“I’ve had a long engagement with in one way or the National Newspaper for & Detainees It’s the revolution another. Once you get into Hip Hop star Akala helps this sort of work it’s very The Ravenmaster a voice for prisoners since  launch Inside Time’s difficult to escape from it.” Comment // page 19 explosive new Rap section November 2018 / Issue No. 233 / www.insidetime.org / A ‘not for profit’ publication / ISSN 1743-7342 Inside 30-31 An average of 60,000 copies distributed monthly Independently verified by the Audit Bureau of Circulations Jailbreak // page 52 Comment // page 18 ‘ADMISSION OF FAILURE’ Last month, in a historical moment in British Service history, Prisons Minister Rory Stewart announced the roll-out of PAVA incapacitant spray to prison officers across the country

Inside Time report support their rehabilitation number of quarters. David and manage difficult behav- Isaac, chair of the Equality 12 iour - before the need for any and Human Rights Commis- www.dominicparkesphotography.co.uk Following a ‘successful’ pilot force is required,” according sion (EHRC), said the use of Outstanding services to campaigning and human rights! programme conducted by to the MoJ website. PAVA could cause pain and HMPPS which took place over serious injury and puts pris- Inside Justice CEO Louise Shorter has received an Honorary Fellowship from the University six months at HMPs Hull, “Prison officers’ ability to oners at risk of inhumane of Winchester. Louise, above second left, with Alan Titchmarsh MBE far left, Professor Preston, Risley and Weal- keep control of prisons, and treatment. “We understand Joy Carter CBE second right and Vice-Chancellor Professor Elizabeth Stuart far right. stun, the decision has been the chaotic individuals that prison officers need made to roll the use of the within them, is vital to ensur- methods to protect themselves spray out nationally. At a cost ing everyone’s safety,” said and other prisoners,” said of £2m, every in Mr Stewart. “Violent individ- Isaac, “but such protections the adult male estate is to be uals are as much of a danger must not be at the expense of Officially equipped with PAVA - a pep- to other prisoners as they are the basic rights of prisoners.” the LARGEST per spray which temporarily to prison officers. Most pris- prison law incapacitates those it is oners want to keep out of Nick Hardwick, former Chief provider in sprayed upon. The Ministry of trouble and see the prison Inspector of Prisons and the Country Justice says that the spray authorities given the means Chair of the Parole Board will only be deployed in lim- to keep control, so that they until he was sacked, echoed The National Prison Law Specialists

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Listening in? insidetime Discharge grant inadequate Mailbites a voice for prisoners since 1990 A ’s family Terry Olson - HMP Littlehey member DHL scrooges the national newspaper for prisoners published by Consider this - in 1996 the prison discharge grant was £46, R Hamilton - HMP Holme House Inside Time Limited, a wholly owned subsidiary of The New Bridge Foundation, founded in 1956 to I have a relative in HMP and I know this to be an absolute fact. Today, in 2018, the dis- I have genuine concerns over DHL’s integrity charge grant remains at £46. create links between the offender and the Frankland and he recently and blatant money-grabbing tactics. This on community. top of treating their workers (prisoners) with made a call to the Samari- In 1996, £46 was sufficient to survive on until benefits were absolute contempt and 100% suspicion. I have A not for profit publication. tans. He was then surprised paid or a job was available, usually 2 weeks. Assuming the worked at DHL here at Holme House for two Inside Time is wholly responsible for its editorial that the officers were wind- months. There are 6 civilian workers here but content. Comments or complaints should be same timeframe is relevant today, that gives a released pris- directed to the publisher and not to New Bridge. ing him up about it. oner approximately £2.60 per day to survive on until either even they work in a climate of fear and I thought calls to the Samar- benefits or a job shows up. bullying from the management. My message Board of Directors itans were confidential and to DHL is stop treating us like scum and we won’t resent you and the work will be done. It had been for some time? Is it any wonder that newly-released prisoners are turning to Trevor Grove Former Editor Sunday Telegraph, is no fun working in this climate. to survive or getting into serious debt? Clearly, the dis- Journalist, Writer and former Magistrate. I am appalled to hear this. Dr Peter Bennett Trustee, New Bridge Can they act in this manner? charge grant is woefully inadequate and whilst a succession Foundation and former Governor of HMP Grendon of governments have been willing to throw huge amounts of Brexit behind bars Geoff Hughes Former Governor of HMP Belmarsh Stephen Mitchell - HMP Wakefield Editorial note money at innovations that have never worked, I would sug- John D Roberts Former Company Chairman and gest that enough money in your pocket to survive is a better What does Brexit mean to those who are in Managing Director employing former prisoners Our understanding is that start than £2.60 per day. prison? And what difference will it make to Louise Shorter Former producer, BBC Rough Justice calls to the Samaritans prisoners when we leave Europe? It will Alistair H E Smith BSc FCA Chartered Accountant, should be private. However, Trustee and Treasurer, New Bridge Foundation So how do we fund this? If you are reluctant to raise the dis- probably not make any significant impact on it is not clear whether that charge grant in line with current living standards, and no prisons at first, but I should think that in the The Editorial Team privacy relies upon the officer doubt the likes of and The Daily Mail will be out- long-term things may change for the worse, if to stop listening when the raged as they always are, perhaps a minor reshuffle of a de- the news about the stockpiling of food and Samaritans answer or the duction from prisoner’s wages that is currently made every medicines is anything to go by. Differences will system prevents anyone from week could be the answer? certainly be felt and seen on the outside, and all the things that Brexit will affect are at the listening in. We have asked I’m talking about the £1 deduction taken from every prisoner forefront of our economy. 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If you wish to reproduce or publish any of the 03333 70 65 50 content in Inside Time, you should first contact us for further details or visit: for written permission. Full terms & conditions can be found on the website. www.emailaprisoner.com Insidetime November 2018 ‘Mailbag’, Inside Time, Botley Mills, Botley, Southampton SO30 2GB. Mailbag 3 Nothing changes... Essential Meat-eater no more Mailbag 2-9 “If you don’t like changes needed Scott - HMP Holme House Name withheld - HMP Lincoln the conditions you Jonathan Goodliffe - find yourselves in Whilst filling in my food menu I noticed that all of the meat I am an IPP prisoner with a 4-year tariff which I am currently Charity Worker - don’t come to choices are Halal. As a Christian English meat-eater, surely Page 5 10-years into. Over those 10-years I have read Inside Time prison!” As part of my work for a this is out of order. Halal is a third-world cruel way of killing pretty much every month. That’s around 120 copies to date Newsround 10-15 number of charities, I corre- animals, hence why in civilised western countries we stun the and who knows how many varied and interesting stories, it animal prior to killing it. Also, I am a Roman Catholic, so I spond with people in prison “From serving a must be in the thousands! I think the people at Inside Time don’t want a Muslim blessing my meat as it is against my religion. in England and the USA and life sentence to do a brilliant job, but I do have a question… sometimes visit prisoners in smashing world Surely, as I am imprisoned in a modern, Christian civilised the UK. They tend to be serv- rowing records.” country I shouldn’t be forced to either go vegetarian or eat “With all the complaints, stories, questions and ing quite long sentences. Page 14 Halal meat? I’d be interested to know why all my meat-based Correspondence is now easier pleas about subjects such as IPP, food, fairness, meals are Halal? Also, as an animal loving Christian do I not Comment 16-32 than it used to be as many have the right for my religious beliefs to be respected? As a rehabilitation and ‘nonces’, does anyone with any prisons have an email service. result of my views not being respected I have had to change “Pact’s story often real influence actually address our issues?” to being a vegetarian. feels like follow- Visiting, on the other hand, ing the history of is a problem. The procedure My instinct tells me NO. Nothing seems to happen, which is Editorial note Inside Time have sent a query to HMPPS prisons over the for visits requires the prisoner Page 16 obviously not the responsibility of Inside Time but if nothing asking how much prison meat is Halal. last 120 years” to supply the name and ad- is ever done, is it not a lot of false hope and hot air? Although dress of the visitor. But I do Information 33-39 I really hope that I’m wrong. MDT Scammers not want to give my address “He made me to the prisoner and the Na- Also, I regularly read with interest about the lack of rehabili- Christiant - HMP Manchester realise my true tional Association of Official potential” tation within the prison system, with which I totally agree. I Prison Visitors (NAOPV) ad- have, however, experienced a different side to this. Not only Both illicit and prescription drug use is rife on my wing, as vises visitors in emphatic I’m quite sure it is on every prison wing in the country. Peo- Page 34 is it lacking, but I have actually been physically blocked from terms not to give prisoners ple who use and deal are very easy to spot, so I grew suspi- gaining some rehabilitation. I came up with a scenario that their addresses. I am not, cious of how few of them seem to be selected for MDTs. A Legal 40-45 would afford me to actually start a business and have some however, a member of the computer apparently selects people at random, so I thought I “Temporary prob- real rehabilitation for my release, but I have been blocked at NAOPV. This is mainly be- was just being cynical. Then, myself and a group of people every opportunity. Prisons are actually ‘de’-habilitating cause new NAOPV visitors lems such as hay who clearly do not touch drugs were selected for MDTs under fever do not count people. are not being accepted at my ‘reasonable suspicion’, and my own suspicions were confirmed. local prisons (Wandsworth as a disability.” As predicted our results came back negative for drugs. Page 42 Fairly average people are coming to prison for whatever rea- and Brixton). son. They are then developing drug problems and also men- It would appear to me that this prison is deliberately select- Jailbreak 46-60 Sometimes I am able to per- tal health problems. Prisons are constantly loud, ing people they know to be clean in order to hide the severity suade the prison to bend the “Embrace the anxiety-inducing, aggressive (both staff and cons), danger- of the drug problem. Whilst I don’t necessarily agree with the rule and keep my contact de- rejection for it ous and unhealthy. We may receive 36-40 hours over a continual merry-go-round of punishing prisoners for using tails confidential, but some could be the 6-week period of ‘the right way of living’ message whilst on drugs, statistics are the only way of confirming, to the out- prisons are very inflexible. side world, the state of our prisons. making of you” offending behaviour programmes, but then we return to the Most charities are also reluc- Page 59 wing where we are bombarded with drugs and criminality all tant to ask for an exception to day every day. be made. Many people who do not want to give their ad- I was lucky enough to understand the error of my ways after dress to the prisoner may partaking in the correct OBPs. I have learned my lesson and therefore prefer not to visit now try to help others to understand but it is difficult. Prison at all. time should be spent re-educating with the right message but it’s not. It’s as if the authorities are resigned to the fact that it In my view, as a solicitor, the has all gone to shit. Prison is an attempt to solve a problem procedure described above whereas there should be so much more done to prevent the is in any event in breach of learned behaviours developing. the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The GDPR requires personal data For example; kids care homes, many of which are full of sex- to be processed fairly. When ual and physical abuse and kids teaching kids about life. a prison asks a visitor for Something NEEDS to be done because kids are taken from contact details, it is mani- their parents for their protection and put into similar and festly unfair to require the sometimes worse situations. No wonder they come out of visitor to supply those de- ‘care’ and into prison in many cases. It is disgusting in this tails through the prisoner. A day and age and in our ‘first world’ country. GDPR compliant process Keep up the good work. needs to be devised.

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Plastic prisons Having spent over 18-months on a therapeu- so bad Further to the ‘Improve your wellbeing’ Johnny Lynch - HMP Wandsworth tic unit at Dovegate prison, I have been ask- P Jones - HMP Birmingham article in the last issue, here are my personal ing myself the question - does therapy work? tips to help make your stay at HMP a bit more In our prisons almost everything we use is made from plastic I’m sure everyone is aware comfortable. - from our plates, cups, knives, forks and spoons, to the gym Well, there are 5 communities and an assess- of the recent goings-on at mats, chairs and every canteen order which comes in a plastic ment wing, and they are called Destiny, Gen- this jail. A lot of what has 1) You cannot kick your way out of your cell bag. Prisons must be throwing away tons of plastic every year, esis, Endeavour, Avalon, Venture and lastly been said so far has been ex- or Basic; 30-seconds of satisfaction isn’t and I wonder just how ethical the prison system is when dealing Camelot. All named by the prisoners. After aggerated, but a lot is also worth 28-days of Basic. with its waste plastic? I also wonder if the system even believes 12-weeks on the assessment wing, Destiny, you true. This prison is in crisis in recycling because I’ve seen so much recyclable waste going are placed on one of the others, depending on and it is mainly down to the 2) If you view prison as a battleground of ‘us into the bins and nobody bats an eyelid. I understand that it your needs. You are here for a 2-year minimum. amount of NPS available against them’ then you have already lost. will be hard to row back from this potential world disaster, but within the jail. Peter Clarke The screws hold the power and it is far better we’ll never be able to make a difference for as long as huge You are then placed in one of four ten-man (Chief Inspector of Prisons) to be on the winning side. Keep your friends organisations like the prison system refuse to do their part. groups and you all take a 1-hour group in wrote that he was ‘high’ just close but your enemies closer. turn and have to talk about everything from from being on the wing. I Losing the bottle birth to index offence and then plan a future. don’t believe this for a sec- 3) Look for full-time work. Any work. ond. I don’t doubt that he Breaking up your day is key and idle hands Steve Rolfe - HMP Erlestoke You cannot be appealing your conviction and have to fully accept your guilt. could smell cannabis but are the devil’s plaything. I am a wing-cleaner and whenever I find empty clean plastic not the amount he has bottles in the bins I fish them out and put them into a clear The object is simple, you must gain under- stated. This is quite typical 4) Be good to your fellow inmates. Kindness rubbish bag so that they can be taken away and recycled. I standing and insight about what makes you of someone who has no idea spreads and in these hell-holes we could all thought I was doing a good thing, but then came a big surprise tick, who and what you are, recognise your of what it is really like to live do with reasons to smile. - my cell was searched, and I was told I’m being placed on risks and make the changes that will enable in prison. report for having 5 empty plastic bottles in my cell. Apparently, you on release to lead a pro-social life. 5) Variety is the spice of life. But Spice is not on this sparse evidence, they thought I was running a ‘distillery’! Sounds like a plan, eh? I welcome HMP taking over the variety of life you want. On my adjudication I explained to the governor why the bottles this jail as G4S quite frankly were in my cell, but he didn’t believe me. So, I have now If the therapists that run this place can’t see don’t have a clue. They have Stay strong boys and girls! stopped trying to help save the world and just throw everything this for what it is then they shouldn’t be in stated that violence is at un- in the bin. the job. But, what’s worse is if they can see precedented levels but com- this and do nothing. There is only one reason pared to when I was last Starving us Flushing plastic not so fantastic why they don’t get rid of the fakers. Money. here in 2017, I’ve seen very C Clark - HMP Chelmsford This place can’t be seen to be failing or few episodes of violence and Georgie Fendick - HMP Long Lartin none against staff. I have they’d shut it down. I came to prison many long years ago. And never seen staff lock them- I must admit that prior to the documentary being shown on the how the food has changed. BBC last month I never gave a second thought about flushing There are many men here who genuinely selves in offices, nor have I seen prisoners sleeping on any bits of plastic down my toilet, such as margarine packets, want to change for the sake of themselves, We used to get three hot meals a day, includ- beds with no mattresses. crisp packets, biscuit wrappers, etc, the list is almost endless. their victims and their families. But the fak- ing breakfast with cereals or porridge and However, since the above-mentioned programme was aired I ers outnumber these men. They are diluting toast, butter, sugar, bread and jam. Now we There is definitely an urgent have not since flushed any plastic rubbish down my toilet. the therapy, thinning out the genuine men, get a plastic bag of cack. There was no ration- need to repair the infra- Simply because I am now aware of the dangers this can have on who are branded ‘grasses’ by the same fak- ing of bread. There is a 1965 law that says no structure, replace broken our wonderful sea life. So, I’m no longer an avid plastic flusher, ers who sit all day in the office schmoozing rationing of bread in prisons. Nowadays we kettles and TVs and repair thanks to the BBC. with staff. All the time laughing at the sys- only get 2 slices with the evening meal, and a the broken cells, broken tem that’s here to help. sandwich or roll at lunchtime. windows and toilet screens Plastic gangsters being the biggest problem. Shame on the professionals! Wake up, you At lunchtime we get no cooked meal, and the Robert Jones - HMP Risley Inmate morale is at an all- have the chance to make a difference and evening meal is all frozen crap and potatoes time low due to the state of With all the news around single-use plastic, let’s look at the help genuinely remorseful men, yet you pan- with the skins on. In the old days every the cells we are forced to live average day in jail - brew packs in plastic bags, plastic-lined milk der to the fakers who know exactly what you prison had a baker and a butchery depart- in, and this leads to a lot of cartons, cereal in plastic bags, sandwiches served in plastic bags, want to hear. You praise them as a victory for ment, now we get frozen processed meat. lads smoking NPS to get jam and marge in plastic containers, crisp bags, vape packaging the unit, sign them off and they go on their their heads out of this place. - this is all daily, with numbers up around the 80,000 mark of merry way laughing all the way to a D cat jail. DHL run the kitchen and the canteen, and each of these items. Canteen delivered to every prisoner in a they are a private company who need to Security definitely needs ad- plastic bag, plus all of the plastic around the contents packaging, Therapy can and does work, there’s no doubt make a profit, so we get less and less food of dressing as the amount of etc. HMP needs to take a serious look at its use of single-use of that, but some of us here have to feed on any quality. The canteen has sky-high prices NPS here is overwhelming. plastic. They should be employing prisoners as recycling the scraps thrown from the therapy table by that seem to go up every week. As a prisoner, I think this is workers and put plastic-only recycling bins on every landing. the fakers and therapists. This place could where the jail needs to Some prisoners do care about the planet. Sadly, there is be fantastic, doing great work - but it’s not And the public, due to the tabloid press, change, security and living nothing we can do about all the plastic gangsters. think we have it so easy. and it doesn’t - and that’s a damn shame. standards are essential.

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© prisonimage.org/doctored image here that I would have to re- who don’t have the support they need, and “The first thing G4S did was cut all turn it to my previous prison officers who are inexperienced and fearful of Stop your moaning for them to return it to Argos. challenging prisoners could be a big part of funding to Winson Green, which This would be at my own ex- Trevor Young - HMP Lincoln the problem. resulted in a very sick prison.” pense. The reason given was that I had bought it at an- This is the first prison that I have been in The riots were a deliberate attempt by G4S to To all you moaning inmates - I read your whinging every other prison, so therefore I where the Safer Custody team do not func- dump this money-pit-prison back onto the month in Inside Time and you never fail to moan about the had no purchase receipt to government and increase profit. But it didn’t conditions you find yourselves in, so the first thing I’d say to back up the guarantee. This tion as they should. This is down to lack of you is welcome to prison and not Butlins. work, so the prison was left to run down to is absolute nonsense as the staff, redeployment of staff on a daily basis an intolerable state whereupon it had to be purchase date is on my and lack of support from senior manage- taken over by the state, saving G4S millions of “If you don’t like the conditions you find your- spends records if only they ment. Often days or weeks go by without any pounds that they now do not have to spend. selves in, it’s easy to fix - don’t come to prison!” could be bothered to look. staff from Safer Custody available to prison- ers. Berwyn will struggle to become a safer G4S must be made to pay for the greed of their I have been in some of the worst run jails in England and I So, I advise all prisoners place without a competent and supportive investors who have colluded and schemed to have found myself in some absolutely disgusting cells, but I who are due to be trans- Safer Custody team being in place. rob the public taxpayers of the UK. I was an didn’t moan, I got my head on and sorted my cell out and ferred to request from the inmate at Winson Green for over a year and transformed it into the cleanest cell on the wing. If they are prison they are departing a A core of prisoners here are trying hard to for the first 9-weeks I had no bedding and not complaining about the prison, then they are moaning copy of all receipts of items engage with senior management to help de- slept in my clothes. It was freezing. I had no covered by guarantee. This about other inmates. velop a rehabilitative culture which, from ex- medication for my heart problems and diabe- will protect yourself and perience, works well at other prisons. Sadly, tes, and I was fed on a diet of potatoes (no What we all need to realise is that despite the number of cut- avoid the prison making our efforts only receive lip-service and no meat), constant lock ups and no exercise. I backs and staff shortages we are facing, we are in one of the fools of themselves. Get real support. asked a screw what he was going to do about best prison systems in the world. Yes, there are some badly some guarantee that any the illegal drugs being sold right in front of run jails, but we inmates contribute to that with our bad be- property that you can’t bring him and he shrugged and said he did not get haviour and lack of sense. We are not in a 5-star hotel, we are with you will follow, as I’m My message to the governor would be - rec- paid enough to make it his problem. What in prison and don’t forget that. Stop coming to jail if you don’t still waiting for mine four ognise what we can offer you, support us to chance have we got with attitudes like this? like the conditions. months later. help support you before it is too late.

