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Britain's Billy Joe Saunders beats David Lemieux to Newsletter of the STAY IN TOUCH! defend his WBO middleweight title in Canada. Traveller Equality Project Saunders, 28, is unbeaten in 26 fights after winning by unanimous We hope you enjoyed this decision. After triumphing on all the judges' scorecards - 120-108, ravellers in Prison News newsletter and will sign up T Issue 22 117-111, 118-110 - he now wants to face Golovkin. A combination for future editions. uppercut in the fourth was one highlight, with the Briton then Dec 2017 drawing boos from the home crowd after taunting the Canadian for Do you have a question missing shots in the fifth. He further pressed home his superiority in about Travellers in Remember this is your the seventh, leaving Lemieux bloodied after a series of jabs as he prison? won every round on one judge's scorecard and defended his title for newsletter so write to us a third time. "I look easy to whip. I look easy to put down. I look today sending us your letters, Do you want to start a like I could run out of gas," Saunders said. "But you can't hit me. I news, views, poems and Traveller Group and like to come into someone's backyard because I perform better." would like advice? drawings. Are you looking for Traveller Equality resources for Traveller P r o j e c t , prisoners? 52 Camden Square, London NW1 9XB Then please get in Billy Joe Saunders touch! Prison & Probation staff can Traveller Equality download resources from our Project, website here: 52 Camden Square London NW1 9XB http:// www.irishchaplaincy.org.uk/ travellers@irishchaplain irish-travellers/ cy.org.uk Or email us: Tel: 020 7482 5525 [email protected] Our Staff: Katie Taylor becomes world champ g.uk Ellena Costello (Project Katie Taylor is a world champion again, this time in the professional ranks, after ) Welcome to the 22nd Officer she beat Argentina's Anahi Esther Sanchez. All three judges scored the fight as edition of the Travellers 99-90 as Taylor claimed her first world professional crown. "Words can't express how I feel," said Taylor. "I'm just delighted to be world champion." in Prison News. We wish you all a happy and Despite being a six-time World Champion in the amateur ranks, and an peaceful Christmas and Olympic Champion, the Bray native insisted this was the biggest night of her career so far. "Ever since I turned pro, I wanted to fight for a world title. This new year period. is the sort of fight that will elevate women's boxing to new heights," she said. After the fight Katie's manager Brian Peters said the new champion is likely to defend her world title in Dublin some time next year. The work of the Irish Chaplaincy is funded in part by grants from the Government of Ireland, the Irish Catholic Bishops' Conference, and the support of many generous friends The Silent Screaming Stories and poems Again Broke The great expanse of time Please keep sending us your poems, stories, Will I see you again, I don’t know How it tears apart my mind I know what it is to live and be broke pictures, reflections and prayers. This is your For there’s a world out there I do not To scrub on my skin but the waters gone cold For it unfolds itself before me recognise And it turns to dust behind me newsletter where we love to publish your work! You know how it is, too much beans on toast. Then go to faces the kids who made fun of my We thank everyone who has sent in poems for this When time draws near to freedom And the end is too far to see clothes, issue of the newsletter. Surely a time of joy Like something not real but somehow there I know what it is to live and be broke. Maybe in the yester years To muck up and flip, cos I smoked and got stoned As days rise to wage war against me Send your entries to: Not so sure anymore I feel no fire, nor my spirit stir To tell the truth it wasn’t easy being 12 years old Traveller Equality Project Wondering who my dad was, cos my mum was But now a fear so big getting old Only the faint beat beneath my chest 52 Camden Square, Camden I’ll just come back again And the silent screams that nobody hears She was solo so I know what it is to live and be NW1 9XB I’m slowly committing prison suicide broke I search my soul for some justification It comes with being institutionalised For all the wasted time and fallen tears Butter on bread just to fill a hole, then return Please make sure it is your own work home from school and no one is home My family slowly slipping away For I find no outlet, nor any release I know what it is to live and be broke Loved ones lost along the way No desire and fight, nor a reason to exist So when I was a kid I just took to the roads, robber So what am I going back too people for things and just thought it was jokes. Confine the physical, consume the soul It’s really hard to know And I know that my hell is this I know how it is to be broke! Believe me I want to change Stacey—HMP Drake Hall The dreaded birth of each new dawn Reliable, volunteer too My silent prayers for the end to come Be a part of my community Blown apart and on my knees A mentor to the young And all that cannot be undone I’m hungry for real freedom Good intentions Corrupted thoughts and tainted dreams Feels like it passed me by As the walls and bars seep into sleep But people have gone through harder When we have learnt the gift of life As time steers my life’s direction things We become its love, caring, sharing I slowly drown in waters deep And still doing well Daring to make it a better place to live. With honesty and truthfulness we learn that the The dipping, diving, downward slope So dust yourself off my friend dictionary is the new bible of life A passenger on this ride to hell Life’s changing, but you can change too Words of wisdom they are mightier than the sword No light to fracture the gloom of this They can bring peace and love to all nations Filthy tomb I know so well Set an example for the next generation Wars will cease to exist, my premonition is this No matter how hard life gets Let there be no grief in our peace for sadness there is I tether close now to the edge You get hard too no need As the pit is drawing ever near A mindful of words to become good actions The future thoughts of my life before In every negative, there’s a positive Brings us to reap what we sow As all good fades disappear Search hard and you will find Heaven knows what we know so just let it be so. A better place to be. The grand illusion and mask I wear Patrick John—Wakefield So no one sees the pain within Michael—HMP Onley Nor the hurt that lies behind the eyes Or the tortured soul beneath my skin. Anthony—HMP Liverpool The Story of Jesus Word Search Fun Christmas Facts Angel The abbreviation Manger Xmas isn’t irreligious. Tax The letter X is a Bethlehem Greek abbreviation for Mary Christ. Wise men Why red, gold and Donkey green? Green has long been a symbol of life Roman and rebirth; red Worship symbolizes the blood Joseph of Christ, and gold Shepherd represents light as well as wealth and Joy royalty. Star According to tradition, you should eat one mince pie on each of the 12 days of Train your brain — Sudoku Christmas to bring good luck. Nearly 60 million Christmas Trees are grown each year in Europe. Boxing Day gets its name from all the money collected in church alms-boxes for the poor. Celebrations in HMP Wormwood Scrubs Traveller Equality Project Resources We held a very successful event in HMP Reading Books: Wormwood Scrubs in June to celebrate Traveller, Gypsy History Month. We had music from Eddie Gilmore and he was quickly joined by some of the Become a learner or a mentor today! lads who were itching to have a sing song with the If someone you know would like to be able guitar. We followed this with a some traditional to read OR you would like to help others to Irish snacks such as red lemonade, Club orange, read ask prison staff for the details of the Tayto crisps and Kimberley biscuits. It was a fantastic event and we said we would be back Shannon Trust Reading Plan. before Christmas to facilitate another one! And yes, we did, we, celebrated the 60th Anniversary of the Irish Chaplaincy with music from Hackney Scotland’s Gypsies and Travellers School of Folk, a theatre performance from Irish Members of Scottish Parliament heard directly from members of We also celebrated with many other prisons in Theatre and again some great food! the Gypsy and Traveller communities about discrimination they the month of June. We held successful events at have experienced in Scotland. Holyrood's Equalities and Human HMP Chelmsford, HMP Bronzefield, HMP Parc Rights Committee took evidence from a panel of Travellers to and HMP Woodhill to name a few.

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