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Smoking ban ‘all legal challenges rejected’ Fun and games Sex Talk... the National Newspaper for Prisoners & Detainees Clarification of for the whole family Supreme Court “Prisoners are far more a voice for prisoners since 1990 when visiting likely to be affected by ruling from HMPPS March 2018 / Issue No. 225 / www.insidetime.org / A ‘not for profit’ publication / ISSN 1743-7342 Grampian poor sexual health.” An average of 60,000 copies distributed monthly Independently verified by the Audit Bureau of Circulations Legal // page 37 Newsround // page 14 Jailbreak // page 44

Thousands set Credit: Virgin for early release Government to extend Home Detention Curfew scheme in drive to relieve pressure on overcrowded prisons

leased under the scheme.”

But Philip Hollobone, Tory MP for Kettering, remained un- 13 Creative solution to waste convinced. “The public does not like prisoners being released early from their sen- Prisoners recycle Virgin uniforms tence,” he said. “The public wants criminals to serve the HMP Northumberland has teamed up with Virgin trains to recycle their old, out of date, uniforms sentence in full in jail. The into blankets, bags and coats for homeless charity Albert Kennedy Trust which supports further we get away from that, young LGBT homeless people in crisis. Virgin Trains said: “This environmental collaboration the less sentences are a fitting with HMP Northumberland gives our old uniforms a new lease of life and is a creative solution punishment for the crime that to achieving zero waste to landfill, whilst also supporting vulnerable people across our patch.” “Most eligible to be released”

Inside Time report early release under HDC; after Governors have been ordered being risk assessed, they can to review cases of prisoners be released between two weeks refused release under the The Ministry of Justice has and 120 days early, depending scheme according to a paper acted to significantly increase on the length of their sentence. quietly released some weeks the number of prisoners to be ago. The order is intended to freed on HDC after discovering An MoJ spokesperson said, lead to the release of most el- that tens of thousands of those “We are simplifying the HDC igible prisoners. The move eligible, including those serv- process, reducing the number ing sentences for violence, comes after officials found that Paul Crane and Gerard Lemos 18 Valentine Olukoga: wowed the crowd 17 of forms used in the assessment © Paul Sullivan © Paul Sullivan robbery, burglary and public process and maintaining the in 2016 some 9,041 eligible order crimes - were not being strict eligibility and suitability prisoners, or 21 per cent, were “We’re not naïve, we’re not stupid. Inside Poetry book launch considered. tests. This will mean governors released under HDC while more But prisons should be decent and than 35,000 missed out. goes off with a bang: “A truly can make well-informed, more humane places. I don’t think Prisoners serving sentences of timely decisions and ensure sensational night of poetry between three months and four robust risk management plans people should be punished by years are eligible to qualify for are in place for offenders re- Continued on page 11 being treated inhumanely.” and impassioned speeches.” MICHAEL PURDON SOLICITOR NATIONWIDE SERVICE Founding members, serving for 3 years as Chair and Deputy Chair of the Association of Prison Lawyers GET A VISIT GET ADVICE GET OUT PAROLE RECALL JUDICIAL REVIEW TARIFF REVIEWS CALL US: 0191 232 1006 VISIT: purdonlaw.co.uk EMAIL: [email protected] NEWCASTLE: Wards Buildings - 31-39 High Bridge - Newcastle upon Tyne - Tyne and Wear - NE1 1EW LONDON OFFICE: 7 New Square - Lincolns Inn - London - WC2C 3QS (BY APPOINTMENT ONLY) 2 Mailbag ‘Mailbag’, Inside Time, Botley Mills, Botley, Southampton SO30 2GB. Insidetime March 2018 insidetime Star Letter of the Month Lack of Mailbites a voice for prisoners since 1990 Congratulations to this months winner who receives our £25 prize family ties Change of mind on smoking? the national newspaper for prisoners published by Mr Reed - HMP Rochester Stephen Kelly - HMP Stafford Inside Time Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of The New Bridge Foundation, founded in 1956 to I write in response to the Supreme Court Family ties are vital in create links between the offender and the Change is possible ruling against the prison smoking ban in whether a prisoner succeeds community. English & Wales. What does it mean for the Adam ‘Junglist’ Ghali - HMP Bullingdon or fails in leading a law-abid- prisons that have forced the ban through? A not for proﬁ t publication. ing life on release. So, why Does it mean that smokers now have the legal Inside Time is wholly responsible for its editorial does the Prison Service/ I’ve never written before but have fi nally built up courage right to smoke in prisons? Do prisons now content. Comments or complaints should be HMPPS move so many of us aft er a particularly positive and well-received rendition of a have to allow tobacco back in the canteens? directed to the publisher and not to New Bridge. many miles away from our poem/rap I have written, at a Family Day. I performed in Can someone tell us the implications of this families and friends, thus front of around 150 people. The Family Day was rewarded in ruling, and do it quickly please? Where do we Board of Directors destroying our family ties. recognition of the hard work of several prisoners who secured stand on this matter? In my case, as one example Trevor Grove Former Editor Sunday Telegraph, qualifi cations ranging from VR Rep, education, Restore and of which there are thou- Journalist, Writer and former Magistrate. TSP. I was blessed with an invitation for my completion of the Dr Peter Bennett Trustee, New Bridge sands, as soon as I was sen- A great man retires Foundation and former Governor of HMP Grendon anger management-type course, called Resolve. tenced I was moved to HMP Craig Stead - HMP/YOI Parc Geoff Hughes Former Governor of HMP Belmarsh Wayland, over 3-hours travel We are all saddened to learn that Chaplain Phil John D Roberts Former Company Chairman and “I went into the course with blinkers on, assuming from my home in Margate. Managing Director employing former prisoners James is retiring. I would personally like to Instead of to my local cate- thank Phil for all of his support throughout the Louise Shorter Former producer, BBC Rough Justice that no course could ever change or alter my own gory C in Rochester. Why? Alistair H E Smith BSc FCA Chartered Accountant, years that I’ve known him. He spent time with Trustee and Treasurer, New Bridge Foundation shortcomings towards the use of violence and me when I was at rock-bottom. You will be manipulation. But to my utter amazement, I How can they help us main- sadly missed, and I am not alone in wishing tain family ties when they The Editorial Team started to actually learn tools to use in my day-to- you all the best on your retirement, and please move so many of us far from do come back sometime to give us some day survival in prison.” home? Surely that’s not ‘put- tunes. All the best for the future. ting the protection of the As the course progressed I got a better understanding of public fi rst’, it’s more about ‘shove them into any space Thanks for your help myself and why I was so easily angered by other people’s we have left ’? Aft er my move, KJ Green - HMP Frankland perceptions of me. I started to get good comments from staff my relationship ceased, and whom I had come up against angrily in the past, and I’ve I would like to point out to everybody in prison Rachel I didn’t see my kids for 2-years, Erwin James John Roberts received four positive entries on my C-Nomis, which might who consistently moans, whines and bitches Editor in Chief Publisher and Billington OBE so, I’m high-risk of reoff end- about prison staff and healthcare staff in particular, not sound like a lot, but when you’ve been in and out of jail Director Associate Editor ing as I am now homeless. that they are doing a great job. I have first-hand for 12-years and never had one single positive entry, those experience of this. Recently, in the healthcare four are like a huge self-esteem boost. Commercial The prison system is just a centre, I lost my close friend of 8-years to Manager huge expensive institution cancer. The staff provided so much care and David Roberts The moral to this is that change is possible and, as I’m sure that does little to rehabili- respect to my friend. They stayed with him Head of every single offi cer who dealt with me in the past will tell you, tate and even less to encour- from beginning to end. They all showed so Administration if I can change outlooks and perceptions then anyone can. age family ties. much dignity to my friend, even when it was Justine Best time to take him away. I would like to thank all Noel Smith Paul Sullivan Layout & Design HCC nurses and HCAs, and prison staff for Commissioning Reporter Colin Matthews Editor their care and respect to us all living in HCC. 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Days gone by Juries on trial Mailbag 2-9 “It has taken an Jimmy A - HMP Wandsworth N Gulley - HMP Parkhurst inmate being hospitalised for Years ago, when I was in the There should be no doubt that the recent highly publicised this epidemic to be Borstal system of the early examples of failures of disclosure are a small sample of cases Page 4 taken seriously.” 1980s, they had a system that sit on top of a ticking timebomb that is likely to signifi- where you were rewarded for cantly undermine public confidence in our precious justice Newsround 10-15 excellent behaviour by being system. It is said that justice is the ‘first virtue of a decent and “They’re not given ‘time back’. How it harmonious society’. going to be in worked was, you were given fear of dying from a sentence of 6-months to Although these, and many other examples of injustice, point heat stroke any- 2-years in Borstal. Everyone towards an urgent need to reform the whole justice system, Page 13 more.” who came in on this sentence including parole, it is the current jury system that requires Comment 16-28 was given a possible leaving the boldest restructuring as it is the principal filter in ensur- date of 9-months. Then, if ing that a sound and balanced verdict is reached. “Over 2,000 local you were a little shit and residents charged “Strange mutterings” wanted to cause trouble and The current jury system is out of date, unreliable and not fit at the police sta- act the idiot, you would lose for purpose. It needs to be radically restructured to incorpo- tion trying to gain days. But, on the other hand, rate modern and more technical advances, such as the use of Page 20 their release.” Spice Spice baby if you complied with the artificial intelligence to reliably test and measure the quality of evidence, particularly when this is based on ‘hearsay’. Information 29-35 Name withheld - HMP Whatton regime and really tried to change and better yourself “That was a Juries struggle to separate legal from moral issues, are limit- big mistake, you could be given back time. The use of Spice is rife in this prison and on the increase. ed in their capacity to effectively process complex and contra- as it looked as Lads are getting off their heads in front of staff, who just turn dictory information, are too easily influenced by the skilled if I was not The best-behaved trainees a blind eye to it all. Every day here there is at least 3 or 4 Code ‘crafting’ of a determined police and prosecution team and Page 31 interested.” could, by hard work and dili- Blue’s, or a load of lads walking around like zombies, making are unfairly expected to deal with an emotional reaction that gence, cut their sentence to strange mutterings. is so great that it undermines their capacity to reliably extract, Legal 36-41 as little as 6-months. It was a assess and integrate key evidence. That is vitally important. simple and effective system. “I’m concerned “It is like the film ‘One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s about how I’d I now wonder why they can- The fundamental question is whether or not it is possible to cope.” Nest’ here and it is not funny anymore.” not transfer that system to unfairly influence a jury. I am confident that it is, particularly adult prisons? Imagine, you in serious cases involving allegations of sex offences and Page 41 For us few who do not touch the stuff, the constant smell of get a sentence of 3 to 10 years murder, where, contrary to the usual premise in law, the burning Spice and the unavoidable inhalation of this drug - behave in an excellent accused is presumed guilty until proven innocent. Jailbreak 42-56 won’t do us non-drug-users health any better in the long run. manner, apply yourself and get self-discipline and you In service to humanity and the Crown, it is the criminal jus- “Nothing was So, to fall in line with the zombies, next Christmas I am could be out in 3-years; act tice system that now needs to be put on trial so that Prime politically incorrect going to order 10 Spice roll-ups and a waiting hospital bed. like a f****** and you serve Minister May’s assertion (PMQs - 20-12-17) that - ‘It is neces- because everything Or, the prison system actually tackles the problem, get a the whole 10. It would proba- sary to ensure that we are truly providing justice’ becomes a was always a joke Page 53 sniffer-dog trained in sniffing out NPS, as right now the -tag bly change the whole attitude reality. Justice can never happen in a system that doesn’t with a sense of line seems to be ‘Come to Whatton, it’s Spice, Spice baby’. of prisoners and staff alike. work. We shouldn’t tolerate this. humour.” Don’t suffer in silence Luke - HMP Stafford

Deliberate self-injury is an action to cause self-harm and results in acute injury, including tissue damage, such as cutting, burning and biting the skin from around your fingernails. It is very important that residents and officers realise that suicidal and self-injuring behaviours are not behaviours that a person can stop at will.

We get asked - ‘Why would anyone want to inflict pain upon themselves by cutting or hurting themselves?’ We also know that it is dangerous and often life-threatening, but many people self-harm to gain a sense of relief, but it can also produce relief of emotional pain, almost as if that person had taken painkillers such as morphine.

Being in a strip cell can stop a behaviour/action from occurring in the moment; however, it does not improve or eliminate the behaviour in the long run, it is the reason that strip conditions do not generally work for people like us.

If you are currently experiencing thoughts of self-harm or have self-harmed, please don’t suffer in silence, speak to someone. This could be a Listener, Share rep, workshop instructor, safer custody rep, healthcare or The Samaritans.

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We may need to forward your letter and/or documents to Prison Service HQ or another appropriate body for comment or advice, therefore only send information you are willing to have forwarded on your behalf. 4 Mailbag ‘Mailbag’, Inside Time, Botley Mills, Botley, Southampton SO30 2GB. Insidetime March 2018 On the Xmas Wire ‘Drop ‘em!’ Adult prisoners mixing with kids Damian Samways – HMP/YOI Brinsford HS Khatkar - Christmas meal, HMP Frankland I am 30-years-old and have been in and out of the jail system gone but not forgotten since I was 18, clearly something is not working. Then I Name Withheld - HMP Castle Huntly It is a part of daily life for arrived here at Brinsford, which started taking adults in June prisoners to be strip-searched 2017 (due to overcrowding in the system, I suspect). I came in I had to write in because I can’t stop laughing regularly. Be that during a December and found, to my amazement, that the adults and as I’m reading the January issue of Inside Time cell-search, when going on kids are not kept separate! We are all mixed and live togeth- regarding the ‘festive feast’ we supposedly had or coming off a visit, and er. This is far from ideal, as I’m sure most right-thinking peo- here at Castle Huntly. What a pile of pish. I will sometimes just randomly. ple would agree. The YO’s (Young Off enders) are mouthy, start with the ‘full English breakfast’, ha, ha, ha! As a matter of fact, I am arrogant, wannabe gangsters. On top of that, Brinsford has Good one. We had a slice of square sausage, no regime at all for us adults, which means we are living always prepared for it and overcooked until it had the constituency of under YOI (Young Off ender Institute) rules. There are only a as soon as my cell door opens rubber, potato scones, which were fried in the few adults here, so during association I fi nd myself not com- my hands automatically drop chip fryer so that they were burnt on the ing out of my cell in order to avoid any confrontations. I’ve bottom, plus 2 tomatoes. Mushrooms were to my waistband, expecting seen them attacking people, in twos and threes, with weap- available for the vegetarians, but we did get a an offi cer to say ‘Drop ‘em!’ ons. I’ve already had to give one of them a slap and received slice of fried bread. As for the lunch that the 5 extra days on my sentence. papers and the SPS were gushing about, this is Sometimes, when they enter an open prison and there were 70 cons here my cell with those purple I cannot see how I’m supposed to be getting rehabilitated not out on leave, unfortunately there was only latex gloves on I just get up whilst living with a load of kids on a YOI regime. At the Not just ‘manfl u’ enough chicken for 50 of us. For the unlucky and oblige by removing my weekends we get 40-minutes association per day. When I © Deposit Photos 20 it was Halal curry, not even a veg option. kit. But, I am sure that there asked the staff why this was, I was told – ‘Well, it used to be No pudding of any sort, and there were not are some members of staff 60-minutes, but the staff noticed the YO’s were getting bored Spreading fast enough pot noodles to go around. This was who stick on their uniform and started to dick about, so we shortened it to 40-minutes’. the worst dinner I’ve ever had in jail. and come to work and carry It takes me 5-days to get a shave as they don’t trust YO’s with Louis B - HMP Garth out their personal fantasies a razor. Every time I ask for a transfer to an adult jail they Phony Christmas cake of making grown men strip. say ‘they’ll look into it’. Here on F & G Wings at Garth, we are under JP Thomson - HMP Barlinnie quarantine because of the infl uenza virus I get no replies to my apps or complaints, and have spoken to being introduced from outside. However, it is However, what troubles me I am writing to you about the ‘Christmas dinner the IMB, who said they would get back to me, but haven’t. I like locking the gate aft er the horse has bolt- is that the fact that this latex for Scottish prisoners’ story. It sounds a lot was tried and imprisoned as an adult and I don’t expect to be ed. Prisoners were coming down with fl u-like glove crew also search my better on paper than it did in real life, it was treated like a YO. symptoms as far back as Christmas. It has uneatable and most of it went into the bin. The family, and a notice that taken an inmate being hospitalised for this newspapers blatantly lied, as usual. For breakfast went up today sets out the epidemic to be taken seriously. we got link sausages in a roll. And what we had ‘line’ that Frankland fol- Prison multiverse was a main course dinner, with a bit of cake, lows, i.e. ‘a handshake is the “I, and many others, have just been and not a ‘3-course meal’. Most of the stuff only appropriate physical David Kendall – HMP Oakwood mentioned in the paper was conspicuous by contact between prisoners, given paracetamol and sent back to its absence - no coffee, no meat platter, no staff , visitors, etc’. It made Aft er years of hearing negativity about private sector jails I work/education to spread the virus lamb curry, and certainly no after-dinner mints! me wonder why it is then ok was, unfortunately, transferred to HMP Oakwood. I can cate- even further around the prison.” for staff to be manhandling gorically confi rm that the theories of Professor Stephen Hawking and Brian Cox are now proven. There is indeed a Swinfen Scrooge my family? This is even worse when you factor in how ‘multiverse’, because Oakwood certainly does operate E Redman - HMP/YOI Swinfen Hall many older gentlemen we have on F & G through the laws and physics of another dimension. You I get visits from my parents, Wings, who are the most at-risk group when Every year I put up my Christmas decorations need a degree in quantum mathematics to keep count of how sisters and nieces (children) it comes to contracting infl uenza. and try to bring a bit of Christmas spirit behind many locked gates you have to pass through on even the and I have been told by my these walls. Except this year it wasn’t to be. I shortest journey, multiplied by the time it takes an offi cer to family members that some I believe that Garth, as a whole, have failed was in my element, listening to my favourite be available to open said gates. If anyone with any power is in their duty of care to inmates. Hopefully, Christmas songs when suddenly my door of the searching staff are reading this, take note - private prisons are failing quicker lessons will be learned from this. opened, and I was greeted by a not very happy overtly touching when they than HMP. governor. I was then told to take down my do their rub-down searches. Christmas decorations as they were a ‘fire hazard’. My father, almost 70, sure Corrections and Clarifi cations I understand health & safety but surely, if that did not like the 21-year-old were the case, I would have to remove most of staff member feeling him up. The policy of Inside Time is to correct signifi cant errors as soon as possible. Corrections will appear in the mailbag the contents of my cell, after all, anything that section of each issue and on the relevant web page. If you notice an error please feel free to write to us at the can burn is a ‘fire hazard’. 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Scandal of falsely convicted Just as bad Please educate me Mailbites William Pullman - HMP Barlinnie AS - HMP Channings Wood Kevin Midgely - HMP Humber Eligible for nothing? Prisons throughout the UK are fi lled with men and women Here at this prison, they do not class prisoner Every time I pick up a news- Leanne Jefferies - HMP Eastwood Park who maintain their innocence. These people are prevented education as essential, yet education is in paper, watch the news on from progressing and obtaining parole, or, worse still, being most inmate’s sentence plans. My Probation Before being sentenced for my crimes of TV or listen to the radio, I forced into a position of having to accept guilt, simply Offi cer wants me to do Level One maths & ‘possession with intent to supply’ I had never hear, see or read about peo- because they are desperate to be released from the misery of English, and he would also like me to do any been in trouble with the law and had the ple receiving Community a prison sentence that they did not deserve. Their lives courses to better my chances of fi nding cleanest of records. I come from a good Orders for sexual off ences destroyed, families broken apart, livelihoods and homes lost, employment upon release. I am fi nding this background, am a female who has always such as possessing indecent demonised in their communities for crimes they did not com- very hard in the current regime. In the prison worked hard to become a success, in both images of children. My prob- mit, and, in the worst cases, lives lost to suicide. newsletter, delivered in December, we were lem with this is that when I home and work life. I was sentenced to 4-years told that things would get better in January. was sentenced for burglary in custody, and learnt that I was ineligible for I’ve been here 7-months and it has just got “Recent media exposure has shed light into the and handling stolen goods, HDC because of the length of my sentence. worse. reasons behind some of these tragic cases, into the I was told that handling sto- This is even more disappointing and insulting darkest recesses of, at best, police incompetence len goods was as bad as bur- when I see women in and out of prison in the glary because if no one han- “We are all bored of hearing the 13-months I have already done. Surely there and, at worst, outright corruption by police forces dled the goods there would excuse ‘staff shortages’. What about has to be something that will allow a case-by- that are supposed to protect the public.” be nowhere for the burglar telling our Probation Offi cers that ‘staff case basis for HDC other than not permitting a to sell his goods, so no bur- chance due to the length of sentence? In any criminal case, police offi cers conduct a thorough glars. But, surely this also shortages’ count as a valid reason investigation, interviewing witnesses and gathering evi- applies in principle to sex not to follow our sentence plans?” dence to support their case through to conviction. During off ences? If people did not Pressing ahead regardless Phil Green - HMP Buckley Hall this in-depth process police will unearth evidence that is view it and store it, maybe the Before I got sentenced I would not be able to either not relevant to their case or which does not support people supplying it would write a letter like this, so it goes to show what We have now had a ruling by the Supreme their case, this is called ‘unused evidence’. It may transpire think twice. Or maybe if the a bit of education can do. Imagine what it Court that confirms prisons are not legally that some of this evidence or witness statements actually courts stopped protecting could do if it was classed as ‘essential’? I subject to the smoking ban, however, it undermines the police’s case and could prove an accused’s these people and handed have learning diffi culties, so I really struggle appears governors/HMPPS are determined to innocence entirely. The police and also the prosecution have out proper sentences the when education is ‘stop-start’ all the time. enforce and press ahead with the ban. Are a legal responsibility to compile what is called ‘a schedule of users might think twice. Education should be essential. governors/HMPPS more superior than the unused evidence’, which must accurately list and detail all of Supreme Court? Or are they just not bothered the evidence and statements the police have, but which they do not intend to use even if it undermines their case, and about being arrested for contempt of court? make that evidence available to the defendant’s legal team. Real life slave labour Solomon Bygraves - HMP Norwich Big shirt policy The problem is, that police have not been doing this and P Grannon - HMP Wymott innocent people have gone to prison. The government des- Numerous times here at Norwich, I have mentioned to SOs, CMs and Governors perately needs to change the law and invest in establishing I recently came across a copy of the DHL that Wing Domestic Workers are underpaid. Wing Domestic Workers (WDW) an independent organisation to take the role of assessing evi- HMPPS Retail News (dated December 2017), are landing cleaners, painters and servery workers, and I think it is totally dence and compiling schedules of unused evidence away and it turns out that - ‘Since most establish- unacceptable that we are paid 67p per session. There are 2 sessions per day, from the police forces. There is an unacceptable and signifi - ments have gone smoke-free, we have seen a so our daily wage is £1.34. We also receive 50p per day, Monday to Friday, cant confl ict of interest with police being tasked and trusted 38% increase in volume’, i.e. prisoners are which is called in-cell allowance, which even the unemployed receive. WDWs to perform this role which oft en leads to abuses of process do not get paid for Friday aft ernoons or weekends, even though we work spending their money on products such as and wrongful convictions. those days. We get a choice - work or be sacked. In total, our weekly wage is sweets, crisps and fizzy drinks. According to £8.53. Personally I think this is real life slave labour. The prices on our can- DHL, they are having to invest in larger The fact has been proven that police cannot and should not teen sheets are rapidly rising but our pay stays the same. There are no incen- vehicles and bigger store rooms. Prisons are be entrusted to perform the role of disclosing and producing tives here for prisoners to gain a work ethic, we are forced into slave labour. I now probably going to have to invest in new unused evidence that could undermine their case. would like to know if it is the same in other prisons? polo shirts for the Obesity and Diabetes reps.

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A warning Mailbites Richard Geary - HMP Channings Wood Give us more incentives to behave Laura Mace - HMP Peterborough In February 2017, I had a mild stroke at 6.30am. The left side of my face dropped, and my left arm went totally limp. I In relation to the mailbag by Andrew Jones ‘Unenhanced pressed my cell-bell for assistance and the night man came to enhanced’ (January 2018 issue), I have to agree with him 100%; my door, I explained, and he ordered the keys over his radio. there are no REAL benefits to being ‘Enhanced’ in prison. I have A prison manager attended my cell and gave me the briefest spent the majority of my sentence in segregation due to bad of check-overs before leaving me, still suffering. He informed behaviour. Am I fazed by this? Not at all. There are NO me that he would send healthcare to see me. incentives to behave in prison. I can stock up on everything I need in canteen for 3-months or more, then I get in as much When two nurses did show up at 7.50am, I had regained feel- trouble as I can, because loss of canteen, TV, association, ings in my face and arm. After another brief check-over I was earnings won’t bother me. Even the seg isn’t punishment, I told that I might be able to see the doctor that day. My land- Hard to stop quite enjoy being away from the constant mix-up on the wings. ing officer was brilliant and so concerned he got another © Deposit Photos Why would I want to be Enhanced when I’m happy being inmate to look after me until the doctor came in. At 8.45, the naughty? The IEP system needs to be updated so that people same landing officer personally took me to healthcare and Profiting from our misery really want to be Enhanced. Give us more incentives to behave got me in to see the doctor straight away. then maybe the prison system might change for the better. Name withheld - HMP Leicester Show me there’s something to behave for, help me change my ways and sort the system out before things go too far. “Once the doctor had checked me he confirmed This prison has now been tobacco-free since the summer of that I’d had a stroke and that I should be in hospital.” 2017, but I am still finding it hard to quit smoking completely, so I use a vape. The bells, the bells At 12.20pm I was collected and taken to reception to be strip- Sakir Bhatti - HMP Leeds searched and cuffed for my trip. An ambulance was waiting We are being charged £3.99 for 3 capsules, £6 for a vape pen, I feel compelled to write and substantiate the claim by and once inside the paramedic asked me what was wrong. I and £3 for a charger plug. We could buy the same 3 capsules someone from HMP Leeds in the January issue, in reference to told him that I’d had a stroke at 6.30am that morning, a look in the outside world for £1.99, so, my question is why are we staff incessantly resorting to control & restraint at the slightest of sheer disbelief came over his face. I can only assume he was being charged 100% more than the general public? Are we sign of defiance by a prisoner. I wonder, if requested, whether surprised at how long it had taken to get me in an ambulance. just here to be ripped off left-right-and-centre by private sup- this prison could disclose accurate figures on how many times pliers and the prison system itself? Do you just see us as the general alarm has been activated over the period of one At hospital I was put in the MRI scanner and, after some financially vulnerable victims that you can easily prey on random month? Such a disclosure would be a strong indicator blood samples were taken, I was told to come back to the hos- with little comeback? Because that’s what it feels like. on prison performance alone. I can personally attest to the fact pital at 1.30 the next day. The next day, at 1.20 I rang my cell- that the average amount of alarms pressed by staff is around bell to ask when I was going back for my appointment at the I wouldn’t mind, but the goods we are supplied are shoddily every 30-45 minutes throughout the day. This month alone hospital? At 2.50, my door was finally opened, and I was made, 2 out of 10 of the vapes leak oil or taste nasty. The pen (10th of January) I’ve counted the alarm being used 43 times, taken back to hospital. I had my neck scanned, and when I does not charge half the time, or is faulty at point of pur- and that is just on this wing. That is a lot of incidents or was in the consultant’s office he looked on his computer for a chase. DHL are taking advantage of us on a huge scale. I’m ‘disturbances’. while and then left the office to check something. It was at sick of putting money into the pockets of these private com- this stage that one of the escorting prison officers stated - ‘If pany vultures. Bring back smoking. you have been smoking Spice, now is the time to tell us.’ Cash cows The burning Stefan Tode - HMP Birmingham The consultant then came back, with a surgeon, and Thought Forget the system! The system won’t help, you’re worth too informed me there was no doubt that I had suffered a minor question much to these private companies you slave for and who run stroke and that if I did not have an operation to clear the police? our prisons. A farmer doesn’t sell his cows until they stop J E Adams - artery in my neck then I was odds-on for a major stroke with- LD McCalmon - producing milk, so forget any help you might want to rehabili- in 2-weeks. It was at this moment that the escort officers real- HMP Isle of Wight HMP Humber tate and change your life, you are a commodity and if you do ised how serious this was. get rehabilitated they can’t earn out of you. They need the What effect has the smok- prisons as full as possible to guarantee a maximum return on For someone who enjoys I did have the operation straight away, yet from the minute I ing-ban had on our prisons? their investment. To all readers - if you know of any prison that smoking, and has for the last had the first stroke little did I realise what a major battle I Draw near and let me shed does any form of courses or programmes, no matter the nature, 14-years, I think it is disgust- had ahead in convincing the authorities that not everything some light on the matter. It’s please send me the information. If anyone needs this informa- is down to smoking Spice. I found out later that healthcare not all smoke and mirrors. ing that our contradictory tion I will pass it on. Forget the system - don’t be a cow. staff and uniformed staff had been arguing out on whether I The infamous National laws force us to quit smoking. I hope everyone has was ‘bluffing’ or not! This whole thing has left a bitter taste in Tactical Response Group All my life for a one stretch? my mouth. Staff should be aware, we are not all lying (NTRG) had to roll up to 580 read the January issue of drug-users, some of us do need genuine medical help. ‘situations’ at jails in Inside Time and the article Peter McDonald - HMP Frankland England & Wales last year. pertaining to the fact that Where is the justice for us IPPs? That is a question I would like the Supreme Court have to ask David Gauke before he’s replaced by the next right-wing IPPs, be afraid, be very afraid Let’s get straight to the point ruled that the actual smok- robot on the production-line of Justice Secretaries. Most of the - that’s up more than 500% ing ban was predominantly 3,400 of us that are still in closed conditions have done years Spike - HMP Elmley on 2010 and it is costing the for public spaces, and not over our original tariffs. Yet, here I am in a top-security taxpayers a packet (pardon prisons. Dispersal, 12-years over my 1-year tariff, and they have put me A lot of facts have been printed lately in Inside Time about the pun). Politicians have on ‘high observation’ without explaining why, so I feel emotion- IPPs, and rightly so, but these facts just do not add up. Nick warned that prisons are suf- I have started to notice more ally distressed. When you screw up you should pay a price, but, Hardwick writes in his article (December issue), quote - ‘In fering an ‘epidemic of vio- and more often now a pat- is that price so dear that I should spend the rest of my life in 2016/17, 46% of all IPP decisions resulted in release and 24% lence’. The MoJ has said the tern of control being assert- one of Her Majesty’s ‘failed institutions’? People that maintain in progression. The number of IPPs yet to be released is down situation is spiralling out of ed over our daily lives. these kinds of sentences cheapen the value of a human life and from 6,080 in 2012 to 3,107 now’. control. The POA said the Quitting smoking may bring have no compassion for the feelings of that individual person. data showed the ‘reality’ of Well, don’t that sound great - NO! What he failed to mention health benefits, but it should prisons needing national is that in the month of September, 750 IPP prisoners were be our own choice and not You cannot dampen my spirit support ‘to maintain securi- recalled back to prison. It also reported that was a 22% the choice of government Sam Charnley - HMP/YOI Parc ty and control’. bureaucrats. What’s next, I increase in the month before. Well, my maths ain’t that good, It has come to my attention in recent weeks that there is an ask myself, are they going to but this means nearly 900 IPP prisoners were recalled in just unfortunate heightened level of discrimination here, if it’s not The remedy to the problem have us wearing the same 2-months alone. abuse or unnecessary physical contact, or being called is to reverse the smoking clothes, like North Korean ‘sweetheart’ by the wing’s closet homosexual, it’s going to an ban. Just consider all the sheep? If IPPs are getting recalled at this rate it will not be long area of employment and being called ‘faggot’ or ‘batty-boy’ by before the majority will be recalled back into custody. advantages: increased revenue from tobacco taxes; the youth of today. Guess what? Some people are gay, get over The government should yourself, I’m happily out of the closet and have a partner whom reduced violence and no I got an IPP in March 2006, with a 3-year tariff. I got released keep its nose out of people’s I love dearly. If you think you can dampen my spirit, think again. dreaded popcorn lungs. The in February 2017 on my 4th oral hearing. I am now recalled business, unless that busi- What certain people don’t seem to realise is that I’m not so MoJ should not let this for ‘poor behaviour’, no offence committed. So, IPPs, when ness is detrimental to socie- different, I am still ME. 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Mailbites Spouting Polygraph please Never mind Steve Kidd - HMP Swaleside Flu jab for all the b*****ks Lloyd Phillips - HMP Leyhill negative On the 14th of January 2018, I’d been in prison for 10-years, a HS Khatkar - HMP Frankland I suggest that all prisoners are given the flu jab every year. We Phil Green - decade of my life for something I didn’t do. Lancashire have an amazing healthcare team here, but due to the sheer HMP Buckley Hall Police, HMPPS, Blackpool Probation and all of my many Re; Fake inspections numbers of prisoners getting the flu, they are rushed off their friends, family and supporters know that I’m not a killer. We have all heard the repeated (January issue) - I have feet. I am not sure how much a flu jab costs, but I believe Asda After standing my ground from remand in HMP Preston and drivel spouted by Ministers experienced these so-called offer it for £5, so if the MoJ were to buy it in bulk, 100,000, they ever since, I think it is high time I forced my case further into regarding violence reduction random, unannounced, would probably get a huge discount and the cost would be the minds of those who have the power to free me. in our prisons. They will often inspections countless times negligible compared to the cost savings of fewer hospital visits, spout positive phrases such To that end I offer myself up to any agency to take a poly- and it is just a load of old fewer prescriptions, fewer staff, tutors and healthcare profes- as ‘reform and rehabilitation’ graph test to prove once and for all that I was blackmailed b*****ks. sionals off sick. There would also be less chance of people and ‘we will reduce prisoner into pleading guilty to this Joint Enterprise murder that I’m dying in custody, where disease spreads like wildfire, or numbers’. Then, because held on. In doing a polygraph test I’ll be able to show that my It is quite amusing for us, becoming gravely ill. New inmates could receive it on reception they don’t have the courage QC told me that my girlfriend would get life and my 7-week- though, to see all the staff at their first healthcare check. to implement positive change, old would be taken into care if I went to trial instead of dressed up as they should they take the easy option pleading guilty. That my Junior Counsel told me to ‘Think of be but normally are not, Judicial Review on smoking and spout negative phrases your son’, something he later denied on oath at my Vacation they put on their ties and Name withheld - HMP Altcourse such as; ‘We will build more of Plea hearing and in interview with the police. Also, that everything. And suddenly prisons’ and ‘We will employ one or both of my legal team spoke to the Prosecution before governors are appearing on I write in reference to the piece ‘Smoking ban cannot be former soldiers as prison they blackmailed me to ask about my girlfriend’s position if I the wings acting all friendly enforced’ (January issue). I currently have a Judicial Review officers’. This is the counter- was to plead. The Prosecutor told them to tell me that she to inmates, when you nor- lodged with the European Court of Human Rights. It is very productive vision of fools would only be charged with assisting an offender if I pleaded mally only see them at adju- unjust to force people to stop smoking in prisons, whether that will only end in disaster. guilty, and she would be able to go home with our son. dications, where they are private or government run. Due to the smoking ban, the illicit rarely friendly. use of Spice has increased, which means more Code Blue’s and In order to reduce violence and at the same time; reduce I did not kill the victim, I was not even in the same room deaths. New life sentenced inmates who have smoked for years But, the most shocking prisoner numbers, we need a when it happened. But I want to take a polygraph test, not for will find vapes provided at extortionate costs and are not as thing about these open cir- revolutionary, pragmatic the courts, but to prove to everyone else that I’m telling the effective as tobacco. How can the government possibly justify cus days is the fact that any- approach. We must extend truth. Polygraphs are being used by Probation, so it is not a falsely including a rule under the 2006 Health Act to extend the one with a voice who might the Incentives and Earned big ask. Let me prove what I say. smoking ban in prisons, when in IRC centres you can still talk to the inspectors and Privileges Scheme to include smoke? I have 900 signatures of people who support my JR and tell them the reality of what remission. Editorial note I have sent them to the ECHR. Unfortunately a Polygraph test could prove nothing. They are is going on is safely and Remission is the ideal incentive not ‘lie detectors’ as some people call them and they are not securely locked away in a Criminal prices and very easy to implement. credible testers of whether a person is being truthful; that is cell where inspectors never Name withheld - HMP Isle of Wight Currently, a 16-year determi- why Polygraph results are not recognised in courts of law set foot. Instead, the order- nate sentence is split into two- either in the UK or the USA. The purpose of probation requir- lies and office cats are ush- Yet another robbery by DHL. Last year I bought a kettle from parts. The first part will be ing people who were convicted of sexual offences to take the ered forward to talk to the the DHL-run canteen which cost £9.99, which I found reasona- 8-years in custody, followed tests on release is to encourage them to be honest about their nice inspectors. What a com- ble. But, I have yet to receive the kettle. I have been given by 8-years on license. This feelings and possible high risk activities. plete farce! several excuses why nobody has received the kettles that they never changes. It makes no have already paid for, but the consensus seems to be that said difference whether someone kettles have been found, after PAT testing, to trip the electric. is well-behaved or misbehaves, Fair enough, but now DHL are refusing to refund our money. 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“We only have a few rules around here, Inspectors are right The new normal Mailbites but we really enforce them.” Name withheld - about bullying HMP Bullingdon Slave wage Ex-prisoner “Mr B” - details withheld W Tatton - HMP Manchester I wonder if what goes on here is normal in other prisons Reading the December issue, where Paula As a resident of HMP Bure, in 2017, I found it and I would be interested to Wainwright says she gets just £10 for a 5-day enlightening to read the 2017 HMIP Inspection hear if it is. The Violence working week. With recalls, I have done 7-years report on HMP Bure. In point 1.17 it said Reduction (VR) reps are nor- of an 8-year sentence and for the past 3-years I “…procedures to challenge perpetrators of mally high on Spice and have not been able to use the phone to keep victimisation or bullying were poor, amounting some of them are known in contact with my family. I work 7-days a week to a single line in electronic case notes indi- bullies who bully other pris- in the laundry for a crappy £7.50 per week. I cating that a prisoner was a ‘perpetrator’ and oners. The Muslim Listeners cannot afford toiletries and other essentials and that an investigation had taken place. In the are only interested in help- I certainly don’t earn enough for phone units. notes we reviewed, there was no information ing other Muslims. Some of It’s about time the MoJ brought prisoners pay about what had happened or how prisoners The Listeners have been and discharge grants into the 21st century. were to be managed. Similarly, victim support involved in bullying and amounted to ‘victim’ being entered into the case harassing other prisoners, In praise of National Prison Radio