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On the Wire Star Letter of the Month Congratulations to this months winner who receives our £25 prize The ghost strike J Dodd - HMP Isle of Wight Setting the wrong example Evan Prevett - HMP Lewes I would like to mention the ‘not’ strike action which took place on September 14th, which saw On Friday 14th of September, for the second many prisons across England & Wales losing time in less than 2-years, the Prison Officers many of their staff and shutting down the Association (POA) has incited illegal strike everyday running of these places for half a day. action from its members across the country and seemingly got away with it once again. I will say that I do not agree with violence against staff or anybody who goes to work, Let’s be absolutely clear - whatever the POA but what I do not understand is why they wants to call it, this was a strike and they have chosen to work in the worst place in the blatantly broke the law for their own ends. It country with people who are supposedly the “We’ve had enough” is against the law for prison officers in the worst in the country. They surely know when Credit: Craig Robson (@Craigro37117708) UK to take part in industrial action. We saw they apply for the job that it is a violent pro- similar scenes back in November 2016, where, fession. Like, you wouldn’t join the army and as a reward for their illegal strike action, expect not to get shot at, or become a fire- The unreported consequences prison officers were given a 2% pay rise. fighter if you were scared of flames. N Taylor - HMP Littlehey from re-entering prison. As David Gauke pointed out, I actually understand, and to some extent So, their way of getting their point across is to Without the officers, ses- the walkout by officers support the reasoning behind the strike. completely shut them down on the prisoners When members of the Prison sions are missed and can- meant most prisoners were However, it is a fact that strike action by - meds, meals, visits, parole hearings, all Officers Association (POA) celled, putting increasing locked up for the period of prison officers is illegal, and even Prisons cancelled on a whim of the POA. It seems like took action in September, it pressure on already strained the strike. This unexpected Minister Rory Stewart described the action their aim is to anger prisoners more, rather than highlighted the conditions departments. change in routine can be very as unlawful. We, as prisoners, are all here try a constructive way of solving the problem. in this country’s jails. Com- distressing for some prisoners. because we have committed, or been accused ing in the wake of HMP Bed- In recent months there has Particularly those who are of committing, crimes. These prison officers The BBC News said that this ‘strike’ was ille- ford’s recent inspection, and been some focus on the already finding it difficult to are supposed to be our role models, yet, every gal (what a great example they set us!), so amongst rising levels of vio- pressure faced by the Parole cope. Whilst a skeleton staff one of them who refused to work on that day when will the ringleaders be arrested? They lence, the POA took indus- Board. The recent industrial did their best, it is easy to committed a crime that we all know and fully say they want to employ more staff to solve the trial action. As a result, the action by the POA delayed see how the action could expect they will probably get away with. problem, but more inexperienced staff won’t union and the Prison Ser- hearings - only adding to the have led to a dangerous situ- solve anything. What they need to do is give vice will begin discussions. caseload of the Board. Like- ation for some inmates. What message is this supposed to send to us prisoners things to do, more choice of educa- But, for many, this was not wise, transfers to courts for as prisoners? If we dare to ‘strike’ we can tion, courses, better wages or increase the the only result of the walkout. hearings were also can- There has been a significant have years added to our sentences for ‘prison pittance they pay now - £9 for a week’s work! celled meaning delays in tri- rise in the levels of violence mutiny’. This system is spitting in our faces We are told to buy our own clothes, canteen, As highlighted by Justice als and appeals, as well as in prisons. A recent report whilst letting our captors go unpunished for hobbies, toiletries, entertainment out of this, Secretary David Gauke, the sentencing hearings. These showed that prisoner on their crimes. The Government will pander to which is hard and sometimes impossible. action by the POA ensures will all need to be resched- prisoner assaults have risen the POA, give them their precious PAVA that prisoners are locked up uled, adding to the pressure by 16% and assaults on staff sprays and add to the violent techniques They all claim they want to rehabilitate pris- more and could ‘increase the already felt by the courts. have increased by 26%. The they use to ‘restrain’ prisoners. oners and release us as better than when we risk of violence’. Aside from action taken by members of the POA has brought condi- come into prison, but they treat us like chil- being locked up there were There were more personal We now have to be very careful. The POA has tions in jails to the fore and shown that all they want is more weapons to dren, only allowed 9 tv channels, 15 certifi- other consequences not re- affects too. It has long been ported in the news coverage has resulted in talks between use on prisoners. Mark Fairhurst, POA Chair- cate films and games, no keys to our cells known that maintaining re- of that day. the union and authorities, man, is already on record saying that all and most of our independence is snatched lationships reduces reof- both of which can only be prisoners should be in orange jumpsuits and away very quickly. fending and one way that The popular view is that seen as positive outcomes. all visits should be closed. If the POA are al- inmates can do this is through prisons are places of punish- What must not be forgotten lowed to go on unchallenged, then our We are adults, so treat us like adults and maybe visits. Some find themselves ment. The reality is that many however, is that there were prison system will go the way of America - those who are violent will stop playing up a long way from home and, rehabilitative activities take many other affects for staff, guards carrying guns, prisoners subjected to every 5-minutes. It is time the government as a result, visitors sometimes place every day, ensuring inmates and those outside. the indignities of the chain-gang and prison- and the prison system woke up, if you treat have a very long journey. people badly they will act accordingly. Stop that offenders don’t become The strike, and those who took ers and prison officers alike will be fre- The industrial action can- wasting time on the unworkable and make reoffenders. Through behav- part, must surely be praised quently murdered. celled visits, upsetting many real changes. It is the prisoners who are un- iour programmes and educa- for bringing about positive who have done nothing derpaid, hungry and living in filth, violence tion courses, inmates are change, but the full impact Give us examples, not hate-filled rhetoric, an wrong but find themselves and horror, and yet it is the staff who are un- learning skills and develop- on all of those involved must unseemly begging for weapons and illegal caught up in this situation. happy and going on illegal strikes. Sort it out. ing ways to prevent them be accurately reported. acts going unpunished. Janine Doolan Dedicated Prison Law Forensic Accountants Solicitor CONFISCATION PROCEEDINGS UNDER POCA! 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The cold truth Shame on you Collective Mailbites Name withheld - Jack Robinson - HMP Gartree HMP Berwyn at Dartmoor Hats off to Branson J Kingscott - HMP Dartmoor Robbie Ellis - HMP Littlehey Honestly, no matter how heavy the fallout is the only thing In reply to Stuart Parkinson, How refreshing it was to read recently in the that clears away the fog of deception that, at some point, has HMP Liverpool, ‘No shame’ It is Sunday afternoon and we are locked up national press that Sir Richard Branson blinded everyone is the cold, hard truth. Everybody lies, (September issue) - you say again because some idiot was smoking Spice recognises some of the best entrepreneurs ‘are even if it is only to themselves as a way to make it seem like you’ve met so many people while we were having association. This is sitting in prisons’. Indeed, Virgin have proved what they are doing is right when it’s wrong. who claim they are innocent. bad enough, but the attitude of the governor supportive for some time in helping those You work in healthcare, so is worse. leaving prison establishments with employ- If society were to summarise me as an individual they would are you a prisoner or staff? ment opportunities. Branson stands out as probably say that I’m a bad man who has done some bad “On the wing notice board, it states someone who does not need to put his neck things, and I would agree. They would also say that I’ve You say you get many pris- that if any one person is caught on the line, after all he is a billionaire, but made some mistakes, which I would also agree with. It is for- oners who are old and frail nevertheless understands that it is good for tunate that it is not society that I have to be remorseful to, for in wheelchairs who have smoking Spice then the whole wing been convicted of historic society that employers act positively to me it is the family of a man whose death I am responsible for. will be locked up. Usually for the rest sex offences, and you say persons who have served their time and who That is mine alone to carry. that some of them are in of the day.” genuinely want to rehabilitate themselves. their 80s and 90s and they There are too few openings for ex-inmates, so “Regardless of what I did there should still be a don’t know what day it is. This could be seen as an incitement, the sys- hats off to Sir Richard Branson and let’s hope sense of hope in me, but it seems that hope is a Well, they knew what day it tem trying to get us to do their work for them other employers follow his positive example. was 45 years ago when some by inciting non-drug users into violence luxury only gifted to those with something to lose.” of them committed those against the drug users. When even a threat is Training needed punishable by the block or indefinite in-cell vile acts on young boys just Joy - HMP/YOI Bronzefield Unfortunately, like many residents of this rat-cage there have like me. lock up. The governor is obviously trying to been more crimes committed against us than we ever com- get the prisoners to do the job his officers get Here at Bronzefield, residents like me, with mitted individually. How is it that we can be stripped from I am a survivor of that era, paid for and police the landings. This is mor- mental health issues, struggle because most our homes, our jobs and our families while these cowards and when my abuser was ar- ally wrong and probably illegal. staff do not understand how to help us. systematically hold us against our will in political kidnap rested aged 72 he knew what Perhaps the MoJ and Sodexo (who run this and hide behind the public and say it is for their safety like day it was because 24-hours It is against Prison Rules to make threats to place) could provide training to staff here. I they are convinced we are all going to commit more crimes? after he was charged with 25 anyone, yet every day we are threatened would really appreciate it if staff had knowl- offences of child abuse he with IEPs, lock up or a trip to the block. Dart- edge and training in all forms of personality Why is it that when a man is condemned to a life sentence, took the easy way out and moor is going backwards, the only way they disorders, both types of PTSD (stand alone can see of dealing with a problem is by lock- PTSD and the incredibly scary Complex PTSD), alone, watching everyone he loves grow old and die from a hung himself. ing people up when they are already in and also things like autism, Asperger’s and distance, it is made out to be his own fault? Who’s going to I didn’t get any justice. I got prison. These people live in the dark ages. ADHD. It might make things easier for those of help me in this oppression that I face every single day? They £1,300 compensation. I’ve And we are forced to live there with them. us with mental health issues. tell us that we are working towards our freedom, but the fact been in and out of prison for is a license is not freedom, it is a tool used to lock us up when the last 40 years, rebelling the feeling arises. Corrections and Clarifications against the system. So, Stu- The policy of Inside Time is to correct significant errors as soon as possible. Corrections will art Parkinson, if you are a appear in the mailbag section of each issue and on the relevant web page. If you notice an error The POA complain for the staff, but the staff are the face of prisoner then shame on you. please feel free to write to us at the usual address providing the date and page number from the tyranny and proof of the fact that power corrupts even the And if you are staff you newspaper, alternatively have a friend or family member call or email us (see below). kindest of people. 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Mailbites Colour Approved Premises the bells JC - Former prisoner Borderline books moved again Naeem Rafiq - Most released prisoners can expect to be ac- Name supplied HMP Moorland commodated in what used to be called ‘hos- Borderline Books, who offer free books to tels’ and are now called Approved Premises, people in prison has had to move premises I write in response to the or APs. When I was released in 2013 after 13 twice since July. If you are waiting for a mailbag titled ‘Care in cus- years banged up I arrived at Bristol AP, response to a request this is the reason, you tody’ (October issue) which Bridge House, in the grip of joy and resent- have definitely not been forgotten. We will be was an official reply from ment in about equal measure. The resent- in our new premises in mid-October and will Safer Custody Learning - ment was because I wasn’t really free. I had then start unpacking and catching up with Seeing through the smoke no choice but to report to the AP and to suf- Photo by Rubén Bagüés on Unsplash Prison Improvement many requests we haven’t been able to send Directorate. fer what I was certain would be a whole set out since June or July. Don’t despair - we’ll get Magic bag eye of petty rules and provocations designed to to you as quick as we can. We hated that we “I feel the best way to trigger recall. had to keep you waiting so long. Please be T Hopcraft - HMP Doncaster patient. Our new address is: Borderline Books, deal with the constant Looking back, I remember how quickly I re- PO Box 528, Gateshead, NE9 9DQ. I wrote to Inside Time recently explaining about the 4 inappropriate use of alised I couldn’t have been more wrong. The packets of vapes I bought from the prison shop - ‘Water cell bells would be to reasons why I was wrong fall into two cate- Flavoured Vapes’ (October issue). I told you one of the officers gories, the personal and the institutional. Counting in vapes totally revamp the Adam Banks - HMP Manchester on the wing checked the other 3 packets and confirmed that they also contained water and he told the wing manager. system and install a First, I was wrong about myself. I thought I I find myself wondering some nights that once new 2-bell system - red could just slip back into ‘freedom’ as easily I’m out, and I do my first shop at Tesco or I have received a reply stating that - ‘DHL will not exchange as changing from one set of clothes to an- Asda, and the cashier says an amount in anything if the bag they send your canteen in has been and green.” other. I had no idea how overwhelmed I pounds and pence - will I reply with; how opened’. Well, can DHL or anyone tell me and all other would be by the impact of being out. The many vapes is that? prisoners who have had faulty goods delivered, how you can Red would be for serious, space, the speed, the complexity, the invisi- see inside a box to check on vapes or a clock, or any other dangerous and life-threaten- bility, the sense of smallness in a city con- Transgender thanks boxed item without opening the bag? If there is a way, can ing situations where staff trasting with the familiar ‘presence’ that one would need to respond within had on the landings - all emotions I was un- Ms Kristina Kilbane - HMP Leyhill someone from DHL come and demonstrate how they do it, or put some instructions on the outside of the bag, so no more a set 1-minute time limit. The prepared for - but perhaps the most surpris- I would like to thank Leyhill Prison for all they prisoners get ripped off like I did. green bell would be used for ing was how being ‘out’ brought with it an are doing for the transgender community. It is non-emergencies such as almost debilitating insight of regret for the not easy turning a male environment into a visits, healthcare appoint- waste that was prison. place that is friendly to a transgender woman, Vapes and rules ments and general queries. but Leyhill are doing their best and excelling. Within hours of being out I knew I needed Thank you. Frank Cairns - HMP Doncaster Apart from the obvious ini- people I never expected to need. And those tial cost implications being a people were there for me in the AP. Mistaken whinger I write with regards to the mailbag by Mr Hopcraft in the Oc- stumbling block, I think this tober issue, titled ‘Water Flavoured Vapes’. I give him 10 out would save countless lives in None of the people who staffed Bridge House Craig Halliday - HMP Leyhill of 10 for commitment, but before he started down this road genuine emergencies as staff were the petty tyrannical jobsworths that I I have noticed a couple of mailbags in recent maybe it would have been wise for him to know that not only could launch an immediate expected to meet. From the manager, who months that are written by ‘The Whinging does Doncaster’s prison shop have 5 top quality cameras ‘red bell’ response. Any mis- greeted me with a respect I had forgotten ex- Welshman’. Anyone who knows me knows that which cover every area, but we, the mains prisoners who use of the emergency red bell isted, to my Key Worker with whom I devel- I am Welsh and that I love a complaint, so work there, do not get access to the vapes. So how he can im- could be dealt with harshly oped a rewarding rapport, to the cook and people may assume that the person writing agine that mains prisoners are swapping his vapes for ones via a governor’s adjudication. housekeeper who cheerfully served up the these letters is me. But I can assure you that it filled with water is beyond me. best food I’d had in years, and other staff is not me! I know I would certainly making up a team happy to help with so Let me enlighten him on the hard work that goes into making sleep more soundly knowing many things that in an ideal world would Unable to report discrimination sure nearly 1,000 prisoners get their orders each week, which that if my health was to take have been sorted before I left prison. Things is handled by the women who run the shop and the mains like my bus pass and pension and identity Miss Charlotte Blundell - HMP Holme House a turn for the worst I would workers, who Mr Hopcraft is so quick to blame for his woes. be attended to straight away documents, driving licence, passport, and Prisoners who experience discrimination of Mistakes do happen, and no doubt will do in the future, but rather than having to wait registering with a GP, all the practical issues any kind are told to report the incident on a clearly, one complaint is enough. 20+ minutes. that would have been far more difficult to re- Discrimination Incident Report Form (DIRF). solve had I at the same time been trying to But here at Holme House I have been unable For those of you who do not understand the concept of a rule, In my opinion this would be find somewhere to live. to locate any such form. I’ve asked several if you open your shop-order without checking everything is the most obvious, common members of staff, but all I am told is - ‘Holme there and in good order, there is nothing the women in the sense solution to the prob- I cannot speak of other APs, but my experi- House does not have those kind of forms, we shop can do. This rule is for the whole prison and not just lem, but, unfortunately, as ence of Bridge House suggests strongly that only have COMP1s, so you will have to use one VPs. And seeing as Mr Hopcraft is handing out solutions, I’ve we all know, common sense the horror stories of whimsical recalls that of those.’ Should they be allowed to get away got one for him - Don’t commit crime and then you won’t have does not always prevail in are the currency of many an exercise yard with this? I don’t think so. to come to prison and deal with prison rules. prison establishments. deserve more than a pinch of sceptical salt.

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Complaint Going through Stop the effing noise Mailbites Kieron Richards - HMP Parc Name withheld - HMP Erlestoke Snaky moves The library staff here ‘claim’ the channels I would like to know if HMPPS are subject to EP - HMP Lewes that despite Inside Time AJ - HMP Risley paying for public performance listening? being a monthly publication After all, as prisoners, we seem to have to put In the past week or two there have been strange goings on here you can only be bothered I have asked numerous members of staff and up with the endless drone of high bass music at Lewes. Fresh new cleaning equipment has suddenly been sending them to prison es- can find no answer to my query. What is the played by thoughtless and selfish knobheads appearing, association cancellations have become much less tablishments 2 weeks into deal with our TV stations? We pay £1 per at all times of the day and night. frequent and suddenly more prisoners have been assigned to the month. week for TVs that are digital capable, but, for work and education. This is very strange behaviour for this place, it is almost as if the Prisons Inspectorate have just announced some reason, we are restricted to 9 channels. The prisons do sod all about it, despite clear As we all know, prison staff guidance that states music systems will be they will be inspecting Lewes in a few weeks…uncanny! are all fountains of honesty Why can’t we access the other Freeview chan- removed if played at a level that disturbs oth- and truth, there is no way nels and the radio channels? As the name ers. Therefore, HMPPS could be seen as facil- Photocopying amateurs itating public performances and this that they would lie because might suggest, they are FREE. To my knowl- Lee Flaherty - HMP Wymott breaches licensing laws. the truth is that it is they edge, none of the channels show anything Here at Wymott they have started this photocopying all who are too idle to move explicit or illegal, so why not? I don’t know if If there is one thing that has caused me stress incoming mail nonsense. The problem is they either have little said paper from point A to it’s true, but I heard a rumour that the au- and made me tense and angry throughout intelligence or cannot be bothered to use the photocopier point B. Thus, I must state thorities do not want child-sex-offenders my sentence, it is being kept awake by other properly. We get about half of a legible letter. The prison is my disappointment in this having access to CBBC and CITV, if that is the people’s crap sounding music. What possesses forever going on about saving money but by photocopying new stance Inside Time has case then why not just block those channels? these people? It’s not like you can hear an ac- mail you are wasting money and wasting your time. Instead of acquired. In 12 years in tual tune, just the terrible sounding thud of bass. punishing the innocent and wasting taxpayer’s money why prison I have never known It is the 21st century and I am an adult. You don’t you target the mail of those who fail MDTs or are under such a policy. have taken everything including my right to Come on HMPPS, grow some balls and do suspicion of drug abuse instead of tarring everyone with the smoke, what about giving us something back what your own policies say. We should not same brush? Or would that be too simple for you? Also, please May I please say a big thank that won’t cost you anything? have to suffer. tell me where the prison is going to store all of the incoming you to CPL RDG in Dovegate mail you have copied? You are going to end up with a bad who sent me an article from Rehabilitative culture? storage problem, obviously, like everything else you impose, page 5 of last month’s issue you have not thought this through. that I received on the 9th of Name withheld - HMP Whatton this month. Hang on, that Weasel words doesn’t add up because staff Several of your commentators have raised the question of what is rehabilitative culture? Well, Charles Ferndale - HMP Long Lartin are claiming that Inside HMP Whatton supposedly has such a phrase, though like most of the prison system’s phrases On BBC News today, Savid Javid, the Home Secretary, spent a Time don’t send the papers and statements it means little in reality. lot of time telling us how tough he plans to be on paedophiles. out until the 14th! What’s His mission, he said, while looking as earnest as possible, would going on? I have sat in my cell contemplating the various phrases I might suggest to HMPPS when I fi- nally get out. It should be a nice little earner. How about ‘Progressive Release’ for all IPPs? Or be to ‘keep our children safe’. I do not think it is possible to be ‘Death By Sentence’, for all of the 70-plus prisoners. too cynical about British politicians, so it comes as no surprise Editorial note that Mr Javid, whilst pontificating about how safe he intends to DHL delivers consignments of Why not replace prisoners’ wages with ‘Minimum Existence Allowance’, or a ‘Work or Starve make British children, belongs to a government that is forcing Inside Time into the prisons Incentive’, that rolls nicely off the tongue. ‘Rehabilitative Culture’, another aspiring psychol- more and more children into poverty. And a government that within the first week of every ogy student probably dreamt up and was paid a damn sight more than the Minimum Exist- allows, indeed encourages, the sale of weapons to the Saudis month. Delivery of Inside ence Allowance for it. that are used to wound, dismember and kill Yemeni children, Time into HMP Parc was their siblings and parents. That deprives them of homes, food consignment number Rehabilitative Culture is basically a concept that, no matter how well intentioned, is doomed and medicines. Mr Javid is not doing much to keep poor British 30222196146688 and was to failure because it requires all involved to be singing from the same hymn sheet. Which and Yemeni children safe. There is, alas, the possibility that signed for at the prison on would require screws to do some work like enforcing the main thrust of it; setting boundaries some members of the British electorate may be fooled by Mr the 1/10/2018 at 1:06pm. and ensuring inmates and staff treated everyone with respect. Lol. Javid’s fake morality.

