David Ramsbotham, Baron Ramsbotham

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HM Chief Inspector of Prisons

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Early life and military career

Ramsbotham was born on 6 November 1934,

Territorial Army commission.[4] He then took a history degree at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.[2]

On 21 February 1958 he was appointed to a regular army commission as a lieutenant, with seniority from 31 January 1957.

lieutenant-colonel on 30 June 1971.[9] From 11 June 1970 to 20 June 1973 he served as Military Assistant to the Chief of the General Staff, Sir Michael Carver. This was a particularly busy time for the British Army; the Troubles in Northern Ireland were beginning, and the army's contribution, Operation Banner, was taking an increasingly large proportion of resources. [citation needed
]

For his performance in this role, Ramsbotham was appointed an

Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1974 New Year Honours.[10][11]
He later commanded a battalion of the Royal Green Jackets in Northern Ireland from 1974 to 1975.

Ramsbotham was elevated to

Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the Bath (GCB) in the 1993 New Year Honours.[27] He stepped down as AG on 17 May 1993,[28] and retired from the army on 13 July 1993.[29]

Chief Inspector of Prisons

Ramsbotham was

Jack Straw, and this contributed to his contract not being continued for the full eight years that had originally been possible (an initial period of five years, with extension for a further three years possible).[32][33][34][35]

Later activities

On 22 March 2005, it was announced that Ramsbotham was to be elevated to a

UNLOCK, The National Association of Ex-Offenders and an Ambassador for the charity, the Prison Advice and Care Trust (pact).[38] He was also a trustee and vice-chairman of the Institute for Food, Brain and Behaviour[39][40] and a Patron of Prisoners' Advice Service
(PAS).

Ramsbotham was elected an honorary

International Centre for Prison Studies at King's College London. He was also a Patron of Prisoners Abroad, a charity that supports the welfare of Britons imprisoned overseas and their families, Prisoners Education Trust, a charity that supports serving prisoners through a range of academic, creative and vocational distance learning courses whilst inside and Prisoners' Advice Service, a charity which offers free legal advice and support to adult prisoners throughout England and Wales regarding their human and legal rights, conditions of imprisonment and the application of Prison Law and the Prison Rules. He was also a Patron of the African Prisons Project, an international non-governmental organisation with a mission to bring dignity and hope to men women and children in African prisons through health, education, justice and reintegration.[41] He was President of the charity PTSD Resolution, Charity number 1133188, providing treatment to Veterans with post traumatic stress through its UK-wide network of 200 therapists. [citation needed
]

Ramsbotham wrote extensively on matters relating to prisons and the military, in particular his 2003 book Prisongate: The Shocking State of Britain's Prisons and the Need for Visionary Change set out his vision for reform of the prison system.[42]

Personal life and death

In 1958, he married Susan Caroline Dickinson (1938 - 2021), and had two sons, James and Richard. Ramsbotham died after a fall on 13 December 2022, at the age of 88.[43]

Ramsbotham was a patron to the Zahid Mubarek Trust from 2007 and was also a patron of the charity SkillForce.

Arms

Coat of arms of David Ramsbotham, Baron Ramsbotham
Crest
Issuant from a coronet Or a ram's head Argent armed Or holding in the mouth a wild garlic flower Proper.
Escutcheon
Per fess Gules and Vert (the shade thereof being known as
rifle green) in chief a pelican in her piety Argent vulning herself Gules and in base a bugle horn stringed also Argent.[44]
Supporters
On either side a ram that on the dexter Gules and that on the sinister Vert each armed unguled and supporting with the interior hind foot a portcullis Or.
Motto
Non Vi Sed Virtute

References

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  10. ^ "No. 46162". The London Gazette (Supplement). 28 December 1973. pp. 5–6.
  11. ^ "Recommendations for Honours and Awards (Army)—Image details—Ramsbotham, David John" (Fee may be required to view full original recommendation). Documents Online. The National Archives.
  12. ^ "No. 46953". The London Gazette (Supplement). 5 July 1976. p. 9284.
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  31. ^ "No. 54270". The London Gazette. 8 January 1996. p. 319.
  32. ^ Philip Johnston and Rachel Sylvester (17 December 2001). "Prisons chief 'forced to quit'". The Daily Telegraph. London. Archived from the original on 21 April 2013. Retrieved 30 September 2008.
  33. ^ Mary Riddell (1 November 1999). "The New Statesman Interview – David Ramsbotham". New Statesman. Archived from the original on 11 January 2011. Retrieved 30 September 2008.
  34. ^ Simon Hattenstone (2 February 2001). "Interview with the chief inspector of prisons—Sir David Ramsbotham, chief inspector of prisons, says 20,000 of our prisoners simply shouldn't be in jail. Now he feels he is being forced out of his job. Simon Hattenstone finds out why". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 30 September 2008.
  35. ^ "Breakfast with Frost—Peter Sissons interviews Sir David Ramsbotham—transcript". Breakfast with Frost. BBC. 1 July 2001. Retrieved 30 September 2008.
  36. ^ "No. 57593". The London Gazette. 22 March 2005. p. 3537.
  37. ^ "No. 57646". The London Gazette. 23 May 2005. p. 6695.
  38. ^ "David Ramsbotham becomes pact's first ambassador". 20 April 2007. Retrieved 30 September 2008.
  39. ^ "INSTITUTE FOR FOOD, BRAIN AND BEHAVIOUR, registered charity no. 517817". Charity Commission for England and Wales.
  40. ^ "IFBB: Lord Ramsbotham". Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 16 October 2012.
  41. ^ "International Centre for Prison Studies—Organisation—Advisory board". King's College London. 11 June 2008. Retrieved 30 September 2008.
  42. OCLC 60578838
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  43. ^ "General Lord Ramsbotham obituary". The Times. 15 December 2022. Retrieved 15 December 2022. (subscription required)
  44. ^ Debrett's Peerage. 2015. p. 1011.

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