© Deposit Photos notes, and we were unable to fi nd any support including shouting abuse M Bradbrook - HMP Holme House out of their windows and plans.” Its recommendation was: “1.18 Outcomes I am a rocker at heart, so have been listening of investigations into incidents of bullying or deliberately turning up their stereos at night. to the Rock Show and Chris is a great present- No holy smoke violence should be clearly recorded and there er. From June to November 2017, I was stuck should be suffi cient challenge and manage- William Franks - HMP Grampian Some of The Listeners and behind my door because education was ment of perpetrators, and support for victims.” VR reps are telling victims cancelled due to staff shortages. I had never I write in response to the Mailbag titled ‘Holy Smoke’ of bullying that it is their really listened to NPR in the daytime until this (January issue), which was written anonymously. Mr From my own experience, of being a victim own fault because they are 16-week bang-up. I found myself listening to Anonymous (I will presume he is male) claims to be deeply and a witness, of such, at Bure, I can tell you weak. We have a predatory some great programmes, like the Prison off ended by his fellow inmates who use pages from their Holy that the prison, at all levels, did not care Shannon Trust member Takeover, and finding out what other prisoners Bibles for cigarette papers and he feels that this behaviour is about what prisoners did to other prisoners. I grooming the young prison- do in the prison, past, present and future, sacrilegious. He also states that if they have an ounce of observed the prison staff sitting back, not ers he mentors. We had a Books Unlocked, and much, much more. NPR respect, they should cease this practise forthwith. The fi rst doing their job, not responding to requests Thames Valley CRC rep com- made those 16-weeks a little bit more thing I would say about this is that it is up to the individual for help, not answering their offi ce door, not plaining about having to bearable. So, thank you all at National Prison Radio, and keep up the great work. what they do with their own property, and neither you nor I patrolling the landings, not confronting bul- help others when he’d rather have any right to tell them otherwise. Secondly, when it lies. I did observe the wing and management sit in his cell chatting to his comes to the Bible, I fi nd the book extremely off ensive. staff , directly and indirectly, bully and vic- mates. We have some Poor disclosure timise residents, including myself. The Insiders who are just too Name withheld - HMP Leyhill The most off ensive parts of the Bible are when it tells us to Inspectors fi nding, above, gives an actual lazy to help new prisoners. kill the gays (Lev 20:13); the adulterers (Lev 20:10); the apos- Given the sudden scrutiny on police disclosure example of deliberate dereliction of duty by of evidence, could you please include a section tates (Deut 13:6-10); blasphemers (Lev 24:13); sabbath break- We do not have a Foreign the staff . or column in the paper that could provide ers (Num 15:32-36); our unruly children (Lev 20:9 + Deut National or LGBT rep on our some direction and support for those convicted 21:18-21); as well as those men who refuse divine command to wing. Also, staff seem to where evidence was withheld. In my case, the impregnate their dead brothers’ wives (Gen 38:8-10). And I The staff do so little to actually manage bul- ignore the smell of cannabis police refused to hand over a CD with the am deeply horrifi ed that any decent and moral individual lying and poor behaviour at Bure that one and Spice, and for the complete phone/text messages. The selected would ever consider bending their knee to a tyrannical god could claim that the staff want residents to majority of the day are message list was missing, so much data that who drowns babies (The Great Flood); or, who orders ‘His’ come to emotional and physical harm. That nowhere to be seen. Bad even a 3-month block was missing! The times, chosen to commit genocide and ethnic cleansing (see the is, it is my view that the staff are complicit behaviour is rewarded here. dates and content of that missing data would Books of Joshua and Numbers); a god who commands a (by their lack of action) in the bullying, Does that sound normal to have supported my case. Can you help? father to ‘gut’ his beloved son as part of some sick and twist- threats and violence that occurs at Bure. you? ed test of loyalty (Abraham and Isaac); a god who has accept- See pages 26, 37 and 39 ed a human child sacrifi ce to be carried out in his name (the story of Jephthah in The Book of Judges) to a god who sends bears to maul defenceless children to death, just because a bald-headed man got his feelings hurt (2 Kings 2:23-25). And, because of His own insecurities, he thinks it is ok to demand that we love Him rather than have to earn it. CRIMINAL LAW - MENTAL HEALTH LAW - PRISON LAW

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So, I 25 Southampton challenge him to produce the evidence for that. Though, he 24 Hours -7 days a week cannot use the Bible to prove the Bible. The Bible is ‘the Buildings, London claim’, and not ‘the evidence’. Maybe we should just censor WC2A 1AL. CALL US! all religious books and keep them away from children. 0161 226 2070 10 Newsround www.insidetime.org Insidetime March 2018 Justice Minister responds to HMP £2million payout for poor Prison ofﬁ cer healthcare recruitment failing Nottingham Urgent Notifi cation Prisoners have been paid close to £2m in compensation for poor healthcare behind bars The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) say they have now recruited nearly 2,000 new prison • completed over 800 since 2010 amid mounting concern over the offi cers since their recruitment campaign maintenance tasks, includ- scale of the crisis gripping Britain’s prisons. started to replace staff cuts brought in by ing repairing windows and Chris Grayling. They say a further 1,582 new damaged cells, with monthly New fi gures show that payouts to prisoners recruits have been off ered jobs and booked inspections resulting in for medical negligence or poor treatment onto training courses. The MoJ say there was signifi cant improvements to have been on the rise since 2010-11, when a net increase of 1,970 offi cers from October cleanliness. inmates received just £26,389 in damages, compared to £360,325 last year. Compensation 2016 to December last year, up from 17,955 to 19,925. They say recruitment will continue Commenting on the actions claims amounted to £1,984,439 over the past seven years, soaring to a high of £617,468 in and all new recruits will be given improved taken Mr Gauke said: “I’ve suicide and self-harm prevention training. been absolutely clear that 2012-13, analysis of offi cial data showed. conditions in some of our Leading doctors have spoken out in the past The nationwide drive to recruit more prison prisons are unacceptable, offi cers has been a damp squib in London and I will not stand for them. over the challenges in delivering healthcare behind bars, as shortages of prison staff and where Belmarsh, Pentonville and Wormwood We’ve already taken immedi- HMP Nottingham transport can mean medics are forced to Scrubs have all seen staff numbers fall. ate action to address failings cancel or delay treatment for sick prisoners Despite the MoJ recruiting 4,563 new offi cers identifi ed by the Chief last year nearly 2,000 left the service. A completed by trained for security reasons, according to the BMA. Inspector, but this action quarter of the new recruits left within their professionals. A local suicide plan is only the beginning. fi rst year. For London prisons, including prevention policy has also In its latest annual report, the prisons The most troubling and Brixton, Downview, Feltham and Isis the total been launched, providing watchdog said health services “were aff ected tragic of the problems at net gain was just 22 staff . A POA spokesman additional staff training in by shortages of prison staff and restrictive HMP Nottingham is the said: “These statistics clearly demonstrate managing vulnerable regimes” and many prisoners lived in unacceptable level of self-harm that enticing new staff into the job in the off enders, and the prison overcrowded and poor cells. and deaths. To address this, London area is simply not happening.” will continue to work closely we have established a new with the Prisons and Shadow health minister Justin Madders, who suicide prevention policy, Justice Minister David Gauke said: “These Probation Ombudsman to obtained the fi gures, said: “These are boosted the mental health fi gures show we are on target to recruit 2,500 make sure all recommenda- extremely worrying fi ndings. The substan- assessment and referrals additional prison offi cers. I am determined to tions on deaths in custody tial increase in compensation for negligent process, and got extra support tackle the issues in our prisons head on and I are implemented. care is a stark indication of the unprecedent- David Gauke MP from the NHS. But we can’t ed pressures being placed on NHS workers am committed to getting the basics right so stop there and I am commit- we can focus on making them safe and As part of interim measures, treating prisoners, and shockingly the real ted to getting the basics right decent places to support rehabilitation. the prison stopped holding fi gures could be higher still. Seven years of Following the referral of at Nottingham and across Staffi ng is the golden thread that links the young off enders and 50 harsh austerity has left patients suff ering HMP Nottingham for urgent the estate. We must stop the solutions we need to put in place to drive prisoners aged between 18 and care quality has evidently taken a hit.” action under the new Urgent drugs, violence and self- improvement, so I am delighted our recruit- and 21 have been moved or Notifi cation Protocol harm, and clean up our Credit: The Independent ment eff orts are working.” will be moving aft er their between the prisons prisons so we can focus on next court appearance. It has inspectorate and minister for making them safe and secure also been announced that justice, David Gauke, the category B prisoners at places for rehabilitation.” Justice Secretary has Nottingham will be moved announced his plans for out into the High Security Following the notifi cation Mr Nottingham. Estate. Gauke wrote to HMCIP Peter Clarke with his plans. 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Looking Thousands set for early release Jailed for Newsbites deal with checks on the Back... Continued from front page begging in addresses to which prisoners Police on ‘Poo Watch’ through the Inside are being released. No one a ‘posh area’ Essex Police officers have been tweeting daily updates of an serving a sentence of four Time archives The new drive to release more operation they described as “poo watch” since a suspected drug years or more for any offence prisoners early was introduced A homeless man has been dealer that police believe swallowed his stash has spent more March 2008 is eligible. days before David Gauke took sent to prison for begging in than three weeks in custody refusing to go to the toilet since he over as justice secretary from a ‘posh’ part of Bristol. Bristol was arrested in Harlow on 17 January. Police said they would David Lidington in January. Frances Crook, chief executive City Council had taken out continue to apply to court for custody extensions until he of the Howard League for Penal an injunction banning him produced the goods or allows doctors to retrieve the package A streamlined application Reform, said that while it was from the Clifton Village area he is suspected of swallowing. Chief Superintendent Paul Wells, process was introduced at the good to release people to the of the city. The Council said of Essex Police, said: “If you are arrested and suspected of beginning of this year with community on a tag, “this they were forced to take action having drugs inside you, we can and will keep you in custody the number of forms to be looks like a panic measure because of his “destructive until you produce them.” filled in halved. Past processes because prisons are in such lifestyle” and that it was for had become “overly bureau- dire straits. Ministers must his own good, but an expert Shadow Justice Secretary not happy with MoJ cratic” and tended to frustrate give prison governors the said the council was Shadow Justice Secretary Richard Burgon has said that figures the objects of HDC resulting political cover if things go “criminalising begging” and which show that prison staff were redeployed to understaffed in only a minority being wrong with a prisoner, as they was not helping the situation. A life saved released, official guidance will because humans are prisons 1,700 times in 2017 at a cost of nearly £2.5million, reveal “chaos at the heart of the government’s prison strategy”. The says. Other desired outcomes, complex and make mistakes,” David Cowan, a professor of “Just before Christmas, a cost, which covers travel and hotel expenses would have been according to the paper, are she added. Peter Dawson, Law and Policy at Bristol prisoner here on C Wing at enough to employ 108 full time officers, said Mr Burgon. He said that “release on HDC is the Director of the Prison Reform University, and an expert on HMP Birmingham collapsed that to shift staff from one prison to another to ‘paper over the of a heart attack in the recess norm for eligible offenders, Trust said, “If this is actually property and housing law cracks’ failed to address the “disastrous Tory decision” to axe area. Several officers rushed so that most can benefit from followed through, it will be a said: “It is just stupid. The thousands of staff which left prisons more dangerous than ever. to the scene and after ... extra stability ... and HDC modest step in the right issues here are not criminal, repeated attempts at is refused for eligible direction on prisons. Time they are structural. They are resuscitation, the inmate offenders by exception”. will tell. But much more putting someone in prison for Polygraph recalls survived long enough to be radical action is needed to begging - what else are they Probation officers have recalled 160 people to prison since treated by paramedics. The In the last quarter of 2016, bring our insatiable appetite supposed to do? There is no 2014 because they were unhappy with the men’s answers given man’s heart stopped several 15,469 prisoners were eligible for imprisonment back under precise law against begging. during polygraph tests (wrongly labelled ‘lie detectors’). They times but the officers never for HDC but 2,329 were let control. Until that happens, What is happening here is were introduced to help monitor people convicted of sexual gave up and under extremely out under the scheme. A unit many prisons will be neither they are criminalising begging offences and are routinely included as part of licence condi- stressful circumstances has been created in the MoJ decent nor safe, much less through the injunction process. tions. When introduced, the government said that nobody managed to save his life.” to push ahead with the plan, places of reform.” It begins as a civil order and could be sent back to prison solely on the results of the Mailbag - HMP Birmingham including a clearing house to HDC the facts page 30 becomes criminal on breach. machines - polygraph results are not allowed to be used in The real issue here is not courts in the UK or America. A Ministry of Justice spokesperson Lives lost In the papers begging, it’s the existence of said: “Public protection is our number one priority, and testing begging against a backdrop is strictly mandatory for all high-risk sex offenders. And these The name ‘abattoir’ suits the “ of austerity. What are they to figures show polygraph tests play an important role in the situation here in Wakefield do? What are the options?” monitoring of these offenders.” prison. Every year the death rate appears to increase caused by, among other things, self-harm, heart attacks, cancer, strokes and diabetes. At least a third of Filleted statistics inmates are ‘under the doctor’. Most are old and Dr Kimmett Edgar and Geoff Dobson - Prison Reform Trust dying, many are diabetic writing in the Guardian - often as a result of the The Personal Injury Specialists rubbish food - one man who Your leader (8 January) and Marcel Berlins’s plea to developed diabetes in prison politicians (Let’s stop fighting over the figures in 2009, 5 is now blind.” January) highlight the extent to which criminal justice has Mailbag - HMP Wakefield become a party political football. In such a fevered climate it can often seem as though statistics have been filleted to expose Money back! evidence that a political opponent has gone “soft on crime” rather than to understand what might be effective and in what “I write in the hope I may be circumstances. Sadly, the end product of much good work by able to assist other inmates. I researchers is to feed the fear of crime and pleas for ever found out to my good fortune tougher punishments. How else can we explain the lack of that because I was in full-time attention given to the excellent research into restorative justice, Work Accident Medical Negligence Dental Negligence Slip and Trip employment up until entering which shows that victims of crime who have such meetings custody, I was owed money with offenders are far more likely to be satisfied with the from the Inland Revenue. I process than those who experience the traditional court Contact us today, contacted them, stating when process? 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as a disqualified driver, can often reveal the associ- The problem despite him giving false ates of an otherwise details. He was issued with a unknown victim. Likewise, with these mobile summons for three offences they can immediately identi- applications is that and his vehicle seized. The fy suspects who attempt to armed response unit give false details and will there’s nothing to returned to patrol within ten prompt people to be more stop an individual minutes, and without the forthcoming in the first mobile fingerprint scanner place.” officer acting on this could have resulted in the unit being out of action Privacy and human rights their worst for four hours taking the advocates warn that the prejudices. individual to a custody suite. mobility of the technology and the lack of oversight in West Yorkshire Police its deployment means it Assistant Chief Constable could foster abusive policing officer isn’t wandering Andy Battle said: “As we tactics. Martha Spurrier, around an estate fingerprint- have already experienced in director of UK advocacy ing people at random.” the trial, the combination of group Liberty said the tech- “May I have your print sir?” these digital solutions bring nology could exacerbate The veracity of the finger- tangible benefits to policing problems associated with print databases that under- our communities. It means current stop and search pow- pin these scans was also we can submit fingerprints ers, which are disproportion- called into question recently. of suspects from the street to ately used to target minori- In January, a parliamentary ‘Stop and Scan’ a live time national database ties and are often cited as a committee tasked with and receive results in less cause of tension between investigating government New mobile fingerprinting technology will allow frontline than a minute. We have seen police and local communi- policy on immigration found first-hand, for instance, how ties.“The problem with these a 10 percent error rate in the officers across the country to use their smart-phones to this rapid identification has mobile applications is that Home Office’s list of ‘disqual- enabled speedy and accurate there’s nothing to stop an ified people’. This, said the identify people in less than a minute - saving police time medical treatment based on individual officer acting on committee, has fed into a and reducing costs the records available. Its use their worst prejudices. With string of injustices, from also allows relatives to taking fingerprints or inter- individuals being denied Inside Time report “By cutting out unnecessary By cutting out attend hospital to see their viewing subjects, there’s a bank accounts because of trips to and from the police loved ones when time is of really good reason people their supposed immigration station, mobile technology is unnecessary trips the essence. From an opera- have to take suspects to the status to citizens being held An app. on an officer’s really helping to save valua- to and from the tional perspective, they station, because it [allows for in detention centres only to phone, combined with a ble time and allowing quickly open investigative oversight]. These are safe- be later released without handheld scanner, will officers to do what they do police station, leads into serious crimes and guards to make sure a police apology or explanation. mean police will be able to best - cutting crime and mobile technology check fingerprints against keeping us safe. both criminal and immigra- is really helping to tion records by connecting to “It’s clear that by embracing the two live databases technology the police can save valuable time (IDENT1 and IABS) via the improve efficiency and, if all and allowing new Biometric Services forces delivered the level of Gateway. productivity from mobile officers to do what working as the leading forc- they do best - cut- West Yorkshire Police (WYP), es, the average officer could who worked with the Home spend an hour a day extra on ting crime and Office to trial the new sys- the frontline.” keeping us safe. tem, will begin an initial roll-out of 250 scanners to To ensure the information officers in the coming weeks accessed from the Biometric rapidly identify someone - the app. is already availa- Services Gateway remains experiencing a medical ble to its 5,500 frontline secure, fingerprints are not emergency and make contact officers. It is expected that stored and are automatically with their next of kin. another 20 forces across the deleted from the device once country will roll out the sys- they have been checked. As Early examples of the new tem by the end of this year. well as identifying a person system in action include a of interest who may be with- firearms unit who detained a Minister for Policing and the holding their name, the tech- driver after a short pursuit Fire Service Nick Hurd said: nology enables officers to and were able to identify him Miscarriage of Justice? ASHLEY SMITH & CO Our experienced and dedicated team are specialists in Appeals & CCRC Undertaking work for privately funded clients only. Parole Board Representation For both legally aided and privately funded clients All Prison Law matters including Independent Adjudications On behalf of privately funded clients. In all privately funded matters we will quote you a reasonable fixed fee - staged where appropriate. 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Chinese prisons safest World prison review in world - says China Good Prison News The Chinese Ministry of Justice says that almost no Prisoners one in China has broken out of prison, and the country has at Parc bring the safest prisons worldwide. Xiong Xuanguo, vice minister hope to Africa of justice, said at a press conference in Beijing that Prisoners at HMP Parc, every year there were very Bridgend, recently won a few prison breaks nationwide; Highly Commended certifi cate he said China’s prisons focus signed by First Minister Carwyn on work to guard, manage Jones at the HubCymruAfrica and reform prisoners. Prisons Awards held recently in the in China reformed prisoners National Museum of Wales in The heat is off using various methods, Old kit transformed © Virgin Cardiff . including psychological Texas prison gets Aircon treatment, cultural education The state of Texas plans to install air conditioning in a notoriously and skills training, he said: Old for new hot prison after reaching a settlement with inmates in a federal “The basic requirement for class action lawsuit. Temperatures regularly exceed 100°F (38°C) Chinese prisons is to trans- Prison and Virgin Trains bring in the summer. Prisoners argued in court that allowing prison form the law-breakers to essentials to the needy temperatures to rise above 88 degrees amounts to cruel and law-abiding citizens, doing unusual punishment. “It’s a big day for the inmates who suffered our best to lower the HMP Northumberland has teamed up with Virgin Trains to through those summers at the Pack Unit,” said Jeff Edwards, reoffending rate.” recycle their old, out of date, uniforms into blankets, bags and attorney for the prisoners. “They’re not going to be in fear of coats for homeless charity Albert Kennedy Trust which dying from heat stroke anymore.” Texas has more than 100 prisons, supports young LGBT homeless people in crisis. and almost 75 percent of them don’t have air conditioning in the The award was for money the prisoners had raised for two areas where inmates live. Nearly two dozen inmates have died The old uniforms have been handed over to the prison to be different charities in Africa: from heat stroke in Texas prisons in the last two decades. recycled by its talented textiles team. This follows the launch Wells of Hope in Uganda - a in 2017 of Virgin Trains’ new body-neutral uniform range charity that cares for the aban- Japan promotes employment for former prisoners designed by sustainable fashion designers Gerardine and doned children of off enders, In 2016 the Japanese Justice Ministry established job informa- Wayne Hemingway. tion centres to help released prisoners fi nd employment. They and SEFCymru - a charity set were set up as Japan believed that one way to stop reoffending Approximately 30 million tonnes of corporate wear is sent to up in Cardiff to relieve the was to ensure released prisoners could access employment. landfi ll each year in the UK - Virgin Trains is looking to address drought in East Africa. The correctional work support information centres, established this with a creative solution. The innovative partnership is in the cities of Saitama and Osaka, collect information including Crown Prince Mohammed part of a rehabilitation scheme that helps to prepare prisoners “The prisoners raised age and qualifi cations of some 2,500 prisoners about to fi nish for life outside, in an eff ort to reduce reoff ending rates. the money through a their sentences within the next six months, and let recruiters Saudi critics jailed know at which job-placement offi ces they should post offers A criminal court in Saudi The initiative will see prisoners transforming the old uniforms variety of activities, - by the end of last year, the centres received 848 such inquiries Arabia sentenced a columnist into items such as blankets, bags and coats to help those including sponsored from fi rms, which led to the employment of 128 former prisoners. to fi ve years in prison for living on the streets. The items will then be donated to local football matches and insulting the royal court, the homeless charity, the Albert Kennedy Trust. The centres are holding presentations targeting companies and offi cial body that represents themed family days.” taking other promotional measures to encourage more the king and crown prince. “We’re delighted to be partnering with Virgin Trains on its employers to hire former prisoners. Recruiters who have used It’s the latest case targeting uniform upcycling initiative,” Steven Goodacre, head of Phil Forder, community en- the system said they can now offer jobs more smoothly to job critics of Saudi Arabia’s business development at HMP Northumberland, said. “Not gagement manager at the G4S seekers at prisons and correctional institutions. According to Crown Prince Mohammed only is it great to be giving back to local and national home- run prison in Bridgend said: the Japanese Justice Ministry, the chances of a repeat offence bin Salman, who in September less charities, but it’s also a fantastic opportunity for our “Schemes that allow prisoners by people under probation without jobs between 2012 and oversaw the arrest of dozens off enders within the establishment to learn new skills which to give something back to so- 2016 was 26 percent, more than three times higher than those of prominent Saudi fi gures, will help them once they have been released, while also ciety play an integral part in with jobs. To help the employment of those leaving prisons, the including moderate clerics, decreasing the likelihood of reoff ending.” the complexities surrounding Japanese government has offered fi nancial incentives to for not publicly supporting or rehabilitation. Prisoners are companies hiring them and also began stationing job-place- for criticizing his domestic Zinzi Dzusa, responsible business manager at Virgin Trains, incredibly generous when op- ment offi ce workers in prisons since 2015. and foreign policies. Rights added: “Virgin Trains has a passion for sustainability, so portunities arise to fundraise groups have described the when it came to launching our new uniforms we wanted to for a good cause. 32-year-old prince’s crackdown make sure our old ones were being recycled in the best way on dissent as authoritarianism. possible. This environmental collaboration with HMP “In the last 12 months over Northumberland gives our old uniforms a new lease of life £7,000 was raised for various Bodyswap prisoner and is a creative solution to achieving zero waste to landfi ll, causes, both local and further caught in Peru whilst also supporting vulnerable people across our patch.” afi eld.” Police in Peru have recaptured a prisoner more than a year after he escaped from MASZ PROBLEM prison by swapping places Dedicated Prison Lawyers For You with his twin brother. The Z PICIEM? Over 60 years’ combined experience man is serving a 16 year Britain asks for Thailand to improve its prisons prison sentence and when his POTRZEBUJESZ IPP & Lifer Parole Reviews The British embassy in Thailand is worried over the treatment of twin brother visited him he British prisoners in Thailand’s prisons, urging authorities there drugged him, swapped POMOCY? 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chairs to the side. We can play football with Corin Morgan-Armstrong, Head of Family Interventions, for little target goals, the same with tennis, badmin- G4S custody and detention services in the UK, told Inside ton, basketball, mini versions of these sports.” Time how HMP Parc is showcasing the benefi ts of prisoner Rishan Gudka rehabilitation through its Invisible Walls project. Because of the success of the project it is now set to expand to make use of the gym and, in He told us: “If prisoners could see through their cell walls, to Leicester the summer, the prison’s football pitch. look in the direction of the home where their family lives, and Lindsay Jessiman, Families Outside family somehow see through those walls, they would see their son student win Nice one son! support co-ordinator for the North-east, said: crying at night because he wants his dad, or their partner “The prison was really receptive to the idea. struggling, drowning in debt - if they could just see that, it Scandinavian-inspired designs Both the prisoners and the kids said ‘this is would make them behave in a diff erent way.” by a De Montfort University Every Wednesday and Saturday prisoners at brilliant!’ Instead of sitting at a table really (DMU) student have been HMP Grampian are now able to play football bored, all of a sudden there’s all sorts of He believes this so strongly he decided to do something about chosen for redesigning the and badminton with young relatives during games and activities to do.” it and, in 2012, he devised a project called Invisible Walls. He visitors’ room and waiting visiting times and helping the youngsters says: “Prisoners who have their children’s name tattooed on area at HMP Stocken. connect with relatives serving time at the their skin might tell you nothing is more important than their Interior Design students prison. The sessions are run by Streetsport family, and yet everything they do runs counter to that. I wanted were invited to respond to - in partnership with Children in Need and to connect these men with the emotional and practical hardship Stocken Prison’s brief, charity Families Outside. they are putting their families through in order to give them a following DMU’s successful diff erent focus and help them to go down a diff erent path,” redesign of HMP Leicester, Ross McNeil, Streetsport outreach co-ordina- which saw a dramatic tor, said: “It’s been going a little bit under The Parc scheme, which was delivered in partnership with increase in visitor numbers the radar for around seven months now. It’s a Barnardo’s Cymru, ran for its fi rst fi ve years using Big Lottery and partners taking their brand new programme funded by Children in funding. Each prisoner taking part in the scheme is allocated children in for the fi rst time. Need, in partnership with Families Outside. “Positivity for families” a mentor, who also works together with the prisoner’s family Children in Need gave them the funding for it - children, partners and grandparents - to help sustain and Stuart Campbell, head of operations at the Final-year student Rishan and they chose Streetsport. Every Wednesday rebuild connections. Within Parc’s Family Intervention Unit, Scottish Prison Service, said, “This is an Gudka impressed with his and Saturday I’ll go up to the prison during prisoners on the scheme also have access to 19 diff erent excellent project that has created so much light, airy designs and family visiting times, for an hour and a half. ‘family interventions’, from parenting-for-dads courses to positivity for families in such a short space of suggested use of local The kids will come up with the family to visit in-prison parents’ evenings. time. The enthusiasm of Streetsport and the resources. The brief was to their relatives. It’s to give the kids a better address the needs of visitors, wide range of activities they off er to the “We want children to see their father doing something experience than sitting at a table chatting prisoners and prison offi cers families is fantastic.” positive and being applauded,” explains Corin, “The mentors and getting bored. and staff , by creating a more work with prisoners’ partners, children and their schools, and welcoming space while Credit: Aberdeen Journals / Evening Express social services to bring all the threads together.” “It’s just in a visiting room. We push tables and maintaining the required A December 2017 evaluation of the fi rst fi ve years of the levels of security. Aft er project by the University of South Wales has found that it is speaking to prisoners’ families already getting signifi cant results, leading to further funding and prison staff , as well as by the HM Prison and Probation Service (HMPPS) and G4S. As conducting research into well as the obvious help to prisoners’ children the scheme has prison environments that transformed the prospects of the prisoners too. On arrival at can reduce reoff ending Parc, 80% of prisoners on the scheme had been unemployed, rates, Rishan proposed a and 17% homeless; 89% were misusing drugs or alcohol. On dramatic transformation to release, only 25% were unemployed and 1% homeless; 20% the original space. were misusing drugs or alcohol. Wendie Zijlstra, Head of G4S and HMPPS Wales have funded Invisible Walls to Operations at HMP Stocken, continue, increasing the time mentors spend with prisoners said: “Rishan’s designs were post-release from six to 12 months. “We now have a cost-eff ec- chosen because of the tive approach I’m confi dent that other prisons could adopt. natural feel and sectioning DOES THE TAX MAN OWE YOU MONEY? We have an opportunity to create a family strategy across of the areas. 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Homeless packs Newsbites for released prisoners Anti-bullying policy at Drake Hall ‘not fit for purpose’ The inquest into the death of a prisoner at Drake Hall just 8 A project set up by the days after her transfer from Peterborough has identified a Christian charity Loving by failure to monitor and assess suicide and self-harm risk at both Giving in conjunction with prisons, and failure in responding to bullying at Drake Hall. HMP Norwich, provides an Cheating There had not been a self-inflicted death in Drake Hall since urban survival kit for life on 1996, and evidence was heard about the negative impact of the the streets to prisoners being recent closure of Holloway on the prison. The mother of four, released from Norwich with Rough sleepers should be welcome the who had never been in prison before, experienced bullying at no accommodation. Loving by Drake Hall, and repeatedly spoke to staff about her distress but Giving is a charity that works no plan was implemented to address this. Homeless hostel call for to relieve poverty and change Inspectors people’s lives practically. A leaflet distributed to staff at Inquest criticism for New Hall Holloway Visitor Centre The inquest into the death of Emily, a 21 year old woman at Alison Wernham, Project Northern Ireland’s Maghaberry HMP New Hall, in 2016, has concluded that a lack of profes- Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has called for the, now closed, Co-ordinator for the charity Prison telling them how to sionalism at New Hall, including in the implementation of HMP Holloway Visitor Centre to be opened up as a hostel for said: “The backpack gives answer questions during an suicide and self-harm procedures (ACCT), contributed to her homeless people. The prison was shut in 2016 and last year these ex-offenders a starter expected ‘unannounced’ death. She was the youngest of 22 women to die in women’s the visitor centre was ‘occupied’ by feminist group Sisters pack to assist them initially inspection has been met with prisons in 2016, the highest annual number of deaths on record. Uncut, who called for a women’s centre and affordable on release. There is currently derision from staff at the Including Emily, there have been five deaths in New Hall since housing to be built on the site. the need to provide approxi- prison; one senior officer said 2016. The woman’s death took place behind the building where mately 10 backpacks a month that the leaflets attracted more exercise took place, in an out of bounds area. It took prison Mr Corbyn, who is MP for the Islington area where the prison - this number is expected to graffiti than a public toilet. staff two and half hours to notice that she had gone missing is, wrote to the new Justice Secretary David Gauke saying that increase. We really believe and to find her body, despite the fact that she should have been leaving the site empty was a waste of a good resource. “I am that together we can make a The leaflet is entitled: “Are positive difference in the checked every half an hour because she was considered at risk. writing to ask that you consider agreeing, in principle, to the you ready for inspection? lives of many people who temporary re-opening of the HMP Holloway Visitor Centre so What you need to know are in desperate need”. Wormwood Scrubs murder that it may be used as a homeless hostel. Having an addition- about the unannounced al resource to help address the needs of local homeless Three prisoners have appeared in court accused of murder inspection at Maghaberry individuals would be hugely beneficial. Rough sleeping is on The backpacks contain the after a fatal stabbing at HMP Wormwood Scrubs on 31st Prison.” It includes photo- the increase in Islington and across the country, and is an following items: Sleeping January. The victim was stabbed repeatedly and was pro- graphs and a question and emergency that needs action now.” bag, toothbrush, hand nounced dead at the scene. A trial date has been set for July. towel, cereal bar, tooth- answer section to guide staff on how to respond to ques- In response the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) said: “The Visitor paste, warm hat, refillable Suicide rate fall at HMP Northumberland water bottle, shaving foam, tions from prison inspectors. Centre at HMP Holloway is currently a key site for prison It is good news for HMP Northumberland where the number of gloves, scarf, pen, safety officer recruitment as we continue to increase staffing prisoners taking their own lives has fallen. In 2016, four people razor, socks, notepad, One prison officer said: “We numbers. Regrettably therefore the centre is not vacant and is took their lives at the Sodexo run prison. Last year this fell to shower gel, rain mac and a are all feeling so much better unable to be put to alternative use. We are working closely just one. Although every death is one too many, prison £5 supermarket voucher. now that we have a wee with the council and others on the sale of the site.” managers hope the trend to less deaths will repeat throughout leaflet. It’s absolutely genius. the prison estate. It provides us with five questions and seven answers. Elmley IMB: ‘maintenance should be back in-house’ So pretty excellent all round. Following the dramatic fall of Carillion, which had contracts to clean and maintain 50 prisons in England and Wales, the “We have prisoners Independent Monitoring Board (IMB) at HMP Elmley has trying to kill them- become the latest board to criticise work done (or not done) by the company; describing the outsourcing of maintenance selves, staff members contracts as a “catastrophic blunder” in its latest report. They under extreme pressure, say it took three months to repair a water leak, another three colleagues facing some months to fix three bolts on a toilet door. They plead for the new justice minister to allow prisons to take maintenance and very dangerous situa- cleaning back ‘in-house’. tions while dealing with a staffing and experi- Erlestoke prisoners face ‘prison mutiny’ charges Two men have been found guilty of ‘prison mutiny’ following a ence crisis, others riot at HMP Erlestoke which caused ‘many thousands of pounds’ suffering physical and of damage and caused 120 prisoners to be transferred to prisons mental health concerns around the country. During the disturbance one prisoner set fire to his cell and two others climbed onto the roof. The court and we are expected to was told that tensions were running high because prisoners just get on with it and were locked in their cells over a weekend because of staff pretend everything is shortages. The prosecution admitted that problems at the prison began after a national ban on smoking started a trial on wonderful … ” the site. They told the court; “As you can imagine it caused tensions to rise among prisoners as it was, frankly, a very “HMP Maghaberry is not a unpopular move.” He told the court that because of staff place anyone wants to be, shortages the prison was put into lockdown and unrest followed not prisoners and very few because of the ‘slow process’ of delivering prisoners’ meals. prison staff. Problems continue, little changes and Call Intercept success the inspectors think they The Scottish Prison Service (SPS) say that their mobile blocking have seen everything and equipment at HMP Shotts is intercepting around 660 mobile they have not - yet. But sure phone calls a day and, since it was installed in May 2016 it has now we have a leaflet so it’s intercepted over 418,000 attempted calls. The prison holds all good. If this is what the around 550 prisoners and SPS say they believe the calls are DoJ thinks will ensure the made from about 40 different phones within the prison. HMP next unannounced inspec- Shotts is the only Scottish prison to use the special IMSI-catcher tion will go like a dream, technology - which acts as a fake mobile tower to catch and they need to have a rethink.” block phones trying to connect to a phone network. 16 Comment www.insidetime.org Insidetime March 2018