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kingpins Musical Chairs Sue McAllister has been appointed as the new Prisons and A new specialist unit which Probation Ombudsman (PPO) from 15 October 2018 for 3 years will identify and freeze bank replacing the Acting Prisons and Probation Ombudsman, accounts linked to organised Elizabeth Moody. crime behind bars has been announced by the govern- Helen Pitcher OBE has been appointed as Chair of the Criminal ment. It is the latest measure Cases Review Commission (CCRC) from 1 November 2018 for 3 to tackle the criminal kingpins years. She is on the Advisory Board for Leeds University Law who fuel drug dealing and Faculty and was also Chairman of the Queen’s Counsel violence inside prisons. Selection Panel for 8 years. Specially-trained prison and Caroline Corby has been appointed as Chair of the Parole police officers, based in Board. She has served as interim Chair since 23 April and will Peterborough, will use formally take up post from 1 November 2018 for a period of 3 Custodial manager demonstrates the spray for the BBC ‘intelligence’ to monitor years. Caroline has been a Non-Executive Director of the Board bank accounts for signs of since 2015. She also holds Non-Executive Director roles at One illicit transactions. These are Housing, Cafcass and the Criminal Cases Review Commission. usually identified through National roll-out of PAVA paper notes found in cells which contain account Hapless drone stars Inside Time report use of PAVA, a synthetic details, or on phones seized It was supposed to be a smooth operation: fly a drone over incapacitant pepper spray, from prisoners with instruc- HMP Perth to deliver a package of drugs. Unfortunately, the to control behaviour in jails tions to make transfers. The brilliant minds behind this master plan crashed and left footage Following a ‘successful trial’ could cause pain and serious unit became fully operation- of themselves on the memory card. It all started when prison at four prisons, Prisons injury: “We understand that al in October and will home officers found a crashed drone lying inside the prison yard. The Minister Rory Stewart has guards checked the memory card and found 18 minutes of prison officers need methods in on these activities through announced that all prison footage showing the criminals packing the drugs inside Kinder to protect themselves and the analysis of intelligence officers are to be issued with Surprise eggs. It also revealed the door number of the house other prisoners but such and work to quickly act PAVA incapacitant spray they were operating from and a car parked outside that protections must not be at against offenders suspected which he says can help to belonged to them. “If there was an award for the movie with the expense of the basic of involvement in criminal de-escalate potentially activity. the most inept director, then it would have been won by the rights of prisoners. Everyone violent situations, keeping John Podmore: “Prisons accused,” said deputy Michael Sweeney. has the right to live without staff and prisoners safe from run on cooperation; they In July a new £1 million fear of inhumane treatment, serious harm. The national don’t run on coercion. ” digital tool was announced ‘Massive knicker’ boast and the use of PAVA spray in roll-out of the sprays will to help identify, disrupt and A prison librarian was caught having an inappropriate relation- a detention environment is a cost £2million. The Ministry who was responsible for disable gangs, with leaders ship with a prisoner after she left a pair of her ‘massive knickers’ way of controlling behaviour of Justice (MoJ) say it will turning the prison from being moved to different for him, which he then paraded around the wing boasting of only be deployed in limited that causes pain and can Britain’s worst performing prisons to stymie their his relationship. The man was transferred and the librarian circumstances when there is seriously injure. Making barred from the prison. jail into its most improved, influence. serious violence or an PAVA spray available to imminent risk of it taking every prison officer increases speaking on BBC Radio 4, place, and where its the risk that it might be used said the issue of PAVA spray deployment will reduce the inappropriately.” “is not going to help the risk of serious injury. All control that’s been lost in prison officers will receive many prisons at the moment. specialist training before Prisons run on cooperation; being allowed to carry the they don’t run on coercion. FINANCE DIRECT LIMITED spray. They run on staff personal relationships and unfortu- TIMELESS The sprays, say the MoJ will We are specialists in raising finance quickly to PROCESS nately there’s currently, in “allow officers to build more pay outstanding confiscation and other types positive relationships with many, many, prisons a of enforcement orders. prisoners, support their culture of conflict; and rehabilitation and manage pepper spray will make it difficult behaviour - before much worse. It’s a down- DO YOU NEED MONEY TO Nick Hardwick: “What the need for any force is ward spiral”. an admission of failure.” £ required.” As well as the PAY YOUR CONFISCATION? sprays Mr Stewart is rolling Violence has increased Our efficient and helpful team can explore the out police style handcuffs dramatically since prison No Upfront and restraints. Nick Hardwick, the former possibility of releasing money from property and Fee officer numbers were cut by chief inspector of prisons, other assets in the UK held or jointly held by you to addressing the annual a third, smoking of tobacco conference of the Prison was banned and shortages of settle your order and preserve your property. Governors’ Association said: staff has meant that many “I heard today that staff are prisons have not been able Our team works with experts who have extensive now going to be given to offer full purposeful knowedge of such orders and who can provide pepper PAVA sprays. What regimes for some years with realistic solutions to you whilst liaising directly with an admission of failure. I many prisoners locked in your case lawyer and family members to achieve don’t dispute that things FCA overcrowded cells for up to AUTHORISED have got so bad that that this, or alternatively you can contact us directly. 23 hours a day. may be necessary, but we should resist the argument Inside Time has asked the NO UPFRONT FEE REQUIRED David Isaac: “Everyone that greater use of force is has the right to live any kind of a penalty Ministry of Justice what without fear of inhu- compared with enough checks on PAVA spray will 01992 676605 mane treatment.” experienced staff creating be implemented, such as relationships.” what should be recorded for @ [email protected] David Isaac, chair of the ‘Use of Force’, but they have, Bridge Finance Direct, Prince of Wales House, Equality and Human Rights John Podmore, a former at the time of writing, not FIVE 3 Bluecoats Avenue, Hertford SG14 1PB STAR REVIEWS Commission (EHRC), said the governor of HMP Brixton and been able to tell us. 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Looking Miscarriages Newsbites Back... of justice ‘get- MoJ to re-employ redundant staff through the Inside ting worse’ When Chris Grayling decided to cut prison officer numbers he Time archives offered a very lucrative package that saw a large swathe of the older, most experienced, staff leave. Now, Prisons Minister Rory November 2007 The retiring boss of the Criminal Cases Review Stewart has announced that he intends to re-employ many of them to train and mentor new recruits. He said that with such Commission (CCRC), Richard high numbers of new young recruits it was necessary to re-em- Foster, has made a damning ploy redundant staff on six-month contracts to show the new attack on the police and officers “what good behaviour looks like.” He said: “I think at a Crown Prosecution Service time where we have far too many young, inexperienced, people (CPS) over their attitude it would be very useful to have an extra surge of experience.” about failure to disclose evidence which might help Prime Minister gets letter about US death penalty the defendant in court. He The Howard League for Penal Reform has written to the Prime Conditions for the elderly, “Neither equitable nor constant” said that failure to disclose © prisonimage.org/Library image Minister to request a meeting over the UK government’s vital evidence is the biggest decision this summer not to seek assurances from the US single cause of miscarriages government against the use of the death penalty for a person The easy way out Jails still ill-equipped of justice and the problem is extradited to the USA. The letter states: “The position of this “In his contribution in your getting worse. He said he country in opposing capital punishment is clear, principled and September issue (The Right To for was “disappointed and has been adopted by all political parties. This principle has Die), in which he advocates concerned” that the CPS and manifested itself in policies not to extradite individuals without the introduction of voluntary Inside Time report police declined to conduct a assurances that the death penalty will not be imposed, and it euthanasia for lifers, Tom targeted review of past has led to successive governments imposing expert controls on Clark makes quite a few broad convictions to expose the the materials used in executions. It is therefore astonishing that statements therefore I would A joint report by HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP) and the extent of disclosure problems: the government has reneged on this stance on this occasion.” like to offer both him and Care Quality Commission(CQC), into social care in prisons, Twenty-three prisoners were executed in the United States in your readers another published last month, says that care for elderly prisoners is “If the state gets it 2017. Eight states carried out executions. perspective. He mentions … inconsistent and the lack of planning for an ageing population is a serious defect, and the Prison Service and local authori- wrong, it is the state’s ‘lifers such as myself, who Solitary numbers up ties are failing to plan for the future needs of a growing admit guilt and don’t wish to responsibility to put Prisoners in England and Wales spent the equivalent to 121 years population of elderly, ill and frail prisoners. The number of burden ourselves or society in ‘’ in the first three months of 2018. The people in prison aged 50 and over was 13,522 in December things right.” with our continued life 44,200 days works out at one every two days for every prisoner. 2017 - 16% of the total adult prison population aged over 18. support’. Does he not realise Projections show this number is likely to increase. The The CCRC had identified 7,993 disobeying an order; that if by some miracle he responsibility for social care in prisons falls on 58 English failures over disclosure as 7,662 possessing an unauthorised item; succeeds in winning this ‘right authorities with prisons and five in Wales. the “continuing biggest 4,606 threatening or abusive behaviour; to die’ nonsense he is urinating single cause of miscarriages 4,156 drug related offences. on the grave of his victim, The report says: “Many older jails are ill-equipped for of justice” in a report five Some of the ‘awards’ were of up to 28 days which were given slapping his victim’s family in prisoners in wheelchairs, or with mobility problems. Some years ago and in a recent for drug offences; whilst assaults on staff, damaging prison the face and spitting on the prisoners struggle to wash and look after themselves and speech, after his retirement property or disobeying an order attracted up to 21 days. efforts of numerous individu- others who have fallen cannot get help during the night. The Richard Foster said: “I do als and organisations such as quality of care is inconsistent across prisons. The ageing not myself think that the CPS Amnesty who fight every day population within prisons, coupled with increasing frailty contention that the existing First secure school to abolish capital punishment and incidence of dementia, has accelerated the need for checks and balances in the Justice Secretary David Gauke has announced the allocation of all over the world?” prisons to address social care needs. In addition, a significant system guarantee cases £5 million to create the first secure school in Medway, Kent. He Star Letter - HMP proportion of prisoners also have learning disabilities, which should be stopped says the new provision will place education and healthcare at the heart of youth custody and will be run by not-for-profit Channings Wood autism, mental health disorders or difficulties which may also will always be stopped academy trusts with expertise in working with children. Also, inhibit their ability to cope with life in prison.” Reports have before trial is supported by over the next 2 years, the Ministry of Justice will provide up to A final, human goodbye suggested that factors in prisoners’ lives, in and out of prison, current evidence.” £2.6 million for governors in the Youth Custody Service to buy On Wednesday I was called lead to a faster ageing process. “ additional educational and vocational programmes. into the wing office as the chaplain wanted to see me. As Evidence from individual prison inspections has led HMIP Shannon Trust blasts through target on Radio 4 Appeal I approached the door I could and CQC to some key conclusions. They say: “We are con- In April, after 18 months of applications, vetting and scripting tell by his face that something cerned that developments in social care in prisons are only challenges, the BBC broadcast a Radio 4 Appeal by the was wrong. My father was related to current need. We are not convinced that there is Shannon Trust. Cathy Newman, the Channel 4 newsreader seriously ill in hospital on a adequate consideration of what will be required in the very near future, such as the obvious needs that will flow from the whose interests include literacy and criminal justice agreed to life support machine. I was read the appeal. Sue Kent, Projects and Information Systems asked if I would like to go and projected growth in the older prisoner population. This, in our view, represents a serious and obvious defect in strategic Manager for the Shannon Trust told Inside Time: “To get see him and obviously much planning. accepted for an appeal is a long process and a BBC committee as I desperately wanted to, I run a very rigorous selection procedure and really check you wondered if this could really “At a prison level, there continue to be wide variations Richard Foster: out. They were very supportive and gave us lots of help with be possible due to my being between social care services in prisons, so that as yet they are “Disappointed and our script which went through about 14 drafts to ensure clarity. in prison. How wrong I was. neither equitable nor consistent. Gaps remain in provision of concerned” Trying to get all the information we wanted into 460 words was Prison staff were absolutely services in English prisons. Gaps also remain in the provision really difficult.” The work was well worth it, as now, six months fantastic. Granted it took six of support for those prisoners requiring assistance with after the appeal was broadcast, the Trust is delighted that their hours before I could actually personal care who do not meet the eligibility threshold for Earlier this year the CPS was original target of £10,000 has been blown out of the water by leave, paperwork had to be social care. There are clear signs that the disparity in services forced to review a number of generous Radio 4 listeners who donated over £60,000. done; risk assessment made; between prisons is disadvantaging prisoners in their ability to on-going cases and was enough staff to cover the be rehabilitated, because transfers to suitable establishments forced to stop 47 because of Cannabis mining escort; and vehicle being cannot be effected when receiving prisons are unable to offer failures to disclose vital Police have found what could turn out to be the biggest cannabis available ... but I got to see my services that can adequately respond to the individual’s social evidence. In his speech Mr factory in the UK in a picturesque village in Wiltshire. Two men father and say a final goodbye care needs.” Foster said that the CPS have been arrested and charged with drug offences. An estimated before he died. From review of live cases “pointed £1 million worth of drugs were seized from a cave at a quarry Governor through to all the Peter Clarke, HM Chief Inspector of Prisons commented: to instances where lines of near Bradford-on-Avon. Police said they haven’t yet been able staff involved and my wing “Prisons were designed to accommodate physically fit and inquiry which might have to determine the full size of the operation as they are waiting officer my heartfelt apprecia- mentally stable individuals, with prison life being arranged to stopped the case in its tracks for the maze of tunnels to be made safe before investigating tion for showing me such address the needs of the many. Prisoners with social care had simply not been further. The tunnels form part of a former limestone quarry humanity at a difficult time.” needs - unable to fully care for themselves, needing help in identified by investigators at covering about 10 acres or 40,000 square metres which was Mailbag - HMP getting around the prison or in participating socially - are at a all, or if identified, not once used by Heinz to grow mushrooms for its soup and also Channings Wood significant disadvantage.” followed up.” used by the War Office in 1939 to store naval equipment. 12 Newsround www.insidetime.org Insidetime November 2018 “Prisoners are dying preventable deaths as a result of alarming levels of drug abuse” Prisons & Probation Ombudsman publishes Annual Report

Elizabeth Moody, the Acting On the issue of drugs Ms Prisons and Probation Moody said: “The ease with Ombudsman (PPO) published which prisoners are appar- her annual report last month. ently able to obtain these She says that complaints drugs in prison is truly had fallen slightly from alarming… Prisons are 2016-2017 but remained struggling with the conse- high. While complaints quences of bad batches of PS about staff behaviour which can result in simulta- remained a small percentage neous multiple collapses of of those investigated, last prisoners, unsustainable year saw 71 allegations of the Elizabeth Moody: “This demand on prison resources, inappropriate use of force by destructive epidemic of ambulances queuing up at staff, compared with 53 the PS use has become the the prison gate and, all too “Winners of the Nepacs Ruth Cranfield Awards 2018” previous year. “These ‘new normal’ in prisons.” often, death. This destructive complaints are among the epidemic of PS use has Awards for crime reduction presented by Nepacs most serious we receive. become the ‘new normal’ in supervision and of immigra- Professionals working with prisoners, Visitor Centre staff and thereby enhancing Levels of violence in prisons prisons.” tion detainees, which, Ms ex-prisoners or those sentenced to communi- the prison visits experience from all sides.” are at an all-time high… In Moody says, increased by ty have been presented with an increasingly volatile and Deborah Coles, Director of 12% in the year 2017-18. With awards for their efforts to reduce re-offending This year a special lifetime achievement violent environment, the use INQUEST, responding to the investigations into 316 by north east charity Nepacs - the North East award was also presented to Bronia Banecki of force must be available to report, said: “Preventable deaths started. 93% of charity that works to support positive futures (centre), head of assurance at HMP&YOI Low staff as an option. However, deaths in prison continue and deaths were of prisoners. for prisoners, ex-offenders and their families Newton for her longstanding commitment to quite rightly, the use of force are still at historically high or significant others - since 2004. promoting resettlement and rehabilitation for by staff is subject to strin- levels. Many occur because • 180 deaths from natural women offenders, and for the support she gent conditions and must of failures in treatment and causes, 15% fewer than last The 2018 Nepacs Ruth Cranfield Awards has shown to voluntary sector agencies only be used when strictly care. The same recommenda- year; celebrated projects that support prisoners working in the prison. necessary.” tions on systemic failings are planning for release and afterwards. An • 74 self-inflicted deaths, repeated by the PPO with individual winner was Leanne Cole (3rd from Helen Attewell, chief executive of Nepacs, On the issue of prisoners’ 37% fewer than last year; dismal regularity. The right), custodial manager at HMP Holme House said: “I am delighted that yet again we will be property Ms Moody said: systematic disregard of • Seven apparent homicides, - “Over the short period Leanne has been in able to showcase award winners from across “HMPPS must get a grip on potentially lifesaving an increase from 4 last year; post she has made several innovative different sectors in the north east who really the way prisoners’ property recommendations demon- changes and improvements to the running of are going above and beyond ‘the day job’ to is managed. The method of • 23 ‘other non-natural’ strates a lamentable visits in Holme House, putting in place closer make a positive change and offer hope for a recording property needs to deaths, a slight decrease complacency at all levels of communication between the prison and better future for people with a troubled past.” be brought into the 21st from 28 last year; the prison and health service. century; staff need time to What is needed is far greater follow the proper proce- • 11 deaths of residents in accountability following dures; and prisoners’ probation-approved premis- deaths, with statutory property needs to travel with es, no change from last year; enforcement, national them when they transfer • 5 deaths of residents of the oversight and monitoring of between establishments immigration removal estate, actions taken. However, to (instead of following on 2 more than last year; sustainably improve safety weeks or months later).” and stop these deaths would • 1 discretionary case - the require a dramatic reduction One of the areas investigated death of an individual who in the prison population and by the PPO is deaths in died in custody before a investment in diversion and custody, under probation scheduled court appearance. community alternatives.” Honour for Inside Justice chief

Inside Justice CEO Louise Shorter (pictured left) says she feels ‘privileged’ to have received an Honorary Fellowship from Winchester Univer- sity last month. The award was presented to her by broadcaster Alan Titchmarsh MBE. Making a special mention of her work in a letter the Vice Chancellor of the university wrote: “Your nomi- nation reflects the outstanding services to cam- paigning and human rights and your sympathy with the university values of social justice and compassion. At Graduation we seek to honour those whose values we share, and who embody qualities we wish to hold up to our graduates as an inspiration and example”.

The former BBC Rough Justice programme pro- ducer said after receiving the award: “The award is a rare, positive, confirmation that it’s right to want to help those who can’t help themselves and right that justice, above all else, should prevail.”

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Veterans in prison Innocent US man released New funding World prison review - USA Special after 27 years in prison Figures compiled by Plaid “Eat me, eat me, but not too many of me!” A man in the USA has been Cymru suggest that over released from prison after 27 60,000 ex-members of the for prison charities years after being cleared of armed forces have committed murder. Valentino Dixon’s offences or are homeless. The government have announced a £2.4million grant funding, conviction came despite a They say their figures show over the next two years, to 13 charities and social enterprises confession from another that 50,000 have mental to ‘promote wellbeing, improve rehabilitation and reduce man, two days after the health conditions and a offending’. As part of a new Prison and Probation Service murder. The judge said a further 10,000 are in prison, (HMPPS) funding, the grants have been awarded to a wide count of ‘criminal possession on probation or parole. And of a weapon’ would stand and a further 3,000 are homeless. range of organisations providing everything from support into employment for female abuse victims to training for prisoners the years he spent in prison They say their research in computer programming. Prisons Minister Rory Stewart said: for murder would count demonstrates the struggle against that. After his release, people from the armed forces the District Attorney [local have adjusting to civilian life. “Charities and social enterprises are crucial in Jailed for too many sea cucumbers prosecutor] told waiting Liz Saville Roberts, its justice helping us to provide better rehabilitation, pro- The owner of a Washington (USA) seafood company has been reporters that Mr Dixon was spokeswoman, said the party sentenced to two years in prison for harvesting too many sea ‘an up-and-coming drug had been campaigning for mote wellbeing and ultimately reduce reoffending cucumbers from an area called Puget Sound. U.S. Attorney dealer’ and was not an better care for veterans for a and I look forward to seeing the positive impact of Annette Hayes said: “Illegal harvesting undermines quotas ‘innocent’ man. decade. “Our research shows these grants over the coming years.” designed to protect the resource and keep the Sound healthy that the problem is still rife, for our children and generations to come.” Man jailed for ‘shooting and the government needs to clowns’ start taking its duty of care Over 200 organisations bid for funding and the 13 successful Sea cucumbers are shaped like cucumbers with small feet and A man in Pennsylvania (USA) seriously. These veterans ones have been announced: Barnardo’s, Birth Companions, measure up to 6 feet (1.8 metres) and belong to the family were willing to put their lives Code4000, Design Against Crime Research Centre, Institute of which includes starfish and sea urchins. They are served dried has been jailed for five years on the line for their country. , University of Cambridge, National Autistic or fresh and often braised with fish, vegetables and traditional for shooting at non-existent That country must take Society, NEPACS, No Place Productions, Rape and Sexual Chinese sauces. Sea cucumber harvests are regulated and clowns in his apartment. tracked. Over-harvesting is violation of the Lacey Act, a federal responsibility for their Abuse Counselling Centre (Darlington & County Durham), Police say they found the man welfare on return.” law that prohibits illegal trafficking in wildlife, fish and plants. Safer Living Foundation, Samaritans, Shared Enterprise CIC clutching a shotgun claiming he was trying to shoot two A government spokeswoman and St Giles Trust. Tampon ban for female small clowns, they searched said that, last year, the prison visitors his apartment but didn’t find Ministry of Defence had The Ministry of Justice say: “The aim of the HMPPS grant The warden of Nottoway introduced a 24-hour any clowns. His attorney said programme is to improve the lives of offenders by applying Correctional, Virginia, has helpline and was spending his client wasn’t trying to the expertise, skills and ideas of voluntary, community and announced a new policy £1.2billion over the next two harm anyone but was social enterprise (VCSE) organisations. Community based banning women visiting years on tackling homeless- reacting to “some type of organisations are often best placed to identify local needs and prisoners from wearing ness, while veterans were tampons or menstrual cups. hallucinatory event.” given high priority access to respond flexibly to engage with hard to reach groups, such as He said that feminine hygiene social housing. offenders and those at risk of offending.“ products could be “an ideal Texas prisoners refused way to conceal contraband.” dentures He said women wearing SPECIALISTS IN PRISON LAW, PAROLE DELAYS, Prisoners in Texas who have tampons would be offered lost their teeth are denied EQUALITY CLAIMS, PERSONAL INJURY, ‘temporary pads’. 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Have you ever played for Prescoed FC, a Cat Roasting in HMYOI Aylesbury D prison in South Wales? If so I want to hear A new coffee roastery and barista training centre has been from you. I'm writing a book on HMP Pres- opened at HMYOI Aylesbury which Redemption Roasters say coed FC who play in the Gwent Central will train the young people there to professional roasting and League. I'm really keen to hear from men barista levels. The coffee they produce will help quench the who have played for them recently or back in thirsts of visitors to the National Trust’s Waddeson Manor. the day. What was the experience like? What Up to ten young people will be trained at a time and the coffee did it mean to you personally and also being they produce will be known as Redemption’s Aylesbury blend. part of a team? Have you done something Max Dubiel, one of Redemption’s founders, said: “As prison Turning grey similar at other prisons, in the UK or abroad? education workshops go, ours is one of the most exciting, and skies to blue The project is supported by Sporting Herit- delivers real skills which will help our trainees break the cycle of age UK and aims to tell the stories of football unemployment and re-offending.” HMP Spring Hill also has a Acclaimed Cardiff street artist Bryce Davies worked with three residents at Prescoed. So if you've had experience then Redemption training academy and the company say they hope of the Young Person’s Unit at HMP Parc to produce this beautiful mural - please get in touch. Write to: Jamie Grundy, to expand into many more prisons. transforming what had previously been a bare grey wall. Indycube, 4 Trade St Lane, Cardiff CF10 5DR. Low Moss oldies Elderly prisoners at Scotland’s Low Moss have been given their own wing so they are separated from rowdy younger prisoners. Bronzefield The new arrangement means the wing only holds prisoners over 45. The said: “This is part of a wider women ‘learn issue. There has been a significant rise in older prisoners. We are dealing with this in a variety of ways.” about their Jury clears ‘staff biter’ A man who was in prison at HMP Highpoint has been cleared strengths’ by a jury of biting two officers on the day he was released, despite admitting biting them. The officers said he refused to A significant proportion of the women that wait in his cell and after a struggle with him, the man ended up enter the doors of HMP Bronzefield have on the floor. They said he bit them on the arm and wrist and experienced trauma in their lives. It is this grabbed another by the throat. Giving evidence at his trial he trauma that has often led to them committing said he did not want to hurt anyone but the officers “went over the offences for which they find themselves the top” with restraint and were too heavy handed. in prison and can also contribute to a lack of confidence and undermining of a person’s Chelmsford Prison ‘violent, unsafe and overcrowded’ self-worth. It is important that all prison staff In another damning report, Peter Clarke, HM Chief Inspector of are up-to-speed, so Bronzefield commis- Ironman in the middle of a winning team Prisons, has labelled HMP & YOI Chelmsford “violent, unsafe sioned Engaging Minds to help them profile and overcrowded”. In a single month drugs, phones and the strengths of their best officers. Following packages thrown over the wall, worth an estimated £15,000 the work of Engaging Minds Bronzefield were found. Chelmsford has had 16 suicides in just eight years. launched a pilot Strengths programme for the ‘Way of the Wildcard’ Levels of violence, he said, were far too high and this was women of Bronzefield. reflected by a high use of force by staff. Much violence was Lifer to World record holder linked to drug usage and 40% of prisoners were testing positive The first part of the course was based around of the book go to schools and centres for drugs. Added to its other problems, staff shortages and workshops and group work designed to to promote the positive impact severe overcrowding meant a very restricted regime and time encourage the women to think about the engagement in sport can have. out of cell, and most staff were inexperienced. If it hadn’t been areas where their strengths naturally lie; to map out these strengths; and over the for an improvement plan put in place by the acting governor he Redbull filmed the ‘Way of the following two weeks to keep a diary of their would have, once again, invoked the Urgent Notification Wildcard’ series, telling the stories of strengths, when they used them, how it made Protocol. unique athletes who achieve sporting them and others feel so they would start to success in the most unlikely of gain greater insight of their strengths. The circumstances. John is featured in second session involved individual time with Lest we forget… even in prison the first episode and tells his story the course facilitators to share how they have from serving a life sentence to Prisoners and staff at HMP Northumberland have worked to- been getting on with their strengths profile smashing world rowing records. The gether to create a permanent war memorial within the pris- and to gain further support. Following this John McAvoy (above) is currently the film was premièred in Feltham in on’s grounds. HMP Northumberland covers the historic site the group came together to reflect on how only Nike sponsored triathlete in the May and it received such positive of RAF Acklington and the memorial is to commemorate they might use their strengths while in prison world - however he was previously a feedback that it is hoped it can be those who have served or are serving in the armed forces. and once released and to further consolidate high profile armed robber who has used as a resource to show all their own strengths. found redemption through the power Feltham’s Young People and Young of sport. Having broken British and Adults. The women said that it had been a “really World records whilst in prison he is eye-opening experience”; now forging a new life as an endur- John has continued to support “I realised I had strengths that I wouldn’t ance athlete and speaker who is residents of Feltham by visiting normally consider a strength.”; committed to using his story of whenever his busy schedule allows, “It has given me a boost and confidence for rehabilitation to help and inspire often taking with him equally the future”; others to change their lives for the inspiring associates including “It makes you feel good about yourself and better. Olympic Gold Medallist Rower, Mark helps you to realise that you are worth more Hunter. As well as supporting the than you thought”. John first visited Feltham and the programmes inside the prison John Resettlement Team in April of this has linked the prison with Fulham Bronzefield Director Ian Whiteside said; “The year. Since then he has become really Reach Boat Club who are keen to take Engaging Minds Strengths Programme has supportive of much of the positive those eligible for Release on been a wholly motivating experience that has programmes on offer there, especial- Temporary Licence to experience boosted the confidence the women have in ly those with a sport or physical rowing which is totally alien as a themselves and has demonstrated it to be a element involved. He has written a sport to many prisoners. As a thank truly innovative and adaptable piece of work book called Redemption and has you to John they are hoping to set up that has helped to embed the focus on donated several copies to their an indoor charity row in the gym Tim Willbond, Deputy Lord Lieutenant lays the wreath - accompa- strengths and the things you can achieve library. It’s a highly recommended with all proceeds going to the John nied by Mairi Campbell, Education Manager for Novus, Clare when you focus on these”. and inspiring read. All the proceeds McAvoy Charitable Trust. Froud of Novus and Nick Leader, Director at HMP Northumberland. Insidetime November 2018 www.insidetime.org Newsround // Local Prison News 15

