Ambassadors

Faith is an independent Criminologist. Her interest is in policy, criminal justice reform, offender management and Restorative Justice (RJ). She is also a commentator, writer and a campaigner for prison reform. She highlights injustices and failings within the Criminal Justice System in England and Wales. Her opinions and views are well-grounded and highly respected by those inside and outside the Criminal Justice sector. Her work is impartial, giving credit to good policy and critique to policy which is ill-conceived or poorly implemented and she is unafraid to speak truth to power having done so on many occasions, often against the odds. Author of The Criminal Justice Blog.

Fiona joined the Prison Service in 1985 as a fast stream prison governor trainee starting her career as a prison officer at HMP Holloway.  She then worked in 6 other prisons culminating in governing governor roles at Wandsworth,  Ford and Lewes.  She also worked as a prison inspector and on an emergency accommodation programme.

She then worked in roles across government for DCLG and Cabinet Office and in HMPPS HQ covering work to join up all Civil Service departments, strategic estate management, commissioning evidence, on the Probation Reform Programme leading Through the Gate improvements across England and Wales and then on the recommissioning of Commissioned Rehabilitative Services contracts. 

Her final positions centred on staffing Prison Capacity efforts and assisting a prison rerole. She retired from the Civil Service at the end of 2024 and now works as a prison consultant and acts as an Ambassador for the Corbett Network. 

Alasdair Jackson OBE is a highly accomplished leader and advocate in the social enterprise sector, widely recognised for his transformative impact on prisoner rehabilitation and reintegration. Over a distinguished career spanning more than two decades, he has pioneered commercial models that deliver profound social good. As the former Chief Executive of the Recycling Lives Charity, Jackson championed innovative programmes that successfully merged justice-sector reform with corporate responsibility, significantly reducing reoffending rates by equipping individuals with valuable skills, stable employment, and holistic housing support.

His deep expertise in creating viable pathways from custody to community has made him a trusted strategic voice at the highest levels of UK justice policy. In addition to serving as a Special Advisor to the Justice Select Committee at the House of Commons, he chairs the Employment Advisory Board at HMP Preston and sits on the National Oversight Board for Prison Employment Advisory Boards. For his dedicated, long-standing services to the rehabilitation of offenders, Jackson was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2024 King’s New Year Honours. He proudly brings this wealth of experience and passion for systemic reform to his role as an Ambassador for The Corbett Network.