Julie Gant began her career working at Texas Department of Criminal Justice, acting as Ombudsman for the State of Texas, dealing with prisoner and family complaints, and then went on to oversee the re-write of all policies and procedures for the Texas Prison System when legislation was passed to encompass prisons and probation.
Taking a senior role within the private prison industry, Julie gained hands on experience of staff and prisoner management and developed a deep knowledge and interest in understanding how to give the best chances to those vulnerable groups in care, while maintaining high levels of security and accountability.
Since moving to England in 2007, Julie has been immersed in the UK Crime & Justice sector.
Julie has experience working in both private and state run prisons as well as for the US Army. Utilising her experience, Julie was a founding director of L&G International Ltd, set up in 2007 to address the needs of prisons and governments around the world. Julie is currently heading up a long term project that involves national collaboration between prisons and other government agencies, charities, colleges and universities.