met visiting their dads in pris- wrote the book and designer on. Imagining their situation Tim Powell explained how the made me even more aware of material arose out of talking the problems facing families to families, adults and chil- when a parent goes away. dren about the effects of prison and seeking ways to make Last month I went along to better communication and Wormwood Scrubs Visitors understanding (see cartoon Centre where PACT, as its long- strip below). term CEO, Andy Keen-Downs announced, was celebrating Although it is impossible to a group of events. First of all, avoid a child suffering when they were back at the centre a loved parent is locked away, which they had built with the the book suggests many imag- support of The Tudor Trust inative ways of helping, and had subsequently seen including open conversation, the contract for running it go games, and drawing. The book to a different charity. is beautifully produced but is Veronica Bird: escaped also online for those who can’t Although it is get hold of a copy. Sounding Out aloud who told me he met her every impossible to avoid The evening was rounded off Monday for seven months, by Kevin McGrath OBE. Kevin during which time she poured a child suffering is one of those remarkable out her story. Music, families and Bird when a loved par- people who uses both his time and hard-earned money to Veronica’s father was a miner ent is locked away, help disadvantaged people but her mother planned a bet- Success against the odds celebrated the book suggests improve their lives. He grew ter life for her and encouraged up in a council estate in West her into winning a scholarship many imaginative London and still lives in the to a boarding school. When Month by Month ways of helping. area. I already knew him as she arrived there she weighed co-founder of The Clink res- four stone four pounds while taurants in prison and for his the average for a girl her age was giving his all: ‘When I on-stage how much it meant Steve Bradford, Governor of generous donations to the was seven stone four pounds. was younger I went to gaol, to men who are coping with the prison, warmly welcomed Longford Trust. But this was All went well, until her moth- everyone thought I was des- all the difficulties of starting Rachel Billington PACT’s return. This was good the first time I’d heard him er died and her sister’s hus- tined to fail…’ ‘It’s so hard to a life outside prison. news, but equally interesting refer to his childhood memo- band took her out of school to smile…’ ‘I don’t want to be in was Steve’s take on the chang- ries of visiting his own father help him with his grocery this dump any more…’ ‘You’re As Jay commented, ‘I learnt to Sounding Out es in the attitude of the gov- in Wormwood Scrubs prison. business. an alcoholic/There ain’t no work under pressure, kept it On a wintry evening I walked ernment towards prisons. His personal story made the doubt about it…’ together and tried to do my down the Uxbridge Road to Describing the last five or six point that a child with a diffi- She escaped, first into the best’.... or as Lawrence said, Bush Hall, a great music venue years as the worst he’s known cult start in life can still have police force and then into the Music and lyrics are written ‘The project has given me in Shepherds Bush. As I pushed in his thirty-three years in a successful future but, as prison service which became by the men who seemed to more confidence and more of open the door, huge blasts of prison, he told us that he Kevin pointed out, it can be so her refuge and her life. Never have that essential ingredient music and enthusiastic shouts to carry an audience: confi- and applause told me I was dence - which is another way I saw you take the ball late. This was a public perfor- I wish she wasn’t of saying they really seemed from your sister - that’s mance by Sounding Out, a watching me all the This is all to be enjoying themselves. not a very nice thing to band made up of ex-prisoners time - I wish she’d my fault - When one of the guitarist’s do, you made her cry. on a two year course with the just go away and I wished strings had to be replaced, a Go and say sorry to her! Irene Taylor Trust. leave me alone! for it! singer turned himself into a stand-up comic which made When one of the audience roar. the guitarist’s As if all this wasn’t enough, strings had to be the Sounding Out band was replaced, a singer joined for a later set by the string quartet Phedra, so we turned himself into got a double band for our money. The programme which a stand-up comic organised our evening is an understanding around how believes the government now much easier when communi- married, she struck me as an called Sounding Out Traineeship music works together.’ He which made the recognises the problems and ties, churches, synagogues, extraordinarily determined and operates on a part-time added ‘My family says they have ‘Things will get better. Slowly business, sport, and of course woman who found a world as audience roar. basis in the London area. Of seen a big improvement in me but surely the purse-strings PACT are there to help. far from her childhood as pos- course it’s not just about excit- and that I’m more focused.’ I knew that before I went. are being released.’ He added, ing music or rather exciting sible, yet with its own extremes What I didn’t expect was the ‘I’m hoping that we’ll be Veronica’s Bird music is linked to opportuni- Anyone who’s interested in as challenging as anything level of professionalism. allowing mobiles in cells and Women governors of prisons ties to help others, such as following in their footsteps she had grown up with. Some Backed by a synthesizer, that prisoners will be able to were a special race thirty years mentoring young people at should approach their of the most interesting parts drums and two electrical gui- text.’ He talked of Skype already ago. In the month when we risk of offending. I could see Musician in residence and of the book describe her visit tars, the well-miked singer in use and, again, his hopes celebrate International to Russian prisons, Ivanova then write to: The Irene Taylor that laptops will be in cells. Women’s Day, it seems appro- Trust, 7-14 Great Dover Street, and Vladimir, which taught priate to note the remarkable her that even the very worst London SE1 4YR. It seems that our Ministry of life story of Veronica Bird, who UK prison has nothing on Justice may at last be support- was born during WWII in those in the Soviet Union. A Locked Out ing the use of technology Barnsley, one of nine children dormitory for women held one I’ve always been a supporter which could do so much to with a drunken, abusive hundred and thirty prisoners of PACT (Prison Advice and keep prisoners in touch with father and ended up as an in two-tiered bunks - with Care Trust), particularly their families and work. esteemed governor with an only a locker for possessions. work with children. A few OBE to prove it. I met Veronica, years ago I wrote two chil- The main event we were cele- a pretty, petite lady, at the Perhaps unsurprisingly, the dren’s novels, Poppy’s Hero brating was the publication of launch of her book in book is called Veronica’s Bird, and Poppy’s Angel about a a book called ‘Locked Out’. Pentonville Prison. The book Sounding Out joined by Phedra little girl and her friend who PACT’s Joanna McKay, who is ghosted by Richard Newman published by Clink Street. Insidetime March 2018 www.insidetime.org Comment 17

phere to an audience who were so appreciative of the diversity of the work. An Introduction to Charismatic Molecular Biology written by Gordon Chorlton from Guernsey made us laugh, followed swiftly by a stint On Commercial Road, an experience from Shane Thompson at HMP Ranby. A break allowed us to reflect and discuss the work we had heard. Tom Pilling from New Bridge was really moved by the words and Prof Jenny Hartley, one of several representatives from the Give a Book charity, whose CEO, Victoria Gray, reads poetry for Inside Time, was delighted to have All images © Paul Sullivan been given the opportunity to listen

ral Pinter Poetry Prize, Prisoner by submitted a poem to Inside Time Poetry book launch Charles Sharp from HMP Wakefield. before, why not give it a go as you Antonia Fraser, the brilliant histor- never know, you might be appearing ical biographer, whose late husband, in the next anthology. goes off with a bang one of our greatest playwrights Harold Pinter, spoke about how she and her husband would get ideas by reading the poetry from Inside Time Clare Barstow to the quality of the work. Harriet Walter, the actress, felt it was a priv- A truly sensational night of poetry ilege to have been invited and she and impassioned speeches was held wanted to show her support. with the launch of the seventh volume of Inside Poetry: voices from Valentine then read out Jail by prison at Daunt Bookshop in Holland Numbers from Alan O’Reilly at HMP Park, London on February 21st. There Risley which invoked some audience was so much buzz and excitement in participation. The recital was round- the room as everyone awaited the ed off by reading out the wonderful out aloud and so it was truly fitting introduction by our editor Erwin entry from the winner of the inaugu- to dedicate a poetry prize in his mem- James, who introduced event organ- poetry to Inside Time over years. This ory. Another guest, artist Charlotte Pictures from left to right: Actor iser and editor of the Inside Poetry collection covers submissions from Johnson, said that she couldn’t wait Valentine Olukoga; Inside Time Editor anthology, Rachel Billington who 2014-17 and is a true testament to the to get back to read the rest of the book. Erwin James with Victoria Gray CEO kicked off the proceedings. Rachel power of words. of Give a Book; PRT Publishing spoke of how difficult events in her Everyone agreed what a wonderful Manager Tony Callaghan with CEO of life inspired her to write poetry and Valentine Olukoga, a brilliant actor evening it had been but the true par- Prison Reading Groups Sarah Turvey; this book shows how deeply emotion- who trained as part of the Synergy ticipants were all of you who have Harriet Walter, Maggie Ferguson al were the words of men and women drama course for ex-offenders, read submitted such amazing and person- (Literary Editor), Rachel Billington; who had submitted their heartfelt out the poetry in a sizzling atmos- al work over the years. If you haven’t Writers Antonia Fraser and Rachel Kelly.

Council agreed to fund the project. It not only enables us to pay for sets, props and costumes, Producing a rock-opera in prison but also to buy musical equipment (e.g. head- set mics) and to engage Project Instrumental Graham Coutts then you are ready to begin. out the setting-up and breaking-down, this and The Geese Theatre Company, who did only left us with 60-90 minutes rehearsal time some workshops with the performers. STEP 2 Write a rock-opera! I know this sounds per week. And the band and performers had Nine steps to success obvious. It could be written by one prisoner, to learn 21 songs. This was not an easy task. NOTE - the Arts Council application can only or the result of a collaboration effort. You could The choir had even less time to rehearse. Given be submitted online, and a hard copy will Here at HMP Wakefield, in 2017, we pulled off involve writers in your prison to create the this, the effort everyone put in was miraculous. need to be downloaded from their site. It is a project that might have seemed impossible narrative. very involved and will take a considerable at first glance. We produced a rock-opera from STEP 6 You will need someone to act as Stage amount of time to complete; it may be too scratch: ‘The 4 Lives of Jimmy G’ - which was STEP 3 Draft a proposal for your No1 Governor. Manager to micromanage the timings of the much for one person. Utilise the knowledge a roaring success. If we could do this in a top Make sure you include a number of options: performance; for example, stet and costume and skills of your team; delegate questions security prison then anyone can do it - as long the ‘wish list’ for the shows, down to a more changes, vocals FX and guitar changes, plus or sections to people who can provide the as the conditions are right at your prison. Here basic version. Also, include how this arts pro- so much more. This has to be someone with Arts Council with the most relevant informa- is our guide on producing your own project. ject will benefit the prison community. keen organisational skills. tion. Next, review the draft application as a team and amend as appropriate. STEP 1 In order to produce your own rock-op- STEP 4 Once you get Governor’s approval, the STEP 7 It would also be sensible to have a era in prison you must first ask yourself the real hard work begins. You will need a clearly Director to work with the performers on their You will now need a member of staff to submit following questions; defined action plan and a prisoner to drive the acting and movement. the application online, as the application will • Do we have a progressive No1 Governor, project forward; someone who is not afraid to be made in their name. who supports this type of initiative and has ruffle some feathers to get things done and STEP 8 This is optional: apply for funding. the autonomy to make it happen? does not pay attention to nay-sayers. Having There are many organisations which fund arts- STEP 9 Market your event. Use every method • Do we have enough musical equipment? an action plan and following it through is based projects. If you are going to apply for at your disposal. You have a ready-made audience • Do we have somewhere to rehearse and a essential to this type of project. funding make your project collaborative and starved of musical and cultural experiences; venue for the show? cover several different art mediums; and, do and do not forget to invite staff, dignitaries, • Do we have the depth in musical proficien- STEP 5 Carefully, pick your band and perform- it well in advance of starting your rehearsals prison charities and other VIP guests. cy or guys with the right attitude and the ers. You will be spending a lot of time with to leave yourself time to make your purchases motivation to learn? each other, under significant pressure, so you of equipment and services. You now have the information you’ll need to • Do we have a member of staff who is willing want a good team working together. We only set up a project like this. Good luck! and able to act as Project Manager? had one official morning’s rehearsal per week. We applied to 3 different organisations and If you have all of these dominoes in a line, Even though we had 8-months, once you take approached several more before the Arts Graham Coutts is resident at HMP Wakefield 18 Comment www.insidetime.org Insidetime March 2018

in a completely unfair and discrim- Liberation and transformation inatory way.” is possible, even in prison “My story I feel can offer at least Life beyond crime information, at best inspiration. Gerard agrees and talks about his My life of drug addiction and own motivations. “It was very much crime lasted 40 years, through a landmark case,” he says. “But I’m New book brings together the perspective heroin and crack cocaine and not a lawyer. I worked at the institute stories that could fill volumes. In of community studies with Michael of experts from across the prisons arena 2004 I was sentenced to 18 years. Young, (Baron Young of Dartington, Standing in my cell one day a let- 9 August 1915 - 14 January 2002, was ter came under my door. It was a a British sociologist, social activist Kings Cross station, the first thing I after serving 20 years and becoming reply to a letter I had written to and politician who coined the term was keen to find out was where their a professional writer that I discovered my eldest daughter saying sorry “meritocracy”), it was a brilliant interest in prisons and prison reform Erwin James just how many open-hearted people for not being around and would apprenticeship. I guess I’m not sure came from. As a prisoner I was with a social conscience who care not be for a long time. Her letter why I’m interested in this area other always intrigued by the motivations about how our prisons are run there began, “Dear Daddy, you are our than to say I have always been inter- of prison reformers and campaigners. Paul Crane and Gerard Lemos have are. Currently there are over 600 Daddy, so we forgive you.” This ested in what you might broadly But it was only after I was released struck me to the core of my being been providing practitioners and NGOs or non-government organisa- term, excluded adults, I’ve done a lot and was the catalyst for change.” policy-makers with information for tions who work in one way or anoth- of work on homelessness, adults with Norman Anderson action on social problems since 1994. Connecting is the key er trying to better prison conditions learning disabilities, and of course They have worked with professionals “I have known several prisoners and outcomes for people in prison. people in prison and former prison- in social housing, local government, who have changed their lives. ers. It does seem to me wrong and They have all said that the very firm. So that was the foundation for criminal justice agencies, schools Paul is the first to explain. “When I unfair that they are excluded, but first step is recognising that there the interest I developed.” and voluntary organisations as well was a student I studied Criminal Law also I find them to be very interesting is someone who accepts them as trusts and foundations. The scale and Criminology and I set up a radical people.” unconditionally. Norman had his of their influence is considerable, as lawyers group - and also one of my Gay rights letter from his daughter… Lee So how did the European court chal- are their professional credentials. friends was an ex-Dartmoor prisoner Stories started to talk about his crimes lenge to Northern Ireland come Paul Crane is the author of two civil called Doug. He, along with another “People in prison,” says Gerard, when he realised there was some- former prisoner set up a thing called about? “Being involved with Gay rights handbooks (Trouble with the one who knew what he had done “often have a very fascinating and Preservation for the Rights of Prisoners. liberation brought me into contact in Law and Gays and the Law). He is a and still did not reject him… Sally significant story to tell. We got inter- It was a long long time ago - then I a very personal way with crime and Cambridge University law graduate found someone she could trust.” ested in prisons specifically in 2006, trained as a Lawyer with Benedict punishment,” he explains. “I was and now a non-practising solicitor. Hilary Peters almost twelve years ago. We had both involved in the Gay rights movement As a lawyer he specialised in civil Birnberg, the well known civil rights visited prisons in the past but never - then Jeff Dudgeon asked me to take rights work and took part in the land- really did any work on them. But his case to the European Court of mark case before the European Court what struck me was that prisons get Human Rights (ECHR). [Jeffrey of Human Rights that led to the a lot of very bad press. Obviously Edward Anthony “Jeff” Dudgeon decriminalisation of homosexuality there are all sorts of problems in MBE is a Northern Irish politician, in Northern Ireland. there, everyone knows that. But there historian and gay political activist. are also lots of good things going on He currently sits as a Ulster Unionist Gerard Lemos leads the organisa- in prisons, and lots of good people Party councillor for the Balmoral tion’s research team and is the author working in them - as well as lots of area of Belfast City Council. He is of many books including The Good prisoners who want to turn their lives best known for bringing a case to the Prison: Conscience, crime and pun- around. We felt that these were the ishment which was published in 2014 ECHR which successfully challenged and was well-reviewed. He has also Northern Ireland’s laws criminalis- written for the New York Times, The ing consensual sexual acts between Relationships, survival outside, Guardian and the BBC. For almost men in private. He is one of three feeding the soul as long as I have been a journalist I openly gay politicians elected to the “Each person in prison is a unique have been aware of their names and City Council along with Mary Ellen individual. Every offence has its their work but somewhat surprising- Campbell of Sinn Féin and Julie- own unique set of circumstances. ly given our interest in prison reform, Anne Corr of the Progressive Unionist Individuals all have different roads our paths have never crossed. Party.] Although we didn’t get equal- to recovery, reform and rehabili- ity,” continues Paul, “we got the tation. Therefore a person-cen- tred approach to prisoners and Interest in prisons illegality in Northern Ireland abol- learning is essential, and needs to The release of their new book, Life ished. It was an important victory be built on effective, professional Beyond Crime, edited by Paul Crane, that had a lot of knock on consequences for other European coun- relationships developed with presented the perfect opportunity trusted individuals in custody.” for that to happen at last. When I met tries. It was one of those situations where people were being punished, Andy Keen-Downs and Anna up with them at their office in Kings Paul Crane: Studied Criminal Law Peaston Place, a short walk from London’s © Paul Sullivan harrassed, imprisoned, to my mind,

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people who have hurt us? Law abiding good things going on and there Optical training labs in prisons citizens often baulk at the idea of giv- should be more good things going “Tanjit Dosanjh is an optometrist. ing prisoners anything that looks like on. We’re not naïve, we’re not stupid. He was encouraged by news of an a treat or a perk. Why should they care But prisons should be decent and optical programme in California about what happens to them in pris- humane places. I don’t think people prisons where one optical lab in on? “There are two answers to that. should be punished by being treated 1989 had grown to five labs man- First, obviously you want people to inhumanely.” ufacturing 400,000 spectacles for come out and not re-offend, so we all state health insurance companies. have an interest in that. But some Big piece of work Inspired Tanjit set out to turn his own vision into reality. By 2015 people are not coming out soon. There are over fifty essays in the Others might take a different view, Tanjit had secured start-up fund- book. By any measure it is a remark- but I do think society, any society ing to finance an optical training able achievement. How did they go feels that people who do something lab in Maidstone. The grants about finding their contributors? “We wrong, who hurt other people, should came from the Monument Trust, put out a call in October 2016,” make amends for what they have the Paul Hamlyn Foundation and explains Paul. “It was a big piece of done. I do believe that. But I think the Triangle Trust. So how does a work, much bigger than we antici- contributing prison view this ini- there are lots of ways of doing that tiative? Rosemary is a prison without over-use of imprisonment. pated. The call went out to organisa- officer and Trustee: “The oppor- I’m a strong advocate of restorative tions that are part of the Monument tunities offered by Tanjit are worth justice for example.” Fellowship, each had its own data base with lots of contacts, and we their weight in gold. The right prisoners who value a second had a tremendous response. I was But prison doesn’t really allow people chance will become hard-work- very keen to have different ways of to make amends does it? Just being ing and loyal employees.”” banged up with little purpose other expressing the voyage of self-discov- John Harding CBE than to ‘do time’. That’s hardly mak- ery through art and through poetry. Gerard Lemos: “Prisons get bad press”

© Paul Sullivan ing amends. “No,” says Gerard, “but As one person commented, we had Feel good factor it could. In all our work, that is what a complete festival of contributions What do they hope the impact of the stories that weren’t being told.” spread positive impact across the we have been interested in. Its easy looking at the whole subject from book will be for people who work in whole of the prison system. I asked to criticise, its harder to say, there are many different angles.” How many our prisons? The prison officer, or Their new book certainly tells many Gerard about his book, The Good of the contributions are from serving the prison governor who reads it for of their stories - ether first-hand Prison. “People thought that was or former prisoners? “About a third,” ‘Parenting is not for Cowards’ instance, how do they want him or accounts of personal experience, or quite a controversial title,” he says. says Gerard. “Their voices are equal- (Rob Parsons, The sixty second her to react? Gerard replies. “Feel good through the experience of those who “How can prisons ever be good? But ly important and we wanted to high- father) about yourself. Feel enthusiastic work in all areas of the system. my experience of meeting a lot of “2017 is my twentieth year work- light some of the lesser known initi- about what you are doing, both in Described by the respected film people in prison or who work in pris- ing with prisoners, the last ten of atives that are going on in prisons. the job and over and above the job, maker and criminologist Roger Graef on is that there are lots of good things which have increasingly been about Like the Orpheous project for exam- and don’t be afraid to do new things as, “A precious gift to justice profes- going on. Even if they are not what working with those who become ple, where young disabled people go that other people are doing. Be dif- sionals and those experiencing the we want them to be, we will have isolated, stigmatised, and socially into prisons and make music with ferent, be free. If you could just take justice system,” the book is a com- prisons for a very long time and we disadvantaged: the children and prisoners. And the Shakespeare plays a couple of ideas from the book, that pendium of stories, opinions, and need to make them good places, families of prisoners. The mes- set in a women’s prison.” would make all the difference.” commentary, covering just about where people can have hope and sage that was most clear is to every possible criminal justice cir- purpose and the staff can feel they slowly but surely make all depart- Life Beyond Crime, edited by Paul Crane published by cumstance. Published with the sup- are valued.” ments and aspects of the prison Lemos & Crane with the support of the Monument Trust in port of the Monument Trust it is an recognise the benefits of sup- association with the Koestler Trust is available to buy price extremely informative and deeply Why help prisoners? porting and becoming involved £15.00 from www.koestlertrust.org.uk/shop/books/life-be- insightful piece of work with the That’s the challenge, I say, for any in family intervention work.” yond-crime www.lemosandcrane.co.uk potential, in my view, to have a wide- civilised society. Why should we help Corin Morgan-Armstrong

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The Chancellor defending the police have shown that in order to secure a Maybe now this present case has come to light magistrates’ action, but to no conviction, regardless of guilt or innocence, it will pave the way to more investigations, avail. Consequently, religious all they have to do is suppress evidence that is both present and past, as it is common knowl- leaders were no longer in favour of the defence. edge that with the help of ‘doctored’ evidence appointed magistrates, some- there are a lot of people in prison who should thing which still continues to It is no surprise to most of us that this happens. not have been convicted in the fi rst place. The Victorian farm labourers at work: the Ascott this day. It is a regular practise between the police and people who should be in prison are those who Martyrs would have looked just like this the CPS and the only surprise is that they have have colluded to hide evidence - police offi cers, fi nally been exposed. They normally do a bet- CPS, in fact anyone who has lied or looked on, Paul Jackson ter job of hiding evidence which, this time, has The union, who did not pro- knowing others have lied in order to obtain shown the illegal tendencies of the system. vide any legal representation, This has been going on for years, but very little false convictions. and the women, were expect- has been done to rectify this illegality. In May 1873 a group of defi ant ing to be fi ned but the magis- Let’s now see the so-called justice system do woman in Ascott under trates felt that women should The victims of this unjust system are in prison to them what they have done to others - shame Wychwood, Oxfordshire not be treated any different from men and sent them down and, obviously, who is going to believe the them and send them to prison. Appeals can objected to blackleg labour immediately. The word spread likes of convicted sex-off enders? The CPS is only be heard on specifi c points, one of them being brought in to do the In the village there is very lit- legally bound to share information with the work while their men folk were like wildfi re and over 2,000 being if new evidence is off ered, but how can tle commemoration of the defence - even when that information will assist on strike. They were charged local residents charged at the new evidence be off ered if the police and CPS event. Around the Martyrs’ the defence. It is now clear that disclosure is under the Criminal Law newly built local police station have conspired to hide it? I suggest that, at the Tree on the green are names not complied with, and much thought has gone Amendment Act which had trying to gain their release, end of trial and before sentence, all evidence of the woman and just, into the best methods of ‘losing’ evidence, recently been passed to stop breaking windows and caus- held by police and the CPS should be looked ‘Imprisoned 1873.’ So recently especially if it looks like it would assist in secur- any such action i.e. picketing. ing mayhem. Police reinforce- an Educational Trust has been ing a ‘not guilty’ verdict. Failing to allow wit- at by an independent judge to ensure nothing ments had to come from formed to raise the profi le of nesses to testify; not using witness statements; has been held back, especially if it helps the Encouraged by the newly Oxford, which of course took the events to ensure a legacy not allowing witnesses to be contacted by the defence. It may make trials a bit longer, but formed Agricultural Workers a long time so eventually the in the village and also to be a defence; are just some of the ways used to nowhere near as long as a convicted but inno- Union, farm labourers around women were transferred through the cold night to centre for information and ensure a not guilty plea will fail. cent person will subsequently spend in prison. Oxfordshire were gaining more and more confi dence to Oxford jail - a 6 hour trip on research. Descendants and seek higher wages and better an open horse and cart. villagers are currently making conditions. A year earlier a a banner which will be similar withdrawal of labour unveiled at the annual Martyrs in nearby Woodstock led to Day on Saturday June 23rd. the army bringing in the har- vest.

