My father, Martin Wright, who has died aged 94, spent much of his working life advocating for changes to the UK’s prison system.
As director of the Howard League for Penal Reform from 1971 to 1984 he put pressure on successive governments to improve prison conditions and find alternatives to incarceration. He was also a pioneer in the field of restorative justice, and wrote influential books on the subject, including Justice for Victims and Offenders (1996), as well as many articles for magazines and journals that brought the concept to countries where it was previously unheard of.