Young Scottish Staff corruption Newsbites girl dies after putting lives at ‘naked strip risk Bogus solicitors sending in drugs Monitoring Board (IMB) at HMP Wandsworth searches’ claim, in their latest report, that prisoners are getting letters A governor at HMP Liverpool soaked in the NPS drug ‘Spice’ in fake solicitors’ letters. Legal has spoken out about staff The parents of a 21-year-old letters are covered by legal privilege and should not be opened girl who took her own life al- smuggling drugs into his by staff unless there is reasonable suspicion that it contains illicit lege that their daughter was prison. He said he is or illegal material. Legal letters are supposed to be placed in an targeted by prison staff at determined to stop a “small outer envelope, with a covering letterhead, which is addressed HMP Polmont and repeat- The long way round… number” of prison workers to the governor. Staff should have a list of bonafide solicitors. edly forced to strip naked “who believe that it is okay” Prisons are getting better equipment to scan letters for drugs during excessive searching, to smuggle drugs to prison- and the number of drug-sniffing dogs is increasing. Elizabeth one of which was described Policing the UK’s longest prison fence ers. His comments came Baker, the IMB chairwoman, said that the smugglers appeared as a ‘training exercise’. They after one of the staff was to be “bogus solicitors, people masquerading as lawyers”. She allege it made her mental Lindholme holds the record for the longest UK prison fence, arrested on suspicion of said: “Spice is a very difficult drug to identify. The prison staff health deteriorate and that at three miles, encircling the 100-acre site. It is surrounded by possession with intent to are very much aware of this and checking letters much more, she lost most of her hair public rights of way including a nature reserve, open fields but people always find new ways of doing things. Their minds supply class A and B drugs through the stress and and woodland. It sees a constant stream of packages thrown are very fertile. Things are still coming in.” began to self-harm. As well over it. Unsurprisingly it has been identified by the Ministry of and misconduct in a public office. The prison’s security as allegedly being targeted Justice as one of the top ten prisons with ‘acute problems’ of Long Lartin fracas by staff she was also alleg- drug use and violence. In August, staff found a bag contain- governor admitted that his There were more problems for High Security HMP Long Lartin edly bullied by fellow pris- ing 50 miniature mobile phones worth over £25,000 in ‘prison prison has a problem with when a disturbance left four staff with minor injuries (the oners they say stole tobacco value’. Other items seized include drugs such as Spice, corruption but said it only Prison Officers’ Association later said three had head injuries, and stamps from her. De- steroids and tobacco, with items often put inside empty crisp involved a small number of two had suspected fractured jaws and one had a broken arm). spite the alleged relentless packets or drinks cartons to avoid drawing attention to them. staff. He said: “The prison In June it was reported that the prison’s governor received strip searching Polmont staff service as a whole and staff hospital treatment after being attacked by a prisoner. And in claim they never noticed Paul Taylor, regional search team custodial manager, told the here at HMP Liverpool view October last year riot officers were called to the prison to deal self-harm marks on her BBC: “All day long you’ve got members of the public walking corruption amongst staff as with a serious disturbance in which staff were attacked with body. Her death will now be around the perimeter - it’s virtually impossible to police the one of the most serious pool balls. The latest disturbance saw ‘Tornado Squad’ staff the subject of a Fatal Inci- perimeter seven days a week, 24/7. If it’s during the day, they threats the prison service brought in to end the riot which started when staff locked dent Inquiry which the Scot- aim for near the workshops or at night they aim for the edge down and searched a whole wing. faces and despite the fact the tish Prison Service say they of the wings, so they can be pulled in by the prisoners by will cooperate with. An SPS vast majority of staff are casting lines out of the cell windows.” Alarming rise in self-harm at Swinfen Hall spokesperson said: “We professional we do have a The Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Swinfen Hall say have absolute confidence in To combat the problem the prison is now introducing further small number of individuals they are alarmed at the rise in self-harm at the prison which has the governor of HMP& YOI measures including extra dog patrols, increasing perimeter who believe that it is okay to risen, they say, by nearly 40% from 478 in 2017/18 compared to Polmont.” The girl’s parents fencing and adding netting over exercise areas to lower the convey drugs into a prison, 346 the previous year. The Prison Service said: “The prison has have now launched a cam- frequency of successful smuggling attempts. Police are also putting the health and safety also been working to improve support for prisoners in their first paign for justice at the uni- carry out ‘no-notice’ searches of prison visitors, staff and cars of staff and inmates at risk. days inside and staff have received new training to prevent versity she attended before parked at the prison. Credit: BBC Credit: Liverpool Echo suicide and self-harm.” . WILSONS AUCTIONS WE CAN SELL YOUR ASSETS · Do you have an outstanding confiscation order? · Would you like a free valuation and a no obligation quote to sell your assets for the highest price? WILSONS AUCTIONS CAN HELP As the sole agent for over 40 law enforcement agencies, Wilsons Auctions specialises in selling assets that are subject to confiscation proceedings, often in sensitive circumstances. We are the largest independent auction company in the UK and Ireland and with 80 years of experience, we can sell assets worldwide.

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pictured with her pet pooch.

WW1 interrupted the growth of the work, although Pact’s (still called CPAS) 1916 annu- al report records ‘a convict discharged into our care the previous year who gained the Military Medal by distin- guished gallantry, coolness and resource in a bombing attack.’

After the war the annual report notes the work of the Errol Flynn as Robin Hood - Lots of donations Sisters of Charity who dealt with three or four hundred women over the year, most of was a vice-president of CPAS, travelled long distances. I them sent into a Hostel for holding an excellent portrait remember my own surprise at Discharged Women on the of himself painted by notori- fi nding myself standing in the Kings Road, Chelsea, not yet ous gang leader Eddie rain for more than an hour a fashionable destination. Richardson (painting below). waiting for the prison gate to During the same period Despite its problems, the open - and I had no cross baby “We’ve built a lot of bridges” Suffragettes were being charity continued and to contend with. Credit: Mike Kemp imprisoned and force-fed in expanded, changing its name HMP Holloway and also need- to CPSS (Catholic Prisoners Pact finally got its present ed support. Social Service) and moving, name in 2001(Prison Advice for example into in and Care Trust). By 2008, 120 years of serving The Great Depression of the 1971. Children and wives con- under its energetic Director, Thirties caused financial tinued to be an important Andy Keen-Downs (now sev- And more than just pipe dreams at the Royal Court problems for the Charity. focus; in 1981 it is noted that enteen years in post) Pact’s Happily, and somewhat sur- Sister Dolores, a CPSS volun- centres were welcoming over prisingly, they were helped by teer instituted a seaside holi- a quarter of a million visitors. Month by Month a tax on Sunday Cinema view- day for 25 children and 13 Last year, Pact provided prac- ing. In 1938, people who mothers which became a reg- tical and emotional support fl ocked to see Errol Flynn in ular event. for over 100,000 families. It ues, proud of its Catholic ‘The Adventures of Robin works in 64 prisons, running roots, even though it has long Hood’ (pictured) were respon- courses which include Rachel Billington reached out to help families, sible for £166,15 shillings and ‘Building Stronger Families’ children and prisoners of any ten pence in donation to the and ‘Building Bridges’, a belief or none. In September I charity. Robin would have course for young people to In 1898 Queen Victoria had went to the beautiful thir- been pleased. strengthen their relationship reigned for sixty-one years. At teenth century St. Etheldreda’s with parents/carer or adult last treadmills were abol- Church for a special Mass to At the start of WW11 most role model. Other projects ished in prisons but hard give thanks for the 120 years prisoners were moved to the include making links to help labour was still used as a of Pact’s work. country, leaving only prisoners as they leave for the punishment. Prisons were Wandsworth operational. But world outside. grim and forbidding places Pact’s story eventually Brixton and where the rule of silence was Pentonville re-opened and often feels like Frank Longford: enforced. Borstals were not A PACT volunteer and friend the charity’s work continued, a gangster’s portrayal yet invented and a ten year- following the history blitz or not. Times were diffi - old boy was sent to HMP of prisons over the bered all the many, many vol- cult, in a diff erent way, under Wandsworth for stealing two unteers who have given time the post war government who, As Pact changed its name rabbits. last 120 years, the and energy to help people for admirable reasons, want- again, the problems in prison who have lost their way. ed everything to be run by the became the centre of govern- Also in Wandsworth was an good developments state but therefore failed to ment attention after the Irish Catholic priest, John and, sadly, the bad, We were also given a booklet recognize the importance of Strangeways Riot (photo) in Cooney, (pictured below) which told the history of Pact, what were called ‘Prisoners which men staged a 25 day chaplain at the prison, and it sometimes the very with all its ups and downs, Aid Societies’. Indeed, a year riot causing £50 million was thanks to his eff orts that bad. describing the work of all after the founding of the worth of damage. It was a pro- Saved by nuns in September 1898 Pact, then those volunteers or paid Probation Service in 1965 the test against 22 hour lock-up, known as the Catholic workers who joined Pact and Home offi ce invited all these ‘slop-out’ and only one show- The mass was celebrated by Reading Pact’s story often Prisoners’ Aid Society (CPAS) contributed to its survival and charities to wind up. er a week. I note, in passing, the Papal Nuncio, the repre- feels like following the histo- was founded. long-term growth. The first that the Woolf Report that sentative of the Pope, and ry of prisons over the last 120 volunteers tended to be Nevertheless, voluntary work followed this dangerous Bishop Moth, the Liaison years, the good developments These days not much credit is women, quite often grand continued and I was amused debacle - one prisoner died, Bishop for Prisons who over- and, sadly, the bad, some- given to religious organiza- women like The Dowager to find a photograph of my 147 prison offi cers and 47 pris- sees the 250 Catholic chap- times the very bad. The seed tions or the people who work Duchess of Newcastle (above), father, Frank Longford, who oners were injured - inspired inside them. But Pact contin- lains in prison and has just Eric McGraw to found Inside for Pact’s positive work might published ‘A Journey of Hope’ Time as, ‘A Voice for legitimately be traced back to which challenges what the Prisoners.’ Woolf’s emphasis one little girl, known as ‘Child Bishop calls ‘inflation sen- on the importance of prison- Roots’ who in 1898 was placed tencing’ amongst other rec- ers’ keeping contact with in the care of the nuns at The ommendations. their families inspired Pact Home of Good Shepherd In (called by yet another name) East Finchley (pictured). She The congregation heard the to look into the treatment of is the first recorded benefi- famous passage from Matthew’s prisoners’ families and to ciary of the charity and her gospel in which Jesus tells his found Visitor Centres. good fortune in being saved listeners that whenever one of from the London streets may them visited a prisoner, they This all-important innova- stand for the many who now were visiting Him. We sang, tion, which is now taken for look for help from Pact. ‘Amazing grace, How sweet granted, was a huge improve- Rachel reports on the sound/That saved a ment, particularly for women Synergy Theatre Project Father John Cooney Strangeways riot - no more bang up! wretch like me…’ We remem- with young children who had performance on next page Insidetime November 2018 www.insidetime.org Comment 17

and two new cell-mates are thrown together, becoming fast friends. Its subtle use of language and power-play between staff and prisoners reflects brilliantly everyday prison life, which is both filled with menace and, some- times, camaraderie.

The Bronze Award, ‘The Big Fight,’ was won by William Pendray. It is the raw and poet- ic odyssey of a young man’s Winning with words: “everybody needs something” life as told through twelve © Synergy Theatre Project rounds of boxing. This gives the story an additional piquancy as the boundaries Three winners! of an acceptable sport are Making good applied to the violence of a © Fine Cell Work Koestler award-winning plays prison existence. Synergy is making a film of ‘The Big performed to acclaim Fight’ so William can also view a performance of his Stitching a way out Novelists write books to be Its subtle use of work. read and dramatists write Fine Cell Work launches its Open the Gate programme plays to be performed, but language and The Gold Award was won by that’s easier said than done. Sebastian Wolff with ‘HMP power-play between Jenni Parker The Koestler Award has Nightlife’ and Synergy has writes, “Getting out of prison was quite scary. always given prizes for drama staff and prisoners already taken the play into Once the gate opens you are on your own. You feel how big and fast and noisy everything is. but this year they’ve part- HMP Whatton where Sebastian There were a fair number of raised eyebrows reflects brilliantly I went to Sainsburys and it was terrifying. If you nered with the experienced resides. The play builds a bril- back in 1997 when Fine Cell Work founder Lady have no support it is hard to survive. There are Synergy Theatre Project to liantly imaginative ten cell Anne Tree explained her new charitable ven- everyday prison internal things you have to deal with. Having showcase the three top win- mosaic of prisoner portraits ture of training serving prisoners in needle- freedom feels strange. Even though you are ners on the stage of the Royal life which is both around an urgent investiga- work and embroidery, before selling it on “to free you are still not independent and you can- Court Theatre. The Royal tion when one of their num- top shops”. A sweet and rather lunatic idea, filled with menace not support yourself. You have nothing to do Court has a long-term reputa- ber becomes critically ill after you could see them thinking. tion for producing and, sometimes, consuming some deadly Spice. all day. Sometimes you get to a point when you feel maybe it was better inside. You need some- ground-breaking new talent. In fact, peoples’ assumption back then that camaraderie. thing to focus on and you badly need day-to- Indeed they call themselves These were three plays in the Fine Cell Work would be an amateurish and day purpose. Coming to volunteer with FCW the ‘Writers’ Theatre’. John prison but had now been out sharp-end tradition of the short-lived affair shows how times have was crucial because it gave me a sense of pur- Osborne, Samuel Beckett, for six. He told me that he Royal Court Theatre and changed. Ethical craft businesses now abound pose and value. It gave me confidence for job Arnold Wesker, David Hare, went into Northern Ireland’s Director Nadine Rennie did across the world. Many of them are hugely interviews where I would have been terrified Athol Fugard, Sarah Kane HMP Maghaberry with ‘not an excellent job of bringing successful and there are now a host of um- about being an ex-prisoner. Volunteering with and many more recent names much education’ but began to them to life. She was helped brella organizations to support them. Lady FCW you have a role with responsibility. You’re started their careers here. get help from the Education by professional actors, Anne Tree and her founder trustee Robert being given trust. That is so important because Department so that he ending Michael Balogun, Jodie Oakeshott were visionaries. Optimistic, hu- you feel people won’t give you trust because of So it’s no mean feat to have up with degrees in Culture McNee, Ciaran Owens, Declan manistic, unmaterialistic yet commercially where you have been. The trust they give you your play staged here, even if, and Media and Sociology. As Rodgers and Alexis Rodney - savvy, they thought Fine Cell Work could make makes you feel ‘I can build up my future. I can with three plays to watch, he said, ‘everyone needs who managed many changes money for prisoners and itself, and that it tackle barriers and deal with a job’. All because they have to be edited ver- something’ and education of roles and often accents. could bring purpose and beauty to these im- there are people who have believed in me” sions. My only sadness as I became his lifeline ... ‘I was Wonderful too that my mis- poverished places. walked out of Sloane Square always reading.’ His particu- givings were unfounded and Tom, who now runs his own successful uphol- Underground Station into the lar breakthrough came when all three playwrights will see She was right. In 2017, Fine Cell Work cele- stery business, writes; “When I got out of prison, Royal Court was that none of he joined a creative writing their work. brated its 20th anniversary year. Now working Fine Cell Work really helped give me the con- the playwrights would be course run by Carlo Gebler, in 32 prisons across the UK, last year the char- fidence to do something with the hand-stitch- there to see their work staged. who has long inspired would- I trust that Sally Taylor, ity, with its team of dedicated volunteers, pro- ing skills I had learned inside. They provided So it was a nice surprise to be be writers. 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Who was Lord Longford? Jon Snow: impressed with lecture by The Longford Trust awards scholarships to former Justice Secretary , serving and former prisoners to go to univer- Erwin James (looming in the background) sity to continue their rehabilitation. The schol- arships consist of financial support and the provision of a trained mentor. Longford schol- His father was a Bishop, his mother a pianist ars study at all UK universities across the full and his grandfather a General in the First range of subjects. What kind of man was Lord World War, yet the broadcaster and Channel 4 Longford? “I had a very strong friendship with news presenter Jon Snow has had an almost Frank Longford. Even after I stopped working lifelong interest in, and involvement with, the with New Horizon I continued to have lunch prison reform movement. The first thing I ask with him every month - every month for thirty him when we meet at Liverpool Town Hall years. He was a multi-dimensional individual. where he has been hosting another event is, He had interests from sport to education, arts, for someone from such an obviously privileged and of course prison reform. He was a rounded background, why? “I came to prisons through individual with a nice streak of ‘bonkersness’. Frank (Lord) Longford, who many considered He was a real believer in people and redemp- a completely eccentric Irish Earl, yet who was tion. Of course in his world there was God in fact an inspired man with some eccentrici- within the redemption. I’ve been less driven ties,” he says. “To cut a long story short, I was by God and more by just a sense of necessity.” thrown out of university (for being one of sev- eral hundred students who occupied part of Memorable lectures the University of Liverpool in an anti-Apart-

