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 »
I dread that notice in a prison reception. For those that work in prison you will know that notice and that realisation that someone who you may have been speaking to the day before is no longer alive. It makes me feel sick to my very core and desperate to find out if everyone is OK and …
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 »
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