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RT HON. HENRY MCLEISH (CHAIR)	The Right Honourable Henry McLeish was a member of the Broadcasting Commission and Chair of the Scottish Prisons Commission. During the last few years he has been visiting professor and lecturer at a number of universities in the US, teaching European Union studies and UK Government and Politics. He has advised the LEED programme of the OECD in Paris, the European foundation for the Improvement of Working and Living Conditions in Dublin and is a Fellow of Edinburgh University. After 30 years in elected office, Mr McLeish retired from public office in 2003 having been elected First Minister of Scotland in 2000, taking responsibility for Scotland’s emerging role on the European and World stage, leading official government missions internationally and implementing Scotland’s social and economic policies. He became a member of the Privy Council – an honour bestowed by Her Majesty the Queen - in the same year. As Minister for Devolution and Home Affairs at the Scottish Office from 1997 to 1999 he was instrumental in shaping Scotland’s first Parliament in almost 300 years.


BRIGADIER HUGH MONRO CBE *HM Chief Inspector of Prisons*	Brigadier Hugh Monro CBE took up the role of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons in Scotland in June 2009. To date he has inspected nine of Scotland’s prisons, including two inspections of HMP&YOI Cornton Vale, the first in September 2009 and the follow up in February 2011, and carried out the Review of Progression to the Open Estate. He served in the British Army for 36 years. He was commissioned into the Queen's Own Highlanders (Seaforth and Camerons) in May 1972 and served in Northern Ireland (8 operational tours), Germany, Hong Kong, Gibraltar and the Falkland Islands. He commanded 1st Battalion Queen's Own Highlanders in 1994 and then the newly formed 1st Battalion The Highlanders (Seaforth, Gordons and Camerons). He was then promoted to Colonel and served for 3 years in the Ministry of Defence in the Military Operations Directorate, leading the policy change to ban the British Army’s use of anti personnel land mines. Promoted to Brigadier in 1998, he commanded the 52nd Lowland Brigade based in Edinburgh Castle. It was during this 3 year tour that he led the operation to eradicate Foot and Mouth Disease from Scotland. This was successfully carried out in less than 6 weeks. As Commandant, he set up and commanded the School of Infantry, based in Catterick, North Yorkshire, for 4 years 2002-2005. In 2006 he was appointed Deputy Commanding General of the Multi National Security Transition Command - Iraq (MNSTC-I) based in Baghdad. This command had responsibility for training and equipping the new Iraqi Army and Police Force.


JOE GRIFFIN Deputy Director of Community Justice The Scottish Government	The purpose of the Community Justice Division at the Scottish Government is to reduce reoffending in Scotland. Joe Griffin is Deputy Director for Community Justice at the Scottish Government – a post he has held since April 2011. Prior to his current role, Joe has held a number of posts at the Scottish Government, including Head of the Drugs Policy Unit and Private Secretary to the First Minister. The early part of Joe’s career was spent in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office where he enjoyed postings to New York and Paris


DEREK MCGILL Governor HMP Barlinnie	Derek McGill is the Governor in Charge of HMP Barlinnie which is Scotland’s largest prison. He has 34 years experience at every level across a number of prisons including Headquarters. He has also been the Governor of Polmont YOI and Greenock Prisons in recent years.. He has a keen interest in the use of Arts, Music and Drama in prisons and recently spoke at the Scottish Prisons Art Network Conference on the way forward using this medium as a Change Agent. He has a very open,inclusive, high visibility management style. Derek has an Honours degree in Social Policy and Business Management Derek will be contributing to this event on behalf of the Scottish Prison Service.


ROSEMARY DICKSON Chief Executive Officer Family Action in Rogerfield and Easterhouse (F.A.R.E)	Rosemary has over 20 years experience of working in Adult Learning in community and F.E college settings; area based Community Development and Youth Work. She has worked in various areas in Scotland’s Central Belt, within voluntary sector and local authority agencies. Currently the CEO of FARE (Family Action in Rogerfield and Easterhouse); Rosemary joined the organisation in 1997 as Project Leader, when FARE, a small Neighbourhood Project, moved into a derelict block of flats in Easterhouse. Managing the development services and the organisation, she has overseen the tenfold growth of the organisation; whilst ensuring the aim to ‘enhance the lives of local people’ has never been forgotten. Now based in a wholly owned purpose built facility; FARE continues to meet local need and has been a key partner in the development of strategic plans and delivery of services to tackle territorialism and reduce gang activity/violence. FARE’s work in this field has featured in a number of academic studies and gained national acclaim.


JIMMY WILSON Service Manager Family Action in Rogerfield and Easterhouse (F.A.R.E)	Following a 12 year career in the armed forces; Jimmy joined FARE in December 2003 as Integration Officer. A role created specifically to develop and deliver services aimed at reducing the negative effects of gang activity among local people in Easterhouse. Now, Services Manager at FARE, Jimmy oversees the delivery of services to the local community and beyond and provides training to organisations in range of disciplines. His expertise in the field of working with gangs is widely recognised.