© Paul Sullivan Past lecturers have included Nobel Laureate heid protest in 1970), and I really had nowhere Archbishop , President Mary to go. Then somebody suggested I get in touch that he had chanted ‘Fuck the Tories’ - Snow inclined to think ‘well, these are just bad peo- McAleese of Ireland, Michael Gove, , with Lord Longford’s secretary because he was says he has no recollection of what he chanted. ple’. But there are very few bad people in the , Swedish prisons chief Nils Oberg, looking for somebody to run his Day Centre for Is he biased? “I am biased, but I’m biased to- world - and they are usually in positions of film-maker , , Bianca homeless and vulnerable young people aged wards humanity,” he says. “Basically the in- authority…” Jagger and . Is there a stand 16 to 21 in Soho, London; it was called New gredients for my bias are one, that I taught in out Longford Lecture that is particularly mem- Horizon. So I did, we met and we got on like a Uganda on voluntary service at the age of 18 Annihilation of Probation orable? He thinks for a minute or so. “You’ve house on fire. I knew nothing about young for a year, never having been on a plane, never Is he anti-prison? “I’m not anti-prison, but I’m got me scratching my head now, thinking back. people, or deprivation, or day centres or any- having been out of Europe, and was completely anti-what currently exists as prison. I think To be honest I’ve enjoyed all of them. I even thing else, but somehow it all worked. I had radicalised by it - radicalised in the sense of they have to be much more holistic communi- enjoyed Michael Gove’s lecture. I think we thought I’d stay there for six months or so but just understanding inequality, aspiration - ties, and much more interested in the restora- heard him in a dimension that very few people I stayed for three years.” then to, moving on to New Horizon, both gave tion of the soul than in the punishment of the do. It brought out the best in him I thought.” me close human contact with people in need. body.” Does he agree though, that it is a chal- Prison visits When you’ve had that experience, seeing the lenge for any one individual, community or Panel of degrees What did he actually do at the Day Centre? “I deprivation in Africa, a bit of activism at Uni- society to help people who have hurt us? “Our This year there is no keynote speaker. Rather, was in charge. I was running it. I was just 23 versity, New Horizon, and a lifetime involved natural instinct is to hurt them back, which is Snow will chair a panel of three Longford and running it with two other workers.” Did it in these issues in one way or another, it affects how and why we use prison. Victims of crime scholars and acclaimed actor and former pris- teach him about the other side of life? “Oh it the way you see the world. You see the world may not be so understanding when those who oner Michael Balogun. Why the change from was unbelievable, drugs, heroin, there was through the eyes of the people in the world, want to see our prisons reformed argue the tradition? “We thought it was time we heard just terrible deprivation. But all of the people rather than through the mouths of the politi- case. Victims’ perspective is very understand- from the horse’s mouth so to speak. We should we worked with had something to be said for cians who run it.” able - it’s a desire to see punishment, and some hear from the prisoner who has managed to them in a big way. They were young people redemption perhaps. But the very fact people get a bloody degree in prison. I mean you who had fallen on very difficult times, often have gone to prison means that the state has couldn’t have much more adverse conditions from very poor backgrounds, very often from I’ve had a long engage- had its say. Clearly I am concerned for the vic- in which to try to study and achieve a degree. outside London and were lost and adrift in the ment with prisons in one way tims, I’m not lacking in compassion, but it’s Within the chaos of the current prison system, city. That led me to being exposed to the reality true that if we help people in prison to resolve to get your brain to function well enough to of our young people going to prison. People or another. Once you get into whatever it is that’s driving their criminal be- secure a university degree is no mean achieve- often think of prison as being a place for this sort of work it’s very haviour then there will be fewer victims in the ment. I think it is a crowning achievement for adults, but there are so many young men and future. You have to believe that it is possible any prison to improve themselves to that ex- women in there. I would make a prison visit to difficult to escape from it. to bring people round. I think most people who tent in such dire circumstances. The Longford individuals at least one or two times a month. go to prison are capable of making the journey Trust has brought over seventy graduates We wanted to make sure that they knew we’d Who cares? to a better way of living. But they need a lot of through over the years and I’d like to hear from be there for them when they came out. My vis- Some people care about the less well-off, the support, and then the thing that really worries them, A, how they did it, B, what they did, and its were mainly to London prisons, as that was less privileged, those who struggle with life - me, because I worked so closely with Probation C, what did it lead to? And I think the audience where we were based, and a lot to HMYOI and so many do not - why does he think that when we were dealing with our young people would like to know those answers too.” Feltham. That was my introduction to prisons. is? “I think there are several things,” he says. at New Horizon, is the total annihilation of the I stayed in touch with New Horizon after I left “There is the ignorance factor; ignorance of Probation Service. I can remember the extraor- Finally, why is he so committed to hosting the and eventually became chairman - a position just how the other half live. There is a fear dinary thing of emerging from court with an Longford Lecture? “Well, I may not be an expert I held until eighteen months ago, and now I’m factor; fear of wondering ‘what can I do any- identifiable Probation Officer attached to one in anything, but I do know how to anchor a a Patron, but I’m still quite involved with them. way - and if I get involved, will I suffer in some of the kids we had been looking after. The re- programme, so I know how to anchor an event. I’ve had a long engagement with prisons in one way.’ And then sometimes it’s just a question lationship would go on and it was extremely And Frank would love it. Frank would be de- way or another. Once you get into this sort of of people being more concerned with their own productive. We were there in support of Pro- lighted that I was doing it. I do it for him, and I work it’s very difficult to escape from it.” lives and the lives of those close to them than bation and they were there in support of us. do it for the family and I do it for the movement.” the lives of other people whoever they are.” All that has gone. The Probation Service is now Bias Does he believe upbringing important in how seen as part of the punishment. I don’t think As a prime-time news reporter he is supposed so many people end up going through the I look back on Probation with rose-tinted spec- The 2018 Longford Lecture takes place on to be seen as politically neutral, though he has criminal justice system? “I absolutely do,” he tacles, I just think they were a really important Wednesday November 28 at 6.30pm at often been accused of bias. Last year at Glas- says. “I think if you don’t get to see the whole and structural element of keeping people out Church House, Westminster. For tickets please tonbury for example festival goers tweeted person, and understand their lives, you’re of prison.” visit www.longfordtrust.org Insidetime November 2018 www.insidetime.org Comment 19 The Ravenmaster Flying wards of the Yeomen of the Tower of London

fessional as I possibly can.” natural, even now I don’t touch the kilometres. In the Tower, they do not ravens much because we like to keep have such a wide range but each has Yeoman Warders live within the them wild for many reasons; for in- its own area within the Tower which Tower walls with their families. Chris stance, they are not forced to stay it guards and repels any stray ones. says that despite all the legends and within the Tower and if one did fly There is an absolute pecking order folklore, and the odd strange shadow, away it needs to be able to fend for which keeps things under control. he has never seen any apparitions itself.” They don’t really want to interact and is yet to see Anne Boleyn, who with the public, apart from posing was executed on Tower Green, where At night Chris ‘puts the ravens to for photographs. the ravens have their night quarters, carrying her head. After the cere- mony of the keys, during which the Tower is locked, everyone is locked in until morning.

I asked Chris when he first got intro- duced to the ravens. “I got to the Tower in 2005 and the old Ravenmas- ter came up to me, after a few months, and said he thought the ravens might like me. I thought, ‘why should the ravens like me; surely it would be the other way around? I had seen these large black beautiful birds walking Chris Skaife - Keeping Ravens and the Tower safe about, and visitors being excited see- © Historic Royal Palaces ing them. I read up about them’. “Beware, your food is my food”

Outside View Legend says that if ever the ravens © Historic Royal Palaces leave the Tower it will crumble into Ravens are omnivorous, so they eat great call for a drum and flute play- dust and a great harm will befall the bed’ as he puts it. This is mainly for a whole range of foods. They like rats ing machine gunner in civilian life, Kingdom. By Royal Decree there must their safety as there are foxes and and mice and small chicks but, as a after studying history, a great pas- be six ravens at the Tower, but cur- other predators within the Tower treat, are given biscuits soaked in Paul Sullivan sion of his, someone suggested he rently there are seven. There’s a pair, grounds. Asked how he achieves blood. During the day, although it is became a Yeoman Warder. He tells Erin and Rocky; two boys, Grip and this, he explains that the ravens not encouraged, the birds are so me: “The criteria for becoming a Yeo- Harris, a mature male called Jubilee, have their night enclosure which is smart they can tell which visitor has Beefeater is an affectionate slang man Warder starts when you first a young girl called Poppy, and a bit like their home and after a hard food. The rule is ‘eat your food term for the Yeoman Warders who join the military because you have Merlina. day’s work they are happy to return, quickly and don’t put it down, or it can be seen patrolling the Tower of to go through your whole career spread their wings and put their feet will be nicked by a raven’. London in their splendid red uni- without being in trouble, you need “One day Derek, the Ravenmaster, up for the night. forms and distinctive hats. There are to get your rank in the first place. took me down to their enclosure and various jobs that the Yeoman Ward- After application there is a thorough told me to go in with two of the birds. Ravens, he tells me, are one of the The Ravenmaster: My Life with the Ra- ers perform and for Chris Skaife it is assessment process after which you I saw one of the birds looking at me smartest birds and can remember vens at the Tower of London by Chris- being the Ravenmaster at the Tower. are accepted, or not - but here I am.” with its head cocked over, and I could faces for life and if you do something topher Skaife. Published by Harper To be considered for a post as a Yeo- see its eye watching me and it got they don’t like they will always re- Collin - Fourth man Warder a person must have I asked him what it was like wearing closer and closer and I realised that member this and take a dislike to Estate. ISBN done a minimum of 22 years in one that bright red uniform. “It is an it was the raven looking at me and you. Some of the ravens like him, 9780008307905 of the armed forces, have an un- honour and privilege,” he said, “to summing me up, not me looking at some tolerate him and some actively Available from blemished military record and be work here. What I am wearing today the raven. After a while Derek told me dislike him. Being smart, they also Historic Royal the rank of warrant officer or above is our everyday dress, designed to get out and told me he thought the like to play games and a favourite is Palaces Book- on retirement. around an old Victorian tabard. My birds liked me. What he was actually tipping out the refuse bins. shop - Price uniform has EIIR on it, so I am wear- checking was to see if I was scared of £14.99. Also Chris was a Drum Major in his bat- ing Her Majesty’s uniform, which the birds because when you see them The ravens do not really get on with available from all talion and was also a specialist ma- makes me very proud, and I like to close up they are really big birds”. He each other and in the wild might good bookshops chine gunner. There not being a uphold the traditions and be as pro- says: “I was a little apprehensive, it’s have a range of 20-30 square and Amazon

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Then, one morning out of the blue, my cell door was how far people were willing to take it, was thrown open and they told me to grab my proper absolute horrific violence. One of my kit as I was going to some prison in Birming- mates got kettled (scalded with boiling water) ham. That was Swinfen Hall. My first thought and that was terrible. There is a really bad was, how are my family going to deal with this? culture of severe violence in our prison system. It was already a struggle for them to visit me, and now I was being moved even further away with no advance warning. When you are in prison it is like the 4 walls are deter- How long were you in Swinfen Hall? mined to squeeze all the Just under 18 months. My best mate, who was optimism out of you and all my co-defendant, had pleaded guilty and he had gone to Feltham and at one point I actually you can think is the worst. But, thought about putting in a request to be sent don’t ever give up hope. there, because Swinfen Hall was so bad. But I ended up throwing my application in the bin. We had grown up together, but I wasn’t even Were you offered any rehabilitation? allowed to write to him. Even now, we’re both on license and not allowed to see each other. No. During my last few months they told me We did one stupid thing and it has ruined our that I would have to do a course when I was Elliot Tyler - learning the hard way lives to a certain extent. released. And I thought, you’ve had me all this time and done nothing, and now you want me You were going to university before all this hap- to do a course outside? I don’t think prisons pened, what were you studying? take rehabilitation seriously. First time offender When I started it was law, maths, IT and, iron- What would you say to people still in prison, or ically, criminology. Now I’m studying forensic those on their way there? Books study and communication are key to surviving, computing, but I added cyber security after I managed to get accepted back by a top Univer- There’s life after prison, especially if you are but most importantly, never give up hope sity. I was lucky really, as I had to apply to a young. Getting educated is critical, do stuff panel at the Uni and reveal the fact that I had like courses if they’re on offer, because you me under their wing a bit. It turned out that been sentenced to 4 years for a violent crime never know what you’ll be able to use outside. these guys were well-respected on the wing and I wasn’t sure if they would allow me back. There are positives to be gained, Open Univer- Noel Smith and they told me if I had any problems I should But, they did. I’m really grateful for that. sity access courses are a great way to go, or any come to them. That kind of put my mind at ease sort of distance learning. And read loads of a bit. Then I was lucky enough to get a single What would you say was the absolute worst books, if you can get to the library. A good way cell and a big surprise was when I realised I thing about prison? to avoid having any mental health issues is to Elliot Tyler is nobody’s picture of a violent had a TV in the cell, and that took my mind off talk to people every day, communicate, it gives criminal and ex-con. With his polite and con- things for a while. (Laughs) That would be a really long list, to be you a warm feeling. When you are in prison it fident way of speaking, and an open and hon- honest. One of the things is the violence. I’d is like the 4 walls are determined to squeeze est manner, he comes across as the kind of guy Then I got moved to Pentonville and from there seen fights at school, people fighting to make all the optimism out of you and all you can who would probably be more at home strolling to Swinfen Hall. It was like a zoo, shouting, a point, but what was scary about prison fights think is the worst. But, don’t ever give up hope. through the halls of academia than stalking screaming, constant noise, it seemed like there the landings of Pentonville Prison. But, despite was a big problem at Swinfen Hall, but I got as being only 20 years-old, Elliot has just served many books sent in as I could and reading kept a 4-year prison sentence for an incident in me sane. which imitation firearms were brandished and shots fired at the victim. Though the shots So, you had no problem getting books at Swinfen were blank this did not lessen the fearful effect Hall? National Prison Law Solicitors on the victim and it was serious enough for armed police to be deployed in his arrest. No, it was fine, you got your books after they www.instalaw.co.uk had done a few weeks checking them, but no For Elliot, taking justice into his own hands problem really. 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proceedings”. Vernon Madison was the Eighth Amendment (prohibition put on trial for a third time. against cruel punishment). This pe- Can you be executed for a crime tition was rejected by the District At the third trial, Madison was again Court, but their decision was re- convicted of the murder of Officer versed by the Court of Appeals for you didn’t know you committed? Julius Schulte, however a different the Eleventh Circuit in March 2017. fate was recommended by the jury. It was noted by this court that Supreme Court set to decide on 1985 Madison Case Eight of the jurors recommended a Madison’s inability to remember the sentence of Life without Parole, with murder remains undisputed, and the other four voting for Death by and left the residence to retrieve a .32 was on duty in order to be convicted their reversal meant that Madison Electrocution. Alabama is actually was incompetent to be executed by calibre pistol from another area. of the capital offence of Murdering a the only US state to allow a 10-2 ver- Madison later returned, approaching Police Officer in the Line of Duty. During the State of Alabama. Vernon Madison Elliot Tyler dict in favour of death, but in was going to live. In November that the police car from the rear, and fired the jury selection process the prose- Madison’s case the jury would not two shots into Schulte’s head. Schulte cutor used his jury strikes to excuse same year, however, the Supreme recommend death. Unfortunately for Court delivered a crushing blow of For a long time, I have taken the view ultimately died from the injuries he seven black jurors, meaning it was a him, the judge decided to override uncertainty. The Supreme Court re- that the death penalty is a dreadful sustained that afternoon. white jury that ended up convicting the jury’s recommendation and sen- versed the Eleventh Circuit’s deci- idea. I often ask supporters of this Madison of murder and sentencing tenced Vernon Madison to death. sion, noting that “Madison realises punishment, “What kind of civilised him to death. Madison submitted an “Are you sure it This is particularly interesting be- that he will be put to death as pun- society would kill their own?”. There appeal, challenging on the grounds was me?” cause in April 2017, Alabama ishment for a murder he was found are unfortunately many answers to of a case called ‘Batson v Kentucky’. Governor Kay Ivey signed into law a to have committed.” that question, but the most publicised This case restricts attorneys from bill restricting judges from overrid- killer of criminals is the United States using their jury strikes on potential ing jury recommendations. Many Last month, the Supreme Court heard of America. Recently I’ve been fol- jurors for discriminatory reasons. argue that Governor Ivey’s bill should from both Vernon Madison’s attorney lowing a case that’s divided opinions, be retroactive, but this is unlikely to and the State of Alabama. During an the State of Alabama v Madison, as The Alabama Criminal Court of ever become the case. hour of arguments, it was made clear the Supreme Court ruling that will Appeals granted Vernon Madison’s that severe cognitive decline could be revealed later this year will set a appeal and ordered that he be tried In May 2015 and January 2016, Madison make a proposed execution unlaw- whole new precedent. Should memory again with a new jury. At his second suffered two strokes and was diag- ful, but it remained unclear whether be a factor in the execution process? trial, in September 1990, Madison was nosed with various serious medical Madison fits that criteria. The justices again convicted of Capital Murder and conditions. He alleges that these must determine whether executing Let’s go back thirty-three years, the death penalty was recommended. damaged his brain, leaving him with Madison would violate the Eighth where this story begins in Mobile, Madison appealed his second convic- diminished mental capacity, severe Amendment. Alabama’s Deputy Alabama. A police officer, Julius Vernon Madison, then aged 34, was tion, this time on the grounds that memory loss and other cognitive Attorney General Thomas Govan said, Schulte, was dispatched to investi- charged with Capital Murder. At his inadmissible expert testimony con- function problems. Madison’s brain “Nothing about Madison’s conditions gate a complaint about a missing trial, which was set for September tributed to him being found guilty. eventually became so damaged that impact the state’s interest in seeking child, but when he arrived at the 1985, Madison raised the defence of The expert in question, Dr Harry he lost all recollection of the 1985 retribution for a heinous crime.” It is house the child had returned home. insanity and also claimed lack of Albert McClaren, had given his opin- murder of Julius Schulte. Madison’s uncertain when a decision will be However, as the child’s mother and knowledge that Julius Schulte was a ion on Madison’s mental state at the attorney filed a petition arguing that reached by the Supreme Court. father were in an altercation, Schulte police officer on duty. At the time, time of the offence based on evidence because Madison did not have a ra- made a fateful decision to remain. though this requirement in law has that was not offered or admitted at tional understanding of why The child’s father, Vernon Madison, now been legally removed, there had trial, and this seriously affected “the Alabama sought to execute him, Elliot Tyler is a student and former was extremely unhappy about this to be an awareness that the officer fairness and integrity of the killing him would be a violation of resident of HMPPS

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things. I have been advised this is what makes them is not, as from my experience Outside Voices however, that it is better to great. I believe we can grow to enjoy just relay my personal experi- it via circumstance or emo- ences, with maybe a few Another thing I have had to tional need. From simple be- well-articulated personal ob- learn is the ‘polish’, as I now ginnings as a way of Is writing really like Marmite? servations thrown in, and let sometimes spend days going accelerating the ticking clock the piece itself provoke the over a piece before I send it off of my bird, it has become Steve thought and discussion for feedback. Does this mean something that consumes within others. I am happy with the finished many of my waking hours. It piece? No, as I have come to may never be a source of in- All my life I have enjoyed Word choice - alongside try- understand that it’s never re- come, but it’s been a friend reading, but there was some- ing not to be too clever with ally finished or perfected, and confidante, not only sup- thing about writing that re- words - also seem to be essen- and I have just simply reached porting me through the years ally got me down. I hated tial qualities to possess. How- a point where it can be taken of isolation and tedium but English at school, and don’t ever, when the urge does no further without a second giving me a sense of true even get me started on form come upon me to use more opinion, or that I am going worth. A final word from be- filling in domestic life. Some- expressive options, I have backwards within the editing yond the gate, always remem- thing odd happened while I learnt to double-check the process, damaging the piece ber the most critical fact was inside though, and I meanings more thoroughly, more than improving it. regarding the written word, would like to share it with as embarrassment can ensue that despite the small nuggets you. otherwise! The level of emotions I have of advice I have relayed encountered regarding my within this piece, I believe it Killing the hours in cell can When it comes to the injection writing is very diverse, taking is the message that is most be tough, and since I had no of emotion, openness, hon- me from exquisite highs when important, not the technical interest in getting into battles esty and empathy within my I instinctively know some- rulebook. As long as it is leg- over TV channel choice, I sim- writing, I have learnt that a thing is good, or it is - ible, and can be basically un- ply let all my pad-mates reign balance has to be reached. lished, to plunging lows of derstood, that is all that really that domain, and I had my Many a first draft has been frustration when I know a matters. Prisons can be dark fiction books to read, al- scrapped or heavily edited, as piece doesn’t flow, or is sent places, but within that dark- though that still left quite a I was not conscious enough of off into the world without pro- ness can be found new skills gap. I did have a few people how it may affect the reader. I voking a response. I am get- and unrealised potential, to write to, but given my life- Some love it, some hate it believe the preceding deliber- ting better at controlling the which can unlock therapeutic long hatred of the pen, I ation over language is legiti- negative side however, no and practical benefits we may tended to put it off. However, mate, but I must admit that longer feeling down when never have imagined. So with feelings of isolation from my parole window opened trusted to have a laptop and the temptation to choose the pieces are rejected, as the re- please, give it a go, persevere, the out-side world closing in, that I really felt this explora- internet link at home. This complexity of language, de- jection gives me the closure of and your message can enter I tried to get over my phobia tion of the written word had changed everything, because pendent on readership, has knowing they were not good the world, inciting a reassur- and make the effort. Things its practical advantages, be- not only did I now have email, been strong within me. I have enough, and I must do ing response, that you are not progressed further once I was yond the invaluable thera- but also software that made pondered this, and perceive it better. alone. linked to a Newbridge Be- peutic ones. I decided that writing less demanding from to be folly, as great writers friender, as she was someone rather than ask a solicitor to a practical point of view. endeavour to speak inclu- So, is writing really like Steve is a former resident of who didn’t know me at all, write a somewhat clinical rep- When I look back at pieces I sively within every piece, and Marmite? I have to conclude it HMPPS well, apart from my bad side, resentation document on my wrote at that time I cringe, but so there were plenty of things behalf, I would simply com- that reaction does fill me with I could write to fill in the pose something myself hope, as it may indicate I am gaps. Almost imperceptibly, I straight from the heart. Ok, slowly learning. began to realise that hours the language might not be the could pass whilst composing most technical, but at least Much of the punctuation used just one letter. the Board would be able to in writing is still beyond me, envisage the ‘real’ me before so I stick to the basic commas I soon discovered that my vo- my hearing, not the crime, or and full stops etc, although cabulary was better than I the statistical risk I was even the placement of those had imagined, perhaps un- deemed to pose. I can’t of can be a challenge! Beyond wittingly enhanced by my course guarantee it helped, punctuation, there seems to Prison Law Experts / Legal 500 Recommendation past reading, although my but I was released to a be more to consider than I spelling was still off the map! hostel. ever imagined. 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what I was supposed to get knew the power of reading to navigate in a reading world out of it. It seemed a pointless and set about working to get is immense. Imagine how waste of time. For me, the en- the book into prisons. much harder it must be to sur- tire criminal system was vive prison when unable to read. wrong. I left feeling empty It was not easy. As with and even more lost than when everything in the British ‘Teach a friend to read’ can I first entered. I wanted to do criminal justice process, help end illiteracy and get something about it. Be a pos- there are hoops to jump, walls people in prison to work to- itive voice; which got me to do to climb, doors to open, peo- gether and be a positive step some amazing work like ple to convince, suspicion to in their life journey. There are co-hosting National Prison squash. I’ve been with the many problems in prison but Radio ‘Outside In’. Before that project for 3 years now and we being unable to read should I joined an organisation are only just starting to make not be one of them. ‘Teach a called ‘Good Vibrations’ progress. We hear from peo- friend to read’ can be an ad- which supports prison leav- ple in prison all the time who ditional aid to combat that. ers. That led me to sitting on manage to get hold of ‘Teach the National Criminal Justice a friend to read’ and use it to My hope is to get the book into Arts Alliance committee. This help their cellmates; like Jor- prison ready for anyone who took me to a workshop at the dan, who is serving 7 years wants to learn to read. All Everyone deserves to be a reader and has taught a number of

© prisonimage.org/Library image Ministry of Justice where I they need to do is find a met retired super-head, Libby prison inmates to read. He reader who is willing to go Colman, author of ‘Teach a told us about the pride and through the book with them Reading for the greater good friend to read’ - a book with sense of achievement he felt and follow the instructions. the simple premise that any- - showing that not only does Once they have finished the ‘Teach a friend to read’ book transforming lives in pris- one who can read can teach the book help non-readers but book they can give it to an- someone who can’t. also the reader. other non-reader and pass on on. Spread the word! the gift of reading.

