Michael Campbell

Michael Campbell is an expert advisor to prisons in the prevention of Self-Harm and Suicide. He supports governors, officers and prisoners to implement change that strengthens safety for everyone in prison. From the first days spent behind bars to the days spent preparing for release, Michael’s work helps prisoners to cope with an alien environment, in order to reduce the staggering toll of self-harm, suicide and violence inside. His approaches have been adopted by every organisation managing prisons in the UK in both public and private sectors. His Company, De Profundis, works both in the private and public sector with its work being recommended by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons in their Expectations for Prisons. De Profundis is also recognised as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in the areas of prevention or self?harm and suicide in custodial settings. He has also been a special advisor to His Majesty’s Probation Service in preparing people from release of custody. He works closely with prison psychologists and mental health specialists. Michael recorded a series of lectures for De Montfort University for the 2019 - 2020 Academic Year. In 2023, Michael was appointed as a Non-Executive Director of the United Kingdom’s newest prison, HMP Fosse Way, where he advises the director on prisoner welfare and well-being. Michael is an international speaker having spoken at the International Corrections & Prisons Association conferences in Antwerp & Istanbul, in 2023 &2024, The Modernising Criminal Justice Conference in London and the annual gathering of Prison Governors in Portugal to name but a few. He also speaks in prisons throughout the United Kingdom to both staff and prisoners. Michael campaigns for a zero target for self-harm in prisons and argues for an approach to criminal justice based on evidence over ideology. Michael blogs, tweets and records podcasts as the @TheTartanCon