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Making education work for all
A report from the Traveller Movement, ‘Available but not Accessible’, reveals the barriers that Romany Gypsies and Irish Travellers face in accessing activities in prison – including t [...]
A clean slate for 2023: Sharmain Harris gets pardon after years of community work
New Year’s Day offers the chance for a clean slate in 2023. At 6 p.m. on Dec. 20, 2022, Sharmain Harris got his clean slate, via email, while coaching his son’s basketball team. “I sen [...]
Prison committees flag serious concerns over inmate mental health
Reports describe severe and enduring mental health issues for many inmates, sometimes exacerbated by the risk of homelessness on release. Concerns over the mental health of inmates at [...]
PETER HITCHENS: I still believe crime must be punished. But a week inside showed me squalor achieves nothing
I spent last week in prison. I know prison is where quite a lot of my Left-wing enemies want me to be but this was by my own choice. I was taking part in what I believe is a tremendous [...]
Prisoner literacy: ‘When you pick up a book you’re not thinking of being locked in the cell’
Literacy ambassadors say they tell prisoners: ‘It’s not like learning when we were in school. It’s completely different’ “It was the first time in my life I had positive role models,” [...]
‘No case to answer’: the Londoner arrested for murder on the injustice that shaped his life
Kenny Imafidon was arrested under the controversial ‘joint enterprise’ law. After six months behind bars, his case was thrown out. Now 30, he has written a breathtaking memoir about hi [...]