Getting a non-reader to read Russ Haynes of my time inside. To be use- of fellow prisoners with read- I loved the simplicity of the means they can improve their Anybody interested in getting ful. I didn’t want to sit around ing, writing letters, poetry book and I knew it would chances of finding a place in the book or in helping getting waiting. I screwed up, I ac- and stories. I helped one for- work well in a prison environ- society and not feel like out- it into prison, please go to our When I first entered the prison cepted and now I wanted to mer homeless guy, who put ment and would be an addi- siders struggling to fit in. It website www.teachafriend- system, like a lot of first-tim- do something positive. It himself in prison for warmth tional tool in combating increases their chances of toread.com and contact us. If ers I was lost, confused, angry, wasn’t long till prison found and meals, write a book. I en- illiteracy. A non-reader could getting a job, which in turn you know a non-reader and wondering how the hell did I a role for me and it started joyed listening to his stories work with a reader by follow- helps to reduce reoffending. think this book will help then end up inside. This wasn’t simply by me helping read and helping him create char- ing the instructions laid out contact your PO and request part of my plan, but life can letters to those who couldn’t acters and events. It was the in the book and within about Despite this basic limitation the book. catch you off guard and a sim- read. I was surprised by the first time I felt I made a differ- 3 months could be a confident you have to admire a non- ple change or decision can high number of those in ence inside. reader. ‘Teach a friend to read’ reader. How they manage to end up taking you in a very prison who, through no fault is used all over the world, get through everyday tasks. Russ Haynes is Prison Project different direction. of their own, struggled to read When I left prison, I was dis- with reading projects in Computers, bills, shopping, Manager for ‘Teach a friend and write. I joined reading illusioned by the whole expe- Kenya, Sierra Leone, India, making appointments. The to read’ and co-host of ‘Outside I was determined to make use projects and was helping lots rience. I couldn’t figure out and throughout the UK. I skill needed for a non-reader In’ (National )

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tradition, certainly by placing markers on the landscape.

Archaeologists agree that stone circles are aligned with major events in a year, mid- summer sunrise, midwinter sunset, yet much more besides; an eclipse predictor for sun and moon, a geodetic marker, Mudumal Stone Circle in short, a Stone Age computer.

Stonehenge is described as at the centre of the three great - then continue the line back Britain’s National Temple, but watersheds of southern Eng- to Stonehenge. You have a any religion it served is long land. Water drains away from perfect 90-degree Pythago- dead and the faith repre- Avebury in every direction. rean triangle with sides of 5, sented merely speculation. Avebury, 5,200 years old, took 12 and 13. You could draw a Ancient stone circles: mystery, intrigue and enchantment Druids have laid claims to an estimated 1,560,000 man- line directly north from Stone-

© Deposit Photos Stonehenge, but modern Dru- hours and 4,000 people to henge to Arbor Low in Derby- idism is just that, modern, build. Over 200,000 tons of shire, now turn 90 degrees with the ancient Celtic Dru- chalk was quarried and re- due west to Bryn Celli Ddu in idic religion stamped out by moved before the first 500 Anglesey and return to Stone- Stonehenge and sisters the Romans. huge stones were brought henge. This is another perfect from Fyfield Down, several Pythagorean triangle with Stonehenge is the world’s miles away. sides of 3, 4 and 5; proof that ... lost knowledge of the ancients most sophisticated Neolithic the ancients could position monument, but it is not the Draw a line due west from monuments with an accuracy Keith Rose scorpions, together with ab- India has the massive Mudu- world’s largest. That honour Stonehenge to the Lundy Is- of metres over hundreds of stract human forms wearing mal Stone Circle in Telangana falls to Avebury, adjacent to land stone circle. Now make a miles without modern belted clothing rather than dating to around 5,000 BC Stonehenge, and sits precisely 90 degree turn due north instruments. Imagine you are in a pub quiz the skins normally associated with Northern Pakistan and and you are asked how many with the late Stone Age. Curi- Japan having equally impres- 12,000 years ago, the ancients Megalithic (standing stone) ously, 8,000 years ago the site sive sites. The Bible has 39 of Gobekli Tepe built an ob- circles are there in the UK? was carefully reconstructed mentions of Gilgal, ‘a circle of servatory to study precession, The answer is over 1,000, and then covered up. standing stones’ which has the 25,800-year cycle of the spread throughout the coun- been identified with the vil- pole stars. How could man be try. Lands End has a cluster, Are stone circles unique to lage of Jiljilia, 8-miles north so careless as to lose all Bodmin Moor perhaps 10, Eurasia? No. Throughout the of Bethel. Eire, France, Ger- knowledge? Dartmoor around 20, Wales, world the ancients built these many, Scandinavia, Malta, Anglesey, the Yorkshire incredible constructions. In Spain, Portugal, Brazil, Moors and the North-West are Australia at Wurdi Youang, America all boast impressive Keith Rose is a resident littered with them, as is East- Victoria State, is a 165-foot stone circles dating back to Avebury ern Scotland. Many more circle believed to be more the late Stone, early Bronze, of HMP Swaleside have been destroyed - the RCAad2018.qxp_Layout 1 25/10/2018 12:52 Page 1 standing stones moved or bro- ken up for building materials.

So, what are these stone cir- PRT is pleased to announce that applications for cles? Why were they built? the Robin Corbett Award for Prisoner Rehabilitation How old are they? 6,500 years are now welcome. older than Stonehenge; 7,000 years before the pyramids were constructed; predating Along with Lord Corbett’s family, the the farming revolution; a vast established and administers this award for prisoner rehabilitation. Megalithic complex sat atop Mullumbimby standing stones the hills of present day Sanli- This annual award, kindly supported by the Worshipful Company urfa in south-east Turkey. than 11,000 years old and at Age with Carnac in Southern of Weavers, is for outstanding rehabilitative work with prisoners Gobekli Tepe flourished an Mullumbimby, New South Brittany enjoying the same partnership with prison staff. Robin Corbett had a developed astounding 120,900 years ago Wales, overlooking Byron level of fame and mystery as interest in prisoners' education and people in prison 'learning and is the closest complex Bay, are 181 standing stones Stonehenge, not only for its through doing'. So, uniquely, the award champions work that thus far discovered with forming two circles joined by stone circles but the stone av- fosters personal responsibility and encourages people in prison. around 60 distinct circles a boomerang-shaped avenue enues, perfect rows of stand- covering the site. Each exhib- 100 yards long. The site is ing stones leading to and from it’s impressive technical and simply described as ‘incredi- Megalithic monuments. We look forward to receiving applications for this exciting award. artistic skill consisting of bly ancient’, yet European Nomination forms can be found at www.robincorbettaward.co.uk T-shaped pillars up to 20-feet settlers thought the Aborigi- Why were the circles built? In tall decorated with animal nes were primitive, mocking years past the ancients en- Forms marked ‘Robin Corbett Award’ should be emailed to reliefs, lions, bears, their ‘Dreamtime’ stories. joyed an uninterrupted view [email protected] of the night sky, a source of mystery and wonder that The deadline for nominations is 7th December 2018 today we have lost. The an- cients were observant and intelligent, they had to be to survive as hunter-gatherers, so they questioned. Why does the moon change shape, rise and set each night? Why does its rising and setting places move? To answer these and other questions the ancients began to record their observa- Gobekli Tepe tions, perhaps by oral Insidetime November 2018 www.insidetime.org Comment 25

offending. This is challenging work roles such as risk assessment. Here and evidently it does not always the Registered Psychologist needs to A matter of life and death work. There are a number of likely provide reassurance and clarity that reasons for this. they are there for the individual pa- tient. In practice this may mean a Forensic Psychology in Prisons HMPPS has adopted the use of need for more practitioner psycholo- highly structured and manual based gists working for the NHS and local Professor Graham Towl psychology is, to some degree, argu- work. They must have a Registered group work and this has, as I and authorities to provide such services ably, about both the setting and the Psychologist to supervise and take others have argued, served to dumb in prisons. particular activity engaged in. Read- overall professional responsibility for down the role of Registered Psy- I always recommend reading ‘Inside ers will likely be familiar with the their work in completing such work. chologists and trainees into techni- Just as there are far too many pris- Time’ to my students who want to prison setting. There is nothing inappropriate or un- cians delivering from a standard oners in prison, there are also too train as practitioner psychologists professional in this. All psychologists manual rather than autonomous many psychologists. This is histori- in settings such as prisons and pro- One common activity that practitioner were in training once and we have all professionals undertaking work to cally especially true of High Security bation. Practitioner psychologists psychologists in prisons and proba- had to learn. This should, though, address individual clinical needs. prisons. If we want to have the max- are, when qualified, registered with tion engage in is risk assessment. always be made explicit and the per- The advent of ‘programmes’ was as imal impacts on reducing reoffend- the Health and Care Professions Often this will involve work with life son be given the option not to be as- much a function of managerialism, ing, and meeting clinical needs of Council (HCPC) - a statutory regula- sentenced prisoners. Independently sessed or treated by someone in with its focus on targets and Key Per- prisoners, then there needs to be a tor whose role is public protection. of who their employer is, the psy- training. formance Indicators, as about evi- more careful consideration of where This includes those at increased risk chologist in these cases is writing dence on clinical effectiveness. practitioner psychologists can be of professional abuses such as mem- their assessment report for the The nature of ‘forensic’ work, with its ’Programmes’ became a ‘Key Perfor- most usefully employed, rather than bers of the public who are impris- ‘Court’ or ‘tribunal’, typically the focus on ‘Courts’ and tribunals, such mance Indicator’ but rather than leaving it to historical precedent and oned. The British Psychological Parole Board. Uncomfortable though as the Parole Board, runs counter to focus on outcomes, the primary internal power relationships within Society (BPS) now largely represents this may at times be for HMPPS, it is normative expectations, that health- measurement used was the number HMPPS. This requires moving psy- the interests of psychology and important that such professional in- care professionals such as psycholo- of people who had completed the chologists from High Security pris- psychologists. dependence is preserved. The pres- gists are there to serve the interests ‘programme’. The relevance or suc- ons to where the needs are greatest. ervation of such independence has of the ‘patient’ in front of them. It is cess was often neglected in the face One key feature to distinguish with sometimes been contested and can important that these relationships of managerial targets and funding Community based sentences often psychologists working in prisons is be challenging at times, but is no have clarity especially when per- based on numbers of completions. make far more sense for many indi- who their employer is. Many are em- less important for that. Similarly, forming risk assessments, which may This institutionalized perverse in- viduals who have committed of- ployed directly by HM Prison and solicitors may instruct psychologists inform judgments about areas such centives - increasing the risk of inap- fences and end up in prison. This Probation Service (HMPPS) whilst to write independent forensic reports as release from prison, community propriate referrals and treatment to needs to become the main focus of others are employed by NHS Health on behalf of their clients. The same supervision and treatment needs. make up the numbers. psychological work for the future. Trusts, private healthcare providers applies with the need to preserve Ultimately, I would like to see a sig- and local government. The 2003 professional independence - the duty This links to another particularly In my view the most important but nificant shift of emphasis, with prac- strategic framework for psychologi- is to report professionally to the Pa- challenging area of psychological relatively neglected clinical role for titioner psychologists and trainees cal services in HMPPS set out an role Board in this example. This is practice; interventions aimed at re- psychologists working in prisons is currently based in prisons moved in inclusive approach that embraced an important distinction for prison- ducing the risk of reoffending. This to reduce suicide. This is literally an significant numbers from prisons to the full range of practitioner psy- ers to be mindful of when being as- is primarily an area of clinical prac- issue of life and death. What could probation services. Fundamentally, chologists to work in prisons and sessed. The psychologist is not, in tice but may have links to forensic be more important than that? Every practitioner psychologists need to probation. In practice, most of the completing a forensic risk assess- assessments. The predominant set of psychological risk assessment become more involved in preven- Registered Practitioner Psycholo- ment, there in a clinical role to be a structured interventions in prisons should, in my view, include not only tion, at much earlier stages, on the gists would refer to themselves as therapist. and probation has been called ‘Of- an assessment of the risk of reoffend- trajectory towards imprisonment. forensic psychologists. That said, fending Behaviour Programmes’. ing but also the risk of suicide and educational, clinical, counselling A challenging area in forensic prac- These are a set of experimental inter- self-harm. This would be good pro- Needless to say, these views are my and health psychologists work in tice in prisons is that there can be a ventions based largely on cogni- fessional practice based squarely on own and do not necessarily repre- prisons too. They are all registered, high number of trainee psycholo- tive-behavioural approaches and the evidence. Work with prisoners to sent the views of my employer or as practitioner psychologists when gists writing forensic reports, pri- usually based on group work. These reduce the risk of suicide is critically previous employers. qualified, with the Health and Care marily for the Parole Board. ‘programmes’ have yielded disap- important and is not a 9 to 5 activity. Spice crawling Professions Council. In practice Ultimately they can only take partial pointing results in key areas, such as This clinical role also needs to be Graham Towl is Professor what constitutes forensic professional accountability for such efforts to reduce risk of sexual clearly distinguished from forensic of Psychology at Durham University

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He also said, “It has become Justice for racism increasingly diffi cult for law- Not worth the paper yers to obtain justice in the still has a way to go prison system due to the cuts Dave E Ferguson this need. Once at-tained, it is Some prisons have extremely in legal aid. Only by putting imperative that it is devel- supportive higher education ‘Increasingly difficult to obtain justice legal and political pressure on oped upon to the minimum of and DL systems in place, how- Prison Ministers and the In terms of proven rehabilita- CSE level. Without the full ever these are the exception. in prison due to legal aid cuts’ Government can change come tion methods, the most suc- support of the prison system Most prisons concentrate about. I used to be known as cessful is education. it simply cannot happen. their rehabilitative focus on talked on the issue of deaths Mr Judicial Review by the Independent studies show psychology-led offending be- in police and state custody, Ministry of Justice, but now that prisoners being released HMP Wakefield is a prime ex- haviour programmes (OBPs). which have increased over that is impossible to do. Even with qualifications that trans- ample of the failure to provide Clare Barstow the past few years. Imran if I take on a case for a prison- fer to the employment market- encouragement and support On the whole, OBPs are dis- Khan, a human rights lawyer, er free of charge, the police place avoid reoffending for far to prisoners studying beyond credited in respect of their I was amazed at how packed addressed the issue of public can put a £1,000 cost order longer than those who don’t. entry level. The prison claims effectiveness once they are the conference room was at inquiries and how effective against us which we just can’t to deliver a number of work- subjected to truly independ- South Bank University for they were in obtaining justice aff ord to pay, even against 14 Instrumental to this is the based qualifications, but, in ent review studies. This was early on Saturday and Sunday for those families of victims year-old children. Now fami- type of qualification gained truth, very few of Wakefield’s exemplified most recently by by the prisoner whilst de- prisoners are given access to the collapse of the SOTP. In- morning but the Centre for of racist murders inside and lies are having to resort to tained. The qualification (s) sitting for these. In fact, the dependent study of the SOTP Crime and Justice Studies cer- outside the system. Where crowd-funding to raise funds those from an ethnic minority need to be at least CSE level, number of prisoners passing revealed increased rates of tainly knew how to engage to obtain justice, which is people on the topic ‘State were placed in the same cell preferably higher. Ideally, the an industry recognised qual- reoffending for prisoners who unacceptable. There is only so Racism’. I sat next to Terry of a known racist and mur- qualification should be of an ification is so low that it war- had completed it compared to much money the public will Lewis from the charity ‘All dered, public inquiries were industry recognised stand- rants investigation. those who had not! be willing to give. Delays in Heads Recognised’ - based at slowly bringing about change ard. For example, the British Norwood Junction - who edu- - however 186 failures across the findings of inquiries, Institute of Cleaning Services These level It is recognised that key to a cate young people who have the prison system were which can take up to 7 years (BICS) for cleaning services or qualifications have former prisoner refraining been in the criminal justice acknowledged in this area. to produce a verdict is also Register of Exercise Profes- from reoffending is a stable system and involved in gangs unacceptable.” sionals (REPs) for the exercise no value at all in environment. This requires a by off ering motivational and Imran spoke about how only and fitness industry. Least home, employment, financial construction courses. She the adversarial system of All the speakers at the confer- likely to reoffend are prison- the employment independence, family and said, “Young people are the being able to cross-examine ence uniformly agreed that ers who attain degree-level marketplace. In acceptance by the commu- ones who are going to drive witnesses at these inquiries justice, both inside and out- qualifications. nity. In this environment a the fi ght against racism over were able to produce the apol- side the system, was a long fact, they are not former prisoner can develop the next few years. If you ogies necessary to allow fam- way from being achieved. Despite this, the MoJ and worth the paper and feel self-worth. The first aren’t talking about the real ilies to obtain the justice they prison system focus efforts on step to this success is employ- issues, change won’t come.” deserved. “It is cathartic for the delivery of ‘entry level’ they are printed ment, and employment re- them, as they are able to say Clare Barstow is a writer and qualifications, usually maths on to a potential quires CSE level and above Deborah Coles from INQUEST what they want to say.” former resident of HMPPS and English and here lays a qualifications. problem. These level qualifi- employer. cations have no value at all in An OBP certificate such as the employment marketplace. Many prisoners at Wakefield RESOLVE, CALM, TSP, SOTP In fact, they are not worth the try to study higher level qual- and now Horizon and Kaizen paper they are printed on to a ifications through Distance are not what a potential em- potential employer. Learning (DL), but very few ployer will be looking for. In succeed. 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reminds us about the recent walkout by members of the POA. We all understand the reason why - all too well. After all, we want the same thing: “Safer prisons”. But the POA might get more support from this half of the front line if they think things through first - by conducting their (un- derstandable) protests in a way that doesn’t lead to day “We can’t believe they’re gone, please keep us safe Jenny”

long Bang-Ups, and cancelled © Deposit Photos visit days. Jenny Greengrass Being surrounded by fields and close to woods “We care” And the idea that PAVA spray we are constantly aware of foxes and badgers. and the basic arming of of- Locking the chickens up at night was upper- ficers is a short cut to safer most in my mind, so as soon as the evenings Marcus and Karoline - experienced, with years of prisons is a fantasy really. Sadness in the have started to draw in, and we can see the jail-craft have left. Yes - Un- Isn’t it? Designed by the POA chickens make their own way into the coop, It’s Friday and another week- locked Grads have arrived. A to blackmail Rory Stewart by chicken coop end approaches. Likely, new Governor/Director has offering a false quick fix to we can lock them up for the night away from been in post for 12 months or preying intruders. ‘Bang-Up’ till Monday 0800 the violence in our prisons. It has been a sad week in the Greengrass so. Resources are stretched, for Karoline’s other half’s We can see Unlocked Grads, household. We have lost two of our lovely place again. This only used to as always. But in such cir- with very few jail-craft skills, Lemon Millefleur chickens - one to an injury But I hadn’t imagined that they would be vul- occur over Bank Holiday cumstances you would ex- reaching for the PAVA without and one to a fox. nerable during the day, and hearing the ducks weekends, which in a small pect oversight by a Governor/ thinking, or talking, first. making an unusual din in the garden I looked way you can understand - Director to be greater. Not as And this could occur in a visit I told you all about ‘Limpy’ - the only hen we out to see a mass of feathers and knew exactly with staff wanting leave to be far as micro management, but hall. You can imagine the gave a name to and that was because we what had happened. What a trauma for the rest with their families. And it’s like a conductor of an or- chaos and reaction when a thought her injured leg was just a temporary of the flock. I know it is nature, and that every only a few times in a year, so chestra ensuring the music visitor gets hit by PAVA. This setback. However as the days have gone on, creature has to feed themselves, but I would it was accepted. But every desired is delivered, whilst is the deeply disturbing kind poor Limpy has been struggling to get about. rather it was not with my hens. We have now weekend! It’s starting to cause keeping unwanted bum notes of scenario where riots could We had to make her a separate nest in the coop kept the rest of the chickens in a run for a time frustration and anger in the to the minimum. After all, start. as she was unable to jump onto the perch and in order for them to recover and gain confi- ranks of the other prison front these Governors/Directors are into the sleeping area. A little ramp was made dence to once again roam around the garden. line - the prisoners’ families. not bloody magicians. But Our prison problems are for her so that she could hop out in the Fingers crossed nothing else will happen but this doesn’t seem to be hap- caused in reality by cuts in morning. it looks like the ducks are my alarm bells if pening at the moment. It feels To whom do the men inside resources, staff and funding. something comes into the garden they don’t like another perfect storm is What was so lovely is that the rest of the hens moan and vent their frustra- The general public are too like. tion? Their wives and girl- brewing? often misled by the press and and the cockerel were so attentive and kept by her side, knowing she was unable to walk very friends. Often saying silly think that prisons are nothing So the cockerel is now left with just 3 hens in As one can imagine, Karoline far. But unfortunately came the day this week things that are not true at all, to do with them - and thus his harem. He has looked a bit sad as he is a is worried that things might when her other leg became injured and she thus unwittingly upsetting rarely question what’s really very attentive male (yes, I can see sadness in go ‘pop’ if this poor decision was unable to move at all. We carried her out vital relationships which they happening. his face) but perhaps we can add another two hold priceless in a normal making continues. We under- of the coop to the food but it was obvious her quality of life was very restricted. With sad- or three hens to keep him happy. I hope they frame of mind - and which are stand there have been two It’s time for society to be told ness we asked the local farmer to have her and appreciate the role that the ducks are playing vital to their resettlement and major incidents on a wing in the truth. We need prisons to quietly end her days. We couldn’t face it as these in keeping them safe. progress. But this is what pro- the last three weeks; this be places that offer hope and chickens had instantly become pets and it was longed bang-up behind the rarely ever occurred before. help for people to change like losing a member of the family. He kept her door often does to people Visit lengths have been re- their futures. To do this we duced, along with the days for a few days to see if she would recover but Jenny Greengrass is a keen amateur need to invest in decent staff, unfortunately her injuries were too severe. horticulturist The old chestnut of low staff available for them from a sys- good, inspired and support- levels has been cited as the tem that worked just fine be- ive leadership from Gover- fore, leaving many without reason for poor regimes. Well nors/Directors. There should SOCIAL SERVICES now, a place with a popula- the possibility of a visit as the be a holistic approach to how MASZ PROBLEM tion of 625/700 - which overall now strictly limited places are the families of prisoners are PROBLEMS ? has fairly good conditions for taken so fast. A twitter ac- considered by the system. The CARE PROCEEDINGS? Z PICIEM? a B cat - is resorting to bang- count or something on the public needs to be informed up alone as the only way of prison website would surely intelligently and honestly WE SPECIALISE IN POTRZEBUJESZ help with information and controlling the situation - de- that we cannot build, spray, ACTING FOR PARENTS spite the effect it has on both communication, especially or baton our way out of this POMOCY? sides of the front line. Things for families who travel hun- crisis. Nor can we run effec- Ring us to arrange a visit are getting serious. dreds of miles across the tive rehabilitative regimes on 020 7403 85 20 country. The short sighted peanuts and not expect it to GLP Solicitors approach adds to frustration Thing is, we have noticed that have a damaging effect way 20a Lakeland Court things have been getting more among both prisoners and Anonimowi Alkoholicy - Punkt beyond the gate house and Middleton chaotic there recently and families; and increases fric- right across the country. Informcyjno Kontaktowy looks like uncoordinated tion with already stressed Manchester M24 5QJ Sroda 19.00 – 21.00 fire-fighting. We last saw this and overworked staff. Sobota i Niedziela 17.00 – 21.00 kind of thing at HMP Birming- 0161 Marcus (@marcustwo) and www.aa-pik-wielkabrytania.org.pl ham about a year before the Ah, oh yes, the ‘overworked’ Karoline (@karolinedaniel) 653 6295 riot. Old time staff and stressed staff. That support a loved one in prison Email: [email protected] 28 Comment www.insidetime.org Insidetime November 2018 From over the wall Tales of Wisdom