The threat of Irish immigrants at lower wages, increasing mechanisation and lower cost grain imports from the USA did not help the security of the humble farm labourer. One of the few surviving The two magistrates (who photographs of the origi- were Church of England local nal Ascott Martyrs, this is The Martyrs’ Tree vicars) tried the case and may Fanny Honeybone have had prior knowledge of the villagers of Ascott. Six of The Martyrs’ Tree on the vil- the women were Baptists and Letters started appearing in lage green at Ascott was plant- one was a Methodist (marked local newspapers against the ed in 1973, celebrating 100 on the charge sheet) and their extraordinarily harsh sentenc- years and the names of the persuasion may well have fur- es and then very soon the Martyrs are displayed on the ther antagonised the JPs, London Times, leading to a seats. In this year when we are especially as it was a time pardon from Queen Victoria celebrating 100 years since the when the rapid growth of which arrived as the women Suffragette movement, per- non-conformism was a threat- were being released. The haps we should also be think- ening source of irritation to women travelled back by cart ing of those courageous the established church. through the local villages and women who ‘stood by their were cheered, treated as men’ and were probably the The strike became a cause heroes, and presented with £5 world’s fi rst woman’s protest- celeb for the union and a ‘line each (from public subscrip- ers ... 45 years before Emily in the sand’ for the tion, mainly collected during Pankhurst and co… Landowners organised by the the riots) and material to make Duke of Marlborough. It a dress in the Union blue. reached to the ‘highest in the Later, Queen Victoria sent Paul Jackson is Chairman of land’ as 16 of the women in the along red petticoats and 5 shil- Ascott Martyrs @Educational village were charged and sent lings for each of the martyrs. Trust. More information is to the Oxford jail, with their available at www.ascottmar- babies, for 7/10 days of hard Following this debacle the law tyrs.org.uk. International labour. was changed to allow peace- Women’s Day 8 March Insidetime March 2018 www.insidetime.org Comment 21

with the killer, but does not Wandsworth prison. Decades keratoconus, a degenerative strike the blow, he is equally later, Derek Bentley was post- eye-condition, and this meant guilty. The law was seen as a humously given a pardon. he qualifi ed as blind. Though good one and put an end to Though what use it was to him he could not even see what duelling in public. by then is a moot point. was going on, nor did he join in the assault, he was convict- An example of the law being Though he ed and sentenced to life under used long aft er duelling came Joint Enterprise. There are in 1846, (R v Swindall and could not even see many more equally perplex- Osborne), when two cart drivers, what was going ing examples of how this law who were engaged in a race, does not work properly. ran down and killed a pedes- on, nor did he join trian. It was not known which in the assault, he Campaign group Jengba (Joint cart had actually killed the Enterprise Not Guilty By victim, so both drivers were was convicted and Association) want to see the held jointly liable and both sentenced to life law reformed and work with executed for murder. The law over 500 people who have stayed on the statute books under Joint been convicted under Joint and was little used or comment- Enterprise. Enterprise. Figures, compiled ed on until an infamous case in 2013, showed that from in 1952 brought it once again The Joint Enterprise law 2005 to 2013, 4,590 people had to the attention of the public. stayed there quietly on the been prosecuted for homicides books and did not get a whole- involving two or more defend- Careful, or we’ll all be in the dock

© Deposit Photos The case of Craig and Bentley sale revival until the late ants and, of those, 1,853 were harshly focused the minds of 1990s, when the media decid- prosecuted for homicides the public and press on the ed to focus on gangs and, in which involved four or more law of Joint Enterprise, when particular, teenage gangs. defendants - all under Joint both young men were convict- After the tabloids had man- Enterprise. From 2013 until You’re ALL nicked! ed of shooting and murdering aged to stoke their readers into 2015, the CPS prosecuted 260 a police offi cer on the rooft op a frenzy over stabbings and cases of murder/manslaughter The history of the Joint Enterprise law of a warehouse in Croydon shootings by ‘gangs’ in the with multiple defendants, during a burglary. It was inner cities, the government requiring 893 defendants in not even been at the scene of years old and was fi rst used Christopher Craig, then aged decided to blow dust off this the dock. the crime, or have even had in the 16th century to prose- 16, who had fired the fatal 300-year-old law and use it any knowledge that a crime cute aristocrats for duelling, shot, but Derek Bentley, the against any group of young In July 2013, when the last of Noel Smith has been committed. To any which had become common- older of the two, was executed people whom they decreed a 17 young people were sent to right-minded person the law place and alarming to the for the murder because Craig ‘criminal gang’. This has led prison for the murder of 15 In the last decade there have of Joint Enterprise seems public at large. It was thought was too young to hang. It was to some very dubious convic- year-old Sofyen Belamouadden been hundreds of cases every harsh and unjust, but particu- that by creating this law the claimed that as Bentley had tions for murder and man- at London’s Victoria train sta- year of what is known in larly to the hundreds of inno- authorities could put an end been heard to say, “Let him slaughter in recent years. tion, DCI John McFarlane of British law as ‘Joint Enterprise’. cent people stuck serving long to duelling by arresting every- have it, Chris” (a claim disput- the Met. Police stated: ‘The This is a law by which every sentences for crimes they did one involved, including the ed and disseminated ever Some of the cases are so law in Joint Enterprise is clear single person with the slight- not commit. duellist’s seconds, the referee, since), he was equally guilty mind-boggling that they and unforgiving - you do not est connection to a crime, the doctor and anyone who of the murder of police offi cer deserve a mention. For need to deliver the fatal blow, usually murder or manslaugh- To understand how we have had come to watch. They Sidney Miles. There was pub- instance, the case of Jordan or even to be at the actual ter, can be arrested, tried, reached this point, we must would all be convicted of mur- lic uproar over the case and Cunliff e, who was one of three scene of the killing to be found convicted and jailed as if they look at the law of Joint der or wounding, whichever thousands of people signed a youths convicted of the mur- guilty and sent to jail’. were the principle of the Enterprise itself. The law of was the outcome of the duel. petition asking for clemency der of Garry Newlove. At the crime, even though many who Joint Enterprise, also known The law stated that where for Bentley, but it was ignored, time of the murder Cunliffe Joint Enterprise is ‘unforgiv- have been through this have as ‘common purpose’, is 300- someone acts in conjunction and he was hanged at was suffering from severe ing’ indeed.

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inherently struck by the air of services here are open to all, acceptance and understanding regardless of what faith you Ethnic co-mingling within the room. The air was are registered under or if rejuvenating and filled with choose not to. Each Friday af- Name withheld - HMP Whitemoor more cohesive than ‘whites’; so, where there is hope. As the next few months ternoon there is also a chapel only a marginal numerical dominance of unfolded it became a private drop-in where residents from non-Muslims at Whitemoor peace cannot pre- mission of mine to fi gure out all wings can meet in the chapel In a recent issue of Inside Time it was reported vail. the source of it. for discussions. The gym, visits that HMP Whitemoor ... ‘Continues to hold a and education is open to every- disproportionate number of Muslim men’ who Tolerances are tested where there are gangs Some prisoners feel that estab- one in the prison and most account for ‘over 40% of the population’. whose in-group allegiances only encourages lishing equality in prisons has importantly, the wings host all the exploitation of non-members. Forcing white not always been a priority of types of people who ultimately Recognising that the balance of diff erent pris- inmates to huddle together for protection only the ‘system’. Thankfully the become a source for learning oner groups must be addressed to enable the makes the self-segregation and the gang issues ‘Lammy review’, a recent report however you want to see it. maintenance of order in our prisons, Ben Crewe more volatile. Any community fragmented into that highlights inequality with- © Fotolia.com has published a peer reviewed essay under the clusters of mutually hostile residents ware- in the British justice system, Grendon has long championed heading of ‘The Sociology of Imprisonment’ in housed in close quarters will always be on the Reece Johnson has brought this to the atten- equality and unmistakeably precipice of violence. the second edition of The Handbook on Prisons. tion of those who may be able the benefi ts can be seen in the Here he explains the consequences of environ- to create more procedural fair- life of the residents. There is a ments in which groups with divergent values Dr Crewe, Deputy Director of the Prisons ness. The time I have spent here designated wing for crimes of and interests are forced to live in close proxim- Research Centre at the University of Cambridge, Diversity though helped me to conclude a sexual nature on which the ity. refers to data published by Professor Liebling that Grendon’s attitude to- therapeutic work is tailored for in 2012 when mentioning High Security and those crimes. And there is TC+ Any community fragmented Establishments in England & Wales in regard wards the relevance of equality into clusters of mutually hostile to the ‘increasing collective power of Muslim might be the catalyst behind wing, for those with learning prisoners’ becoming an obstacle to peace and democracy the ‘air of acceptance and un- diffi culties. But despite resi- residents warehoused in close cooperation, as institutional stability and staff derstanding’ I experienced on dents being housed on diff er- quarters will always be on the safety are undermined. It is known that Muslim Harold Mose’s therapeutic arrival. ence communities, all types of gangs are ‘less inclined’ to negotiate with staff , journey approaches an end. offences can be seen within precipice of violence. and as a consequence non-Muslims are then But the ‘journey through the One of Grendon’s four pillars, Grendon and the acceptance less likely to cooperate when they perceive therapy looking-glass’ contin- ‘democracy’, gives residents a and tolerance I have witnessed It is clear how the nature of social relations injustice and unfair or biased treatment. ues with me and there’s much voice in the society they live in this prison is like no other. within a prisoner community typically revolve more to be said. in and helps to create an es- around confl ict and sub-group rivalry, where The deliberate maintenance of a balance of tablishment in which people And many residents under- behaviours and conduct are oft en most easily power in favour of a minority of Muslim bullies “Hello my name is…” and the are treated more equally. From stand themselves and others explained by reference to cultural orientations. will only lead to undesirable behaviour; this ‘round-robin’ began. “I’m… I the moment men arrive on the more from engaging in the Obvious racial cleavages, ignorance, suspicion contradicts any intention of rehabilitation or was sentenced to…welcome to induction wing they are en- group therapy process. It seems and distrust will lead us to frequent violence correction in those prisons which encourage the wing”. I had just arrived couraged to attend events held to be a clear source of strength in prisons where ethnic and religious diff er- and incite racially or religiously motivated gang and took the opportunity to monthly that promote, and to the men here as they confront ences are amplifi ed by a higher percentage of warfare. assess the clientele - rumour educate people about, the nine diverse issues, whether it’s non-indigenous or culturally hostile inmates- had it that it was full of mon- protected characteristics of the about sexuality, cultural igno- including convicted enemies of the state. Our governor here is a student of penology with sters and madmen. But I had Equality Act 2010. These are rance or any other aspect of the University of Cambridge, and so is well hopes here would be diff erent hosted by residents who com- the protected nine strands of Ethnic co-mingling becomes more limited aware of the facts and statistics available; as from other prisons in regard prise the ‘Prison Equality diversity. where inmates choose to self-segregate accord- such, we residents look forward to positive to how people, residents and Mentors’ team. And the events ing to shared cultural backgrounds. 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achievements. There were Lennon, who gave a rousing seven award winners, six men speech about the work of the from Castle Huntly and one Clare Barstow Trust in promoting rehabilita- woman from Cornton Vale, tion. He was supported by who were granted money for their Director, Ian Wilson, Castle Huntly laptops, educational and who read the summaries of vocational courses and work each award winner - detailing tools. They all spoke about why they had been chosen due Awards how the award would enable to their exceptional progress them to fi nd or carry on work Enablement the focus for made towards rehabilitation. the Hardman Trust and SPS in the future and upon release. Their heartfelt stories of how The awards were presented by Stephen McGee, Chair of the I was invited by the director they overcame great diffi cul- Board of Governors from Fife of the Hardman Trust to attend ties to obtain their goals was their very first Awards rapturously received by all College, the educational pro- Ceremony in Scotland. This who attended. vider at the prison. took place amidst thunderous applause at Castle Huntly Open Prison in Dundee on 24th January. It demonstrates how much the award scheme has grown in the past few “Learning to live in a strange new world” years and its determination to © Deposit Photos be as inclusive as possible going forwards. Surviving within these walls The Governor in Charge, Gary Law, was delighted to wel- Jak Jones - HMP Dovegate come members of the Trust to Where do I fi t in? To live in the moment? What the prison. In a brief interview does that feel like? How can I repent my past? Nearly 13 years done! I can barely believe it he not only spoke about the Awards develop self-confi dence How do I be at peace with the pain, violence … challenges of running an open myself. Gone so quick, yet grinding slowly too. murder ... my hands bare…whilst existing in prison in the current environ- Hard to describe ... I’m 30 now, and this is all these hopeless houses? Victims, victim’s fam- ment but also about the posi- As a former award winner, I A number of invited guests I know. This world, this place, I’m enveloped ilies, have all the right to want vengeance, jus- tive achievements of getting spoke of my own experience from the Scottish Prison Service in the lifestyle, the daily grind…’survival’. tice. Have and hold hate for all us perpetrators. so many of the 298 men out to of being chosen to win an and friends and family of the work. We were served coff ee award and how this achieve- winners also attended the cer- From unlock begins the day’s regime …for- This reality of our existence holds no repent for emony. Some of the families by a prisoner who had taken ment had given me a lot of ward-looking already for that evening bang- our actions, our victims. Breeds animals and had travelled a long way to be a barista course and had been self-confi dence both whilst in up... another day done. Human warehousing, self-medicators in the majority. No justice with- there but they said it was offered work at Costa coffee prison and on the outside. I literally. To live? A life? Nobody lives here. No in prison. How can a kid come in at 18, be 40 worth it to see their loved ones chain in Dundee. There was also addressed the audience life lived within concrete walls. A truth …on when they leave, yet be scarred by the ordeal? be recognised for their achieve- average, in every prison, more than 60% of also a scheme where the men on how knowing that I had the Learning life in a strange new world…all of the learnt to train dogs to help ments. Most of the prisoners each wing is chasing drugs. Daily, from morn- money for a laptop gave me while, learning too; to live with the decades of Dementia suff erers, which was were lifers, as you must have ing unlock until bang-up, drugs. Spice, paper, the focus and renewed deter- existence of being warehoused? The violence, truly awe inspiring. I was been given a sentence where Subutex, weed, heroin, pre-gabs, gabbies, mination to believe that I you serve at least 7 years in mental health issues, drugs, destructive cycles, incredibly moved by the pris- sleepers ... any and all. Collective chase ... each could continue working as a prison to be eligible for an award loneliness, the sadness. Carry it ...hold it ... live oners’ dedication and focus addict enabling, triggering one another’s crav- and only have 2 years left in with it all? Be ‘rehabilitated’…a member of civ- whilst training the dogs and freelance journalist and that ing, ‘need’. Sorrowful cycle, sad, so hard to custody to apply for an award. ilisation? It’ll be all I know. I’ll miss it, too. how it had helped some turn I was able to contribute as a break. The ‘need’, ‘want’, run-around, ‘the their lives around. Eddie valid member of society. It has There are already plans in wing is dead’ they say. Panic. I cry, yearn for life, civility, to breathe easy spoke about his tough life enabled me to find some place for another award ceremony at Castle Huntly in the without anxious worry, I carry pain, sadness, growing up in Glasgow and employment on release due to next year and the signs are it Is this really rehabilitation? What does that sorrow. Will it all change? It needs overhauling, how training the dogs and the support I have received will be as successful as this one even mean? Rehabilitation in 21st century to shed light, true light, to bring innovative receiving the award had helped from the Trust. British prisons. It’s a sad joke. Perpetuating a him turn his life around. in acknowledging achieve- change. Need the media not to lie, not to sen- ments north of the border. cycle of all destructive cycles, which brought sationalise prisons …’Holiday Camps’. I didn’t The ceremony was chaired by each soul to within these walls. Purgatory, The Governor began the cere- know that holiday camps have suicides, drug- Chairman of the Trustees at neither here nor there. Came away at 18. Life. mony with a brief history of Clare Barstow is a writer and abuse, infestations, murders, staff beatings? Grew up in the Dispersal System, downgraded his establishment and its the Hardman Trust, Hugh former resident of HMP from Category A-B aft er a decade. Considered Diametrically opposed landings, a soul in each ‘quick’. Discovered some positive aspects of cell, lost. Humans with no humanity. Duty of 250 poems composed by myself along the way. Found my potential, care? Screws, offi cers, rehabilitation? No, just 206 prisoners ﬁ rst published education, did well. Proud, yet sad I didn’t at a job, pays the bills. Beaters, bullies, haters.

ry school. Too late? A natural talent with pencils in Inside Time, between Some show humanity, decency…rare though. and art - yet impossible to nurture and to devel- ‘Holiday camps’? Really? I heard of this ‘reha- 2014 and 2017 op in these warehouses. bilitation revolution’ …I’m still waiting for this ‘sea of change’ bull. Another headline snatch Copies are available at Watched many men stab, stabbed, slashed, hot for electors. A disturbance in any prison …POA a special discount price fat, boiling water, melting skin, prison politics; standard response: ‘Staff shortages are the of £7.50 +£1 p&p for lockdowns, daily strip-searches…what human- reason’. More or less staff , it’s still the same Inside Time readers, ity? Post Traumatic Stress Disorder, depression, environment, a perpetuating cycle, same ware- numbness, addictions, hopelessness, self-harm family & friends. house - you can’t polish a turd, they say. …the want to die. Scarred, wounded and afraid. To exist in these moments is brutal. Thoughts I can’t envisage any possible future for myself, voices from prison

Inside Time, Botley Mills, inside poe t do day-dream, reminiscing the past, pre-in- others, or the ‘system’ itself. Personally, I will Botley, Southampton, carceration…some smiles, grief, mourn it. Yet, Hampshire SO30 2GB survive, bruised and battered. To endure is my imagine the possible futures? Life aft er life. Telephone: redemption for my crimes, but I will have expe- Scary, strange world, digital age? Social media? 01489 795945 VOLUME rienced no rehabilitation along the way. Where Life online? No, thank you! is my rehabilitation, please? Insidetime March 2018 www.insidetime.org Comment 25

He was still conscious but speak with him he tells me that the confidence of individuals say strongly enough - keep From over the wall blood was pouring from deep he is terribly lonely. in their charge and have been away from these killers, no lacerations on his forehead able to be of real help. matter how tempted you might and nose. Well, a small group Loneliness is not in any way Admittedly there are problems be to use them as an ‘escape gathered and we soon had an confined to those who live here also, because no prisoner route’. They are fatal. ambulance on the way to col- alone or are getting on in years. wants to be seen as a ‘nark’ lect him. As we were waiting In prison you are surrounded and this can hold some people As readers of this column will for it to arrive I asked him a by people day and night. It’s back from talking. Much de- know, I spent almost five years few questions. Was he mar- not at all easy to know whom pends on the calibre of the in what was very strict solitude. ried? No. Did he live alone? to trust and because of that individual officer or worker in I did not have any conversation Yes. Had he any relatives living some prisoners retreat into the prison. This is where prison with another individual for nearby? No. Where were his their own inner world. Even visitors can play a useful role years and so I had to face the nearest relatives? He had none. here they can be plagued by but, as many of you will know problem of loneliness within I don’t know his name and I doubts, regrets or self-pity. You far too well, they vary in abil- myself. This is a difficult road doubt that I shall ever see him name it and it can be found ity. I have known some prison to take, particularly if you have again, or hear how he got on lurking within the inner re- chaplains who have been re- a low self esteem or over-riding at the hospital, for he lived in cesses of the mind. ally excellent but as in all feeling of guilt. Don’t take the New Zealand from where I am professions there are some who ‘stiff upper lip’ route. That’s writing this column. Not every prisoner has strong are simply time servers or no help at all. The seemingly family relationships but even those who simply want to push strongest individual may put This set me thinking about those that do find that impris- religion at you. Let me under- on an air of confidence but loneliness. I have no idea onment puts a severe strain line that there are some good, always remember they are whether this old man was on this bond, be it in marriage really good, men and women human, just like yourself. The road alone is long or with a partner. It can be in the prison chaplaincy who

© Deposit Photos lonely or not but naturally I wondered if he was, given that especially difficult when a can be a real help in aiding If you are lonely you have my years or so since they were he lived totally alone and there prisoner is locked up in a jail the individual prisoner combat understanding, as I have been manufactured their engines was no living soul whom he far from their home. There is loneliness. there. Try and find someone Terry Waite CBE purred like a contented well could call on in the event of evidence to suggest that the to talk or correspond with. At fed cat! An elderly onlooker an accident. breakdown of relationships is It’s not at all surprising to me least that will be one step for- stopped in front of me and a significant factor in suicide that alcohol and narcotics are ward out of a situation that turned to walk towards the His situation is not at all un- amongst prisoners. rife within the prison system can be, and frequently is, Loneliness kerb to get a closer look at one usual. Back at home, in the for they do seem to provide a crippling. Earlier this evening I was sit- particular model which had UK, I keep in touch with an There is no doubt that talking temporary escape from the ting outdoors just having been parked on the side of the elderly man who lives alone. with others is one way of deal- reality of the situation. I have road. As I watched, he stum- watched a parade of classic He lives in a small village and ing with the problems of lone- no hesitation at all in saying Terry Waite was a successful bled and fell face down on the cars go by. Without exception is fortunate that he has good liness but as I said, the issue that they are bad news all hostage negotiator before he hard pavement, his forehead they were in splendid condi- neighbours who call and see of whom to trust is always round. Eventually they will himself was held captive in tion. The cars I admired the and nose taking the full force him and help him out with there. Over the years I have destroy your health and have Beirut for 1763 days between most were a couple of very early of his fall. I could hear the crack household chores. I have known some individual prison a bad effect on your relation- 1987 and 1991; the fi rst four Rolls. They were huge open-top as his head hit the concrete. phoned him regularly whilst officers and governors who ships with others. You may years were spent in solitary machines and even after 80 Naturally, I rushed over to him. I am abroad and each time I have been brilliant at gaining disagree with me but I can’t confi nement. It is Lent but I am still eating chocolate

With 1st April being Easter Sunday, we are so expect Him to bless us in some way? now well into the season of Lent. There is It is the biggest mistake anyone can a tendency to think of Lent as a time of make – to believe that we can earn self-denial - to give up something which God’s favour. What is Lent? we enjoy. And chocolate seems to be the Lent is the period of forty number one favourite. But I have to admit Every one of us has offended God and that I am continuing to consume the there is nothing we can do to put things days before Easter. same (very modest!) amount of chocolate. right. But, wonderfully, there is nothing we need to do, except to receive God’s Many Christians observe it as a As always, it is our motive which is free gift of forgiveness and reconciliation. period of fasting and reflection important. Easter is the most significant That was made possible when Jesus event of the year for Christians. Lent sacrificed Himself in our place – to pay on the events leading up to Jesus' should be a time to remind ourselves of the penalty for our sins. the events leading up to that first Easter crucifixion. when Jesus, God the Son, suffered His During these final weeks of Lent will Jesus sacrificed His life to pay the horrendous death by crucifixion. you take time to think about what Jesus did for you – so that you might get penalty for our sins. We can only It is all too easy to have a selfish motive right with God? Would you like to know for any sacrifices which we make – more? Please do write to us. be saved from God's judgment by chocolate or otherwise. Are we looking putting our faith in Jesus. to please God and gain His favour and John Phillips

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‘Cock-ups hardly surprising’ says leading forensic scientist Terry GM Smith BA Hons Open - but should not, amend and distort the descrip- HMP Highpoint tion of the material in the police schedules Inside Time report jurors’ faith in the justice sys- with a police offi cer who is not hoping that the defence miss its relevance or; tem is being eroded which lets a technical specialist. A lot of lastly, he can simply push the material to one down all of the witnesses in a offi cers are given very mini- Due to costly experience, I have been scream- side and make out it never crossed his path The collapse of a series of rape case. Cost-cutting and out- mal training on how to down- ing for a radical overhaul of the police disclo- and hope the defence do not raise it at trial. cases has shaken public con- sourcing has put the admin- load a phone or tablet so it’s sure regime for many years. So, you can fi dence. The Commons Justice istration of justice at risk ... I hardly surprising they oft en imagine how I felt when the Daily Mail took up Ultimately, what we learn from the role and Select Committee is to hold an don’t think it’s bad faith by cock it up.” the challenge and published a 3-page exclusive duties of the Disclosure Offi cer is that a just inquiry into disclosure prob- the police. They have been on the scandal of police disclosure in regard and fair trial depends entirely on the good lems which according to its under-resourced. They are Collie recalled a case in which to sexual cases. It was like journalists were judgement and honesty of the individual offi cer chair, Conservative MP Bob swamped. In some of my cases a 15 year-old schoolboy was fi nally waking up and fi nding what we have in charge of the disclosure process. Neill, have led to ‘inappropri- it’s the police who have sent an unsolicited, illegal known for years - the police disclosure system ate charges, unnecessary revealed material that’s help- pornographic video on his is rotten beyond the core and needs replacing So, what went wrong with the three rape cases delays in court proceedings ful to the defence.” phone through a group chat. with an independent, accountable and trans- above? Why did the allegations of rape get all and potential miscarriages of “It came up and he deleted it,” parent system. the way to trial before the disclosure anomalies justice’. We had a case she said. Nonetheless the were raised, debated and eventually rectifi ed? youth was kept out of school We learn, according to the Daily Mail that 3 A joint report by the police and of a woman who during the investigation. young men accused of rape were on the very In the case of Liam Allen, it is alleged police CPS inspectorate last year said she was raped. “Aft er the case I was shocked brink of wrongful conviction when the police failed to disclose 40,000 text messages from warned that until offi cers and by the attitude of the offi cer disclosed vital evidence which cleared them. his accuser which included rape fantasies. In prosecutors take disclosure The police had not who was really unhappy More specifi cally, Liam Allen (22) a student; Isaac the case of Isaac Itiary, the police refused to responsibilities more serious- looked at her phone. because he hadn’t made the Itiary (25) father of two and Samuel Armstrong disclose critical mobile messages which sup- ly, ’no improvement will result charge stick. How can you be (24) an MP’s aide, were the latest victims of a ported his claim that the under-age girl posed and the likelihood of a fair We eventually got unhappy about not criminal- wholly defi cient and defunct disclosure process as a 19-year-old. And in the case of Samuel trial can be jeopardised’. [the complainant’s ising a 15 year-old?” which almost ended in calamity. Armstrong, the defence waited up to 9-months for phone and medical records which the police Public faith in the fairness of mobile] and there The material downloaded Moreover, we learn from this fi asco, the role of claimed the accuser refused to hand over. trials is being eroded and the was a message depends on the setting used the Disclosure Offi cer is indelibly fraught with justice system is approaching by any investigating offi cer. stress and tension as there is an insoluble con- In each of these cases, it was only by sheer luck ‘breaking point’ due to fail- saying: ‘Thanks for “There’s potential for me [as fl ict of interest between the Disclosure Offi cer rather than the proper purpose and operation ures to disclose key digital the great sex’. a digital forensics expert] to and the Senior Investigating Offi cer and pros- of the statutory disclosure process that pre- evidence, the head of the crim- find more, but if you accept ecuting barrister in the case versus a contra- vented them from becoming another miscar- the other side’s output reports, inal bar has said. The com- dictory duty to the defence where he must riage of justice with lengthy prison sentences. ments, from Angela Raff erty Dr Jan Collie, head of you are at the mercy of what disclose material that may acquit the accused. Discovery Forensics in they have chosen,” she said. QC, come as a leading forensic It seems as if the Disclosure Offi cers are con- scientist, Dr Jan Collie, expos- London, who mainly works “We had a case of a woman Put another way, the Disclosure Offi cer must cealing evidence against suspects that would es the difficulties defence for defendants, said: “The who said she was raped. The exhibit unswerving loyalty and commitment be useful to the defence. History tells us that experts have in obtaining odds are stacked against the police had not looked at her to two separate line-managers and also a duty there is a litany of miscarriages of justice based downloaded material from defence in many ways. We phone. We eventually got [the to disclose to the defence. By any standards it upon the legal concept of poor disclosure - Bob police and prosecutors, rarely get access to the actual complainant’s mobile] and is an ill-conceived marriage based upon irrec- Maynard, Sam Allen, Sean Hodgson, Stefan including dealing with piece of equipment. In the past there was a message saying: oncilable diff erences that can only lead to an Kiszko, et al. I could go to the police station ‘Thanks for the great sex’. ‘games’ offi cers play in pursuit acrimonious divorce. of convictions. and see a phone or a comput- “The police would have been It appears as if detectives do not care one iota er and physically check it’s the quite happy to take her word Arguably, this is because the Disclosure Offi cer whether a defendant is guilty or not. All that Raff erty, who regularly pros- right piece. Now everything for it. The man would have has a wide variety of options when he comes matters are the deprivation of exculpatory dis- ecutes, said: “The justice sys- comes pre-packaged and is gone to jail and lost his job. across material or evidence that must be dis- tem is approaching breaking handed over on a hard drive The charge was dropped on closure is a key tool in the ploy to dupe the closed to the defence. For instance, if the evi- point. It’s beginning to hap- or USB stick.” the fi rst day in court. The pros- judge and jury and bring about convictions, dence is ‘non-sensitive’ he can disclose it. pen on both sides - prosecu- ecutor offered no evidence. albeit wrongful or not. What is equally disturb- Secondly, as in the Liam Allen case, he can tion and defence. All of these Dedicated police digital foren- Rape is an extremely serious ing, even the legal profession claim they do render the material ‘sensitive’ and refuse to cases collapsing because of sic units have disappeared, matter but that doesn’t mean not know how common or widespread the disclose it. Thirdly, he can discuss it with the disclosure [problems] are a she said. “Now I am trying to you shouldn’t look at both abuse of disclosure is, as it all goes on behind prosecution and refuse to disclose it or even sign of that. The danger is that arrange access to exhibits sides of the argument.” closed doors. More alarmingly, how many serv- notify the defence about it. Fourthly, he can, ing prisoners are in prison at this very moment down to improper and unlawful disclosure procedures? One barrister has branded the URCELL PARKE scam as ‘a systematic cultural problem’ in the P R police service. 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Stephen Clear a year legal aid cuts, as well as their impact on the cost of justice. Much of what is being recognised now as bringing the justice system to The criminal justice system in England and melting point is the consequence of years of Wales is failing victims and witnesses to such an extent that MPs say it is now ‘close to break- these cuts. Again, a Secretary with longevity ing point’. Years of budget cuts and changes in the role could lead on the future direction have led to a justice system that is in meltdown. of justice policy within the UK, as well as keep justice issues top of the government’s agenda. With such a crisis at hand, one would expect some kind of ‘strong and stable’ leadership Similarly, there is the impact of the extensive from the UK government. Yet, in the most recent programme of court closures, which must be cabinet reshuffl e, Prime Minister Theresa May headed up by consistent ministerial leadership. once again appointed a new Lord Chancellor The country needs someone to ensure adequate and Secretary of State for Justice, David Gauke. responsibility is taken for the decisions being Gauke is the sixth Justice Secretary since 2010, made, and to ensure that access to justice is and Theresa May’s third. He replaced David not restricted. Lidington just six months aft er he took up the role. Prior to that, Liz Truss held the position for less than a year. However, none of this should be taken to mean that just any MP should be handed the role of The Ministry of Justice is considered a major Justice Secretary simply because they will last government department. Supported by 32 agen- in the job. The Ministry of Justice requires a

cies and public bodies, its core purpose is to © Deposit Photos Secretary with an understanding of the wider protect and advance the principles of justice, profession as it is today and the challenges while upholding the rule of law. In fact, the UK lawyers face. justice system has long been ‘the envy of the Criminal justice system world’. An ‘independent judiciary’ with ‘glob- In recent years, Secretaries have not even had al lawyers’ the ‘brand’ is recognised as ‘inter- legal backgrounds - although it must be noted nationally outstanding’. But the lack of con- that the appointment of Gauke, a former solic- sistent leadership is causing it to stall. Though ‘at breaking point’ itor, has broken this recent trend, a fact which there are permanent secretaries working within the ministry, it is the Secretary of State who could see policies being led by his more intri- steers the ship and maintains relationships Years of unstable leadership leading to meltdown cate understanding of the law. and trust between the government and the judiciary. Today, the Lord Chancellor is an elected MP On this latter point, in early 2018, David Without heeding these glaring warning signs who holds the cabinet position of head of the Lidington said that judicial diversity targets now, the ‘breaking point’ could very quickly Sinking ship? Ministry of Justice. While they still have the were ‘not the answer’ to the issue. So what is? develop into a crack in England and Wales’s The post of Lord Chancellor - now more com- ancient title of Lord Chancellor, the role focus- While the judicial appointments commission legal system. Only with someone at the helm monly known as the Secretary of State for es on responsibility for the effi cient functioning has a role to play in diversity matters, a who can take long-term responsibility for over- and independence of the courts, along with Secretary of State must be in place to set out Justice - dates back to medieval times when hauling the country’s legal system can justice they were responsible for the supervision, other important constitutional roles. the government’s position on what is a pressing be truly served at all levels. preparation and dispatch of the King’s letters, matter. The judiciary should represent the peo- using the sovereign’s seal. Prior to the But constant changes at the top mean that the ple of society, and right now it is not doing so. Constitutional Reform Act 2005, the Lord Secretaries of State for Justice have not fulfi lled Chancellor held roles in all three arms of the these roles. In the meantime, judges have been Cuts and closures Stephen Clear is Lecturer in Law, Bangor state. They were a senior judge, a member of branded ‘enemies of the people’ - with only a Looking to the front of house, England and University the cabinet and presided over the House of slow response to defend them - and their diver- Wales also needs a Secretary to lead on a mean- This article fi rst appeared on The Lords. sity has been called into question. ingful review of the consequences ofBlackfords the £450mnew ad 24.1.14:LayoutConversation 1 24/1/14 www.theconversation.com 12:59 Page 1

