Senior Research Fellow at Nottingham University. Writing on carceral change making in prisons, police custody and immigration detention.https://bsky.app/profile/tomkemp.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomkemp.bsky.social/post/3mozl7fl2wk27If people as outstanding as Laleh are being treated like this - what hope have the rest of got? Solidarity and love to all folks affected by this. [contains quote post or other embedded content]24 Jun 2026 09:13 +0000at://did:plc:mdgvvdsfdfulbcdgnk6fhrkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mozl7fl2wk27https://bsky.app/profile/tomkemp.bsky.social/post/3mnwmhoqo2c2hIf a newspaper (okay, I only read the @theguardian.com) publishes an article solely based upon a report published by another organisation, is there a reason they don't systematically link to that report? Like surely this would help everyone involved?10 Jun 2026 11:33 +0000at://did:plc:mdgvvdsfdfulbcdgnk6fhrkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnwmhoqo2c2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/tomkemp.bsky.social/post/3mhaqwdshxs23My mum had the experience of working for the NHS (as a speech and language therapist) then the service being privatised and the values of the organisation falling away into a laminated marketing pitch. Universities have always been compromised but watching them go through this convulsion17 Mar 2026 10:23 +0000at://did:plc:mdgvvdsfdfulbcdgnk6fhrkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhaqwdshxs23https://bsky.app/profile/tomkemp.bsky.social/post/3mej3gib7lc2iI want some of these people who are suddenly questioning failures of the wider culture to have a public moment like where a hapless faithful, on entering the final throws of the Traitors, asks 'Why am I here!?' Of course this won't be Streeting. He's conducting some traitor on traitor action here. [contains quote post or other embedded content]10 Feb 2026 13:36 +0000at://did:plc:mdgvvdsfdfulbcdgnk6fhrkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mej3gib7lc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/tomkemp.bsky.social/post/3mdnkrgmm6c2cFully signed up advocate of the Catbongo community and manifesto https://www.reddit.com/r/catbongos/comments/1qpijpf/the_political_goals_of_the_rcatbongos_community/30 Jan 2026 14:56 +0000at://did:plc:mdgvvdsfdfulbcdgnk6fhrkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdnkrgmm6c2chttps://bsky.app/profile/tomkemp.bsky.social/post/3mdn45eznic26Beautiful reflection on what remains after the spectacles of violence by immigration enforcement. How does activism and solidarity continue when the spotlight moves away? https://blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/border-criminologies-blog/blog-post/2026/01/bodily-remainder-chicago-organisers-after-immigration30 Jan 2026 10:35 +0000at://did:plc:mdgvvdsfdfulbcdgnk6fhrkm/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdn45eznic26