but they will have discovered that they have, could once more use them to within them, an ability to engage with some- grow - thus a cycle was com- plete. I told her to take the Terry Waite CBE thing new in a creative way and that can be a real help when an individual, lacking perhaps rotting apple in the garden in self confidence, gets back into life outside. and break it apart carefully to How is it prisons that ought to have been re- see what was inside. She re- turned with 8 seeds, or apple Creative Thinking placed years ago still continue to house large pips. These pips, I told her, are numbers of inmates? Answer: very few politi- Clean break the means by which next year cians have seen it necessary to have a full scale Across the years I have met many prisoners new apple trees could grow; review of the system and, back to the previously who, when they reach the age of forty or there- thus the tree could reproduce mentioned point - there are no votes in abouts, often take time to reflect on how life itself. And what’s more the prisons. has treated them or, to put it another way, how rotting flesh of the apple © Deposit Photos they have treated life. Many have spent the would enrich the soil where Desire to change past twenty-five years in and out of HMYOIs Sid Arter One of this week’s apples had the pips fell - giving the seeds Well, let me look at the other side of the issue. the best start for next year. or prison and quite frankly have had enough. completely rotted and all that Because things are not good inside, and have ‘It’s a mugs game,’ one such former prisoner was left was a brown soggy got worse in recent years, it’s no good for anyone I have heard prison referred said to me recently. ‘I decided that unless I mess in the paper it had been to use that as an excuse for not making a change The rotten to by people as a ‘rotting hell- made a clean break now, I was more than likely wrapped in. My daughter sug- in their own life. At the end of the day you have hole’. And maybe this rotting going to spend much of the remainder of my gested it was useless and was to find the willpower and the desire to change set to throw it into the compost is not so bad after all. Maybe, life behind bars and who wants that?’ The apple from within yourself. Forgive me if I sound bin. She suggested it was a like the apple, the rotting of straight answer to that is, if all you can do is ‘preachy’ here. I don’t mean to be. I just know pointless waste for an apple the old person, or at least parts continue in your old ways then the general from my personal experience that when I did Last week I went to check on to rot so completely - and that of the old person, can enrich public would be more than happy to see you almost five years in total solitary confinement the apples I had stored in the it was a bad bit of evolution the new life that can grow out banged up for life. of the seeds of opportunity it was up to me to find the inner strength to shed from the tree at the bot- for an apple to be so likely to tom of the garden. Every year that lie inside us all. And like come through that experience. Certainly it was rot that it would be made use- The reasons and excuses for lawbreaking would the tree is loaded with splen- the apple, it is only by the old tough, and there were times when I never less by rotting like this. fill several large volumes and they have been did cooking apples and at the lifestyle rotting that a new one thought I would survive. Yes, I faced injustice, written about many times. Many prisoners have beginning of October we pick can grow in the future. But torture and a mock execution. Let me tell you I reminded her that if rotting had a lousy start in life and almost from birth them and store them in large did not happen, the earth like the apple we need to focus I am a very ordinary human being with few were on the pathway that leads directly to the trays for use over the winter. would be covered in apples, upon the seeds of our life that special skills. However, I was determined not prison front door. Others had financial diffi- Each week we check the apples other fruit and leaves and of can grow into whatever - just to go under and somehow I managed to keep culties, looked for a way out and chose crime. and each week there are one course fungi were also part of as the pips can grow into new going. To be fair, I did have the help and support trees once the old ways or fruit I won’t go into more reasons - they are too nu- or two that are rotten or have evolution and had evolved to of a family and others when I finally returned has rotted away. merous to list. We all know full well that there started to rot. These we take live on this vegetative materi- to the British Isles. The fact that many who are out of the trays and use the are many big offenders who because of money, al. By rotting the material, released do not have such help makes it even good bits to make pies and power or influence manage to keep out of jail. fungi were returning nutrients Sid Arter is a teacher more important that there is good support pro- crumbles. The people they have used are often the ones to the soil from where plants and entertainer vided on discharge: something that is sadly who get caught. lacking. Despite the problems in and out of the prison system there are still those who are Again, I don’t want to make excuses but the willing to assist former prisoners who are sim- Lambeth Children’s Homes present state of our prisons in England does ply fed up with their life as it has been. Don’t make it difficult for rehabilitation to take despair. place. The authorities do not seem to be par- Redress Scheme ticularly good at answering such questions as: I’ll let you know how the Wandsworth produc- ‘Why do so many individuals keep returning tion of Carmen went in my next column. Keep Applications for compensation are now to jail?’ or ‘Why is it that our prisons are in such well. a terrible state?’ One - and just one - possible open until 1 January 2020. answer to these questions is that politicians Until the next time, Terry Waite know full well that there are no votes to be Lambeth Council has set up a Redress Scheme for gained by urging reform of the prison system. PS Well done to all who staged Carmen at Understandably, the public are fed up with people who, as children, were abused or feared Wandsworth last night. It was a a really great crime and believe that a good long spell inside performance and even though the audience had is the best way to deal with the problem. If a abuse at a Lambeth Children’s Home and/or to be kept to quite a small number (health and prisoner is at a point in his or her life where safety!) the whole company, professional singers they want to make a go of things then that is Shirley Oaks Primary School. and the residents, put on a great evening. not impossible, far from it, but it is hard. For the moment it’s more than difficult to get mov- There are two types of compensation ing any creative activity inside. payment available: Carmen I am writing this just a few days before I go to Harm’s Way Payment and HMP Wandsworth for a production of Carmen staged by the Prison Choir Project. From what We take pride in providing a Individual Redress Payment I have been told, this has been a great project full range of to work on and has given many of the lads a Criminal and Prison Law To nd out more about the Scheme, eligibility and real opportunity to engage in some different form of creative activity. 170 plus members of Services. to make a claim, visit lambeth.gov.uk/redress the general public pre-paid to come to a per- formance. That number has had to be cut down FOR ASSISTANCE PLEASE CONTACT or email [email protected] to 60 due, so I am told, to the fact that the build- ing is not approved to accommodate 170. I doubt Hannah Rumgay - Prison Law Solicitor Strictly Private and Con dential this is the fault of the prison staff but I mention Tates, 2 Park Square East, it as one example of how very hard it is for Lambeth Redress Team, anyone to get the system moving in a creative Leeds, LS1 2NE way. I doubt that those who take part in Carmen 0113 242 2290 PO Box 747, Winchester SO23 5DP will leave jail and go straight to Covent Garden, Insidetime November 2018 www.insidetime.org Comment 29 Experts: Who needs them? Interpretation of evidence requires specific forensic expertise

in court is not the original footage. The judge in the above murder case concerned and/or CCTV control Frequently, the police will simply ask may well be at fault in allowing the room, officers on the ground to as- the shop owner or pub landlord to officer “to talk the court through sist, close a street if necessary, all supply then with a copy of their CCTV what the jury are looking at”. Take with sufficient funding to do what- on a disc, which means that images an example from the photos of a ever is required. If instructed by the are not always recovered in their na- crime scene. The prosecutor is enti- Defence, chances are that the shop tive format. Then, when the police tled to place these before the jury; and certainly the CCTV control room download the images themselves, and to invite them to look at features will not permit them access, they they use a USB stick which is then within the photos. However, what will very rarely get any cooperation copied onto a DVD back at the station counsel say is not evidence. When from the police and they would have CCTV - not always as reliable as you might think and they then re-format the USB stick the officer is in the witness box, s/ to jump through hoops to persuade

© Raw Pixel to avoid having to purchase another. he is there to give evidence. Unless the Legal Services Commission that The original footage in the shop or what is apparent on the compilation all of this was necessary in the inter- who had presented the evidence for pub is taped over and the primary tape is obvious to the viewer, in pro- est of justice. Nine times out of ten, the Crown, the expert hoped there copy, which might in practice be con- viding a commentary on what the the best the expert can do is a desk- would be no hard feelings. At this Geir Madland sidered the original, has also been compilation tape shows, the officer top exercise compared to the many point, the officer explained that he wiped. is ‘interpreting’ the tape. ‘Interpre- hours and facilities which have been had only recently been promoted tation’ of evidence is the function of provided to the Prosecution expert. from PCSO and had spent 300 hours ‘People in this country have had an expert. Accordingly, before such viewing the CCTV without any train- enough of experts’ - so declared the Unless what is ap- a witness should be allowed to ‘in- CCTV evidence, as with all forensic ever helpful Michael Gove back in ing whatsoever. What’s more, the terpret’ that which is not otherwise evidence, requires expert interpre- 2016, though he may well have commercial software he had used is parent on the compila- obvious to an uninformed observer tation for the court and jury to un- changed his mind since then. He notorious for dropping out frames. tion tape is obvious to of the tape, the expertise of the of- derstand its significance and might well reconsider should he ever ficer needs to be established appro- limitations. According to the CPS, find himself in front of a Crown What seems to be happening is this: the viewer, in providing priately. Otherwise the evidence is that expert must be “impartial and Court jury. a police officer or civilian technician a commentary on what strictly inadmissible. sufficiently qualified in a field of reviews all the available CCTV in a expertise”. Without that expertise, A recent murder trial involved mul- criminal investigation and then pro- the compilation tape Financial cuts have undoubtedly put the presentation of such evidence is tiple co-defendants and a stabbing. duces a compilation for use at court. a strain on the Crown’s resources inappropriate and inadmissible. A compilation of CCTV footage was S/he is then called, not as an expert, shows, the officer is but, if they have problems, consider presented to the court by a police but as the officer who has reviewed ‘interpreting’ the tape. the lot of the Defence. In CCTV cases, We need experts to interpret forensic officer, who invited the jury to iden- all the CCTV and assembled the com- experts instructed by the Defence evidence and two of the very best tify an object in one individual’s pilation. The compilation is played almost always have to work with one will be presiding at the next Crime- hand as a knife. Yet the Defence’s to the court and the officer is asked This is compounded by the fact that hand tied behind their back. Firstly, Live event in Cambridge on Novem- digital forensics expert found to talk the court through what they not all officers are trained in the ac- it is almost impossible to get prior ber 21st. Tickets are available at: frames, missing from the police’s are looking at. quisition process and will frequently authority from the Legal Services https://tinyurl.com/yakzgdmo compilation video, showing the ob- fail to recover images in their native Commission for sufficient funding ject in question falling from the in- That’s fine if the quality of the re- format. The CCTV evidence often to undertake the necessary work. A dividual’s hand and lighting up corded images is such that everyone forms a major plank of the Prosecu- when it hit the floor. This object was in court can see and agree on exactly tion case and the powers that be typical case may involve a height Geir Madland is a Caseworker for therefore more likely to be a phone what the footage shows, as it invar- don’t seem to realise that if the acqui- calculation of a suspect at a scene. Inside Justice than a knife. iably is in TV crime dramas. But that sition process is flawed, then If an expert is instructed by the To read more about the work of is plainly not the case, especially everything downstream is poten- Crown, everything s/he needs is pro- Inside Justice please go to Catching up with the police officer since the compilation video shown tially compromised. vided - full access to the premises www.insidejustice.co.uk

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Marguerite Schinkel PhD student Javier Ve- Percentage of custodial sentences imposed at Sheriff lasquez-Valenzuela said:

The Scottish Government set Court by length of sentence 1999-2017 “My research with people out its plans for the next year who have served multiple Inside by publishing the Programme short-term sentences suggests for Government on 4th Sep- that, at least for them, short Scotland! tember. One of its main jus- sentences do not help to stop tice commitments is to extend offending (see side panel). A selection of news the presumption against One problem for this group is and features relating short prison sentences to 12 that prisons are not set up to to prisons and justice months - once additional start and then continue reha- for our friends and safeguards for victims of do- bilitation across different sen- colleagues north of mestic abuse are in force. tences. This means that, even though they might have spent the border. Conservative justice spokes- most of their adult life in man Liam Kerr predictably prison across many short sen- criticised the move for letting tences, they have not had any Opinions from “some of the most dangerous sustained counselling or criminals off the hook”, but other interventions. the inside on organisations and people short sentences working in criminal justice “It is also a sad fact that, mostly welcomed the exten- highlighted that after the in- be the only way to end short 2006/7, though, rather than while most think serving “I think all they mean is sion, which was supported by troduction in 2010 of the pre- sentences, three-month sen- after the introduction of the many short sentences adds up I’ve got a criminal record former HM Chief Inspector of sumption against sentences tences have reduced from a presumption, so it is not clear to a waste of life, some people on a bit of paper and it’s Prisons, David Strang. of up to three months, they high of 55% in 2006/7, while what its actual impact has are forced to use prison as a still made up 30% of all im- sentences of three to six temporary resource to get gonna make it a lot harder been. In any case, sentencers Some, however, feel the pre- posed sentences in 2015/16, months have increased from away from drugs or to access for me to find a job and will retain the option to im- sumption does not go far and with early release, 65% of below 30% in the same year accommodation. When sen- stuff ‘cos it’s never bene- enough, calling for an out- prisoners served less than to more than 37% since pose a short sentence if there tencers move away from short fited me, going to prison. right ban. For example, Re- three months in total. 2011/12 (as is clear from the is no alternative, which sentences, what resources It doesn’t benefit you … form Scotland, an graph above) these sentences means these sentences will will be as immediately avail- there’s no rehabilitation.” independent think tank, While an outright ban might started to fall and rise in not disappear. able in the community?”

“I just don’t think there’s enough there, in prisons Should we have transgender tae ... they just ... they’re Green light for women’s prison jailing girls and women... wings in prison? for petty crimes. Prison’s serving long sentences and posing a high risk not gonnae solve it.” to the public, with women held on or Ellen Van Damme serving short sentences housed instead in local “It doesnae rehabilitate prisons. The Herald Scotland reported recently that the Scottish Prison me or whatever they say Service (SPS) has rejected the request to create specific wings The new unit in Maryhill will comprise four it’s meant to dae, I don’t in prison for transgender inmates. But where did this idea of two-storey houses, each accommodating six know what the point is …. transgender wings in prisons come from, and why is the SPS women. A single-storey hub will house recep- It’s punishing me by taking not agreeing with it? me away fae ma family tion, visitor facilities and activity space. and ma freedom, but it’s Transgender people in prison have suffered sexual, emotional A planning statement submitted by the Scot- no’ a punishment in here, and other types of degrading treatment at the hands of their tish Prison Service (SPS) said: “The overall aim is it? There’s nothing bad fellow inmates or prison guards. For example, in 2016 The In- is to develop a facility that fits into the local aboot it, really. It’s no’ a dependent reported the case of a transgender woman in Aus- community, with women being able, for exam- bad place tae lie, you’re no’ tralia who declared she was forced to have sex with her male ple, to access health and social service provid- hard done by and that.” fellow inmates in exchange for ‘protection’. On the other hand, ers locally.” there are cases of transgender women (male body, female gen- “I’m just sick of coming in der) who have sexually abused women both in prison, such as However, some local residents are unhappy and out the jail all the the case of sexual touching at New Hall Prison, as reported by about the development. Catherine Napier, who time, it’s…when is it gon- the BBC in 2018, which led to the person concerned being lives close to the site where the unit will be transferred back to a male prison. nae change, eh, this isnae built, told ’s Evening Times newspa-

helping me, this jail is not © prisonimage.org/Library image per: “Since the women are allowed free move- There are clearly two stands in the discussion of transgender helping me. Definitely no.” ment outside and have been found in law to The first of Scotland’s new “alternative pris- wings in prison. On the one side you have those who are high- have committed a criminal offence, I will feel ons” for women is due to open in Glasgow by lighting the vulnerability of transgender inmates in prison, “It is a waste of life, but extremely unsafe in my house all day every the end of 2020, after planning permission was arguing that transgender women are at high risk of becoming I’ve just done it that many day.” times now, there’s no de- granted by the local council. subject to abuse, particularly sexual abuse, if housed in male prisons, while on the other hand you have those who are advo- terrent for me coming However, SPS emphasised that women prison- The new Community Custody Unit, which will cating for the vulnerability of female prisoners when mixed back. It’s not as if I think ‘I ers would be assessed before being moved to house up to 24 low-risk female prisoners, is with transgender women, as is the practice in Scotland at pres- don’t want to go to jail, I’d the facility, and would not go there directly one of five planned across the country. It will ent, because the latter are perceived to pose a threat. With the better not do this’. There’s from court. Tom Fox, its head of corporate af- be built on the grounds of the former Maryhill rejection of the request to establish transgender wings in both no deterrent. You’ve got fairs, said: “No more than a third of the women Health Centre on the city’s Shawpark Street. female and male prisons, the question remains: who are we everything. You don’t will be accessing the community at any one protecting? Interestingly, a recent study on transgender women need nothing.” time. It’s not going to be a case of getting up in The new facilities were planned in response imprisoned in Italy, where they are housed in special sections, the morning and going down to the shops.” to the recommendations of the Commission on found that they suffered more violence from other prisoners “Just because I’ve been at Women Offenders chaired by former Lord Ad- when this section was located in a female prison wing than that much of a low point “The women will be licenced to go out and vocate Dame Elish Angiolini. Its report was when they were housed in a section in a male prison. This was in ma life that it’s easier they’ll have a time to return. They might go out published in 2012 and recommended that due to them being perceived as a threat by the female prisoners. to go inside [prison] than for a medical appointment or work in a charity Cornton Vale in Stirling be replaced with a This raises the question who transgender wings would protect deal with stuff outside.” shop, but they will always have a purpose.” smaller, specialist prison for those women more, its occupants or female prisoners? Insidetime November 2018 www.insidetime.org Comment // Scottish Focus 31 Michelle’s Law based on misunderstanding of prison sentences