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One afternoon he came across Tales of Wisdom a shepherd on the hillside Outside Voices tending his flock of sheep. He greeted the shepherd with a friendly smile and wished him a good day. The shepherd in- The real menace is drugs vited him to share the stew he was making over an open fire; in prisons, not smoking and the two men were soon exchanging tales of their lives “The subject of prison brings out the best and worst in us” and fortunes. Thinking of where he might stay that night, Steven Downes said. So where do you stand are deprived of? But for good- the traveller asked the shep- on prisoners being allowed to ness’ sake keep the odd out- herd, “What kind of weather smoke? Wayland Prison, near door smoking area. are we going to have today?” My views on the prison regime Watton, is about to become © Deposit Photos The shepherd replied: “The fluctuate like the heart-rate of the latest place to bring in a I’m not saying it out of respect kind of weather I like.” This an interval runner. It often total on-site (inside and out- for the wishes of prisoners, experiences and acquaintanc- answer puzzled the traveller depends on which criminal I side) smoking ban. who haven’t earned that right. The traveller es from whom he might learn. who replied: “How do you have last heard about in the It’s more that I do not see the He took shelter where he could, media. Some bring out the point in introducing yet anoth- Sid Arter often sleeping in caves, hedge- know it will be the kind of Banning smok- inner Norman Tebbit, others er potential point of conflict rows and derelict out-build- weather you like?” The shep- the Norman Lamb. ing means tobacco for prison officers to deal with. There was once a traveller who ings or accepting hospitality herd replied: “Having found went from place to place seek- in exchange for work. He did out, sir, that I cannot always becomes jail con- I do know that the danger of Banning smoking means ing wisdom and understand- odd jobs such as cleaning and get what I like, I have learned becoming institutionalised is traband: just one tobacco becomes jail contra- ing. He never settled for long labouring to earn enough to always like what I get. So I real. For many prisoners, rou- band: just one more thing to in any one town; preferring to money for food; and he made am quite sure we will have the more thing to search tine, regular meals and some search for and detect at a time keep moving to seek out new few demands upon the world. kind of weather I like.” certainty are far more attrac- for and detect at a when prisons are near to tive than the chaos they expe- time when prisons breaking point. I’d sooner the rience on the outside. meagre resource was focused Inside Voices are near to break- on a real menace – drugs. This is a big leap, but during ing point. my three months in Hellesdon The daily list of prosecutions Wormwood Scrubs saved my life Hospital (not a prison, but Good job, eh? For it’s not meant at Norwich Magistrates’ Court certainly an institution) I to be a holiday camp. Prison is punctuated by people out- Aroon Kumar Mohunol - and often, I’ve thought - ‘would I leave my became comfortable with the should deprive its guests of side and inside Wayland and HMP Wormwood Scrubs family, my safety and security to do a job like rhythm of life and dreaded their fun and make them Norwich prisons accused of that? Is it just a job or is it a passion? Or a love trying to return to what passed regret their villainous behav- attempting to smuggle drugs. for mankind? for normality. iour. That said, I might surprise The porousness of our prisons I’m 57 years-old and finally, for the first time, you when I say that I don’t is chilling to contemplate. It on a recent Sunday, I quit the methadone, the I can’t say that I like it in here because I have I shared space and time with support a total smoking ban puts vulnerable inmates at cocaine and all the other drugs that had been never come in contact with the law before, in many patients who were far at Wayland or at any prison. risk, undermines authority running my life. And it’s all thanks to HMP any kind of way. The most important thing for more attached to the hospital and maintains the cycle of Wormwood Scrubs and their good care. me now is that I’ve revived my relationship environment. On any occasion Banning it indoors should be addiction and offending. with my God. I lost my way but thanks to the that one was released, I was automatic: does anyone really Smoking is not a big deal in God (who I’ve believed in for the last 40 years) Scrubs I found the tranquillity to read the bible deeply fearful on their behalf. still think we should recreate that context, so why make it took an extreme measure to catch my attention and to digest the words I read. the blue-grey haze of Porridge into one? when he said: “My son, enough is enough”. It The case in prison is far less and add health and a future took incarceration in Wormwood Scrubs to I’m particularly grateful to a particular officer open and shut, as I’ve already to the things that prisoners Credit: Eastern Daily Press begin that change, and it was at the first mass (he knows who he is) who saved my life recent- on my first Sunday inside. This is going to ly. I ended up at the hospital with a bleeding sound strange, but thank God for Wormwood head, having collapsed after taking a roll-up. Scrubs... here’s why: ASN LAW It had Spice in it and I collapsed however I SOLICITORS repeat, that officer saved my life. • The chance to do some education; Anthony Stokoe • Joel Binns • Help to get off the drugs; Rasheed Nujeerallee It’s easy to say a lot of negative things about • Care on the wing; the Scrubs but I want to be honest, and tell the Independent Prison Law • Sacrifices made every day by officers and all truth as I see it. They saved my life and, most Expert since 1994 the other people from the library to the chap- importantly, my relationship with God is mend- ‘People Before Profit’ laincy. ed. Yes, it took HMP Wormwood Scrubs to wake Continuing the Fight and Challenge me up. 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would be a step backwards. This was a joint eff ort between IoM prison (which is located in Jurby), the Probation Service and the Public Noel Smith Health Directorate. So, the tobacco ban and e-cigarettes seem to be working quite well for There has been a lot said and written since the the Isle of Man prison. MoJ decided to roll-out a tobacco ban over the entire England & Wales prison system. The jury Les Nicolles, Guernsey’s prison, banned tobac- is still out on whether this ban will be chal- co for inmates on New Year’s Day 2013. This lenged, particularly in light of the recent ruling was the second prison in Europe to go ‘smoke- from the Supreme Court, but in the meantime, free’. Though, Les Nicolles rolled out a number there seems to be some benefi t coming from the of initiatives from day-one. The Deputy switch to electronic cigarettes for most inmates. Governor, Lou Arkle, increased purposeful activities and encouraged the use of electron- The fi rst prison in Europe to implement a tobac- ic cigarettes. The result of this has been a reduc- co-ban for inmates was on the Isle of Man. Isle tion in off ences against discipline, self-harm, of Man (IoM) prison actually brought in a ban bullying and the use of segregation. The prison tobacco products in 2008, quite a time before on is now exclusively using E-Burn Ltd. the idea was put into practise in mainland prisons. Instead of tobacco, the inmates were issued with nicotine patches. But, in March

last year, a 6-month pilot involving the use of © Deposit Photos e-cigarettes was implemented. The aim was to reduce the dangers caused by inmates smoking ‘illicit materials, such as bananas, tea-bags Smoke free update from HMPPS and nicotine patches. On top of the health issues of this, the prison had also suff ered over “If you are a smoker and are currently in a prison that has 800 power-cuts, caused by inmates using the electrical supply in order to light their home- Another prison where E-Burn is about to be not yet gone smoke free why not get ahead?” made ‘cigarettes’. introduced is HMP Jamestown, which could well be the most remote prison in the world Did you know that there are supporting smokers by mak- greater variety and choice. Home Aff airs Minister Bill Malarkey, recom- (though St Helena now has an airport so it’s no now 85 prisons which are coming as many appropriate alter- mended a policy change, saying that as a result longer a five-day passenger voyage by ship pletely smoke free? This covers natives to smoking available The roll out will continue into of ‘updated evidence and medical opinion…I from Cape Town) and certainly one of the small- Wales and two thirds of pris- as possible and smoking ces- London and the South East have been persuaded to revisit this issue by est. Currently around 42% of prisoners at ons in England. sation clinics continue to run this year. If you are a smoker the weight of evidence provided by medical Jamestown smoke, (this equates to 5 out of a in smoke free prisons. and are currently in a prison professionals and the availability of an e-cig- total of 12 prisoners!). A spokesman for HMP This accounts for over 68,000 Rechargeable vapes were that has not yet gone smoke arette that is specially designed for use in pris- Jamestown said - ‘It is a very old prison, built men and women living in introduced in Summer 2017, free why not get ahead and ons’. The new policy allows inmates to purchase in 1827, with lots of wood, including a wooden smoke free conditions across and a range of different fla- look to quit smoking on your e-cigarettes called ‘E-burn’ and use them in staircase as a fi re escape! Reducing fi re risk is the North East, Yorkshire, vours have recently become own terms before the ban their cells and in outdoor spaces. E-Burn also a goal for a smoke free prison. This is one North West, Midlands, and available to buy on the can- comes in? There are smoking Limited produce an e- cig specifi cally designed of the reasons we do not want to introduce South West, including the teen. So far over 50,000 vap- cessation clinics available as for high security environments and it is cur- re-chargeable e-cigs. We have purchased whole female estate and Long ing devices have been sold to well as alternatives to tobacco rently supplied in a few prisons and extensive- E-Burn as a trial, not just for the prisoners but Term High Security prisons. date and the Prison Service is on canteen. Speak to health- ly within the NHS in their secure establish- also to test the delivery logistics. Posting items now exploring other makes of care or an officer for more ments where rechargeable devices are consid- directly to St Helena is not reliable and the The Prison Service has been vaping device to provide information. ered unsuitable or unsafe. freight company that serves the island have advised that they cannot send them airfreight. As a result, the following fi gures have been So, it could take two to three months by sea recorded; a 42% drop in adjudications, a 58% before they arrive as freight from UK goes to See our Cape Town before being transferred to the ship drop in behaviour warnings, a 50% fall in page in the power outages, plus 25% of new receptions that brings supplies to the island. We are gen- asking for help in stopping for good and an uinely interested in having a smoke-free pris- ‘Jailbreak’ section annual saving of £8,500 on nicotine replace- on and I am sure this is the way to go.’ ment therapy. Following the trial, Prison Governor Bob McColm said the pilot had been Editorial note THE PRISON a ‘major success story’. Chairman of the IMB, Whilst there is no direct association or con- Bob Ringham praised the prison’s ‘improved nection between Inside Time Ltd and E-Burn Ltd, PHOENIX TRUST Sentence too long? atmosphere’ and said that to ban e-cigarettes John Roberts is a director of both companies. 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speak freely at a hearing. I ent is that a new panel has to also think prisoners and vic- be appointed, there can be tims should have access to a problems finding a new date Curfew ... the facts simple process to challenge and a lot of anxiety and uncer- our decisions where they dis- tainty while this happens for PRISON if you have a history of sexual offending but agree, but this must not lead both victims and prisoners. Ryan Harman REFORM Advice and Info Service Manager are not required to register, if you are liable to to unnecessary delays. We are going to try and move TRUST deportation, if you have been recalled for poor to a system where if a case behaviour during a previous period on HDC or No decisions have yet been can’t be completed on the day if you are currently serving a sentence for any Home Detention Curfew (HDC) is a scheme made and once we know what of the hearing, it is adjourned of the following categories of offence; homicide, which allows some people to be released from the Courts and Ministry of and the same panel keeps explosives, possession of offensive weapons, custody early to a suitable address, providing Justice have decided we will responsibility so they can possession of firearms with intent, cruelty to they stay there during certain hours - usually ensure information is availa- quickly set a new date and children, racially aggravated offences, or ter- a 12-hour period through the night. This is ble to prisoners about any reduce the uncertainty and rorism. If you are eligible but presumed unsuit- Nick Hardwick monitored by an electronic tag which you changes - including through anxiety that currently occurs. able you will only be considered for release on Parole Board would be required to wear - which is why it is the pages of Inside Time. A lot We hope that will lead to some HDC in ‘exceptional circumstances’. Chairman of the questions that are being significant improvement. often referred to as ‘tagging’. asked of the Parole Board The prison should work out your eligibility Rumours about HDC are commonplace in pris- address the points raised in I am always interested to hear within five working days of sentence calcula- on, and barely a week goes by without someone The Parole Board has been in my last article here about; your thoughts on these and tion and should inform you in writing. If you asking us if the eligibility criteria have been the news a lot recently and you transparency, independence, other issues. You can continue are eligible and suitable for HDC you should extended. Sadly, there is no truth to these will probably have questions diversity. I asked for prisoners the discussion in the letters be considered automatically and should not rumours at present, and changes to eligibility about what’s going on. to write to me with their views pages of Inside Time or feel need to apply. You should receive a Proposed like this would need a change in legislation first. and ideas about these points free to write to me at the Parole Address Form at least 10 weeks before your There are two things that are and many of you have done Board with your ideas: Nick HDC eligibility date, or sooner if you are serv- However, HMPPS are currently trying to currently happening that may so. For that I am very grateful. Hardwick, Chair, The Parole ing a very short sentence. If this does not hap- improve the procedures for those who are eli- affect how the Parole Board Prisoners’ voices should be Board, 52 Queen Anne’s Gate, pen, speak to staff or put in an application to gible for HDC, and this drive is accompanied works in future: 1) the rules heard, and this is one way that London SW1H 9AG. OMU or the HDC clerk at your prison. about how we make decisions we can engage with you. by new guidance for prisons, PSI 01/2018 Home Detention Curfew Assessment Process. The aims and in particular whether our At least five weeks before your eligibility date, are to make sure that those eligible are identi- hearings and the reasons for In your letters you have high- and once an Address Checks form has been New Parole Board fied early, that the process operates without delays our decisions should be con- lighted the effect that delays returned by your responsible officer in the com- phone numbers: Update and, most importantly, that release on HDC fidential as at present, are in reviews can have on you. munity, your case should be assessed, and a becomes the norm for people who are eligible. being examined in the courts, Delays affect prisoners and your pin for 12 March decision made. following a challenge by vic- their families’ ability to plan The Parole Board will have tims and others of a decision for the future. We are making Working out if you can get released on HDC new telephone numbers The decision maker should agree to release on to release a prisoner, and 2) progress in reducing delays. can be complex - the following is intended to be from 12 March onwards. HDC unless: the Ministry of Justice are We have dramatically reduced a rough guide but please feel free to contact us This means you will need reviewing whether the whole our backlog and now prison- or speak to staff for more detailed information. • You are under investigation or have been to add the new Parole parole process should be more ers should not usually have to charged or convicted of a serious further Board general enquiries open, how victims are involved wait longer than the planned The first thing the prison must establish is your offence during your current sentence; number to your PIN: 0203 in the process and whether timings for their parole review. ‘eligibility’ for HDC. Eligibility is a matter of law, 880 0885. Your Parole there should be a procedure so if you are ineligible you will not be released • There are risk management planning actions Board case manager’s new for reviewing parole decisions. Unfortunately, there are still on HDC under any circumstances. PSI 01/2018 which must happen before you are released other ways that parole reviews number will also need to does not make any changes to the eligibility (for example the address has been found be added to your pin. I think bodies like the Parole can be delayed. This includes criteria or the presumption of unsuitability. unsuitable), or These numbers will be Board should be open to being deferrals on the day of a per- You are ineligible if any of the following apply: sent to OMUs and closely examined. Many pris- son’s oral hearing. There are • There would be fewer than 10 days to serve solicitors and should be • You are serving 4 years or more for any offence; oners might themselves have both good and bad reasons for on HDC before you would normally be released available by 12 March. If criticisms about how the deferrals. We must make sure automatically. for any reason you don’t • You have been convicted of a sexual offence Board works and the decisions that the panels have all the have your case manager’s and are required to register; we make. The Parole Board information they need and do It is also possible that a decision can be post- new number by 12 March, should be more open but I nothing that is unfair, but poned for the above reasons. If you have been or don’t know who your • You are currently serving an extended sen- believe that needs to be bal- cases should only be deferred refused because the address was found unsuit- case manager is, use the tence for violent or sexual offences; anced against the right to pri- when absolutely necessary. able you should be given the opportunity to general enquiries number vacy of prisoners, victims and • You are serving a sentence for failing to return have an alternative address considered, pro- and you will be directed to others and the importance of One of the problems with on ROTL, absconding or escape; viding there is time. the right person. prisoners feeling they can cases being deferred at pres- • You are serving a sentence for breach of the If your release on HDC is approved, you must curfew requirement of a Community Order; serve at least 28 days or a quarter of your sen- Our commitment and service to you, does not tence in prison, whichever is the longest. stop when you leave the dock. Reeds solicitors • You have ever been recalled to prison for However, the maximum period of HDC is 135 are dedicated to providing legal expertise along failing to comply with HDC curfew conditions; days. This means if your sentence length is with unparalleled client care. This service also • You have ever been returned to custody by between 18 months and 4 years you must serve includes issues you may experience in custody. the court for committing an imprisonable until 135 days before the halfway point of the sentence. Our Prison Law Team are able to offer advice and assistance under the Legal Aid Scheme for the following issues: offence during an ‘at-risk period’ of a previous sentence; Determine/ IPP Recall Parole Independent Adjudications Sentence Calculations Pre-Tariff Reviews Cat A Reviews CSC Reviews • You are currently serving a recall from early For more detailed information on HDC, please Our experienced Solicitors also offer competitive fixed fees for general Prison Law matters including: release on compassionate grounds; contact us using the details below. We can send Re-categorisation Sentence Planning • You are a foreign national who has been rec- you a copy of PSI 01/2018 as well as other use- Contact our team now by calling 01865 592670 or write to us calling our Freepost address: ommended for deportation by the court or you ful information about HDC. 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example, those offered by The British Academy of Garden Design. Their address to find out The Careers Lady The Hub more information is: 1 Berkeley Street, London W1J 8DJ. Tel: 02033931172. The course costs start at around £395 for a Certificate in Garden The first step through the door Design which takes around 3 months to achieve. John also asked for information on recruitment agencies in Ireland. There are several that to your future advertise gardening jobs. I found three contacts that may be useful:

• Recruitni, Belfast Telegraph House, Clarendon Dock, 33 Clarendon Road, Belfast BT1 3BG Tel. 0845 030 3299 • Premiere People, 55 Royal Avenue, Belfast BT1 1FY Tel. 0289023577 • 16-30 Chapel Hill, Lisburn BT28 1BW Tel. 02892668330

My advice would be to look at recruitment agencies nearer to where you would be living on Garden maintenance your release. If you or your supporters outside © Deposit Photos prison have access to the internet there are more agencies listed who may be able to help you.

From prison As an example of work available, I found one current gardening job advertised with Recruitni which is a Temporary Garden Maintenance job to pruning paying £7.96 - £8.20 per hour. Forty seconds that could change your life © Deposit Photos John from HMP/YOI Stoke Heath recently asked However, remember you need to register with me how he can use his current education and your local Job Centre as soon as you leave pris- ask the same questions of practical achievements to progress his garden- on. Once registered they will be able to help everyone - so to be able to refer The job interview ing career. you look for specific jobs, not only in gardening to the panel by name will cer- but also refer you to companies with jobs that tainly give you the edge over It is a well-known fact that company information and There are courses which can help anyone want- can use other skills that you may have achieved someone who is less many company interviewers about the job I was applying ing to start a career in Garden Design. For in prison. personable. make up their mind about a for. At the end of the interview prospective employee within I was asked if I had any ques- As an interviewer I would often 40 seconds of an applicant tions for the panel. I said ‘no’. use one of my staff to show walking through the door. That was a big mistake, as it prospective employees around Interviews can be very stress- looked as if I was not interested the building. As well as giving ful, no matter how many you in finding out any more. the applicant time to combat may have attended. Being pre- their nerves, it was also a way pared is the key to what you Always have at least three of finding out about the person can do to make your interview questions you want to ask applying for the job, especially effective and positive. (even if you know the answers). Wrongly convicted if they would be working as One could be about what train- part of a team. Useful feedback of a crime? How to prepare for those 40 ing may be available for the from that member of staff can vital seconds: job you are applying for. be crucial in the selection pro- Another could be about where cess. Be yourself, but be aware • Firstly, dress appropriately. in the department you would that the company not only No matter what type of job it be working. On no account wants to make the right deci- is - whether it is in a shop, should you ask about money. sion about whether you are a warehouse or an office - the You can ask that question if Lost your appeal? suitable candidate but also interviewer will expect you to you are successful in the in- wants to know that you are have made an effort in how terview and be offered the job. you dress. friendly and that you will fit in with the rest of the team. You may have to wait for a • Smile. It costs nothing but response to the interview se- This may all seem a bit com- will show the interviewer that lection as there may be other plicated but if it prepares you you are looking forward to his applicants. The interviewer What next? for the job it will all be worth it. / her questions (and will con- will tell you when they will ceal any nerves you may have). contact you. If it is several days, it only means that the inter- Summing up • Hold out your hand for a views may be carried out over handshake and wait to be • Use your 40 seconds a period of time. asked to be seated. effectively; The CCRC can look again Often there will be more than • Research the company If you think your conviction or sentence is wrong All of the above are common one interviewer. If it is a large you are applying to; apply to the CCRC sense but you need to show company it will include some- confidence even if underneath • Have three questions • It won’t cost anything one from Personnel, perhaps you are nervous. ready to ask at the end of • Your sentence can’t be increased if you apply the manager of the department the interview. You don't need a lawyer to apply, but a good one you are applying to work for, • Before the interview, it is im- can help and a manager from another • Remember that portant that you research the department. As you are intro- everyone you come in company you are working for. duced to them, try and remem- contact with when you You can get some more information and a copy of the I remember many years ago I ber their names. They will each arrive may be someone CCRC's Easy Read application form by writing to us at made a mistake in this regard you will be working with 5 St Philip’s Place, Birmingham, B3 2PW. or calling 0121 233 1473 ask you a question, so it would and it cost me the job. I had and they will also be be noted if you respond using been recommended by a friend making a judgement on Prisoners in Scotland should contact; The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission, 5th Floor, their names. If there is more who worked for the company you. Portland House, 17 Renfi eld Street, Glasgow, G2 5AH. Phone: 0141 270 7030 Email: [email protected] than one applicant, they will and she had filled me in on the 32 Information // Education www.insidetime.org Insidetime March 2018 Hot off the Course Notes PET provides funding for over 300 types presses: of distance-learning courses. Every month PET’s new we shine a spotlight on one of them. curriculum Human Resources

If you have a problem in the [HR’s main professional qual- workplace, are asking for a ification] by distance learning, pay rise, or are about to gain the Level 3 qualification is the or lose a job, it will the Human next best thing. It’s an indus- Resources (HR) professional try-recognised qualification PET has just printed its new who you’ll be speaking to. But that should be a really valua- 2018 curriculum. It’s our big- it’s not just about hiring and ble preparation for work in gest yet, with over 100 cours- firing - HR personnel take this area.” es to choose from, as well as responsibility for the overall case studies and an expanded Lunchtime bang-up “perfect time to study” safety and wellbeing of people HR personnel study skills session. © PET in the workplace. Their duties could include employee take responsibility There are 30 new courses list- empowerment, team building, for the overall ed, including: and building links with the • Creative and Professional How I did it: outside community. safety and wellbe- Writing; ing of people in the If this sounds like it could be • Residential Letting; workplace • Pre and Post Natal Fitness interesting, you might want to consider applying for funding Instruction; Alumni study tips for NCC’s Principles of Human This course provides learners • CIMA Sage Level 4 + 5 Every year PET funds around 3,000 courses for people in Resource Practice Level 3, one with a firm foundation in the (Accounting qualifications) of the brand new courses most common areas of HR. It • Yoga Beginners; prison. Some choose to continue studying - or even teach- we’re offering in 2018. is aimed at those who are new and even ing - after they are released. Here are some of their tips for to HR, or who are looking to • Goat Husbandry. “We decided to begin offering further their HR career with a successful studying. this course after receiving a professional qualification. Also listed are the Level 1 lot of letters from people in There are seven units, cover- Dave - Criminology Lecturer, York Open University courses that sets at the gym. It helps for you to think about prison who were interested in ing topics including employ- “Exercise is essential. In prison I ran around PET began funding last year. how to explain really complex topics in a real- this area,” says John Lister, ment law, employee rights, the football field every afternoon because it ly basic way. The better you get at explaining PET’s advice manager who is recruitment and training and There are 20 modules to helped me unwind but also increased my brain it in lay terms, the more it sinks in and the more responsible for choosing the development. Speak to your choose from, equivalent to power. Nowadays I still run for the same reason people will be likely to ask you to carry on.” subjects we offer. “As you’re education department to roughly the first half of the and am able to work a lot of things out in my first year of your degree. head while running. not able to study for CIPD request a form and apply. Subjects range from the arts, I found that it was good to languages, social sciences In prison and now, I wrote copious amounts to study at a set time during To look at a full curriculum, or for more information about how and mathematics. of notes which helped with my final essays. I to apply for a distance-learning course with PET, please speak hand write my essays too. I find this method the day. A perfect time I found to your prison’s Education Department. If you need further creates a deeper learning experience. The pro- help, you can write to FREEPOST, Prisoners’ Education Trust. cess of handwriting enables an additional was during the lunchtime thought process before word processing. ‘bang up’.

Always write references as you go - never wait Fred, Events Management Student, until the end when you have to go and search Bournemouth for your sources.” “I found that it was good to study at a set time during the day. A perfect time I found was Most importantly make The curriculum’s cover is during the lunchtime ‘bang up’. As I used to study every day, I never forgot or made excus- courtesy of Julio Osorio, sure you enjoy what you are es, as there was usually not much on TV or inspired by memories of a doing so you want to learn it anything to do during that time period anyway, childhood spent in rural and don’t have to force your- then I still got the evenings to myself to chill Colombia. Julio completed out, read books, watch TV or play PS2, while this work while in prison, self to learn. still getting a large amount of work done. where he also received PET funding for arts and hobbies Alan, Bio-Medical Student, Greater London Another tactic I used was to highlight, with a materials. He is now making “Find quiet time behind the door, without inter- highlighter available on the canteen sheet, a living as a professional art- ruptions, and make time religiously. Avoid sections of text within the textbook I found What if you were ist. studying during noisy times such as football/ particularly relevant or interesting. Simply sports. Plan properly to finish before your dead- highlighting helped imprint it onto my brain governor for a day? Copies of the curriculum are lines - it is surprising how quick that time dis- and quickly find it again should I need to ref- currently winging their way appears when you need to do something. Also erence it later. In the Spring, PET will be holding its annual lecture, inviting to every prison’s education write things out in your own words, and check three governors from the UK, US and Denmark to speak about department/library, so you’ll back with tutors to make sure your understand- I also frequently stopped my studying to apply leadership. As part of this, we’re asking: If you were governor what I was learning about to real life, drawing be able to find the whole list ing is correct. Most importantly make sure you for a day, what would you change? enjoy what you are doing so you want to learn up plans for my event company, using tactics of courses there. If not, we it and don’t have to force yourself to learn.” I was learning about. This did not only reinforce We’re interested in the views of serving prisoners, particularly have a limited amount of cop- what I was learning about by applying it to a around education, but all topics are of interest. We will share what ies to send to prospective Gareth, Criminology Student, Anglia Ruskin real-life scenario, but it helped me to put togeth- we learn on the day through the event and social media. All learners - please write to John “The really big thing for me was to talk about er detailed event plans, which I still refer to contributions will be anonymised unless requested otherwise. Lister, FREEPOST, Prisoners’ it. Whatever you are studying, there is some- now. I believe this was instrumental in helping Education Trust to request thing really valuable about trying to have con- me remember everything when it came down Please send your answers to FREEPOST, Prisoners Education yours. versations with people on the yard, or between to taking my tests.” Trust before 30 March. Insidetime March 2018 www.insidetime.org Information 33

Rory Stewart Visitors from abroad… OBE MP Chris Parsons Why do you think this works so well? Simply, we build trusting relationships with individ- We need to do much more to uals who have lost trust. From the very begin- improve the state of our pris- A couple of walkers recently paused at our field ning we have accepted people for who they are ons. I have been in the job for gate stall and introduced themselves. today not for what they have done. Trust is hard six weeks and I am looking won and easily lost but until you have reached very carefully at the HMIP We’re from Yorkshire, just passing, what hap- that point of trust in a relationship it is difficult reports, particularly the recent pens here then? LandWorks is a resettlement for meaningful change to occur. ones on HMP Liverpool and project for those already in or at risk of going HMP Nottingham. I think we to prison. Have there been any high points? Many, so should start with the basics, many. Recently I was really touched when one our prisons should be decent, How many prisoners are here? We have 4 or 5 Saturday afternoon (completely by chance) I clean, safe and secure. Getting offenders every day from our local prison HMP met one of our graduates outside the LandWorks that right is vital and is the Channings Wood and usually 2 offenders serv- gate, turns out he and his wife periodically just foundation for all the other ing their sentence in the community. drive past, so they can look in and Tom is able work that we can do together to remind himself that he was involved in some- on rehabilitation, education What do they do? We have a carefully planned thing good. Low points? Yes of course. Addicts and ultimately resettlement. work structure, wood working, market garden- in particular…trying to sort out life can bring ing, a pottery and even charcoal production. great highs but can also sink to terrible depths. We have a duty Critically around this we weave more social skills. We cook daily, and everyone eats togeth- towards prisoners, Why do you do it? I find that a tough question, er. We encourage 1:1 working time, weekly but I do get a lot from this job, it’s the degree prison officers and counselling sessions and resettlement support of their honesty that I love and respect… per- society to protect work have all proved to be vital in our success. haps this occurs when someone is at the lowest © Deposit Photos people inside prisons point of their life, perhaps they have nothing How are you funded? About 25% of our running to hide behind, I find that is inspirational. Of and ultimately protect costs is covered by our own enterprises, wood course, it also means you constantly hear dif- Keeping safe the public. products, veg, eggs, pottery, charcoal, kindling ficult things. Stuff that you probably can only etc. All on sale at our field gate. Our local com- take so much of. munity are incredibly supportive and gener- Time to say that he will improve Any loss of life is a terrible trag- ously provide about 28% of our funding. The the state of our prisons and edy and the Prison Service will Can LandWorks expand? It is challenging to do all it can to prevent any such remaining 53% comes from various trust funds ‘learn from the advice that continue to increase numbers without losing the tragedies but we also need to large and small. Juliet Lyon CBE many of you provided to the core or diluting the ethos and I suspect reduc- work together with prisoners Independent Advisory Panel’ ing success. But LandWorks could be a template We are inde- It’s a year since the Independent and great charities, such as How do you judge success? for others, It’s a simple philosophy… To believe which is fantastic. He is clear pendently evaluated, and the evidence for the Advisory Panel on Deaths in Samaritan listeners, and learn in people. that there is much more to do last four years gives us impressive statis- Custody (IAP), working with from the advice many of you before prisons are the decent, tics…91% of former trainees in employment Inside Time, Prison Radio and provided to the Independent Chris Parsons is the manager of LandWorks clean, safe and secure places Advisory Panel. We have a and less than 4% reoffend. the Samaritans, launched our they should be. https://landworks.org.uk Keeping Safe plan. In February duty towards prisoners, prison officers and society to protect 2017 we called on people in One man wrote to the IAP that prison to say how best to pre- people inside prisons and ulti- ‘it’s the basics... There’s no vent suicide and self-harm. mately protect the public. point in doing anything until Over 150 prisoners across 60 you get the BASICS right’. Now prisons wrote or phoned in and Rory Stewart is the Minister of the Minister is promising to said how to keep people safe. State for the Ministry of Justice ‘start with the basics’. Some National Prison Law Solicitors Juliet Lyon CBE is Chair of the No one should die a bleak lone- things take longer than others www.instalaw.co.uk Independent Advisory Panel ly death in prison. Everyone and, let’s face it, there’s a lot on Deaths in Custody (IAP) is worth more than that. Masses to put right. But I think you can Instalaw Solicitors have over 40 years combined experience of work to prevent suicide and expect, and be part of, change What do you think are the representing prisoners rights and we can represent you no matter where you self-harm is being done by across the prison system. Self- best ways to prevent self- are in the country! Samaritan listeners, peer sup- inflicted deaths are going harm and suicide in prison porters, prison staff, safer cus- down thank goodness. 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There are letters, no stamp and Stewart, has written to you reasons to be hopeful: togeth- nothing else on the envelope. • Parole Board oral hearings • Mandatory Lifer Reviews through the pages of Inside er we can keep people safe.’ • Paper Parole Reviews • IPP Paper & Oral Parole Reviews • Recalls • Independent Adjudications Legal Aid Available For: Fixed Fees for: • Discretionary Lifer Reviews • Private cases (Transfer/HDC) Appeal against Convictions & Sentences Early Removal Scheme Applications To CCRC Family Call us today for free advice on: 01782 560 155 Independent Adjudications Governor’s Adjudication Instalaw, 4th Floor Parliament House, Judicial Reviews HDC 42 - 46 Upper Parliament Street, Nottingham, NG1 2AG Magistrate/Crown Court Representation Immigration & Deportation Sentence Calculations Pre-tariff Parole Reviews Instalaw, 2nd Floor Copthall House, King Street,

