Sara Hyde has spent over a decade working in the criminal justice system, primarily with women, following a first career in theatre. She worked in prison and post release and now specialises in research to reduce deaths in custody. She has been involved in the community and church on Caledonian Road in Islington for the last 16 years, where she is now a councillor, having previously been a London Assembly and a parliamentary candidate. She is Chair of Fabian Women’s Network and was part of the inaugural Jo Cox Women in Leadership cohort.