Nick Hardwick (chairman)

Nick Hardwick (born 19 July 1957)^[1] was Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons. He was appointed to the role in July 2010,^[2] replacing Anne Owers.

Prior to this he was the Chair of the Independent Police Complaints Commission, a British organisation which claims to make sure that complaints against the police are dealt with effectively.^[3] He was appointed in December 2002.

From June 1995 to January 2003 he was Chief Executive of the Refugee Council.^[4] From 1986 to 1995 he was Chief Executive of the charity Centrepoint.^[5] Born in Surrey, he currently lives in south London. He has a wife and two children. In 1979 he graduated from the University of Hull with a third class honours degree in English. ^[6]

He was educated at Epsom College and the University of Hull (BA English Literature, 1979).^[7]

References

1. "Weekend birthdays". The Guardian. Guardian Media. 19 July 2014. p. 52.
2. https://web.archive.org/web/20091107100334/http://www.justice.gov.uk/inspectorates/hmi-prisons/faqs.htm. Archived from the original on November 7, 2009. Retrieved October 4, 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)
3. IPCC Web Site
4. http://www.refugeecouncil.org.uk/news/press/2002/december/20021213resig. Retrieved February 12, 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)
5. https://web.archive.org/web/20090614171550/http://www.ipcc.gov.uk/index/about_ipcc/who_runs/nh.htm. Archived from the original on June 14, 2009. Retrieved February 12, 2010. Missing or empty |title= (help)
6. The Week 27 February 2016 condensing an interview first published in The Guardian.
7. ‘HARDWICK, Nicholas Lionel’, Who's Who 2016, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2016