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Prisoners turn critics to review TV shows and films during Penned Up Festival
Small Axe was reviewed during Penned Up
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Prisoners turn critics to review TV shows and films during Penned Up Festival

Prisoners pick the books to get you through lockdown
books are good for prisoners' wellbeing
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Prisoners pick the books to get you through lockdown

What does nature mean when you're behind bars?
a painting of a murmuration in nature
Guest Columnist

What does nature mean when you're behind bars?

Transforming prison food: Traditional Bangladeshi chicken curry recipe
chicken curry recipe
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Transforming prison food: Traditional Bangladeshi chicken curry recipe

Books behind bars: Not even Covid can stop the prison librarian
illustration - books behind bars: reading in prison
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Books behind bars: Not even Covid can stop the prison librarian

Illiteracy is high in prisons. Learning to read can reduce reoffending
Tackling illiteracy in prison - man teaching another man to read
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Illiteracy is high in prisons. Learning to read can reduce reoffending

Health inequality: Most people are wrong about Covid impact
Man in mask walking down street during covid - illustrating health inequalities
Dame Clare Moriarty

Health inequality: Most people are wrong about Covid impact

A chaplain's view on prison in the time of Covid
Jonathan Aitken says reforms to Pentonville processes due to Covid will stay in place. Image credit: Graham Guy Barratt
Jonathan Aitken

A chaplain's view on prison in the time of Covid

My children didn't understand why mummy was in prison
Teddy Love, HM Prison & Young Offender Institution New Hall, mixed media from Koestler Arts’ My Path exhibition
Racy Jackson

My children didn't understand why mummy was in prison

There is a mental health crisis in our prisons. Lockdown is making it worse
This Is How It Feels, Clifton House Secure Hospital, part of Koestler Arts' My Path exhibition
C Malley

There is a mental health crisis in our prisons. Lockdown is making it worse

Bertie, the dog who saved me from myself
When I’m distressed, Bertie can tell, writes Kate Leaver. Image credit: Piqsels
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Bertie, the dog who saved me from myself

Anonymous prisoner: 'You go to prison as punishment, not for punishment'
Prison is no picnic - but for some rough sleepers, it at least provides a 'safe' place to stay. Image credit: Piqsels
Anonymous

Anonymous prisoner: 'You go to prison as punishment, not for punishment'