Michelle Stewart was 17 when she was killed in a knife attack having served nearly ten years was now being considered for society and as an extension of this, within justice. We aim for by her ex-boyfriend in Ayrshire in 2008. John Wilson was sen- community access through the Special Escorted Leave scheme rehabilitation and restoration, we talk about second chances. tenced to life imprisonment in 2009. With a tariff of 12 years, (always supervised by two guards). The article wrongly stated Undoubtedly the gravity of the offence in this case is extreme this is the minimum time he will serve in prison before he is John Wilson was being “released early” and a meeting between and the grief of the family is clear, but the process for life sen- eligible to apply for parole. the family and the Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf was tence prisoners to be granted parole is arduous. A change in arranged. attitudes, remorse for the crime and perceived risk are all con- As part of a life sentence, prisoners must go through a process sidered when prisoners are progressing through the system. of transition into the community pre-release. The earliest this John Scott, Scottish Conservative MSP for Ayrshire was quoted journey can start is four years before the tariff (aka punishment in the Express as saying: “We talk a lot about the rights of The proposals put forward by the Scottish Conservatives, which part) date. Theoretically, this includes two years at the National criminals - what about the rights of victims?” He went on: would allow victims’ relatives to give evidence at parole hear- Top End (NTE) followed by two years at Castle Huntly (Open “victims and their families [need] to have a much greater say ings and to appeal parole decisions, takes away the impartial Prison), but this is a best-case scenario and not the reality for in when criminals are released, and where they are released role of the judiciary. If it was a member of my family, no doubt the majority. At every stage, the prisoner is risk assessed, in- to” so “we can finally get justice for Michelle”. I would feel the same as Michelle’s family, but this is why we volving prison-based specialists, prison staff and outside agen- have a judicial process, to prevent retribution and vengeance cies meeting to discuss the original offence, behaviour in No-one can defend the actions of John Wilson, and nothing will in our civilised society. custody, participation in programmes, how the prisoner is bring back Michelle Stewart. However, it is wrong to suggest coping with the changes and suitability for progression to the that ten years after the original sentencing there has been no Cabinet Secretary Yousaf has pledged to “look at the proposals next stage. justice. Justice was dispensed by a court of law. with an open mind”. Hopefully he is open-minded about change and rehabilitation by those who have broken the law too. Per- Those who do progress through the system therefore have The victim’s family rightly have the opportunity to submit an haps he could arrange a meeting with the families and children displayed they are ready to re-integrate into society, with the impact statement pre-sentence which is taken into considera- of those who are currently in prison to offer them support, slightest breach of behaviour or conditions likely to result in a tion by the Judge when deciding the punishment part. The because they also are indirect victims of crime. return to a closed prison. devastation felt by the victim’s family is entirely understand- able, but having a say at the other end of the sentence as well John Wilson is not getting “early release”. He will have strict It is on the back of this that I read with interest the article in would mean those who committed the crime would rarely be conditions placed on him for the rest of his life whilst in the the Express on August 3rd 2018. Michelle Stewart’s family had released. community, if he does get released. It is a tragedy for Michelle’s been contacted by the Scottish Prison Service through the family and they deserve sympathy, compassion and support, Victim Notification Scheme, informing them that John Wilson In Scotland we talk about having a progressive approach in our but justice must be allowed to be dispensed with neutrality. What to expect when you are Concern about Scotland say ‘no deal’ Scottish remands Brexit will hinder hoping for parole in Scotland extraditions Scotland has the largest prison population, per There is little advice yourself, your time in prison you and it will often feel like proportion of the population, in Europe. Now The country’s most senior prosecutor, Lord and readiness for release, and a stern interrogation. Board it has been revealed that almost a fifth of pris- Advocate James Wolffe, has warned that a ‘no- in prison about the respond to issues raised in members have their own oners are being held on remand. Labour’s deal Brexit’ will make it harder to extradite parole process and the dossier. You might say style, some tough, some more member of the (MSP) Dan- foreign criminals who flee Scotland and police how to prepare for something about your plans gentle - it can feel like a ‘good iel Johnson has called the use of remand will have to rely on old treaties to try to get it. This article focuses on release and your family cop’, ‘bad cop’, ‘middle-way “Overused”. Speaking in a debate in the Scot- them returned. Appearing before the Scottish and other relationships that Parliament’s justice committee, Mr Wolffe said on life sentenced cop’ situation. There has been tish Parliament last month he said that 71% of can support you, as this is a a recent recruitment drive for leaving the European Arrest Warrant (EAW) factor used by the Board to those on remand for the most serious crimes prisoners’ experi- Parole Board members and after EU withdrawal would mean other Euro- support release. You can also and 43% of those being dealt with under sum- ences but is relevant one lawyer warns that there pean countries would probably refuse to ex- collect written references mary procedure for more minor offences will may be an element of joining tradite their citizens. to any prisoner, in- from those who know you, for go on to receive a custodial sentence: “If they the board as a CV builder to a cluding determinate example your placement do not go on to receive a custodial sentence, Sheriffdom or other career Security arrangements between the UK and provider. what are they doing in prison at all? and extended sen- promotion. Board members the EU, post-Brexit, haven’t been resolved, and EU chief negotiator Michel Barnier has said tence prisoners, During the hearing who are older, like retired po- “That means a majority of people on remand Britain would no longer be able to use the EAW. where an oral hear- Normally, the Parole Board lice, reportedly have a better under summary procedure will not go on to Under the EAW EU countries cannot refuse to representatives would attend understanding of how far a ing is provided. surrender their citizens who have committed the oral hearing in person at person has come and are the prison. The cost of this is huge. If it costs over a serious crime. The EAW agreement came into the prison, but sometimes it most realistic. But you should £35,000 per year, per prisoner to keep someone Before the hearing force in 2003 and before that extradition in takes place by video link. just go in prepared to make in prison, the total cost of the remand prison The paperwork (dossier) for Europe was governed by the 1957 Convention Your lawyer can attend, and the best representation you population is £55 million a year. That is the true your parole hearing is started on Extradition. should arrive in advance of six months before your parole can of your situation and your cost and that is why we must find alternatives.” your hearing to prepare you, date. The dossier is meant to low risk to others. but do not be surprised if they be given to you six weeks 01324 fail to turn up and you have Taylor prior to your hearing date but After the hearing If they do not go on to to do the hearing on your 614015 can arrive within a month of The hearing can last as long &Kelly own. It is not uncommon for receive a custodial sentence, it. The dossier contains re- as is needed to review a case, a hearing to be adjourned for but typically takes around what are they doing in prison ports of your Personal Officer several weeks if the paper- 15 years’ experience in assisting prisoners throughout 40-45 minutes. You will either Scotland with and (PO); prison based social work is not completed or done at all? prison law parole matters. work; community based so- be sent out of the room and Recognised by Chambers as one of the best correctly, or the Parole Board human rights firms in Scotland. cial work and intelligence called back to hear the result, want further information to Keeping someone on bail supervision costs reports on your time in prison or you may go back to your We can assist you with: be provided. This will be dis- just £26,000 a year. Conservative Scottish Jus- as well as programmes you appointing, but many feel it is cell and be told the result All Parole Board proceedings (Tribunals/paper reviews) tice spokesman, Liam Kerr said: “Let’s use have done. You can then re- better to wait a period of later. In either case, it is usu- Challenges to recall view it and have your lawyer ally decided quickly, often appropriate data capture to ensure that those weeks than to carry on, be Prison disciplinary/orderly room issues look over it to anticipate ques- within 20-30 minutes. What- who are remanded need to be remanded. denied parole and barred Downgrade challenges tions you will be asked in the from being considered again ever happens, just do your Whilst ensuring that those who should not be, Progression hearing. In addition to the for six months or longer. best and believe in yourself - who remember have never been convicted of Internal prison disputes dossier you can write a just doing the length of time a crime, do not have their liberty curtailed, Falkirk Business Hub, 45 Vicar Street, self-representation where you There are three Parole Board of your sentence is a testa- and all the negative consequences that follow, Falkirk, FK1-1LL can give an account of representatives who question ment to your coping skills! simply for want of an alternative.” 32 Comment www.insidetime.org Insidetime November 2018 A journey through the therapy looking glass The Tax Academy partners This interaction made me the role they perform within think about how and why the the community. with Lloyd’s Coverholder things people say can place a distance between them and Delivery is key! Or so they say, Fact sheets on the way to help prison leavers be their own boss the truths we are in therapy to nevertheless I can confess that I have taken perfectly valid confront. Every so often during money and insure you with non-disclosure of comments made by others the Paul Retout a wing meeting someone will the conviction, only to reject a claim under the wrong way and regrettably say something uniquely inter- policy at a later date. esting, unfortunately it will be made character judgements Having finished one sentence, I often feel that coated in a special type of am- on the basis of said comments. after release a prisoner starts another. Trying Dave Child of Sale Insurance Services states © Fotolia.com biguity which all too often is However, if you are willing, to get a bank account opened, a credit card, a that: ‘10 years ago it was almost impossible to time in therapy can encourage Reece Johnson taken as, and met with, pure mobile phone etc. are just a few of the hurdles find an insurance company to offer cover to a cynicism. The resulting scene you to get to know others and that are faced on release. In the course of the current or former prisoner. They nearly all is usually filled with an erup- why they say the things they work I do within prisons, I am also often asked refused to offer cover to individuals who were Truth, but not tion of noise a little like that say at any given time. It can by clients to give guidance on writing a busi- prepared to ‘go clean’ and disclose their index emitted in the House of take a while, but group therapy ness plan and on many occasions the question offence(s)’. On speaking to Dave recently he always the Commons at Prime Minister’s often provides a unique insight of insurance arises and the various types of says the real irony is that he has been able to whole truth Questions, queue the jeers and into why people say some of insurance cover required to commence a busi- demonstrate that ex-offenders, having made the cries of ‘What’s he on about?’ the most ludicrous things and ness. It is only after release that the full impact ‘full disclosure’, are in fact less likely to make the truths that lie behind them. of obtaining insurance is fully appreciated. a claim under their policy as they have been Some months ago there was Small groups can delve into a One of the four pillars that extremely honest by making that disclosure in an exchange during a wing grown man’s childhood expe- therapy here at Grendon rests Ex-offenders in particular are discriminated the first place. meeting which sparked a riences of bullying; additional- on is ‘reality confrontation’ so against when applying for insurance such as thought in my mind. Like any ly, psychodrama and art ther- to speak; clearly in order for motoring and household cover. Internet insur- Dave has used this empirical evidence to work other meeting, the community apy sessions have provided ance companies more often than not, once you therapy to work, people need with Lloyds Underwriters and develop be- was attempting to work through men with the platform to mark tick the ‘criminal conviction’ box the applica- to feel as though they can spoke policies that he writes as a Coverholder an issue. As the discussion was out the very moment when tion is rejected. Even where insurance is actu- speak truthfully without being for ex-offenders. For instance he can provide underway, a resident, seem- bravado was taken up as a tool ally available, premiums are increased to quite vilified. Hence it is crucial that £1m public liability insurance for a number of ingly bemused at the course for assertive communication. often unaffordable levels. Unlock for instance free speech is maintained, trades for approximately £130 per annum. the meeting was taking, sar- recently stated that 37% of calls to its helpline though, forgive the cliché, castically commented: ‘Am I in Altogether, the therapeutic relate to insurance. I am delighted therefore to announce that The ‘free speech isn’t always free’. another room or something?’ experience can improve one’s Tax Academy has partnered with SIS Insurance The community’s reaction to tolerance through an aware- Speaking in Parliament, the former Under-Sec- Brokers to provide insurance services to pris- As the words left his mouth I any given comment can mirror ness that many men here have retary for Justice, Andrew Selous, has criticised oners and ex-offenders. Like clients of The Tax sat and heard an assertion by society, since at times there never been able to communi- insurers for unfair treatment of vulnerable Academy, every client will be treated on an a staff member which sounded seems to be a price for telling cate completely in one way or families affected by a prison sentence. ‘I am individual basis and their policy designed to suit like a throwback to my days in the truth. Similarly, how peo- another throughout their lives. concerned that offenders’ innocent family their particular requirements, whether it is for secondary school. The staff ple determine their own truths This hopefully can lead to the members are being unfairly and wrongly pe- car insurance, household or business member, sounding like an and truths others would have understanding and apprecia- nalised by insurance companies either with- insurance. irked Head Teacher clearly not them confront can be assumed tion that there may be method drawing insurance cover or making it amused by what has been pro- by the majority rather than the behind what sometimes ap- prohibitively expensive. The added bonus is that those of you that com- fessed to be ‘the lowest form minority. Equally similar to pears to be the madness which mence a business after release will be able to of speech’ by smart-mouthed society, the bar for how much features in some comments... ‘In some cases this is happening while the deduct their insurance costs against their busi- teenagers for many years, sug- ‘sense’ someone is speaking offender is in prison, and it is hard to see how ness profits, including as a sole trader or Lim- gested that this resident say can at times be seemingly set there could be an additional risk to the insurer ited company, thereby receiving tax relief on what they really meant instead by many factors such as social Reece Johnson, a nom de plume, with regard to the family home in such cases’. the premiums. of using sarcasm. standing, their occupation and is a resident of HMP Grendon Under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974, Over the next few months the Tax Academy, only unspent convictions have to be declared with support and input from partner organi- and any that have become spent cannot be sations, will be producing a series of fact used to count against an ex-offender whilst sheets. These will provide helpful advice and Let down by your solicitor? applying for insurance. information to anyone considering setting up their own business or becoming self-employed There are some 9.2 million people in the UK on release. Solicitors, like any other professional, can make mistakes that have a criminal conviction of some sort.

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to test some of these initia- Parole Board Update ‘On the day deferrals’ trial by numbers tives: HMP Berwyn, HMP 17 Number of Parole Board members involved in the pilot run Bure, HMP Forest Bank, HMP from January -June 2018, aiming to remove deferrals on the Stafford and HMP Warren day of an oral hearing. Hill. 2.5% of cases were deferred on the day of oral hearings in the Parole delays pilot cases. I am confident we will find effective ways to reduce de- What the Parole Board is doing to reduce them 24.6% of cases deferred on the day of oral hearings for the ferrals and adjournments and same period in 2017. can start to use these ideas potentially unfair on prison- extremely encouraging. De- 88% of adjourned cases were finalised on the papers/or at a more widely across the prison ers, nor is it a good use of the ferrals on the day of oral hear- further oral hearing, avoiding the need to start the case again estate. Parole Board’s resources. ings dropped from 24.6% of with a new panel of Parole Board members. cases down to just 2.5% in the Martin Jones Good progress has been made ‘On the day’ deferrals trial parole reviews that were in- 52% of these cases concluded on papers without the need for since Project Compass started volved in the pilot. I see this a further oral hearing. While some delays are una- One of the initiatives we tri- as a very positive sign that the last year, but the Parole Board voidable, I believe it is deeply alled was to take away the 50% Just under half of all Parole Board panel chairs are now new approach idea can re- will continue to work hard to unfair that prisoners have option for Parole Board panel part of the pilot. duce delays and the frustra- make sure that less prisoners their parole review delayed members to defer cases on the tion that goes with it. go through the frustration of for reasons out of their day of an oral hearing. The Panel Chair, and any party to Project Compass in the next having their parole review control. idea was that if a panel kept a After the success of this six- the case they think is neces- year prisoner’s parole review - to delayed due to reasons be- month trial, the Compass Pro- sary to speak to. At a Case I know that delays in parole ‘adjourn’ a review - it would yond their control. ject has now been expanded Conference, parties may sug- One of the main things Pro- reviews are a source of great be completed in less time to 39 Parole Board Panel gest ways to solve any issues stress and frustration for pris- than it would take to send it ject Compass will be working Chairs - almost half of all our that could delay or defer an oners and their families and back to the Parole Board to on in the next year is testing Panel Chairs. oral hearing. the Parole Board wanted to list with another panel different initiatives with Martin Jones is CEO of the look at different ways for how - ‘deferring’. other organisations linked to Parole Board of England and Case Conferences If there is a Case Conference they can be avoided. in your parole review, it is not parole. Wales Seventeen Parole Board mem- Another part of the Project expected that you will have to That’s why we started ‘Project bers took part in the trial from Compass is ‘Case Conferenc- attend. Your solicitor will or- We are working with regional Compass’ in April 2017 - to January - June 2018. As far as ing’, which I mentioned in my dinarily attend on your be- psychological services, investigate the underlying possible these members stuck last update. All 39 Panel half, but the panel may prison OMU’s, as well as the causes of deferrals and ad- to the rule that if a parole re- Chairs involved in the project include you if they think it is Public Protection Casework journments in parole view could not be concluded can use ‘Case Conferences’ if necessary. If you are not le- Section, on ways to reduce reviews. on the day of the oral hearing, they think it will help avoid a gally represented, you will be deferrals and adjournments they had to adjourn a parole deferral. able to attend. At the time Project Compass review, rather than defer it for further. started, almost 45% of parole another panel to deal with it. What is a Case Conference? A Case Conferencing has been cases were deferred or ad- Case Conference is a phone available since 18 July 2018 and There are currently five pilot journed - this is clearly The results have been call with the Parole Board will be trialled for six months. prisons who have signed up DOES THE

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The Tax Academy CIC is a service exclusively for Prisoners and Ex- Offenders and was conceived by Prisoners in Scotland should contact; The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission, 5th Floor, Paul Retout (a tax specialist and tax author) whilst running tax seminars in HMP Wandsworth and HMP Brixton. Portland House, 17 Renfi eld Street, Glasgow, G2 5AH. Phone: 0141 270 7030 Email: [email protected] 34 Information // Education www.insidetime.org Insidetime November 2018 ‘He made me realise my true potential’ prisoners’ lives. The power of prison Among the 15 winners were three ence, Stephen said the awards were Lord Bird (left) learning should be rooted at the heart serving prisoners, who won in the like the “prison Oscars” and thanked with inaugural of penal reform.” Peer Mentor category. Josh is HMP staff and the PLA for their support. award winner Ranby’s only education red-band, Stephen Rogers This year marked the introduction of allowing him to move around the The three winners of the young peo- the Prison Educator of the Year prison to talk to someone who hasn’t ple’s estate category included Louiza award, presented by the Worshipful attended a class, or isn’t able to leave Nener, an employability teacher at Company of Educators’ Trust. their wing. He chairs the prison’s HMP/YOI Feltham, who shows the Representatives from the organisa- council of mentors and promotes young men there how to apply for a job, tion had the tough task of choosing education in induction sessions. write a CV and communicate eff ec- the overall winner, who would not Karen Carr, Ranby’s Head of tively. She told us: “At family days we only receive a cash prize but also Education, confi rmed Josh as a wor- speak to parents and show what their attend an Annual Awards dinner in thy winner: “He’s got the skills that son has been doing. It’s always pos- a prestigious London livery hall. would make an ideal candidate for itive. The wider eff ect education can working with ex-off enders. I would have on family relationships, moti- The inaugural award went to Stephen employ him in a heartbeat if I were vating the boys, is huge.” Rogers, one of the three winners in allowed!” the Teacher category. Stephen has Fiona Hodgson, a librarian at local PLA Award winners announced taught at long-term, high-security Twenty separate prisoners wrote in prison HMP Birmingham, was one of prison HMP Whitemoor for 15 years, to nominate Kevin, an education the winners of the Other Individual more than in 2017. There were 15 running the successful ‘Fathers orderly at foreign national prison category. Nominators wrote about winners on the night across fi ve cat- Inside’ programme which teaches HMP Maidstone. Kevin helps prison- her response to the library being egories, including outstanding peer men parenting skills. He was nomi- ers at every stage of their learning damaged during riots. She “worked mentors, teachers and education nated by 15 different people, who journey - from learning to read to overtime” to clean glass and build- staff , offi cers, individuals, and staff noted that he visits men in segrega- completing a degree. His aim aft er ing debris from the books, so the On 13 September, the Prisoner working in the young people’s tion every day to make sure they release is to set up a social enterprise library could re-open. Fiona said she Learning Alliance (PLA) held its estate. don’t miss out on education. One that helps tackle gang-related vio- was “amazed and gobsmacked” to fourth annual awards for staff and wrote, “He made me realise my true lence. have won. “It’s nice to know that mentors making a real diff erence in Lord Bird MBE, founder and editor- potential and helped me set goals for what you’re doing makes a diff erence . Held at in-chief of the Big Issue and a cross- my future life. What a great inspira- Stephen, the third Peer Mentor win- and that people are getting some- Manchester Metropolitan University bench peer in the House of Lords, tion he is for all.” ner, works with men in catering at thing out of it, that it’s appreciated,” as part of the PLA annual confer- was on hand to congratulate the HMP Portland and helps support she said. ence, the awards are unique with all winners. Presenting the awards, On receiving the award, Stephen people with substance misuse nominations coming from people in Lord Bird said, “It’s brilliant to cele- said: “Just getting the odd ‘thank issues. The words of one nominator Congratulations to all this year’s prison. brate world-class people changing you’ from guys makes it worthwhile. summed up Stephen’s inspiring winners who are going the extra mile thinking inside the prison box. PLA For me personally that’s a very good work: “I look up to him as a good role to promote learning in prison and a This year the PLA received a record members appreciate the enormous feeling; letting them know they’ve model and like a father figure.” huge thank you to everyone who took 1,300 nominations, over three times value of education in transforming got someone looking out for them.” Speaking to the Manchester confer- the time to nominate.

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Werrington has become the fi rst YOI to off er Level 3 gym PLA Awards 2018 qualifi cations. Nico has also “To set examples for helped set young men up to - the winners work in gyms on the outside. others is a good feeling” Martin Crowther, Simon and has developed his own Crowther, Nic Goodinson, Stephen on his PLA Peer Mentor Award beginners’ Maths pro- Steve Koleszar and Mark gramme. He is also support- Wilkinson - Land-based activ- ing 35 learners through Open ities team, HMP/YOI New Hall The thing I enjoyed most about supporting University degrees. The gardening team at HMP/ prisoners is seeing the positive change in their YOI New Hall teach the attitude and actions. If you give it time the Officer women and girls there how to positivity does rub off onto a cell mate or a friend next door. I get to see the change Ali Joubert and Jayne Bruce maintain the grounds of the through the guidance I’ve given, with the - Instructional Offi cers, HMP prison and grow fruit, vegeta- knowledge I’ve gained. Huntercombe bles and fl owers commercial- Ali and Jayne work in the gar- ly. The team embed cookery dens at foreign national pris- lessons, and support the One of my most memorable moments was help- Peer Mentor Stephen: Award, “means so much” on Huntercombe. They guide women to gain qualifi cations ing a guy on the wing who couldn’t read or Kevin - HMP Maidstone men in maintaining the pris- up to Diploma level. write through the performing manufacturing Josh - HMP Ranby on grounds and growing food As a peer mentor at HMP Portland, Stephen operations course. Day aft er day on association Stephen - HMP Portland for the whole prison. Through Individual works with men in catering and helps support we sat down and we went through the course. people with substance misuse issues. He told Two weeks later, he came back in tears saying their work, the men can gain Fiona Hodgson - Acting Teacher he’d passed the course. Wow, that was a NVQs in Horticulture. Library Manager, HMP us what it felt like to win a PLA Award for moment - I nearly cried with him. His fi rst ever Stephen Rogers - Teacher, Birmingham Outstanding Peer Mentor and what motivates HMP Whitemoor John McCrae - Custodial him to help people inside. certifi cate at the age of 48. He couldn’t wait till Manager, HMP Onley the phones came on to tell his parents. He’s Sharon Baker - Business Hub John has been an officer at now a red-band in his place of work - happy Lesley Bennetts - Art and Manager, HMP Wymott How did I feel about getting the award? Well it Onley for 20 years. He runs days! Design tutor, HMP Swaleside Sharon set up Wymott’s fi rst was a big bag of mixed emotions: I just couldn’t two residential units, looking Lesley has taught art at HMP Prison Information Desks to believe it - this wasn’t in my sentence plan! I aft er 120 prisoners plus staff . Setting examples, guiding people in a positive Swaleside for four years, hav- improve communication and shouted “woo!”, but I didn’t make much of a In his spare time he is a keen way, and trying to stay grounded yourself can ing previously been Head of involve prisoners in deci- noise because of the lump in my throat. I cyclist, and has ridden to be a task, but with every negative there’s Faculty in a mainstream sion-making. She has also couldn’t wait to tell everyone - it wasn’t just raise money for victim aware- always a positive around the corner. It’s a nice school. She teaches art while run schemes to improve liv- me who won this award, it was the whole team. at the same time promoting ness charities, heavily spon- feeling being looked up to and an even better sored by prisoners. He also ing conditions, making sure tolerance and dialogue It’s in my nature to help people. I get it from feeling using that status to help others who are works as a social mobility cells are clean and equipped. between diff erent groups. my mother who was a nurse. She was always not so fortunate in education or have had bad ambassador in schools. luck through life’s journey. It’s always some- George Sainsbury - Librarian, busy in the community, caring for people, Andrew Morris - Student one’s fi rst natural instinct to help someone if Young People’s Estate HMP Lowdham Grange always on the go. Support Services, HMP Ashfi eld you can; it’s then whether you choose to act on George has worked for 20 Andrew has taught at HMP Louiza Nener - Employability that instinct. years at Lowdham Grange. He I’ve completed an course Ashfi eld for 12 years. He start- teacher, HMP/YOI Feltham is described by one nominator through PET: an introduction to counselling. ed as a PE teacher, and then I loved it because you not only learn about Thank you very much for giving me this award went into Information Advice Nico Hughes - