Prisons

Prison performs U-turn on banning handwritten cards for inmates after public outcry
Prison
Prisons

Prison performs U-turn on banning handwritten cards for inmates after public outcry

Homelessness is holding back prison leavers when they get a second chance
prison leavers
prisons

Homelessness is holding back prison leavers when they get a second chance

Women are asking to stay in prison beyond their sentence because they don't have a home to go to
prison
Homelessness

Women are asking to stay in prison beyond their sentence because they don't have a home to go to

Stephen Fry to feature in play telling lockdown stories of prisoners and homeless people
Justice system

Stephen Fry to feature in play telling lockdown stories of prisoners and homeless people

Screw creator Rob Williams: 'We don't always look at prisoners as individuals'
TV

Screw creator Rob Williams: 'We don't always look at prisoners as individuals'

Why is the husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on a hunger strike?
nazanin zaghari-ratcliffe husband, richard
Politics

Why is the husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on a hunger strike?

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

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
News

Prisoners pick the books to get you through lockdown

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

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
News

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
News

Illiteracy is high in prisons. Learning to read can reduce reoffending

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

Meet the ex-inmates helped by music in prison
The Big Issue has heard from two former prisoners on how InHouse’s programmes helped them on the inside. Image credit: supplied
News

Meet the ex-inmates helped by music in prison

The music label helping prisoners dream beyond their cell walls
InHouse Records. Aux. Volume 9, Issue 3. January 2020. Image credit: InHouse Records
News

The music label helping prisoners dream beyond their cell walls

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

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'

Lockdown in lockdown: I watched the country close while in prison
Several States of Mind, artwork by a prisoner at HMP Dartmoor and part of Koestler Arts' No Lockdown in the Imagination exhibition
Steve Newark

Lockdown in lockdown: I watched the country close while in prison

You don’t have to be a bleeding heart to see our prison system isn't working
John Bird

You don’t have to be a bleeding heart to see our prison system isn't working

Why The Big Issue has put together a prison special
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Paul McNamee

Why The Big Issue has put together a prison special