The following blog is an intimate account of a sad experience within a prison. Unfortunately this blog provides an insight into the daily reality faced by prisoners and by the staff who work to care for them. (Pseudo names have replaced actual names) I received the call at around 7:10pm on a day that had …
#prison blog; Log 27- The Pains of Prison Leadership Read More »
Today the Growth Project reflected on some of the most powerful events that have taken place at Guys Marsh over the past 2 years and concluded that the loss exhibition remains one of the most significant experiences at the prison during this time of reform. After the head of department at Weston College experienced sudden …
#prison blog; Log 26 – ‘Loss is nothing else but change’. Read More »
Welcome to the community fair! I just want to borrow your attention for a few moments to talk about how this event came about and why we are doing it. The charities we support today are Hemihelp and Macmillan. Macmillan because it means something to us, as Debs will show you when she shaves her head later. …
#prison blog; Log 25 – Opening to the Community Fair! Read More »
I remember the moment a strong, passionate prison manager came up to me and conveyed her idea of a coffee morning in an enhanced houseblock and her subsequent significantly more courageous plan of holding an all prison MacMillan Coffee Morning in the grounds. This member of staff engages with some of our most complex men …
#prison blog; Log 24- Doing Time and Giving Back Read More »
For many people, prisoners and non-prisoners, art is a medium that is used to express ones self. Art can provide an open window into someones mind and dreams and enable them to escape from their reality, if only temporarily. As Thomas Merton said, ‘Art enables us to find ourselves and lose ourselves at the same time’. In this …
#prison blog; Log 23 -‘Creativity is contagious, pass it on’ (Albert Einstein) Read More »