LAURIE RUSSELL Chief Executive The Wise Group	Laurie Russell has been the Chief Executive of the Wise Group since August 2006. The Wise Group is a Glasgow based social enterprise set up in 1983 that operates in Scotland and NE England. In 2010 it had a turnover of £32 million, employed 550 full-time staff and secured jobs for 5,350 long-term unemployed people. The Wise Group won the RBS SE100 impact award for UK social enterprises in 2011. Laurie was Chief Executive of Strathclyde European Partnership Ltd, the body that invested over €1,500 million of European funding in the economic and social regeneration in western Scotland from 1989 to 2006. Prior to that, he was employed by Strathclyde Regional Council and led a community regeneration initiative in Clydebank in the early 1980s. Laurie is the Chair of the Scottish Social Enterprise Coalition and a member of the National Economic Forum in Scotland


MARTIN CAWLEY Chief Executive Turning Point Scotland	Martin Cawley has been Chief Executive of Turning Point Scotland since 2008 Martin has over 28 years experience working in both the statutory and voluntary sectors. First qualifying as a nurse, Martin worked in various healthcare settings providing support for people with learning and physical disabilities. He joined the voluntary sector in 1992 and is experienced in developing and managing a broad range of community care services for a range of vulnerable groups. Martin has also been involved with a number of national umbrella organiations and working groups and is presently a member of the Board of the Scottish Drugs Recovery Consortium and the Coalition of Community Care Providers Scotland. As well as having professional nursing qualifications Martin has graduated with a Masters in Community Care in 1995 and an MBA in 2005.


MARK JOHNSON Author of Wasted Guardian columnist and founder of User Voice	Mark Johnson was born in 1970 to a family which combined religious extremism with heavy drinking and violence. A teenage drunk, drug abuser and criminal, he was jailed for violent crime aged 17. In his 20s raves and the accompanying drugs became his life until by 28 the party ended and he was living on the streets of London’s West End, homeless, emaciated and addicted to crack and heroin. Facing a choice between death and rehabilitation, he chose the harder option. After primary, secondary and tertiary rehab he started a tree surgery business with help from The Prince’s Trust. His policy was to employ other recovering addicts and ex-offenders. He won, among other accolades, a Pride of Britain award for his work. His best selling autobiography, Wasted, was published in 2007. He went on to become a policy adviser to The Prince’s Trust, then the Government and the third sector. He has now started a charity, User Voice, to offer policy-makers access to the unheard and marginalised voices in society. His intention is to create a dialogue between service providers and users which is mutually beneficial and results in better and more cost-effective services. Mark is an Ashoka Fellow and Visiting Associate at the University of Durham.


SEAN MCKENDRICK Head of Service (Criminal Justice) Glasgow City Council	Sean McKendrick is Head of Service (Criminal Justice) for Glasgow City Council. He has worked in Local Authority Social Work for 20 years, and has held a number of management and senior management positions within Glasgow. In his position(s), he has developed a number of innovative responses to longstanding problem areas for social work services in the area, specifically in Youth Crime in the City.


TOM HALPIN Chief Executive SACRO	Tom Halpin took up his appointment as Chief Executive at Sacro on 17 August 2009. Prior to this, he was Deputy Chief Constable of Lothian & Borders Police. A member of ACPOS, he led the portfolio for Public Protection in Scotland, serving on a number of Scottish Government groups supporting the introduction of new legislation and arrangements for managing offenders and protecting children. Tom is currently a member of the Scottish Government's Reducing Re-offending Programme Board and chairs the Criminal Justice Voluntary Sector Forum. He is also a member of the Scottish Consortium on Crime & Criminal Justice, and a Council Member of the Scottish Association for Studying Offending, both influential 'think-tanks' on such matters.


FRANCES CROOK Chief Executive Howard League for Penal Reform	Appointed director of the Howard League for Penal Reform in 1986, Frances Crook has been responsible for research programmes and campaigns to raise public concern about suicides in prison, the over-use of custody and poor conditions in prison, young people in trouble, and mothers in prison. Under her direction the number of staff and turnover of the charity have grown twenty-fold. The charity has secured a contract with the Legal Services Commission to provide legal advice to children in custody and has taken a number of successful judicial reviews that have improved the treatment of children and young people in custody and on release. She writes articles for the national media, and frequently does interviews on radio and television news. Previously, Frances was campaigns co-coordinator at Amnesty International’s British Section. She is also a qualified teacher with experience working in secondary schools in Liverpool and London. Frances has held posts as Governor of Greenwich University (1996-2002), has served on the Board of the School Food Trust (2005-2008) and was a NHS Non Executive Director of Barnet Primary Care Trust (2009-2011). Frances was awarded the Freedom of the City of London in 1997 and the Perrie Award in 2005. She was awarded an OBE in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours list 2010. She was appointed a Senior Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics in 2010.


PROFESSOR MIKE NELLIS Board Member Howard League in Scotland	Mike Nellis is Emeritus Professor of Criminal and Community Justice in the School of Law, University of Strathclyde and a board member of the Howard League Scotland. He was formerly a social worker with young offenders, has a PhD from the Institute of Criminology in Cambridge, and was involved in the training of probation officers at the University of Birmingham. He has written widely on the fortunes of the probation service, alternatives to imprisonment and particularly the electronic monitoring of offenders.


DANIEL KLEINBERG Head of Youth Justice The Scottish Government	Daniel Kleinberg has been Head of the Youth Justice Team at the Scottish Government since January 2010, with responsibility for work to prevent offending by young people. Prior to taking this post Daniel has held a number of roles in the Scottish Government including Head of International Strategy and Private Secretary to the Cabinet Minister for Social Justice. Among other policies, the Youth Justice Team leads on implementation and roll-out of the whole systems approach for youth offending.


KAREN AITKEN Senior Procurator Fiscal Depute Victims and Witnesses Team, Policy Division, Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service	Karen Aitken is a Senior Procurator Fiscal Depute, based in the Victims and Witnesses Team of the Crown Office Policy Division, with the portfolio for Youth Justice. She has been in this post since 2011, following on from a secondment at the Scottish Police College at Tulliallan. Her other posts at Crown Office include working in the National Casework Division and in the High Court Division. She has been with the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service since 2003 and has spent time working in local Procurator Fiscal’s Offices in Inverness and Aberdeen.