Louise Ridley, senior lecturer in Criminology at Northumbria University, will discuss the latest evidence around the key issues and challenges of our ageing prison population.

This is part of our “A matter of fact: what the evidence tells us” series, to accompany Clinks’ Evidence Library, giving you the chance to ask your own questions of leading academics talking about the latest research on an important criminal justice topic.

Louise Ridley previously taught criminology at the University of Teesside for 15 years. Before this Louise worked in a variety of different organisations providing support to vulnerable groups of people. She has interests and specialist expertise in the arts in criminal justice, prison mental health and older people in prison.

Louise has provided an in-depth look at the issues and challenges of our ageing population in a review for our Evidence Library, which you can read here: No place for old men | Clinks

There will also be a chance to ask Louise questions in a Q&A session. If you have a particular question you would like to ask, please send it to events@clinks.org.