Rt Revd Peter Selby

Dr Peter Selby was Bishop of Worcester from 1997 until 2007 and in 2001 was also appointed to Bishop of Prisons, a post from which he also retired in September 2007.  Dr Selby's interest in prisons is long-standing, and he is himself the son of refugees, and served for a time as the Chair of the Asylum Committee of the Refugee Council. His concern for prisons and the criminal justice system extends back to 1965 when he served as an interim chaplain at San Quentin, California, as part of his ministerial training.

Since then, criminal justice and refugee issues have been consistent features of his work in the Church of England. He has served in posts involving adult education and policy development, as well as in pastoral and consultancy work, in South London and in the North-East. He became a bishop in 1984 in South-West London, and undertook research into international and personal debt as a the William Leech Professorial Fellow in Durham from 1992 to 1997.

He began his current role as President of the National Council for Independent Monitoring Boards on 1 January 2008.

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