis Hamilton is interviewed in the current issue of the British Airways magazine High Life, where he has this to say about his reading habits:

‘I want to read more, but I rarely get the time. Recently I heard an inspirational speech by Mark Johnson at a Prince’s Trust event, so now I’m reading his book, Wasted‘