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fully addressed or monitored. The Inspector Calls “Basic procedures designed to improve safety, such as assessment, care in custody and team- Inside Time highlights areas of good and bad practice from the work (ACCT) documentation, were poor. In the context of the high levels of self-harm, suicide most recent Reports published by HM Inspectorate of Prisons and prisoners presenting with mental health problems, this was inexplicable. Much more its role: “Our most serious concerns related to needed to be done to analyse and understand resettlement. Dartmoor was not a designated what sat behind the suicides and self-harm in resettlement prison, which meant it did not the prison.” have adequate resources to effectively engage HMP Swansea in pre-release planning. Despite this, over 200 Local male category B A third of prisoners said they had problems with men in the year leading up to the inspection feeling depressed or suicidal on arrival at Unannounced Inspection: 7, 8, 14-17 August had been released from the prison. Our projec- Swansea. 53% said they had problems with 2017 Published: 3 January 2018 tions indicated the number would be even higher drugs and 32% had problems with alcohol on next year. In addition, offender management Safety W W W W arrival, higher proportions than in comparable provision did not ensure that men received Respect W W W W prisons. Inspectors noted: ‘mental health pro- support to reduce the risks of harm they might Purposeful Activity W W W W vision did not meet the high level of need, al- pose to the public on release, or that release Resettlement W W W W HMP Dartmoor planning for the highest-risk men was timely though the care that was provided was good.’ Category C men’s training prison The suicide constant watch cell was ‘unwel- or comprehensive. This was a shocking and “Complacency and inexcusable failure to coming, dirty and unfurnished.’ In the early Unannounced Inspection: 14-24 August 2017 totally unacceptable situation, given the gen- address suicides and high self-harm” Published: 12 December 2017 erally high-risk population being released from 1980s, Swansea had started the Listener scheme Dartmoor.” and this developed into a nationwide service: Safety W W W W Peter Clarke says that inspectors in 2014 had ‘In Swansea in 2017, enthusiastic and committed Respect W W W W warned that the prison needed to be ‘energised, Inspectors found that 511 of the 633 men in the Listeners felt underused and undervalued’. Purposeful Activity W W W W rejuvenated and refocused on delivering better prison were under MAPPA (Multi-Agency Public Resettlement W W W W outcomes.’ He says that this inspection, in Protection Arrangements); despite this level of Violence had risen since 2014 and drugs were August 2017, was very disappointing. “It is clear risk, they also found that: * Release planning a significant problem. Far too little attention “Prison with 70% sex offenders and that the complacency we warned about after for high-risk prisoners was often unplanned, was paid to ensuring men could obtain the ‘very ‘shocking’ failings in resettlement work to rushed and poor. * Far too many men left the last inspection had been allowed to take basics for everyday living’, such as socks, boxer reduce risk of harm to public” Dartmoor either homeless or in very temporary hold … Swansea had a ‘complacent and inex- shorts and sheets. accommodation. * While national prisons strat- cusable’ approach to the safety of vulnerable Located in the heart of Dartmoor and built on egy involves transferring men back to a local prisoners, failing to respond effectively to high land owned by the Duchy of Cornwall, the prison The report says: a further area of significant resettlement prison three months prior to their levels of self-harm and suicides of new remained under threat of closure. Local man- concern was that ‘purposeful activity’ was par- release, this did not happen in Dartmoor. * prisoners.” agers felt this had resulted in a degree of ‘plan- There was little provision at Dartmoor for men ticularly disappointing, having fallen to the ning blight’, as evidenced by a reluctance to lowest possible assessment of ‘poor’. Mr Clarke who were in denial of their sexual convictions Inspectors were concerned by evidence about invest in upgrading the poor infrastructure. and ‘too many sexual offenders were released said: “For a prison of this type to have a regime eight self-inflicted deaths of prisoners in their without having sufficiently addressed their where half the prisoners are locked up during early days in Swansea. They found the prison Dartmoor operates an ‘integrated regime’ of VP attitude, thinking or behaviour.’ the working day, with unemployed prisoners and mainstream prisoners. The report says that had not fully acted on recommendations by the locked up for around 22 hours each day, was some excellent work had been done to facilitate Prisons and Probation Ombudsman (PPO), In summing up, Mr Clarke says: “We had sig- unacceptable.” the transition to a fully integrated regime, but nificant concerns about the lack of clarity relating which investigates deaths in prisons. more work was needed to embed the changes, to the prison’s resettlement and risk manage- Summing up, Mr Clarke says: “The current gov- ensure the risks of men in this context were ment responsibilities, and in particular its in- Mr Clarke said that the PPO recommendations ernor had a number of coherent plans for im- well understood and develop the support pack- ability to carry out adequate pre-release planning were ‘significant and highly relevant’ and failure provement and had made some progress. He age for those who still felt anxious. While levels for men being released from the prison. While to implement them ‘was inexcusable - particu- was enthusiastic about the future and he has of violence were very low, more men than pre- we considered Dartmoor to be well led and larly as, in the previous six months, there had viously told inspectors they had felt unsafe at the opportunity to move the prison forward and making strides in some important areas, it was been 134 incidents of self-harm - three times some time and that they had been victimised to once again make it a decent, safe and pro- being hampered by confusion nationally about the rate that was recorded at the last inspection.’ by other prisoners. ductive establishment. However, to do so he its role, doubts about its future and inadequate He added: “There had been four self-inflicted will need the active support of his leadership resources to do the job it was being asked to deaths since our last inspection, all of which HM Chief Inspector of Prisons Peter Clarke says do. The solutions to many of the most significant team and staff at all levels within the prison occurred within the first seven days of arrival that Dartmoor is home to hundreds of sex of- concerns we raise in this report are not in the and in Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service fenders and needs help from the Prison Service at Swansea. At our last inspection in 2014 there gift of the governor; the active support of HM (HMPPS). Grudging acceptance of change or to improve ‘shocking’ failings in its work to had also been four self-inflicted deaths; all of Prison and Probation Service is needed.” passive resistance will not suffice.” protect the public from the risk posed by men those men had similarly taken their own lives it releases. The prison was well led in many during their early days at Swansea. Subsequent ways but there was ‘confusion nationally’ about Full report: www.tinyurl.com/yd72uz2v recommendations by the PPO had not been Full report: https://tinyurl.com/y93qbxca Local To: HMP Bullingdon, ZZMMSS SSOOLLIICCIITTOORRSS HMYOI Aylesbury, HMP Woodhill, Prison Law specialists serving prisons throughout the Midlands. 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The Secretary of State said that the prison had been in ‘Special Measures for some HMCIP Peter Clarke particu- of HMIP recommendations time and this had meant that larly welcomed the finding was a feature not only at HMP steps were already being Bringing conflicting parties together

that HM Prison and Probation Liverpool, but also in a num- © Deposit Photos taken to support the prison to Service (HMPPS) has failed to ber of other prisons. For address safety’. Sadly, these respond properly to HM instance, in January 2018, Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) following an inspection at the steps clearly did not include recommendations to improve ‘fundamentally unsafe’ HMP our safety recommendations The Restorative Prison safety, conditions and other Nottingham, Mr Clarke issued from the February 2016 outcomes for prisoners. the first Urgent Notification inspection. A mere two out of A new approach to conflict resolution and violence reduction letter, under a new protocol 13 had been achieved. It is The Justice Committee’s con- which requires the Secretary tragic that in recent days, The early collection of hard data shows that cerns about the failure to of State for Justice to take pub- since the Urgent Notification the typical cases are: verbal altercations, bul- deliver on recommendations lic responsibility for improve- protocol was invoked, there lying, debt, assaults, drugs and fighting. In Tony Walker was, Mr Clarke said, “sadly no ments in prisons where has been another apparently nearly half of the cases, prisoners who are more than a continuation of a inspectors raise significant self-inflicted death at HMP trained practitioners have facilitated the case trend I reported on in my last concerns. Nottingham.” We all know about conflict in prisons. We all with a member of staff and in nearly a quarter Annual Report, when for the know how easily it is triggered, how rapidly it of cases prisoners have resolved the issue with- first time we found that the Inspectors who visited HMP escalates, how far it goes and how long it fes- out staff. number of our recommenda- Abject failure of Nottingham in January 2018 ters. It grows tangled and widespread roots tions that had been imple- too many prisons assessed safety as ‘poor’, the throughout every prison and, whenever it rears The restorative approach works in the adjudi- mented fell behind those that lowest HMIP grading and the its ugly head, the outcome is never good. cation process. For example, the adjudicating to take inspection Traditional responses to conflict in prisons are were not. third consecutive time inspec- officer uses restorative questioning to explore reactive and focus on suppression rather than reports seriously tors found this to be the case. the impact of the incident and/or makes a refer- resolution. They tend to come only after the “It was all the more troubling Between the 2016 and 2018 ral to explore Restorative Approaches following that the Committee heard that must stop. conflict reaches trigger point and rarely deal inspections, levels of self- an award. In November 2016 the MoJ’s White senior HMPPS leadership had with the cause. The Restorative Prison is a new harm had risen ‘very signifi- Paper on Prison Safety and Reform highlight- relied on reassurances from initiative that offers a proactive approach to cantly’ and eight prisoners ed the emerging value of the Restorative Prison HMP Liverpool that previous Mr Clarke added: “The resolve conflict, wherever possible, before it were believed to have taken initiative to encourage governors to take a HMIP recommendations, from response from the Secretary escalates. their own lives (with some restorative approach where appropriate. our May 2015 inspection, were of State to the first use of the cases still subject to a coro- Urgent Notification protocol being successfully implement- ner’s inquest). Over the last 18 months, using their wealth of ed. Michael Spurr, CEO of in the case of HMP Nottingham experience and expertise in Restorative Justice, Due to the adversarial nature of our tradition- was welcome. However, the Restorative Solutions CIC has developed and al justice system, most people will not have HMPPS, told the Committee: Mr Clarke welcomed the fact that the Urgent trialled the Restorative Prison approach in HMP been exposed to anything like this before. “In May, before the inspec- Committee’s recommendation Notification had to be issued Buckley Hall and HMP Peterborough (Men & When people embrace this approach, not only tion, the prison was reporting that independent scrutiny that 66% of the recommenda- confirmed a failure to imple- Women’s). This approach to prison conflict do they learn of the human consequences of needs to be injected into mon- tions were green, on-track and ment previous inspection rec- empowers prisoners and trusts them to resolve their actions and see things differently, they itoring the implementation of being delivered.” As Mr Spurr ommendations in HMP issues themselves, using proven techniques to are now equipped with a tool to solve or resolve inspection reports. “It is cru- commented: “That was not Nottingham. get to the root of the conflict and repair the the problem. Those exposed to this approach, cial that the progress in imple- right.” Mr Clarke added: harm. It gives people higher levels of autonomy either as practitioners or as parties involved, menting HMIP recommenda- “When we inspected HMP “Only 12 out of 48 recommen- but holds them responsible, which is the epit- state that it has led to a positive change in their tions is transparent and inde- Liverpool in September 2017, dations had been achieved, a ome of a genuinely Rehabilitative Culture. mindset, behaviour and attitude. There are pendently verifiable. The we found that a mere 25% had shocking failure given that the even cases where the person who caused harm abject failure of too many actually been achieved.” previous two inspections had Prisoners and staff have been trained in has been so impressed by the process they’ve prisons to take inspection been announced in advance Restorative Approaches to bring conflicting gone on to be trained as a facilitator them- reports seriously must stop.” Inadequate implementation to give the prison the best pos- parties together in all areas of the prisons to selves. resolve conflict and repair harm. For low level conflicts and disagreements, informal restor- The Restorative Prison programme is due to ative meetings are used. For more serious or begin its rollout this year. It is the aim of complex matters, the case is progressed to a Restorative Solutions to give every prisoner in formal restorative conference. 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Advertorial Criminal Justice - a general rant! Smoking ban ‘all legal

David Wells innocence, as well as pursue but we would be foolish to those enquires that will sup- believe that such failures in challenges rejected’ port the guilt of a suspect. In the system are unique to this We constantly read reports in my experience this fundamen- case. They are not. The CPS the media that the criminal tal obligation is not adhered announced that it was going Clarifi cation of Supreme Court ruling from HMPPS justice system is in crisis. to as it should be. Many would to conduct a review of all cur- Prisons are full, inmates live argue that the Police are sim- rent and past cases similar to Richard Wills is very clear evidence, following air quality in squalid and inhumane con- ply interested in securing a this poor man’s. I am not testing undertaken in 2015, which made abso- ditions, drugs and violence conviction. They assume that convinced that it will solve The Black case, upon which the Supreme Court lutely clear in terms that no Government could are on the increase, and in a suspect is guilty just because much at all and that this is ruled on 19 December, was not about whether ignore, the very real dangers from second hand more recent times the huge he or she had been arrested. simply a weak attempt by the or not the implementation of the smoking ban smoke to everyone in prisons - prisoners, staff publicity surrounding the This is no doubt a view more Police and CPS to distance could continue or not and the ruling has not and visitors alike. Her Majesty’s Prison and issue of the police and prose- prevalent in allegations of a themselves from the signifi - stopped the continuing national rollout. The Probation Service (HMPPS) has a duty of care to protect everyone in prisons from the proven cution failing to disclose avail- sexual nature. I have had to cant criticism they are both appeal was brought by an individual who sup- harmful eff ects of second hand smoke and the able material to the defence, remind investigating offi cers facing. Such statements do ports the ban and was about a point of law, ban on tobacco honours a long standing com- which results not just in pros- in police interviews time and nothing but give false hope to whetherVI orC notT the I2006M HealthS ActO - effF ective- CHILD ABUSE mitment made by all Governments since 2007. ecutions which should never time again of their responsi- the many wrongfully charged ly the smoking ban - applies as a matter of law to CrownHelp premises.ing vic Ift itim had,s thepla Governmentn for th e future and achieve justice have taken place, but has in bilities as police officers. I individuals awaiting trial and Reports from prisons that have gone smoke my view resulted in countless have even cross-examined, at those who find themselves would have been in breach of the law for not havingOur as psmokingecialist banteam in aplace.re co mmitted to helpifree,ng vi caretim almosts of ab uunanimousse and are inex pnotingerts in the wrongful convictions. Is it any trial, officers in charge of wrongfully convicted. improved atmosphere and air quality. We have wonder that these problems cases who have not even been bringing action against local authorities, such as social services, and residential The Supreme Court upheld the view that it does also taken great care to learn lessons as the occur when public funding aware of their investigators’ There is no doubt that funding not. All other legal challengesinst againstitutions the, su banch a s cimplementationhildren’s home shas. continued. So that the across the criminal justice duties under the Act. cuts have hit defence lawyers broughtOur dthusedi cfarat haveed te alsoam beenof m arejectedle and infe verymale laprocesswyers h isa vase effa p ectiveroven astr ait ccank re cbeo randd w thatith we sector is repeatedly slashed? too. In Crown Court cases, clear terms. The Supreme Court in Black ruled address the concerns of prisoners and staff ; Even the probation service has The trouble is that this defence lawyers now get paid that public sector prisonssex uwereal, p nothys boundical an byd e moandtion thatal a bweus doe calllai mwes .can to support all pris- been aff ected, not to mention ‘impression of guilt’ from the depending on how many PartC 1h ofild the ab Healthuse ca Actn ta 2006,ke a lwhichong tim containse to co me onersto te r-m smokers,s with a vapersnd it c andan bnon-smokerse difficult fo alike.r the CCRC who are now so outset is what creates compla- pages of evidence there is. thevi csmokingtims to s banpea kprovisions, out about becausetheir tra uPartma t1ic experiences. Regardless of how long ago under-resourced that its rep- cency in criminal investiga- This was seen as a cost-saving does not bind the Crown. However, private HMPPS does fully appreciate how diffi cult quit- utation for impartiality and tions and it is complacency exercise when it was first prisons continuethe to a bbeu sbounde took by p laPartce, 1y ofou the ma y stingtill b smokinge able to canma kbe.e a Hence claim .the very close support provided by healthcare partners in fairness is under scrutiny like which creates unfairness. In introduced, but the emer- HealthAny Actthin 2006.g you The say eff to ectus wof ithell b eBlack han djudg-led with the utmost levels of professionalism, never before. the worse cases this can create gence of more and more digi- ment is that the criminal off ences in the Health prisons. Together, HMPPS and health care partners have been at pains to do all they can miscarriages of justice. There tal evidence meant that cases Act 2006 (for smoking in a smoke-freesensiti varea,ity a ornd understanding. to communicate, prepare and support prison- But it is the Police and the is an expression that I heard were costing the Legal Aid for a manager failing to take steps to prevent ers and staff through implementation of the Crown Prosecution Service some years ago which has Agency (LAA) quite a bit of smoking in a smoke-free area) do not apply to ban. Those that do not necessarily want to give always struck a chord with me public sector prisons. However, these criminal (CPS) who come under review money more than they wanted up and need some transitional support are able in this article. The CPS prose- …’It’s better that a guilty man to pay! This has resulted in off ences continue to apply in private prisons. The current position in relation to public sector to purchase e-cigarettes and vapes. HMPPS cutes off ences on behalf of the go free than an innocent man the CPS cutting corners when has taken keen notice of the feedback from Police. The Police are the get wrongfully convicted.’ it comes to serving evidence prisons that are smoke-free as a matter of policy is that smoking can be treated as a disci- prisoners on this and we are constantly seek- ‘investigators’ whose job it is How true that sentiment is. and getting involved them- plinary off ence and dealt with under the adju- ing to improve the choice of products and fl a- to gather the evidence. In the selves, quite wrongly, with the Call Christine Sands and the team on 01924 868911 dications system. vours available. most serious of cases the CPS Take, for example, the recent politics of justice. To make it Email [email protected] will review the ‘evidence’ case of the man cleared of rap- worse, the LAA recently TheW primaryrite to reasonNeil J foro rtheda bann H currentlyouse, Wbeingelli ngRichardton R oWillsad, works Dew forsb HMPPSury, W SmokeF13 1 FreeHL gathered and makes a deci- ing a woman; a man whose capped the evidence that can successfully implemented in the closed estate Policy Project sion on whether to charge and reputation and character was be claimed for in a criminal what charge to bring. destroyed by a prosecution case. intent on securing a convic- The Police, under the Police & tion. It turned out that the The system is indeed in crisis. VICTIMS OF CHILD ABUSE Criminal Evidence Act (The complainant in the case had Until such time that we have Act) and its Codes of Practice her own phone examined and a properly funded criminal Helping victims plan for the future and achieve justice are duty bound to ‘pursue all the Police found a text which justice system we will contin- reasonable lines of enquiry’ confi rmed that there could be ue to see injustice and misery. Our specialist team have already helped victims at the following places; in any investigation. This no issue that she consented - means that the Police should utterly disgraceful. That took In Foster Care make enquiries which can or two years to resolve! This is David Wells is a Solicitor and Leeds Care Homes could support a suspect’s obviously an extreme example Partner at Wells Burcombe Wales Care Homes North East Care Homes Specialists in: Appeals against Conviction Manchester Care Homes & Sentence, CCRC, IPP Appeals & Parole, St Williams, East Yorkshire Prison Adjudications & Discipline, Criminal Investigations, Conﬁ scation and POCA pro- Medomsley Detention Centre, County Durham ceedings. Nationwide Service If you have suffered sexual abuse in any institution or whilst in the care of your local authority we may be able to help. Herts, Beds, London & Thames Bucks, Essex Valley, Kent, Surrey

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Advertorial Pre-Tariff Reviews - how do they work?

Darryl Foster indeterminate sentence pris- and for a dossier to be pro- engage with the regime with- pre-tariff review. Reports are to demonstrate a change in and Anisha Mondair oner be granted release by the duced. The dossier will be in the open estate in readiness requested and the decision circumstances since the pre- Parole Board they will remain considered by the Parole for their on-tariff review, at made 2 months prior to the vious review such as comple- on licence for life. Should they Board aft er the prisoner has which point the Parole Board start of the review. tion of off ending behaviour As per previous articles, from be refused release by the Parole had the opportunity to submit can consider release. work, support of professionals the 21st February 2018 legal Board they will remain in cus- representations. Subject to the What is a Guittard for progression or a reduction aid was available, subject to tody until the Parole Board nature of the indeterminate What is a Pre-Tariff Sift? Application? in risk. means, for those subject to a feel that their risk is manage- sentence being served, the A pre-tariff sift takes place You may have heard the pre-tariff review by the Parole able in the community. Parole Board may have to prior to the pre-tariff review. phrase ‘Guittard Application’ What can I get Legal Aid for? Board. This is a significant direct that an oral hearing This is a process by which the when discussing the progres- As stated, from 21st February step for prisoners serving an What are Pre-Tariff Reviews? take place before a fi nal deci- prison will review your pro- sion of pre-tariff prisoners. 2018 legal aid was available indeterminate sentence as A transfer to open conditions sion can be reached. gression and recommend Currently, the Parole Board for pre-tariff reviews. Legal legal advice will be more read- is seen as a signifi cant stage whether your case should be has no power to recommend aid is not available with ily available in what is a cru- in the sentence of an indeter- It is vital that put before the Parole Board the transfer of an indetermi- regards to a pre-tariff sift or a cial stage in their progression. minate sentence prisoner. It is for consideration for a Pre- nate sentence prisoner (save Guittard application as it has This article seeks to look at at this stage that the reduction legal representa- Tariff Review. Not all indeter- for those subject to only been extended to cover the practicalities surrounding in risk is tested in the commu- tion is sought with minate sentence prisoners will Imprisonment for Public matters before the Parole pre-tariff reviews. nity by virtue of release on be subject to a pre-tariff Protection) without taking Board. As a pre-tariff sift is a temporary licence. Prior to regards to a review. Only those who are oral evidence at a hearing. decision of the prison and a What is a Tariff? tariff expiry, indeterminate pre-tariff sift and successful in their pre-tariff Guittard application a deci- Those subjected to an indeter- sentence prisoners can apply sift will have the benefi t of a A Guittard Application poten- sion made by the Secretary of minate sentence are given a for a transfer to open condi- a pre-tariff review. pre-tariff review. tially saves the need for a full State, funding is not available. tariff . Indeterminate sentenc- tions. This is known as a review of a prisoner’s progres- ... with regards to a The Sift will take place during sion by the Parole Board. In Do I need a lawyer? es have no end date nor do pre-tariff review. The Parole a meeting called the Sentence certain circumstances the It is vital that legal representa- they have a fixed date for Board will give consideration review, Legal Aid is Planning Review Meeting Secretary of State can consid- tion is sought with regards to release. Indeterminate sen- to the progress made by the now available. (SPRM). At the Sift , the prison er the suitability of a prison- a pre-tariff sift and a pre-tariff tence prisoners will have been prisoner and will make a rec- will consider the prospect of er’s transfer to open condi- review. Prisoners must go given a tariff , also known as ommendation to the Secretary Should the Board recommend the prisoner obtaining tions without the need for the through a pre-tariff sift in a minimum term, which they of State as to whether that a transfer to open conditions, Category D status. Should it Parole Board to make a recom- order to engage in the review have to serve before they can person is manageable in open and the Secretary of State be felt that there is outstand- mendation and without the process. Whilst funding is not be considered for release. conditions. Upon reaching the minimum accept that recommendation, ing work to do or progress to need for oral evidence to be available for this stage of pro- the transfer will take place. As be made, the prison may not taken. ceedings, we can off er com- term, or tariff expiry, release A pre-tariff review will com- is not automatic, it can only the review commenced 3 years put the prisoner forward for a petitive fi xed fees to ensure mence 3 years prior to tariff prior to the tariff expiry, there pre-tariff review. In order to make a Guittard that careful legal representa- be granted at the direction of expiry. This will allow time the Parole Board. Should an will be time for the prisoner to Application the following tions are put forward arguing for the preparation of reports transfer to an open prison and Are you eligible for a must be met: for a review to take place. Pre-Tariff Sift? • The pre-tariff review must In order to be subject to a With regards to a review, have commenced and a dos- pre-tariff sift and therefore a Legal Aid is now available. A sier must be in existence; pre-tariff review, you must legal representative can give have been given a tariff over • The dossier must contain you advice on the procedure 3 years in length. In addition, evidence that signifi cant pro- of a review and argue to the should you meet any of the gress has been made; Parole Board, in writing or by criteria below, you will be way of a hearing, that progres- deemed not to meet the • There must be a consensus sion should take place. This requirements for a pre-tariff amongst professionals that is both in cases where profes- sift unless there are exception- the prisoner is suitable for sionals support a progressive al circumstances: open conditions; move to open conditions and where they do not support a • Category A prisoners; • There must be no areas of concern arising from the dos- progressive move. Should you • Those with an OASys assess- sier which require exploration have support of professionals ment of high/very high risk of by way of oral evidence; we can advise with regards to harm; the prospect of a Guittard • There must be clear benefi ts application which may be a • Those with a proven adjudi- of an immediate transfer to quicker route to open condi- cation for serious violent off enc- open conditions. tions than the Parole Review. 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Advertorial evant to the investigation.” So if material is searches to the prosecution in the Defence ‘relevant to the investigation’ it will be retained Statement. If the police fail to carry out prop- - if it is retained it should then be listed in an erly particularised reasonable searches of the itemised schedule. The reason for that is so terms supplied they will have to justify their that decisions on disclosure can be made - not position later. This will oft en be diffi cult for by the police but by the reviewing lawyer who them - especially in the current climate. In our reads the schedule. experience the prosecution simply failing to consider defence suggested digital search terms The problem for the police is that the schedul- is something that happens frequently - despite ing of digital material will oft en be a very sig- their being a responsibility on the prosecution nificant task. The AG’s Guidelines provides to carry out such searches. practical guidance. In conclusion, the reality is that for those of us How digital unused material should be working in the criminal justice system we wel- examined/scheduled come the recent publicity. It shows what cuts The AG’s Guidance makes it clear that where to police forces, legal aid and CPS budgets can there is a huge amount of digital material to be do. But, we are where we are - what about those examined then ‘key word’ searches should be facing trial now? The reality is that the defence used. The ‘hits’ can then be examined and now have to be ever more vigilant and think decisions made on retaining or not - anything tactically from the earliest possible stage. to be retained is scheduled so that the CPS

© Deposit Photos lawyer can decide what should be disclosed from the schedule - that decision is based on Jonathan Lennon is a Barrister specialising in what the defence have set out in their Defence serious and complex criminal defence cases based Statement. at Carmelite Chambers, London. He has extensive experience in all aspects of fi nancial and serious crime and the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002. He is Problems arise when the police do not proper- ranked by both Legal 500 Chambers & Partners: ly search the digital material or properly sched- ‘he is phenomenal and his work rate is astonish- Disclosure ule the results. The prosecuting lawyer cannot ing’; ‘One of the best juniors in fi nancial crime.’ direct disclosure of a particular email chain if he or she doesn’t know about it. Aziz Rahman is a Solicitor - Advocate and Partner Will they ever get it right? at the leading Criminal Defence fi rm Rahman In any case where digital material has been Ravelli Solicitors, specialising in Human Rights, seized and the defence think that support for Financial Crime and Large Scale Conspiracies/ Serious crime. Rahman Ravelli are members of the problem about disclosure of digital mate- their case might lie with, e.g. a co-defendant’s the Specialist Fraud Panel and have been ranked rial is not at all limited to just sex cases. These email discussions, or a witnesses telephone by Legal 500 as an ‘exceptional’ fi rm with Aziz Jonathan Lennon disclosure concerns arise all the time. traffi c etc, then it is important to say so in the Rahman being described as ‘top class’’. The fi rm and Aziz Rahman Defence Statement. Critically, if at all possible is also ranked in Chambers & Partners. Rahman The CPIA 1996 and Attorney General’s Guidance the defence should give suggested key word Ravelli are a Top Tier and Band 1 fi rm. The Criminal Prosecution & Investigations Act All of the offi cial guidance documents and all 1996 (CPIA) sets out the framework for prose- of the important case-law on the topic of dis- cution and defence disclosure in criminal lit- closure in criminal proceedings refer to the igation. The Act is the starting point and then seminal case on disclosure and Public Interest there is the Code of Practice (“COP”) made under The strongest legal Immunity (PII); R v H & C [2004] 2 Cr. App. R it. Aft er R v H & C the Attorney General issued 179. The authors represented ‘H’ in that case. his own ‘Guidelines’ in 2005 and there have representation in However, here we are, 14 years aft er the House been numerous other guidance documents of Lords ruling (Pre-Supreme Court days), and since; including Lord Justice Gross’ Review of the fields of it seems that disclosure is still the major fault Disclosure in September 2011 which led to a serious, complex line in criminal cases. re-writing of the Attorney General’s Guidelines on Disclosure (see December 2013 edition). and business On 14/12/17 the prosecution off ered no evidence at Croydon Crown Court in the case of Liam Problems arise when the crime. The most Allen, a 22 year-old who was accused of rape. police do not properly search He had been telling the prosecution from the informed, expert outset that the ‘victim’ was lying. The case was the digital material or proper- advice for those dropped aft er the Crown belatedly disclosed ly schedule the results. The phone messages between the complainant and being prosecuted. her friends which supported what he had been prosecuting lawyer cannot saying from the beginning. That case resulted direct disclosure of a particu- in the Metropolitan Police announcing review of all its rape cases that were about to go to lar email chain if he or she trial. A series of similar cases followed and the doesn’t know about it. CPS then announced in January that a review of all live rape cases in England and Wales would take place. The issue in each case was Where offi cers raid premises they may end up “An exceptional firm “They are absolutely “They absolutely know what the failure by the prosecution to disclose dig- seizing several computers and other digital with exceptional people, uncompromising in they’re doing and have ital material which cast doubt on the Crown’s items - and certainly mobile phones. Clearly Rahman Ravelli Solicitors advancing the proper dedicated people with a real case; i.e. text messages, emails, social media not all the data on the computers/phones will is the leader in the field” interests of the client” interest in the subject” chat etc. be relevant to the investigation. The police can The Legal 500 Chambers Legal Guide Chambers Legal Guide still seize the computers and take them away Rape allegations are diffi cult cases for prose- to conduct a ‘seize and sift ’ procedure later; Telephone Roma House, 59 Pellon 36 Whitefriars St, cutors. 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tection of the public (victims included) time’ is but guides us by indicating Q I wish to resettle in Spain upon reoffending and rehabilitation of the that this will depend on the complexity Q Can a life sentence prisoner, upon my release. I have a property there offender will not be undermined by of the case and the risk of serious release on a licence, do temporary and want to know if I can be released such resettlement. The PSI goes on to harm that the offender poses to enable work as a counsellor? to resettle in Spain immediately and give some further guidance on this the Offender Manager to assess the if not, how long would I need to wait requirement and states that it would likelihood of reoffending and com- A Whilst you are unlikely to be subject before I could be allowed? Waiting not be appropriate to allow individuals pliance with requirements in the to licence conditions that prohibit would have an unnecessary financial to resettle outside the UK where they community. This period in the com- you from undertaking specific em- impact on me. Lastly, I want to know represent a high risk of violent and/ munity will often strengthen the case ployment, it is possible your licence whether the Northern Ireland case or sexual reoffending. In your letter to support the assertion that the third conditions mean you would automat- of McManus has any bearing on my you indicate that you are not eligible and final requirement can be satisfied. ically be in breach by undertaking potential application? for SOTP due to your low risk of harm. I am aware that you wish to spend as certain work. For example, if you have The question here would be whether, little time in the UK as possible upon a licence condition that states you A As you have correctly stated in based on your conviction, you are release, however I cannot guarantee cannot have supervised contact with Prison Law your letter, PSI 8/2015 (Permanent assessed as posing a low/medium risk what this duration would be. More children under the age of 18 then you Answers are kindly provided by: Resettlement Outside England and of reoffending in the OASys as some- importantly, given your conviction for would not be able to counsel individ- Hine Solicitors Wales of Offender Subject to Post- times the Risk Matrix 2000 scores a sexual offence, it is unlikely that you uals under the age of 18. In any event Stevens Solicitors Release Supervision) sets out the assessment for risk of harm could be will be released directly to resettle abroad. your Offender Manager, who would Kesar & Co Solicitors guidance and policy for prisoners different to the risk of reoffending in conduct their own assessment to de- MKS Law Solicitors seeking permanent resettlement out- the OASys. When carrying out the as- Lastly, the McManus case is unlikely termine if you pose a risk in this type Pickup & Scott Solicitors side the UK. The PSI sets out three sessment of your eligibility for this, to have any positive bearing on your of work, must approve all distinguishable criterions which must the assessor may argue that you do case, as this is a case concerning the employment. be satisfied before an application is not satisfy this requirement, however prohibition of inmates in Northern approved and a decision made to enable it is for you to demonstrate that your Ireland residing with their family in Anyone who works with children must you to reside abroad. Paragraph 2.6 risk of reoffending is not high by high- the Republic of Ireland. The court undergo Disclosure and Barring Answers to readers’ legal queries (1, 2 and 3) set out the three criterions. lighting factors that could be argued held that this prohibition was unlaw- Services (DBS - formally known as are given on a strictly without to show that your risk is lower - such ful because it disproportionately CRB check) and therefore the employ- liability basis. If you propose acting Whilst you may not have any familial as conduct in custody, whether you infringed on their right to a family er will be aware of your criminal upon any of the opinions that appear, ties in Spain, the fact that you have have undertaken any offender behav- life (Article 8) and being able to reside conviction. It will then be down to you must first take legal advice. residential ties there (because you iour programme (although it is stated with their family contributed to their the individual employer to determine have your own property abroad) the in your letter that you have not under- rehabilitation and remaining offence if this immediately excludes you from Send your Prison Law Query (concise first criterion would be satisfied. Your taken the SOTP due to low risk scores), free in the community. consideration under their policy. and clearly marked ‘Prison Law case also satisfies the second require- whether the index offence is historic Query’) to: David Wells, Solicitor ment because based on the informa- and there has been a significant period In conclusion, I believe that there are Ultimately, being subject to a life-li- c/o Inside Time, Botley Mills, Botley, tion provided, there is nothing to between offence and conviction with good prospects of making a successful cence does not automatically prohibit Southampton, Hampshire SO30 2GB. indicate that your offence is connected no offending, support, etc. application to resettle abroad, how- you from becoming a counsellor. or potentially connected to Spain, the ever I cannot advise on how long you However, both your Offender Manager For a prompt response, readers are country in which you wish to settle. On the issue of duration in the UK are expected to spend on licence be- and the organisation in question must asked to send their queries on white before the resettlement is approved, fore the application is approved and be satisfied you do not pose an in- paper using black ink or typed if In order to become eligible for reset- the PSI goes on to state that an offender you are able to resettle in Spain. creased risk in that role. possible. tlement abroad, you would need to is required to spend a ‘suitable period Response by Pickup & Scott Solicitors demonstrate that you have satisfied of time’ in the community. It does not Response by Kesar & Co Solicitors

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The reality is that the prison comprehensive set of rules know how this works now that population is getting older. governing the issue. They said I’ve made a partial payment. There are a number of reasons that it wasn’t unusual for a for that - the Courts are passing defendant to be remanded in A You’re not the only one who longer sentences and there has relation to a more serious charge has diffi culty understanding been a growth in the number while on bail for a less serious how the Courts calculate terms of individuals who are prose- charge. If the more serious charge in default. That’s why the cuted (and consequently sen- was withdrawn, credit would Supreme Court recently ruled tenced) for historic off ences. not usually be given for the on the subject - R (Gibson) v This has given rise to increased less serious off ence if it resulted Secretary of State for Justice demands on healthcare at a in a custodial sentence. [2018] UKSC 2. When a confi s- time when resources are at their cation order isn’t paid in full Sentencing most limited. R v GD doesn’t There’s oft en sense, in a situ- within the time allowed, inter- represent a new development ation like yours, to seeking est is charged. In those circum- Answers this month were in the law. It merely serves to revocation of bail in relation stances, crediting the part kindly provided by: remind sentencing Judges that to the less serious matter. That payment against the amount Jason Elliott, a barrister disability - and therefore ability way, credit for remand time outstanding at the date of pay- at Jason Elliott Associates to cope within the prison en- can be preserved. ment would result in a smaller Ltd, a barrister led entity vironment - can be a mitigating reduction in the default term specialising in Prison Law “I even struggle getting upstairs to my cell” factor when passing sentence. It’s also worth remembering than would have otherwise and Criminal Appeals. © prisonimage.org that, in principle, the court has been the case. This is because Q I’m remanded for an of- extended sentence. Reports Q While I was waiting for trial a residual power to make al- the amount owed has been Answers to readers’ legal fence of blackmail. I’m con- indicated that the defendant’s on bail in this country I was lowances for time spent on increased because interest is queries are given on a strictly sidering pleading guilty but communication abilities were arrested and remanded on a remand if that is necessary to also owed. The Supreme Court without liability basis. I know the Judge will have to limited. The sentencing Judge European Arrest Warrant. The correct an injustice. A sentenc- said that the deduction to take give me a prison sentence and had said that he wasn’t pre- warrant had nothing to do ing Judge can reduce a sen- account of part payment of a Send your Sentencing I’m concerned about how I’d pared to make a reduction in with my trial, and it was with- tence to achieve justice and to confi scation order should be Query (concise and clearly cope. I’ve got a lot of medical sentence to refl ect the defend- drawn quite quickly. If I’m refl ect exceptional factors. The made by reference to the sum marked ‘Sentencing Query’) problems and it makes it very ant’s disability. found guilty and sentenced, power is oft en used in cases that was outstanding at the to: Inside Time, Botley Mills, diffi cult for me to manage in does the time on remand where there has been delay, time when the order was made. Botley, Southampton, prison. I even struggle getting On appeal, the Court of Appeal count towards my sentence? but it’s far from being the only Hampshire SO30 2GB. upstairs to my cell, which is noted that prison staff were situation where a discretionary It might well be that Parliament reduction can be made. on the 2’s. Is this something making arrangements to deal A In R v Prenga [2017] EWCA had intended the increase in

