Commissioners

Cherie Booth QC (President)           

Barrister; Crown Court Recorder

Professor David Wilson (Chair) 

Professor of Criminology, University of Central England; Vice

Chair, The Howard League for Penal Reform; former prison

governor

Oscar Campbell   

The Howard League for Penal Reform and former prisoner   

Baroness Jean Corston

Labour Peer and former MP, author of report on vulnerable women in penal system

Professor Andrew Coyle

Professor of Prison Studies, King's College, London;

former prison governor; founding Director of International

Centre for Prison Studies

Frances Crook

Director, The Howard League for Penal Reform

Dr Carolyn Hoyle 

Reader in Criminology, Centre for Criminology; Fellow, Green

College, University of Oxford

Professor Ian Loader      

Professor of Criminology; Director of Centre for Criminology,

Oxford University; Fellow, All Souls

Kevin McGrath      

Partner, Reit Asset Management

Paul Myners

Chair, Guardian Media Group, Land Securities, Low Pay Commission and Board of Trustees of the Tate, former Chair Marks & Spencer.  Resigned as Commissioner in October 2008 on his appointments as Financial Services Secretary and Government Spokesperson, HM Treasury.

Stephen Nathan 

Journalist and researcher, specialising in privatisation

Professor Sir Duncan Nichol CBE

Chairman, Parole Board; former Chief Executive of the NHS. Resigned as Commissioner in June 2008 on his appointments as Chair of HM Courts Service Board for England and Wales.

 Dame Helen Reeves

Consultant on victim and witness issues and former Chief Executive, Victim  Support

Professor Andrew Rutherford

Emeritus Professor of Law and Criminal Policy, member of

the Parole Board and former prison governor

Clare Tickell

Chief Executive, Action for Children

Sue Wade

Chair, The Howard League for Penal Reform

Professor Martin Wasik      

Professor of Law, Keele University; Crown Court Recorder;

former Chair, Sentencing Advisory Panel

Dick Whitfield

Trustee, The Howard League for Penal Reform; former Chief

Probation Officer, Kent and former Independent Member of

the Parole Board

Ruth Wyner

Psychotherapist, Group Analyst and former prisoner