Justice staff steal the show
Frontline staff from Cambridgeshire’s justice agencies stole the show during this year’s Inside Justice Week.
A police sergeant, senior prosecutor, prison duty governor and Nacro resettlement officer were released into the community to talk about their careers.
The four took part in a series of interviews on BBC Radio Cambridgeshire throughout Inside Justice Week, which ran from 18 to 25 October.
Based at Parkside Police Station in Cambridge, senior Crown prosecutor Olivia Gooding, pictured below with Nacro resettlement officer Christine Sharp, was a competitive dancer before training as a solicitor.
Olivia spoke about her unusual career path - leaving school at 16 and training as a lawyer at night school - as well as the decisions the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) makes before deciding whether to prosecute a case in court.
Sergeant Luke Coulson spoke about his role with the Neighbourhood Policing Team in Yaxley. Each area in Cambridgeshire has a Neighbourhood Policing Team, which works with residents to tackle crime and antisocial behaviour in their neighbourhood.
Meanwhile former vicar turned prison worker Martin Kettle spoke about prisoner rehabilitation. Martin is the head of reducing re-offending at HMP Whitemoor, a top security prison near March. He's responsible for working out sentencing plans with prisoners as well as serving as a duty prison officer.
Nacro resettlement officer Christine Sharp, pictured below, took part in a lively, hour-long session called the Chatroom, part of Sue Doogan's popular afternoon show on Radio Cambridgeshire.
Together with life coach Christine Peck and novelist Seth Garner, she spoke about her work in resettling offenders at HMP Littlehey, in Perry near Huntingdon. Nacro is an independent charity that gives prisoners the help they need to turn their lives around.