For a prompt response, the Judge would consider? with the defendant’s disability Crim 2149 the Court of Appeal the amount outstanding readers are asked to send but said that the focus of the refused to credit remand time Q As though my prison sen- caused by adding interest to their queries on white paper A The short answer is yes, court should be on the extent for a separate off ence in a sit- tence wasn’t long enough, I be the starting point for calcu- using black ink or typed if although I doubt it will save to which a custodial sentence uation like yours. They said also have a confi scation order lating the reduction when part possible. you from a custodial sentence. would be more onerous com- that the rules for giving credit to pay. I’ve paid some of it off payments are made, but that In R v GD [2017] EWCA Crim pared with a younger, fitter for time on remand or on qual- but I can’t aff ord to pay the wasn’t what the statute said, 1762, the Court of Appeal dealt defendant and that the sen- ifying bail contained in the full amount. I know the Courts and it was important to be spe- with a profoundly deaf man tence should be reduced to take Criminal Justice Act 2003 were are going to make me serve cifi c in dealing with matters who had received a lengthy account of his disability. intended to represent a a term in default but I don’t where liberty was at issue. Specialists in Prison Law

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Cross legged forward Runners Corner bend Sweet dreams Lean forward over your than they had burned and crossed legs, as far as is runners ate almost 200 calo- The Prison Phoenix Trust comfortable. Stay for 5 slow ries fewer than they’d burned. breaths. Cross your legs the Researchers think this may other way and repeat. have to do with runners’ Trouble sleeping is incredibly common, both in increased levels of the hor- prison and on the outside, and can be frustrat- mone peptide YY, which may ing and miserable. Luckily, there are steps you suppress appetite. can take to help yourself drop off. One of the things that people most often say after starting “Nothing, not even pain, yoga and meditation is that their sleep has lasts forever. If I can just Supported bridge keep putting one foot in improved. Try this routine just before you go to Lie like this with a pillow or front of the other, I will Running needs no special equipment sleep. You may be able to do most of it on your some rolled up blankets or © Deposit Photos eventually get to the end.” bed. Keep your attention on your breath as you jumpers under your hips. Kim Cowart, runner and Relax for 10 slow breaths. Running is free, you can do it anywhere, journalist move through these postures and movements. and it burns more calories than any Let us know if they help! other mainstream exercise But aside from weight loss, walking has definite pros. Happy Cat Cross legged side bends Researchers looked at data Breathe in. 5 breaths each side. Feel the Walk or run? much running before, first stretch along your side. check with Healthcare, espe- from the National Runners’ What’s best cially if you have arthritis or Health Study and the National other health conditions, like Walkers’ Health Study and for you? heart disease. found that people who expended the same amount Running and walking are of calories saw many of the Legs up the wall “All truly great thoughts are both popular ways to get a same health benefits. Find a wall or door you can conceived while walking.” great cardio workout. But is a Regardless of whether they lie in front of. Get your bum Friedrich Nietzsche Angry Cat brisk walk really as good an were walking or running, Breathe out. as close to the wall as exercise as a sweaty, heart- individuals saw a reduced risk possible, then put your legs pounding run? Mix it up of hypertension, high choles- up it, lying back. Stay in this And keep in mind that you terol, diabetes, and improved relaxing posture for 30 Research reported by the don’t have to stick to either better cardiovascular health. Cross legged twist breaths, or much longer if American Heart Association walking or running. You can 5 breaths each side. you’d like. finds that walking is just as stay motivated by mixing it More weight good as running when it up. What’s more, adding short And running does have down- sides: It puts more stress on comes to lowering your risk sprints to your walking rou- Child pose the body and increases the for heart disease. tine will give you a bigger Stay for 5 breaths, or longer risk for injuries like runner’s calorie-burning boost for your if you’d like, in whichever of knee, hamstring strains, and Researchers analysed the efforts. these two postures is most health of some 48,000 run- shin splits (which plague even comfortable. ners and walkers mainly in While walking can provide the most consistent runners). their 40s and 50s. They found many of the same health ben- that, mile for mile, brisk walk- efits associated with running, I like long walks, espe- ing lowers the risk for diabe- a growing body of research “ cially when they are taken tes, high cholesterol and high suggests running may be best by people who annoy me.” blood pressure as much as for weight loss. Perhaps Noël Coward running does. unsurprisingly, people expend 2.5 times more energy “Running allows me to set running than walking, wheth- When running isn’t on the my mind free. Nothing er that’s on the track or tread- cards, walking with added seems impossible, nothing mill. For a 160-pound person, weight might be your next best Shoulder Circles unattainable. running 8 mph would burn bet for an effective workout. Breathe in as you move Kara Goucher, Olympic over 800 calories per hour Research shows that walking your elbows forward and long-distance runner compared to about 300 calo- while wearing a weighted vest up, and out as you move ries walking at 3.5 mph. can increase the metabolic them down and back. Moving slowly and smooth- Joints costs and relative exercise ly, do this 10 times. Repeat The difference? You’ll have to And when equal amounts of intensity. A study showed that in the other direction. spend more time walking energy were expended (mean- walking at a slow speed (1.7 than you do running to get the ing walkers spent more time mph) on a treadmill at a … and now for sleep same health benefits simply exercising), one study found six-degree incline can be an Lie on your bed like this, or with your hands on your belly, because it takes longer to walk runners still lost more weight. effective weight management and bring your attention to your breathing. Count your than to run the same distance. In this study, not only did the strategy for obese individuals, breaths as they flow in and out of you. When you get to 10 For instance, a 15-minute jog runners begin with lower and help reduce risk of injury breaths, start again from 1. If you get distracted or lose weights than the walkers; to lower extremity joints. And burns about the same number count, bring your attention back to the breath and start they also had a better chance picking up the pace slightly of calories as a half-hour brisk again from 1. Do this for 5 minutes, or until you fall asleep. walk. of maintaining their BMI and almost always helps. One study found speed walkers waist circumference. This breath counting is an effective way of helping you had a decreased risk of mor- Keep in mind that the chance relax and fall asleep, rather than being kept awake by of being injured is greater in Appetite suppressant tality over their slower coun- repetitive or worrying thoughts. Even if this doesn’t work, runners because running puts Plus, running may regulate terparts. remember that you are still resting and nourishing your more stress on the body -- on appetite hormones better than body and your mind, even though you are awake. the joints in particular. walking. In another study, No matter what pace feels after running or walking, par- right, listening to your body Sweet dreams! But if you’re still thinking of ticipants were invited to a and completing a proper stepping up the pace to run- buffet, where walkers con- warm-up and cool-down are If you want a free book and CD to help you set up a regular yoga and meditation practice write ning and you haven’t done sumed about 50 calories more all ways to prevent injuries. to The Prison Phoenix Trust, PO Box 328, Oxford OX2 7HF. Insidetime March 2018 www.insidetime.org Jailbreak // Fitness 43

The 10 to 1, Cell Workout no-rest method How it works Get the body you want Inside & Out The circuit designed here doesn’t let up. When you train any squat variation, revamped in 2017. The aim of plus the pull up and the the magazine is to bring a dip, you work nearly every fresh approach, new ideas and muscle in your body, and hope, based on real-life sto- your heart will race to ries. Their readership is supply them with blood diverse and they try to reach as many readers as possible. and oxygen. Perform all tribute, it is the fi rst time in that some, for the fi rst time, feel VoV is filled with advice, exercises and sets back to they have had a go at writing compelled to start reading. news, debate, interviews, back -10 to 1- decreasing and there are clearly some very opinion, stories, artwork, and the number of reps after talented people, who only As one man, who had a story poetry - all written by prison- each set. This will help you found out about their skills published in the VoV, said - “I ers. The interviewees are cho- look forward to Monday because keep the workout going sen based on their life expe- when they joined the Journalism class. They also your class makes me feel alive even as you get fatigued. rience aft er prison. The mes- - This is the fi rst time I’ve done It’ll also get you leaner, sage here is that there is life have the occasional poet, pet- something I’m really proud of”. and build endurance. aft er prison. rol head, football fan, art lover, Gym Instructor and Level 3 chef and their contribution to Doing something you’re proud Directions The Voice Personal Trainer courses. Helena Baptista is the the diversity of the magazine of in prison can make a big Being accepted onto the Journalism tutor and Voice of is invaluable. From this some diff erence to your confi dence, Perform the exercises as Of The Ville course was the turning point, the Ville magazine coordina- decide to further their educa- morale and outlook. Who knows a circuit, completing a set when things started looking tor at HMP Pentonville. She tion by enrolling onto a dis- what you can go on and achieve? of each in turn and rest- December 2011 was defi nitely up and my bleak outlook on has been working in prison tance learning course. And “There is life aft er prison.” ing as little as possible a low point in my life - as I was my time in prison changed. education for the past 10 years between sets. Repeat for spending my fi rst Christmas as a sessional/part-time tutor. 10 circuits (until you’re in jail. After a trip to the It may sound weird but 5 years A degree in Public Relations Cell Workout by LJ Flanders doing only one rep). library I picked up a copy of on, its always a pleasure to go and Advertising, an Honours A bodyweight training guide designed for ‘The Voice Of The Ville’ back into HMP Pentonville degree in Humanities, along use in a prison cell. This 234 page book will Christmas special. I read an where it all began, this time with her work experience in guide you with step-by-step instructions The Workout article by one of the trainee being invited back by the other settings, including the performing 204 exercises, with photographs 1. Jump Squat -10 to 1- reps journalists, Fabian. It was Journalism team to feature in Arts and design, enables and sample workouts. called ‘Active career for the the April issue of VoV. Helena to bring a fresh 2. Pull Up -10 to 1- reps New Year’ and it explained approach to prison education. Price: £16.99 ISBN: 9781473656017 how the PE Department were Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton The Voice Of The Ville started 3. Dip -10 to 1- reps running the Active IQ Level 2 back in 2007 and was For some of the men who con- www.cell-workout.com

HMP Rye Hill are completing a ‘Veterans in Custody Awareness Challenge’ on the 7th May concluding on the 8th May to coincide with VE day. Together, their veterans in custody aim to highlight the challenges many veterans have faced transiting to civilian life and within the criminal justice system by: Cycling the distance from London to Paris via the Battle elds of the Somme WW1 - 284 miles Rowing the distance from Dover to Dunkirk - 47 miles Running/marching the distance from Normandy D-day Beach landings to Paris - 158 miles In doing so, HMP Rye Hill will also be raising money for Galanos House a local British Legion Care Home with a specialised Dementia care wing, with the support of SSAFA the Armed Forces charity. They further aim to promote unity, integration and peace within their establishment, including all ages, abilities and social back grounds. HMP Rye Hill challenge all prisons to join them in raising awareness of Veterans in Custody, whilst raising money for a veterans charity of your choice. Can you beat their time?! Is there another way your sta and veterans in custody could raise awareness and money for charity in May? Coordinated by the Ministry of Defence Covenant funded IOM Cymru SToMP project, every prison in Wales is organising a series of events throughout April and May with and for Veterans in Custody. These will include fundraising for local veteran charities, donating to local food banks and celebrating Armed Forces Day 2018 with sta , their families and the wider armed forces community in Wales. As part of these events, they will replicate HMP Rye Hill’s 'Veterans in Custody Awareness Challenge.' HMP Berwyn, HMP Cardi , HMP Parc, HMP Prescoed, HMP Swansea and HMP Usk have accepted HMP Rye Hill’s challenge... Will you? For more information or to register your interest [email protected] [email protected] Sex Talk...

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extremely poor among large parts of the prison popula- Fulfilment achieved tion, yet infection rates are high. The rate of infection for blood-borne viruses, such as But you have to make a conscious effort to find it Hepatitis B and C and HIV, is four times higher in prisons Jo Carlowe stable levels of energy and concentration.’ than in the general popula- Good enough tion.

Motivation and confidence Many of us suffer from imposter syndrome - that You’ve got a million ideas, a bucket list of feeling you’ll be unmasked as the incompetent adventures, but you never quite get beyond the pretender that you really are. This ties into the Sex is often a bed. So start work on your confidence before notion that we have to be ‘best’ or ‘perfect’ in subject people find you get out of bed in the morning. Dr Gary order to be ‘allowed’ to take part. Graham Wood, life coach and author of Unlock Your Allcott, founder of the Think Productive con- embarrassing to Confidence, recommends this simple daily sultancy and author of How to be a Productivity talk about, with stretching exercise. ‘From the bed, reach your Ninja, knocks this idea on the head. ‘Perfection arms upwards, palms open as though pushing is the enemy of done,’ he says. ‘Adopt a mind- people often leav- up. Breathe in as you do this. Pause, form fists set of “good enough” rather than perfect. It’s ing sexual health and pull down with a little resistance. As you about letting go - convincing yourself the house do, breathe out. Repeat seven times. Now sit is tidy enough, or the mail says what it needs issues untreated for up and do the same again. Get out of bed and to say, not everything you could say.’ repeat again. Then write down three things months, making you are looking forward to today.’ Be specific matters worse. Don’t be vague about goals. On the contrary, The thief of time Allcott recommends clarity, including making National Prison Radio broad- Wood describes procrastinating as, ‘getting very specific to-do-lists. ‘Most people’s to-do cast Sex Week in February last locked in a dialogue between thoughts and lists contain things like “education”. What you Radio 1’s Adele Roberts ©NPR year, and 16% of listeners who feelings’ - he suggests trying a cognitive-be- need instead is something like “speak to the heard Sex Week took action havioural fix. ‘The easiest way to alter percep- education/skills training officer and arrange after hearing the programmes tions is to take action. It gives us fresh input an assessment.” Defining actions help you (for example, requesting an to consider rather than ruminating over the picture them in your mind. Well defined is HIV test). Sex Talk is building same thoughts and feelings.’ halfway to well done.’ Sex Talk... on this success, hoping to Start small with courage increase the number of people Try the Pomodoro Technique ly programme, interviewing The secret, he says, is to tackle small goals first. getting tested for the virus, For bigger jobs, he recommends this time-man- experts, sexperts, doctors and ‘It could be a one-minute meditation or writing and removing some of the agement technique named after a toma- nurses. one line in a letter. It’s best if it coincides with stigmas still attached to HIV. to-shaped kitchen timer. ‘Set your time frame something you’d do anyway.’ For example, you to 25 minutes, and work in a dash until zero. We’ll be hearing from men could use your first glass of water of the day as When it comes to sex educa- Did you know that if you are Have a five-minute break, then repeat. Doing and women up and down the your trigger. The point is to make the change tion, some of us will have HIV positive and are on effec- this through the day will help your brain to stay country, who’ll be talking and commit to it. It’s how we start to rebuild memories of embarrassed tive treatment you cannot fresh. It’s counterintuitive to stop so soon when about their own experiences confidence, which, after all, is about the cour- teachers trying to navigate pass on the virus to new part- you first start using it, but it really works. There’s with sexual health both inside age to take action.’ Focusing on bigger chang- their way around a banana ners, to your future children, no secret sauce to increasing productivity,’ he and outside of prison. es can overwhelm us. ‘The effort to do some- with a class full of giggly kids. and when caught early, you says. ‘It’s more about changing your mindset thing seems far more hassle than not doing For some, that was the extent can expect to live a life as long and then doing the simple things consistently We’ll also be hearing from anything at all. We then find reasons to justify of our sex education, although as those living without the and well. The key is to stick with it.’ prison healthcare teams who the actions, such as, “not enough time” or many people wouldn’t have virus? will be talking about the “what will others think?” I encourage my cli- Be open about being shy received any sex education at amazing work they do sur- Sexual health is an extremely ents to commit to small acts of defiance against Another common ‘body’ reaction is for our face all. This leaves a massive rounding sexual health. important part of healthcare, those negative attitudes.’ muscles to freeze into an uninviting mask, information gap. And if you’re in prison, you’re statistically and this programme aims to when we’re feeling shy in unfamiliar social Sex is often a subject people Keep a record far more likely to be affected let those inside know about situations. Phillip Hodson, Britain’s ‘first agony find embarrassing to talk In times of self-doubt, fill out a diary or journal. by poor sexual health. the support and treatment uncle’ and BACP fellow, says it’s fine to open about, with people often leav- ‘Keeping a record of your progress can be a available in prison, as well as a conversation with: ‘I know nobody here - ing sexual health issues useful resource. It’s like collecting evidence to On March 1st, a new pro- giving listeners the informa- help!’ He also recommends using open-ended untreated for months, making contradict negative thinking.’ Countering neg- gramme launches on National tion to make safe decisions questions such as ‘What do you feel about X?’ matters worse. Some STI’s can ative attitudes can have marvellous results. Prison Radio. Sex Talk is all regarding their sexual health rather than ‘Do you like X?’ to keep conversa- be completely symptom-free, Wood has clients who have started degrees in about sharing knowledge sur- on release. tion flowing. so until you get tested, you real- their late sixties, resumed former childhood rounding sexual health. ly don’t know what you have. hobbies such as riding and dancing, decided Break a sweat Tune in to Sex Talk every Thursday at 12pm, repeated to travel the world, or learnt new languages. Exercise is a well-known energy booster. Even Adele Roberts from BBC Radio The understanding of HIV is at 6pm and on Sundays at 2pm. a brisk 15-minute walk will get your heart rate 1 will be presenting this week- Eating up and blood flowing to the brain. Numerous Difficult in prison. But eating as well as you studies support both the physical and psycho- c can is crucial. ‘Of prime importance is main- logical benefits of time spent walking or run- M . IVOR . FARRELL taining a stable level of sugar in the blood- ning or time in the gym. Northern Irish Solicitors stream. Disruptive foods include starchy car- bohydrates - bread, potato, rice, pasta and And finally, relax… • Criminal Appeals (Sentence or Conviction) WE’RE HERE TO HELP breakfast cereals. Much better are protein-rich Visualisation can elevate mood, but few of us • Parole Hearings foods, such as meat, fish and eggs, coupled have time to meditate. In prison time is abun- Please call us on with salad or vegetables. This basic nutrition- dant. The trick, according to life coach, Gary • Proceeds of Crime/Confiscation Hearings 028 9023 7053 or 028 9032 4565 al strategy will boost your energy levels.’ Wood, is to incorporate visualisation into our • Police Interviews under PACE throughout or write to us at everyday activities. ‘Imagine light streaming NI and in Prisons 129 Springfield Road Dr Briffa’s next tip, he acknowledges, sounds from the shower head, clearing away negativ- • All Criminal Defence Cases Belfast BT12 7AE ‘slightly mad’. He advises ‘intermittent fasting’ ity and giving you energy. Imagine a glass of • Judicial Review & Human Rights Cases IT’S THAT SIMPLE!! - consuming food only within an allotted time water cleansing the inside of your body. And • Family Law slot, such as noon until 8pm. ‘Going from din- when the day is done, conclude it in a positive • Injury Claims within the Prison ner to lunch without food basically forces the way - write down three things for which you body to burn fat, which can accelerate weight have been grateful - even in prison. • Welfare Issues loss. It also increases the amount of ketones, • Prison Visits Arranged within 24hrs a byproduct of fat burning, which provide ready fuel for the body and brain. Those who employ Jo Carlowe is a freelance journalist, editor [email protected] www.mcivorfarrell.co.uk intermittent fasting feel good on it, and enjoy and copywriter Insidetime March 2018 www.insidetime.org Jailbreak 45 Book Review Reading Group Transgender Behind Round-up Prison Walls Promoting reading and reading by Sarah Jane Baker / Review by Clare Barstow groups in prisons ISBN-13: 978-1909976450 / Publisher: Waterside Press / Price £13.99 The report this month comes from letters in prison and the pleasure for some in writing and reading them. ‘I never really wrote gender prisoners, there is still ly to update new guidelines. Bullingdon, where the group dis- This book, which gives vital letters til I was inside and I like the way writing a long way to go, as the recent information about everything cussed Neverhome, Laird Hunt’s them makes you think about the other person suicide of two prisoners Sarah also gives useful details you need to know regarding novel about a cross-dressing sol- and what you really want to say. Very diff erent demonstrates. on where to receive medical the Prison Service regime for from texts and Twitter’. Another man talked treatment and about practi- dier in the American Civil War. transgender prisoners, is a about how the handwriting in a letter seems must read for everyone Sarah encapsulates the whole tioners who are experts on “I was strong and he was not so it was me went to create a physical connection and that some- involved in the Criminal journey a transgender must gender dysphoria in the to war to defend the Republic. I stepped across times the way the writing moves can let you Justice System. Sarah Jane face from first coming into National Health Service. the border out of Indiana into Ohio. Twenty trace the feelings behind it. Baker has used her experience reception through to cell allo- Useful magazines and books dollars, two salt-pork sandwiches, and I took cation, work, clothes, make- are also mentioned. I was very of being a transgender lifer jerky, biscuits, six old apples, fresh underthings It was a great meeting and I think we all left on up, wigs and other necessary impressed with the amount of who has served over 25 years and a blanket too. There was a confl agration to a high. Many thanks to Penguin Random House items and special provision. I research carried out in writing in 30 male prisons to give a come; I wanted to lend it my spark. for generously donating copies of the book. true insight into what the pris- was truly moved by the heart- the book, which is written in felt stories of other men and a clear and concise style, con- on system provides to cater for Meet Gallant Ash: hero, folk legend and master women who had struggled centrating mainly on the nec- transgender needs, as well as of war. Ash is a leader of men and a brutal and Letter with being recognized in their essary facts. There are areas areas where it falls short in fearless soldier. Will look you dead in the eye chosen genders by staff and where the emotions come providing an adequate ser- and kill for no reason. But Ash has a secret. Here is a letter prisoners. The bad media cov- through when she talks about vice. Gallant Ash is a woman. This is her story...” come across the ocean erage has also made it hard her personal experiences but over the back of a world The foreword is by Pam for some to decide to come out this balances well with the The group was on fi ne form, full of energy and curved like a whale. Stockwell, who first visited as transgender, particularly if information to give a true enthusiasm, and we had a great discussion. A I unwrap it, like tissue, Alan Baker as a prison visitor they are high profi le. guide for transgender prison- couple of the men had found it tough going and and sentences spill out, before he transitioned into ers or indeed anyone who a bit hard to connect with. But more had been as though the seal on a jar has broken, Sarah. Despite her initial This book is a mine of infor- works with or has friends or gripped by both the story and the voice of the coils of cornfl ower blue shock, she has continued to mation and gives important relatives who are transition- narrator. One member declared: ‘I was hooked on paper thin as shell. support Sarah throughout her details of who needs to be ing. from that opening sentence’ and he went on to journey and gives an objective informed when a prisoner quote it from memory: “I was strong and he I saw a sailor’s valentine once view of how others can be decides to transition. Having I am really pleased that I had was not, so it was me went to war”. Another in a museum in Nantucket Sound, aff ected by those who choose had a number of transgender the opportunity to read this added, ‘I loved that fi erce independent girl, a mosaic of broken scallop to take the diffi cult decision to friends in the prison system, book and am left with a much she was like Mattie Ross in True Grit’ (a book glued in a compass rose. transition. I understand totally how dif- greater understanding of the we had read in the group many months before). ‘Writ from the heart’ it said. fi cult it has been for them and problems faced, as the author ‘I felt swept up in her life and I loved the lan- Words come best like that: Sarah writes about her diffi - the battles they have faced. has taken the time to explain guage like when she writes “I miss you fi erce”’. in ink or blood, cult experiences in various The 2016 Prison Service everything in a thoughtful Other comparisons were to Cold Mountain when the source is from a major vein. establishments where the bul- Instruction on the care and and considerate manner. She (another reading group book from a long way lying, violence and lack of staff management of transgender has defi nitely taken us on a back) and the fi lm Slow West. I read, and understand this much: sympathy was incredibly hard off enders has gone some way journey and I hope that every- if ink sees off time and miles, then so must love. to take when she fi rst decided towards improving the situa- one will get the opportunity There was lots of discussion of Constance and to choose to be identifi ed as a tion but there are still areas to read this as it will open up Bartholomew and their reversed roles. We Hugh McMillan (b. 1955) woman. Whilst things have that need to be improved. The your mind to things you might debated at length why we all admired her legislation is also gone not have thought about and strength and courage but were less comfortable improved slowly since the The Bullingdon group is supported by Prison with Bartholomew’s ‘feminine’ sensitivity. Gender Recognition Act of through with a fine-tooth- give you a much greater Reading Groups (PRG). If your prison doesn’t 2004, the Equality Act in 2010 comb to ensure that anyone understanding of how the already have a reading group, encourage and various Prison Service can understand how it is rel- prison system deals with one For one member the ‘lynchpin’ of the book was your librarian to have a look at our website Instructions regarding guide- evant to the topic and what area of diversity that has been the meeting between Constance and the slave www.prison-reading-groups.org.uk . PRG is lines on the treatment of trans- changes have occurred recent- neglected for far too long. woman who had also gone to fi ght in disguise. part of Give a Book www.giveabook.org.uk ‘It’s a moment of sharing their experience as women when they talk about their children, Why use but it’s also a reminder of what a white person Let us help you can’t imagine about a black slave’s life. It’s all TurningPages in that phrase “Tell you what”’. • Expert Prison Law Team shortlisted for the Northern Law Awards for their success in The crux came when someone reminded us Prisoners who can read helping prisoners. that Constance turns out to be an unreliable teach prisoners who can’t • Michael Robinson, John Griffith and Clark narrator and then challenged us: ‘Does that Robinson have acted for thousands of clients change the way we think about her?’ Some of If you would like more information on in your position. us admitted that we hadn’t really taken it on how to become involved, as either a 52 John Street, 137A Back High Street, Sunderland SR1 1QN Gosforth, Newcastle NE3 4ET • Excellent track record in POCA/Forfeiture cases. board but for Paul it was a shocking discovery Mentor or a Learner, contact the Reading 0191 567 6667 0191 284 6989 and forced him to go back and re-think her: Plan Lead in your prison (ask a Shannon Don’t waste your next opportunity ‘And that was hard because the childish part Trust Mentor who this is) or write to: Freephone before the Parole Board CONTACT of me wanted her to be heroic in an easy way Shannon Trust, Freepost RTKY-RUXG-KGYH 0800 193 0146 EMMERSONS NOW and let us get on so I could have a feel-good ending. This was The Foundry, 17-19 Oval Way, Registered with emmersons-solicitors.co.uk with preparing your case in good time. much tougher’. LONDON SE11 5RR. EMAP Parole Hearings • Adjudications • Recalls The letters in the novel tied in with a poem we ShannonTrust Members of the Association of Prison Lawyers read at the end of the session. This led us to 46 Jailbreak // Mother’s Day Messages www.insidetime.org Insidetime March 2018

“A mother’s love for her child is like nothing else in the Ending the Estrangement world. It knows no law, no By Ross Gay pity, it dates all things and crushes down remorselessly from my mother’s sadness, which was, all that stands in its path.” to me, unbearable, until, Agatha Christie, “The Last it felt to me Séance” not like what I thought it felt like to her, and so felt inside myself—like death, Mam, Happy Mother’s day, I like dying, which I would almost would not change you for the have rather done, though adding to her sadness world but I would change would rather die than do— the world for you. You are but, by sitting still, like what, in fact, it was— one in a million, my best a form of gratitude The gift friend. Miss you and love which when last it came you loads. Lots of love and drifted like a meadow lit by torches of a rose hugs, Daughter Kirsty xxxx of cardinal flower, one of whose crimson blooms, when a hummingbird hovered nearby, A man stopped at a flower “A mother understands I slipped into my mouth shop to order some flowers to what a child does not say.” thereby coaxing the bird be sent to his mother who Jewish Proverb to scrawl on my tongue lived two hundred miles its heart’s frenzy, its fleet away. As he got out of his car Hi Mum, Happy Mother’s nectar-questing song, he noticed a young girl sitting The best mum ever, always derful day. See you soon, day. You’re the best and you with whom, with you, dear mother, on the curb sobbing. He asked there for me. I love you. Happy lots of love from Zach x x x always stuck by me. Not I now sing along. her what was wrong? She Mother’s Day love Marie xxx long now. Love Brett XXX replied, “I wanted to buy a “Mothers and their children red rose for my mother but I To mum, we’ve been through are in a category all their To my Mam, You are the best only have seventy-five cents, a lot but we’re strong from own. There’s no bond so ever and I am so blessed to and a rose costs two dollars.” that. Always thinking of strong in the entire world. have you as my mum. I love you. Love your Elle xxxx No love so instantaneous you so much. All my love The man smiled and said, and forgiving.” Louisa, Lewis & Courtney- “Come on in with me. I’ll buy Mummy Phillips, Happy Gail Tsukiyama, Dreaming Rose xxx you a rose.” He bought the Mother’s Day! Love your lit- Water little girl her rose and ordered tle boy... Lloyd :) Happy Mother’s day Mam, his own mother’s flowers. As V Rowe , Happy Mother’s Irene. I can’t thank you they were leaving he offered Harley-Jane the best mommy Day Mum, thanks for enough for everything the girl a ride home. She in all the world. Big kiss and everything, you’re the best. you’ve done for me. Best said, “Yes, please! You can hug love Stuart xx Love and miss you, always mam ever x Love Ricky xxx take me to my mother.” Carl xxxxx “A mother is a person who “Because even if the whole She directed him to a ceme- seeing there are only four To Mummykins (Faith), world was throwing rocks tery, where she placed the pieces of pie for five people, thank you for being there for at you, if you had your rose on a freshly dug grave. promptly announces she me through everything. I mother at your back, you’d The birth of Mother’s Day The man returned to the never did care for pie.” love you. Evan xxx be okay. Some deep-rooted flower shop, cancelled the Tenneva Jordan part of you would know While we now associate Mother’s Day with making breakfast order, picked up a bouquet To the best mum in the world, you were loved. That you in bed for our mums, it has not always been intrinsically linked and drove the two hundred Dear Mum, Happy Mother’s hope you have a special deserved to be loved.” to honouring motherhood. From tradition behind the day to its miles to his mother’s house. Day. Keep shining your Mother’s Day. Wish I was Jojo Moyes, One Plus One americanisation, here is the story behind Mother’s Day. beautiful smile. All my love there to make it better. Love And finally... The most your daughter Kimberley, Luke. Mummy, you are so loving, Mother’s Day is always on the fourth Sunday of Lent, exactly famous lines that Philip countdown to home. Xxx caring and supportive. You three weeks before Easter Sunday and usually in the second Larkin ever wrote will strike a mean the world to us. We half of March or early April. In the UK, the day has long been chord if you’ve recently had a Mum, I love you so much. love you. Love Christopher, associated with mothers and family. For centuries, it was cus- family row - or if you just Can’t wait to make so much Matthew and Shame xx tom for people to return home to their families and their ‘moth- want to forget the whole day. up to you very soon. er’ church on Laetare Sunday - the middle of Lent. Those who Love Madeleine xxx Patricia, You’re caring, did so were said to have gone ‘a-mothering’. thoughtful, honest, trust- This Be To my wonderful Mum, you worthy and provide plenty of are so loving and caring and The day often turned into a family reunion and a chance for The Verse comedy flatulence. Best mum children working away from home - often young domestic I love you so much. Lots of in the world, thankyou, Jon By Philip Larkin love Matt xx servants - to spend time with their mothers. Many used to pick flowers from the verges along the way to leave in the church or “A mother’s arms are more They fuck you up, hand to their mothers when they got home. Zacha, me and the boys love comforting than anyone your mum and dad. you always and want you to else’s.” They may not mean to, But it was American social activist Anna Jarvis who lobbied know that you are a mum in Diana, Princess of Wales but they do. a million. Love you baby, the government for an official day to honour mothers in the US, They fill you with the faults Frankie, Lindon and Paul xx Mama, Lynn. Im blessed to and is regarded as the “Mother of Mother’s Day”. She dedicated they had “The most important thing have such a loving mum. her life to the cause after swearing she would do so after her And add some extra, “‘When you are a mother, a father can do for his chil- Words will never do my love mother’s death, which fell on May 9. In 1914, President Woodrow just for you. you are never really alone dren is to love their mother.” for you justice. Love Bear x Wilson proclaimed the second Sunday in May to be ‘Mother’s in your thoughts. A mother Theodore Hesburgh Day’, to honour the day Anna Jarvis’ mother died. But they were fucked up always has to think twice, To Mum, Catherine, Happy in their turn once for herself and once Mother, your support, love Mother’s Day and thanks for The day took off in Britain when vicar’s daughter Constance By fools in old-style hats for her child.” and warm-hearted ways being there for me through Smith was inspired by a 1913 newspaper report of Jarvis’ campaign and coats, Sophia Loren gives me strength, thank you. all the good and bad times. and began a push for the day to be officially marked in England. Who half the time Love you to the moon and Love you loads and see you Smith, founded the Mothering Sunday Movement and even wrote were soppy-stern Mother, Happy Mother’s back, forever, Craig xxxx soon, Mike xxx a booklet The Revival of Mothering Sunday in 1920. Interestingly, And half at one another’s Day, 1st one away from you, neither Smith nor Jarvis became mothers themselves. By the throats. I love you and miss you lots, Mummy, You’re the best in My Amazing Mum Liz, you’re 1950s it was being celebrated throughout Britain and business- lots of love Bob xx the world, supporting me perfect in every way. I es realised the commercial opportunities, leading to the card- Man hands on misery to man. through all I throw at you. couldn’t ask for more. Happy and flower-heavy version of the day we celebrate today. It deepens like a coastal shelf. Hi Mum, Happy Mother’s Happy Mother’s Day love Mother’s Day. Lots of Love Get out as early as you can, Day. Hope you have a won- Zander xxx James xxx Credit: The Telegraph And don’t have any kids yourself. Insidetime March 2018 www.insidetime.org Jailbreak // Inside History 47 On this day… 18 March 1834 Behind the gate The life and infamous times of Britain’s prisons: this month HMP Preston

Courage condemned Tolpuddle Martyrs sentenced!

