Michaela Booth; Exploring the experiences of criminalised women in leadership roles within the criminal justice sector; Are the bars ever truly removed?
The Locked up Living Podcast: Surviving and thriving in prisons and other challenging environments - A podcast by Podcasters David Jones & Dr Naomi Murphy - Wednesdays
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Michaela Booth is the National Patient Engagement Lead for Care UK’s Health in Justice service that runs healthcare in 50 prisons across England, including Hewell and Long Lartin. She also has an Honours Degree in Applied Criminology. Michaela was sentenced to 4 years in prison for a crime she was found guilty of when she was 19 years old. She was sentenced at the age of 21 when her daughter was 4 years old. In this powerful conversation Michaela describes her views on the criminal justice system for women and mothers and makes a convincing case for the importance of those with lived experience having leadership roles and contributing to policy.