Charges brought by local landowner HMCIP stated that progress at inside the prison. A healthcare the prison was being impeded worker was smuggling drugs, This morning six farm labour- Noble Lord invoke the topics surrounding their work by ‘obstructive and uncoop- alcohol and mobile phones Noel Smith ers from Tolpuddle, a village Unlawful Oaths Act 1797. This and poor rate of pay, but the erative staff, who used a into the prison for distribu- near Dorchester in Dorset, is an obscure law that was men have claimed that the heavy-handed approach with tion. He was convicted and were sentenced to 7-years created in response to the FSAW is not a trade union, and Her Majesty’s Prison Preston inmates and relied on strength jailed for 4½ years. Several transportation to the penal mutinies at Spithead and their rules show that the FSAW is a category B male-adult pris- of numbers rather than per- inmates also received extra colony in Australia for trade Nore, in which sailors of the was clearly structured as a on operated by HMPPS and sonal relationships to keep prison sentences for their union activities. The men, Royal Navy withdrew their ‘friendly society’ and operated located in the St Matthews order’. involvement. George and James Loveless, labour from 16 ships in the as a trade specifi c benefi t soci- area of Preston in Lancashire. James Brine, James Hammett, Channel Fleet and 15 ships in ety. The Court was having The prison should hold a max- Though, compared to some, A report by HMCIP in 2014 Thomas Standfield and his Plymouth. These mutinies none of this and the men were imum of 750 prisoners, but in Preston is a relatively new found that ‘the prison was son John, were arrested for lasted from the 16th of April convicted of swearing secret July 2001, Preston was deemed prison, it has had more than generally satisfactory and was administering unlawful to the 15th of May 1797, and oaths. the most overcrowded prison oaths. Though this reporter were over the poor pay and in the system, with a whop- has heard reports through conditions of Naval Ratings. The Unlawful Oaths Act for- ping 78% over the CNA various sources that the real bids the forming of secret soci- (Certifi ed National Average). reason for their arrest was Aft er the mutinies of 1797, 29 eties to act against the inter- because they had formed a sailors were hanged and 29 ests of landowners. Before Preston’s first House of group called the Friendly imprisoned, 9 were fl ogged, 1824, the Combination Acts Correction was opened in 1618 Society of Agricultural while still others were trans- had outlawed ‘combining’ or at the former Greyfriars’s Workers (FSAW) and were ported to Australia. The lead- organising to gain better Convent, between Lower Pitt demanding a wage increase. er of these mutinies, Richard working conditions. But these Street and Ladywell Street. But Parker, was convicted of trea- Acts were repealed in 1824/5 the first real prison built on The trial, at Shire Hall in son and piracy and hanged making trade unions no longer this site, designed by William Dorchester, heard how the from the yardarm of HMS illegal. Hence these men were Blackburn, was constructed men had sworn a secret oath, Sandwich, the vessel where not charged with forming a in 1790 but was completely using a painting of a skeleton, the mutinies started. trade union, though an infer- rebuilt as the present-day pris- as part of the initiation pro- ence may be taken. on between 1840 and 1895. It cess into the FSAW, aft er pay- The FSAW was formed in 1833, was based on the typical its share of problems in the doing some good work to ing a shilling as their fee. It and it is believed that the It is believed that the 6 con- Victorian ‘radial style’, or recent past. Preston was reform and resettle those it was stated that the men had Tolpuddle 6, as they are now victed men will be transported ‘panopticon’ - meaning a cen- amongst the first prisons to held. 85% of inmates were still been blindfolded as they being called, had been living as soon as can be arranged, tral hub with wings that could issue its staff with Pava spray, engaged in some sort of pur- swore the oath of allegiance in meagre poverty on just 7 in order to avoid any unpleas- all be seen from the centre. an incapacitant used by the poseful activity. Attendance and were then presented with shillings per week. They had antness from working-class Also, sometimes known as the police and others. The Pava at work and education was the painting when the blind- asked for an increase to 10 agitators and other rab- ‘Pentonville model’. spray was trialled by Preston good, with the quality of pro- folds were removed. This, shillings per week but instead, ble-rousers. A legal source has staff in order to tackle the vision, as well as learner apparently, was to warn them their wages were cut to 6 shil- hinted that the men will be The prison closed in 1931 and unpredictable levels of aggres- achievements, similarly meet- of their own mortality and to lings per week. The Whig gov- put to hard labour, possibly in did not re-open again until sion and violence caused by ing requirements.’ warn what would happen if ernment have become Van Diemen’s Land, a hard 1939. The reason for the clo- prisoners smoking NPS (New they broke their oath. The alarmed at working-class dis- and dangerous area of the new sure was due to the drastic Psychoactive Substances) They also said - ‘Preston skeleton represented death. content in the country in colony. drop in crime during this peri- such as Spice and Mamba. remains a traditional and sta- The charges against the 6 men recent years, so the govern- od, so the prison was moth- Before this trial, Pava spray ble institution despite having were brought by a local land- ment and the landowners, led This evening there were mut- balled. It was opened again in was only available to Tornado many of the disadvantages owner and himself a magis- by James Frampton, have been terings of dissent and dis- 1939 by the British Army. The Anti-Riot Units. The General common to old, inner-city trate, James Frampton. determined to squash these pleasure amongst the work- army used the prison - as a Secretary of the POA described prisons. In many areas it con- societies in order to avoid any ing-classes about the harsh military prison - until 1948, the move as ‘A step in the right tinued to do better than com- Mr Frampton wrote a letter to more outbreaks of dissent. treatment of these men, and when it was handed back to direction’. parable prisons.’ Home Secretary Lord already there is a petition cir- HMP. It was completely Melbourne some weeks ago to The Tolpuddle 6, led by culating calling for the rever- re-rolled as a category B male In June 2016, HMP Preston hit Today, the prison holds men complain that he believed Methodist preacher George sal of the verdict and sentence. adult local prison in 1990. the headlines once again remanded or sentenced from these men were actually form- Loveless, held their meetings when a smuggling ring involv- Crown and Magistrates Courts ing a trade union for farm in the House of Thomas This reporter predicts more to In one of the prison’s fi rst mod- ing several prisoners and a serving Lancashire and labourers and suggested the Standfi eld to discuss various come. ern-day inspections, in 1999, prison-worker was discovered Cumbria. 48 Jailbreak // Inside Poetry www.insidetime.org Insidetime March 2018

Star Poem of the Month My Offender A Light In Rubies Eyes Congratulations to this months winner who Rev Shirley Ann Glover - HMP Eastwood Park receives our £25 prize Manager Anon - HMP Lewes Suddenly you are controlled and herded like sheep You are told when to eat and when to sleep Spice I have a little unicorn You are told when to use the toilet literally She works in OMU This is when you know you have no liberty Michael Atherton - HMP Berwyn But how I get to meet with her You can be treated badly

I haven’t got a clue Sworn at and shouted at and no-one cares It turns champs into tramps Enhanced wings into prisoner of war camps I’ve written to her every month Then there is Rubies! Smack-heads An app. in bold black ink Suddenly you are not controlled and herded like sheep They’ve got no chance I think a vortex on the way Suddenly you are no longer told when to eat or when to sleep Is where my apps all sink Suddenly you can use the toilet whenever you please © Deposit Photos Lifers to basic I’m told she was in residence And if you close your eyes you could almost believe you are free Suddenly you are all grown up, respected and treated with grace From enhanced Once, when the moon was blue The Bird That Never Flew Politicians beg the government But that was just a fairy tale Suddenly there is someone who believes in you To take a stance And obviously untrue I am shown something new and I want to say I’ve got to know more Stephen McDonald - HMP Lancaster Farms Firstly, I start with learning to crochet It’s turning Manchester city centre I want to ask about my time When I think I’ve got it, I start big I often sit and wonder Into a care home for the indolent dementia Inside for years to come My first blanket, here I come Why birds come here each day Another patient, another body I sent a little questionnaire For surely if I was a bird But answer came there none It was colourful and bright Laying on a stretcher The squares that started as squares I’d fly the other way Is she so pure that seeing me Soon turned to oblongs and cubes 13 year-olds full to the brim Will sully her sweet mind? Some fat ones and some wide ones too Let’s place myself behind its wings Into the shop for their chemical crop I know that looking at the sun But I did not care, because suddenly I mattered And see where I would go A tenner’s worth of cardiac arrest Can make some people blind I’d fly where there was sunshine The ‘progress’, from being 13 A scarf for my daughter with pretty flowers for my princess And I’d fly where there was snow So, my charisma I’ll turn down Yes me, I crochet flowers Flooding in like locusts Propose another date All because someone believed in me I’d fly to Egypt’s pyramids If you focus I’ll write once more to OMU Back to my blanket, four months on Also China’s Great Wall And patiently I’ll wait You notice the process 375 squares later and it will be done I could fly to Australia Then to Niagara Falls The destruction, the distress Now the real work begins Suddenly this lady who believes Fly across the desert Like the phone box you’ve just broken In me, gets me another challenge And over open seas When scrounging off mam Time to design and make a shirt To witness all Earth’s wonders Feeling completely condemned “Yes,” she says. “You can do it. While floating on a breeze When she says f**k off with your shite I believe in you” Just spread my wings Shirt number two completed Looking for the release And off I’d fly And a Jamaican flag coloured blanket too In the corridors of your mind Glide on the wind I am blown away by what I have achieved The higher you go Through open sky The more you go blind Because she believed in me You’ve got to walk through them Suddenly I am not controlled and herded like sheep But there is no wind beneath my wings And up the stairs that you climb © Deposit Photos Suddenly I am no longer told when to eat and when to sleep I am grounded just like you To realise that they’re there Suddenly I can use the toilet whenever I please You see this bird in my mind Reeling in emotion and battling with time Desert Flower And when I close my eyes The bird that never flew I can believe that I am free You’ve obviously fallen William Pendray - And you know that that’s true HMP The Mount A special thank you to the group leader Alma So, when you look in the mirror A beautiful woman inside and out who just believes in us/me/ Unwanted You know that that’s you Tell me what it takes to flourish women inside In a land so desolate and bare A woman who never made anything in her life I was once like you, falling Share with me your lack of worry She believed in me and I would fail her if I did not say Present Thank you for allowing/teaching me to become Wallowing in the misconception of nice I could use it here Denzil Davies - HMP Erlestoke Until my conscience came calling Another light in Rubies eyes Rooted in the rubble I then escaped from the clutches of death There was bugger-all on telly again Yet reaching for the light And the destruction of spice And just the usual old films in my head I recognise your struggle Exeter Snatches for Patches Repeats, mostly bad, you replay ‘em As it resonates with mine Martyn Dance - HMP Exeter When banged up and laid on that bed Surrounded by the flesh and bone You land in jail and it’s always the same Of falling souls None of ‘em made out in Hollywood Kind Violence Everyone’s innocent and you’re not to blame Returning to the Earth All directed in-house you know Everyone’s running around doing their grafting Robert Gibney - HMP Perth Tell me how your beauty blos- Cuts from the life you led not so good And some days is harder than white water rafting somed Wrong steps taken long years ago Remember the days when you’d get nicked for a wick Nobody spoke, except the When all there was Now they turn a blind eye coz they don’t want the stick Junky with the kind Was dirt… ‘If only’ and ‘what if’ and ‘why nots’ Face covered in scars It used to be give us a burn, I’ll give you my food The changes we’d make if we could You await the rain to Get your own burn, don’t be so rude You’d never have been handed the sentence He spoke about heroin and Liberate your thirst Now it’s do us a favour, have you got any strips you got Its effects on the As I await my freedom to I’ll give you my pudding, I’ll throw in some chips ‘Cos this stuck in jail ain’t no good brain Reinstate my worth No smoking ban has ruined these jails So think about that before buying those scales Lots of time now on set to ‘re-shoot’ Our surroundings hold us captive Or getting so drunk and not remembering that fight Everything he thinks In darkness, entombed beneath Or not! As the case may be He knows is Don’t think of these dark times, just think of the light Calmly rehearse and on healthy skills moot But as sure as night recedes like I know what I’d like more than running around for PG’s Wrong A kingdom in mourn of its queen Oh it’s an actor’s life for me I didn’t have the heart to And that’s watching my kids doing their first wheelies Tell him this Disaster brings prosperity And snuggling on the couch with my wife watching Eastenders You can’t change the past ‘cos it’s history And light will set us free Rather than running around with half of these benders And there ain’t no ‘time travel’ yet I liked his kind face As golden, crimson sovereign skies I’m so glad it’s a short one I’m doing this time The future remains just a mystery Covered in acts of violence Reign on thee I wanna be a family man again, I’m done committing crime The present? It’s a gift, don’t forget Insidetime March 2018 www.insidetime.org Jailbreak // Inside Poetry 49 Dysfunctional Martin Brian Cleaver - HMP Lewes Ashley Murray - HMP Doncaster Into my cell walked this chap, a stranger How will rehabilitation help when I don’t even know myself? I was soon to learn that he was a giant of a man It will only make me more confused and damage my mental health He talked with love and pride of his wife and boys They wanna lock me in a box for years alone to think His face lit up when he spoke of his shed I need anger management, counselling, medication and a shrink! And the many projects that he did to help family and friends We lived no more than fifteen miles apart on the outside Years of bottled-up anger, heartache and emotion If things from our past could have been different Tears inside from traumas, if I cried I’d make an ocean We would quite possibly never have met Demons that I’m yet to face, the pain I tried to cover The angry face of my dad who beat my frightened mother This mighty man gave me so much support He was the calming influence during my times of panic No childhood, no happiness and no education We talked of the past, we spoke of the future In and out of trouble, 15 years spent on Probation © Deposit Photos We were cell mates for such a short time before he was shipped out Just a lost soul out on the road, without a friend and on my own The Wind However our words have been spoken, the memories set Dragged up in poverty and from a broken home I have the fire and determination within me to walk alone Kevin Smith - HMP Forest Bank Moving ever forwards on my long journey to the gate An outcast, the black sheep, I learnt to live a life alone Stepping out into my future How they gonna fix someone that I don’t even know? It blows every day, it comes and goes He wasn’t a stranger, he was my friend The loving child, the weird one, the outcast and the thug Only to whistle in the cells Thank you Martin Straight ‘A’ student, the father, the kid who craved for love Each day, no reason why it does what it does Goodbye … and good luck Just to rustle through The hyperactive alcoholic, the ticking schizophrenic The doors, the vents creak away Lash out in a second, then someone needs a medic They do long eerie like bottomless holes I’m confused on who I am, I adjust myself to fit in Endless seas all come back to Just send me to a mental place, I think I need admitting Wind bending sweeping wind, hollowness darkness But then there is no picture of what wind is These people they can’t help me, I don’t think anyone can Most think dark blackness but others shall say how I was dysfunctional as a child, now I’m f**ked up as a man I know it to be humble and cold Me, I’m in a place that no-one else can get to Never that close to understand the true force of wind This is just a sentence I’ll adjust my mind to get through Shimmering in the air, turning into nightmares Wheeling, turning round and round My head is so messed up - my heart’s got too much pain in Into the distance, out of sight but not out of here for many I’ve got no luck or no love, that’s why it keeps on raining What has happened to the people Me, I don’t think I’m bad, I’m just misunderstood And the cities it leaves behind F**k your diagnosis and your jail, I just need a hug Where has it been? © Deposit Photos

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In all my years in prison, I only had two friends F**k a skinny burn coz that shit’s been laced When you hear the ripple effect An A4 writing pad and a little biro pen No thought for the criminal I suspect You live and you learn, the shit’s got no taste We would sit up at night together until some silly times Don’t want your mind churned, you see in your face Let me tell you what I mean Writing loads of stories, or just some stupid rhymes Their trust aint been earned, your trust aint been placed Not always as simple as it may seem When you’re sentenced for a crime Just roll up your own and smoke what is yours, Poetry used to pour ‘til my pen ran out of ink It’s not just you that serves the time Then I’d get another and together have to think Their cover’s been blown, they fall to the floors Maybe it’s you inside the cell Another funny story, I need a good punch line And once you’ve been shown, keep track of the scores But you leave behind a life of hell It gets a bit monotonous, the same thing every time Coz Spice-heads are known, don’t open the doors The life you had never seemed that good Mate, don’t give that shit a place in your life You should have stayed, like you said you would I met a guy who couldn’t write, I wrote for him a letter Because it was a personal thing, I really felt much better Because full on fits, they aint f**king nice Instead you chose a life of crime I wrote someone a birthday card, he wanted it personalised You’ll get shot to bits, whitey like some rice And watched your daughter serve that time My little pen and I worked hard and brought tears to his eyes Your mind calls it quits, just don’t roll the dice A fatherless child, an empty heart It deffo ain’t safe, it deffo ain’t cool A ruined life right from the start So now as well as writing rhyme, I have a new occupation Your mind’ll get raped, you’ll jibber and drool You done the thing you used to slate Helping other people keep in touch with close relations The toll that it takes, it breaks all the rules You broke your child and called it fate Or a letter to a solicitor when someone needs advice I ask for nothing in return, it’s just nice to be nice And in every case, no Spice-head is cool She’s a victim and you’re the criminal It’s not a real drug, it’s not meant for man She serves the time that becomes subliminal Now the closer we become I’ll never forget So if you’re poor at writing and reading’s not your thing The pushers are thugs, so let’s take a stand She’s my constant reminder of every regret Don’t be alone, there’s many more just like you on your wing We’ll prove we aint mugs, I know that we can Go ask around, talk to people, ask who you can trust Yesterday’s gone and tomorrows to be Let’s squash it like bugs, let’s f**k up their plan Keeping contact with your family in prison is a must But from her pain I’ll never be free We’ll rise to the top, so just call us cream Karmas a bitch, there’s nothing you can do Even sending them a card that says ‘I’m doing well’ You just gotta stop, enjoy being clean You’re 15 years too late, she’s already you Is better than being depressed, sitting in your cell Their business will flop, they won’t make a bean Now when you hear the ripple effect Assuming some can’t read this, I hope that someone will Foundations will rock, our people will gleam Think of the ones you promise to protect Volunteer to help you up that education hill u We will award a prize of £25 to the entry selected as our responding to you and your submission being withheld from appropriate, unless you have clearly stated that you do not want ‘Star Poem of the Month’. To qualify for a prize, poems should publication. We will be using the new ‘Money Transfer Service’ this to happen. Any work reproduced in other publications will be not have won a prize in any other competition or been published for prize money so include your DOB on your entries. on a ‘not for profit’ basis. Please note poems for publication March previously. Send entries to: Inside Time, Poetry, Botley Mills, Botley, be edited. When submitting your work please include the By submitting your poems to Inside Time you are agreeing that Southampton, Hampshire, SO30 2GB. following permission: ‘This is my own work and I agree to they can be published in any of our ‘not for profit links’, these Inside Time publishing it in all associate sites and other It is very important that you ensure the following details are on include the newspaper, website and any forthcoming books. You are publications as appropriate.’ all paperwork sent to Inside Time: YOUR NAME, PRISON also giving permission for Inside Time to use their discretion in NUMBER & PRISON. Failure to do so will prevent us allowing other organisations to reproduce this work if considered 50 Jailbreak // Prize Winning Competitions www.insidetime.org Insidetime March 2018 Read all about it! Caption Competition

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Weary say, with sentimentality, old 25 million lives, more than a candles.” air. In reality, we probably sleep better after a hat (7) third of Europe’s population, trip to the seaside because we have had a 27. Censures any drunk getting wasted (11) between 1347 and 1351. “We “I’m rubbish with names. It’s satisfying amount of exercise and have been have good mortality data not my fault, it’s a condition. from outbreaks in nine cities lulled by the rhythmic sound of the waves. There’s a name for it...” Those that live their daily lives by the seaside met. “What happened?” asked the rich in Europe,” Prof Nils Stenseth, The joke’s on you from the University of Oslo, don’t tend to report improved sleep. ex-homeless man. “When last we met “I went to a Pretenders gig. It told BBC News. “So we could I used my 3 wishes and look what I was a tribute act.” got. I wished for excellent health, lots construct models of the disease Fun facts... • Two homeless men were walking in dynamics [there].” He and his of wealth and women.” “Well after we “I wasn’t particularly close to the desert when suddenly a gust of colleagues then simulated separated I put the eggs in my bag my dad before he died... wind reveals a shiny object in the dis- disease outbreaks in each of • During World War II, the crew of the British cause I didn’t believe that it was a real which was lucky, because he tance. Both of them rushed to said these cities, creating three submarine HMS Trident kept a fully grown genie. As night came along I was hun- trod on a land mine.” item and saw it was a lamp. A genie models where the disease was reindeer called Pollyanna aboard their vessel appears out of the lamp as they were gry and I wanted to eat. As I took the for six weeks (it was a gift from the Russians). egg out, it falls from my hand, it breaks spread by: rats, airborne trying to clean the lamp. transmission, fleas and lice “Whenever I fill out an and I yell ‘balls’ in anger. An infinite • Light doesn’t necessarily travel at the speed that live on humans and their application, in the part that amount of testicles appeared out of of light. The slowest we’ve ever recorded light “Thank you for releasing me. I shall clothes. In seven out of the says “If an emergency, notify:” the blue and surrounded me like an moving at is 38 mph. give 3 wishes to each one of you.” The nine cities studied, the “human I put “DOCTOR”. What’s my men stared blankly at the genie. avalanche. In the chaos I find another mother going to do?” parasite model” was a much • Casu marzu is a Sardinian cheese that con- “Seeing as you are still in shock of my egg, break it and wished for all the better match for the pattern tains live maggots. The maggots can jump up appearance, I shall give each one of balls to disappear.” The rich man “The shinbone is a device for of the outbreak. It mirrored to five inches out of cheese while you’re eating you 3 eggs. When you feel certain points out that it’s two wishes, what finding furniture in a dark room.” how quickly it spread and it, so it’s a good idea to shield it with your about what you wish for, break an egg happened to the third? “When I how many people it affected. hand to stop them jumping into your eyes. and your wish shall be granted.” The wished for my second wish, my balls “Crowded elevators smell also disappeared...” “The conclusion was very genie disappears. The men agree to clear,” said Prof Stenseth. “The • The loneliest creature on Earth is a whale who different to midgets.” separate and meet again in the future. lice model fits best. It would • Jesus calls the restaurant to book has been calling out for a mate for over two be unlikely to spread as fast as “The sole purpose of a child’s the table for the Last Supper “Table decades - but whose high-pitched voice is so Several years pass and they meet each it did if it was transmitted by middle name, is so he can tell for 26, please.” different to other whales that they never respond. other at random in a local shopping rats. It would have to go when he’s really in trouble. “26? I thought there were only 13 of you.” centre. One was shining in health, rich- through this extra loop of the • The northern leopard frog swallows its prey Always borrow money from a “Yes, that’s right, but we’re all going to es and women while the other looked rats, rather than being spread using its eyes - it uses them to help push food pessimist. 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Riddle me this... The path to success Did I say that? Top facts... ? ? Mount Everest ? ? 4 9 7 7 4 “We can say ‘yes we’re “I’m just lucky that I grew going to do all these things, up in an era where we all 1. Along with the sherpa, 8 9 4 5 7 thoughts and prayers,’ but lived in an area where Tenzing Norgay, Sir Edmund ? what we need more than everybody joked about Hillary became the fi rst that is action. Please. This is ? 6 6 9 9 9 everything. Nothing was person to reach the summit the 18th one this year. of Everest on 29th May 1953. politically incorrect because That’s unacceptable. We’re Hillary had feared that upon everything was always a 7 8 8 8 6 children, you guys are the reaching the top he might joke with a sense of A man buys a horse for £60. adults. You need to take ‘drop dead, or something of humour. People sometimes He sells the horse for £70. 5 5 6 5 5 some action and play a role. that nature’. are losing that and taking He then buys the horse Work together, come over 2. In Nepal, Everest is known back for £80. And he sells Start at the bottom left square your politics and get themselves and everyone the horse again for £90. In as Chomolungma - ‘Mother and move up, down, left or right something done.” else seriously. I think they’re the end, how much money of the Universe’’. In Tibet, until you reach the fi nish. Add the 17-year-old Florida shooting missing a lot and not did the man make or lose? numbers as you go. Can you Everest is called Sagamartha survivor Nikolas Cruz makes a enjoying the differences Or did he break even? make exactly 53? - ‘Forehead of the Sky’. powerful plea to “take action” that we all have.” over America’s gun control Clint Eastwood says: “The political correctness era that we’re in is 3. For every 25 people who GEF BAD CHI laws. really not doing anyone any good.” have reached the summit of Mount Everest, one person Using the letters G,E,F,B,A,D,C,H & I fi ll in the has died trying. blank squares. Each letter A-I must appear Amazing Maze Almost as hard to get out of as an IPP sentence! only once in each line column and 3x3 grid. 4. The world’s second highest peak is also Everest. The south summit bump is almost 140 metres higher than K2.

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8. Everest grows about 4mm higher every year due to geologic uplift.

9. Sherpa is the name of a nomadic people in eastern Nepal, who also use it as their last name. Usually, their fi rst name is the day of the week on which they were born.

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U H V F G H J C P W X N R N R K Y J F I and was forced to make an E A A H X V U I H W S Q A S X Y M S I P emergency landing in Vienna The legend goes that many centuries ago in India, after a fi ght between passen- R R W R A C J L I E X U V B N H I P U L there lived a Brahmin (or Prince) called Sassa (or gers broke out in mid-air. The I O Q S R I T A D J S U L P N L B V O M Sissa). The ruler of his province was a tyrant king reason for the altercation: one V N A S D Y Z X G A H N M N G V U Y A T and the Brahmin decided to teach him a lesson of the passengers refused to H S M X F E T H R U R Y E H U I A C X Z Guide what?! by inventing chess. The game would show that stop breaking wind. Two A P A D K L M A E D W U N Y I O L K Y F Mohammed Salim Patel, has a degenerative a king can only rule with the help of his subjects. condition called Retinitis Pigmentosa, and had Dutchmen objected when a X W E H T F H G N R S C A U J V K Z S D The tyrant was delighted and offered the Brahmin given up hope of having a guide animal as he fl atulent co-passenger seated I T G Y U I N S Y E F Y J A N K S I Y U a reward of gold, women, land and diamonds. has a phobia of dogs. But in a couple of years next to them kept blowing off G R A C E Z M T T Y W P B A S F D E M L he’ll have his own miniature horse to help him loudly. The two men pleaded All were refused. “I am a humble man” the Brahmin J I R E T Q S A F X S A K L U P W E R T around the streets of his hometown Blackburn. with him to stop and exclaimed “and wish only to have a modest re- E F G Z X R L K H B T E P U I D O O A S Digby, an eight-month-old American miniature complained to the fl ight crew ward. Just give me one grain of rice on the first S W P H I L T R E C E Z J E L K I E W N horse, is being trained for Mr Patel. Horses as well. However, the square of the chessboard, two on the second, H A O K I I U R E S V Q F D T B V V M L have a longer lifespan than dogs, living to be passenger continued to double that number on the third, double that on T X W P C H I S S E E Y E W L E L O A N between 45 and 50 years old, which some have fl atulate despite several the fourth and keep doubling until you get to F C U H T A T I S H D U M B A F R C U D argued makes them a more appropriate requests from passengers and the 64th square”. The King was shocked. “Is that lifelong companion for blind people. the crew. It is still unclear all you want? You can have all the riches you AUDREY, CHESNEY, DAVID, GRACE, HARRY, IAN, JANE, KIM, whether he was suffering want but you choose this”. “Please just give me KIRSTY,AUDR ELIAM,Y, CH LUCY,ESN EMAC,Y, D AMICK,VID, PADDY, GRACE PETER,, HAR PHIL,RY, I ARITA,N, Stuck in the sewer from some sort of a medical the rice” said the Brahmin and the king agreed. SARAH,JANE, KSHARON,IM, KIR STEVESTY, LIAM, LUCY, MAC, MICK, A man who fell down a drain and became PADDY, PETER, PHIL, RITA, SARAH, SHARON, condition. A brawl subse- The king got out his rice sack but the more math- Thanks to Reece Luckett, HMP Durham for compiling this trapped in the sewer system for a reported quently broke out between ematically minded among you will have worked Wordsearch.STEVE If you fancy compiling one for us please send in max 20 x three days, has been rescued by police in east the offending passenger and out that one sack would not be nearly enough. 20 grid complete with answers shown on a grid. If we use it we will London. The 48-year-old, who has not been the two Dutchmen, which is send you £5 as a thank you! Remember to include your name, number, Indeed, the total number of grains of rice that prison. We will be using the new ‘Money Transfer Service’ for prize named, is thought to have wandered through when things started to get out pipelines for up to 72 hours as he desperately Sassa asked for was 264 -1, or some money so include your DOB on your entries. of control. That’s when the 18,446,744,073,709,551,615 grains. This apparently tried to fi nd his way out. Police hauled the man pilot made the decision to out on 8 February in Romford, six miles from would cover England to a depth of 10 metres or land the plane in Vienna, Quick Crossword Barking where he claimed he fi rst fell in. sow the entire land mass of the planet 76 times. reporting that “passengers Eyewitness Sam Palmer said the man’s fi rst (There are some versions of the legend where were on the rampage”. In July words after being rescued were “Does anyone the Brahmin had his head chopped off for being 2017, an American Airlines have a fag?” Stephanie Noe, 29, who also saw a smarty pants). fl ight had to be evacuated at a police pull the man out, said: “It was so strange. The man was really dirty and I don’t think he was North Carolina airport after a man reportedly broke wind so The next time someone asks you if chess is com- wearing any shoes. He looked a bit bewildered plicated just tell them it is more than 18 quintillion and confused”. A spokesperson from the violently, it caused nausea grains of rice! Carpe diem. London Ambulance Service said the man was and headaches among his treated for exposure to the cold and injuries to fellow passengers. his feet after being pulled out. The Independent International Business Times Today’s puzzle shows both sides going for the king. It is White to play though, and he has already Bombs away! fixed a ‘red dot’ on the enemy king’s chest. How A hunter was knocked did he complete a fine checkmate in three moves? unconscious after being struck by a dead goose that had been shot and fell from the 8 sky. Robert Meilhammer, 51, suffered a “severe head injury” 7 after his hunting group fi red 6 at a fl ock of Canadian geese in Easton, Maryland, USA. One Cow at large 5 goose fell about 90ft to the ground and hit Mr Cowabunga! 4 Meilhammer, knocking him A plucky cow that was being taken to an Across Down 3 out and causing head and abattoir in Poland managed to escape after swimming to safety on an island. Keen to keep 1. Disgraceful action (7) 1. Doubting Thomas (7) facial injuries. When he came her life the bovine made a run for it as 2 7. Respect highly (6) 2. Fire remains (5) round, he was able to say who slaughterhouse workers tried to load her on to 8. Level of command (7) 3. Toy shaped like a person (4) 1 he was but was “hazy about a lorry at the farm she was raised on. She then 9 Jealousy (4) 4. Wool fat (7) other details”, Maryland’s ran into the nearby Lake Nysa in south Poland 10. Experiment (4) 5. Majestic (8) Department of Natural close to the border with the Czech Republic A B C D E F G H 12. Alike (7) 6. Petty details (6) Resources said. Police and appeared to dive underwater, before 14. Army offi cer (7) 11. Guardianship (8) spokeswoman Candy swimming over to an island, which has become Write to me with your answer, care of The English 16. Produces eggs (4) 12. Place or locate (7) Thomson said geese can her new home. The farmer, known only as Mr Chess Federation at The Watch Oak, Chain Lane, 18. Wickedness (4) 13. Withhold (7) cause “severe damage” falling Lukasz, tried for a week to get the cow back but Battle, East Sussex TN33 OYD. Please note that 20. Workshop or studio (7) 15. Part of speech (6) from height due to their has given up and is now caring for her on the you should always write to me at the ECF not via 21. Quick-witted or clever (6) 17. Foreign (5) 22. Improve (7) 19. Net (4) weight and size. “These birds island, where he makes sure she has enough InsideTime. Also please include your prison num- weigh anywhere from 10 to food. He eventually called the fi re brigade to ber and if you can, the date. help him shift the stubborn cow but when probably 14 pounds. They can The last word... fi refi ghters approached her by boat she swam have a wingspan of up to six The answer to February’s puzzle was 1.Qxg8+ about 50 metres to a peninsula. Her story has feet. So, if they’re 35 yards up captured the nation, with local politician and Qxg8 (if 1…Kxg8 then 2.Rf8 is checkmate) 2.Kxh3 in the air, and they’re falling former singer Pawel Kukiz offering to save the and a winning game with more material. Winner “We are all prisoners but some of us are in 60 feet and they hit you on to be announced. “hero cow” from her death. He said: “If all cells with windows and some without.” the head, it’s going to citizens could show such determination as this Kahlil Gibran defi nitely cause severe cow then Poland would be a much more The winner of January’s puzzle was James from damage.” prosperous country”. Sky News HMP Wormwood Scrubs 56 Jailbreak // National Prison Radio www.insidetime.org Insidetime March 2018 National Prison Radio is currently available in prisons March 2018 across England and Wales. What’s on National Prison Radio // March 2018 We broadcast 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, into your cell. If your prison has National Prison Radio, you can National Prison Radio is currently available in prisons across England and Wales. 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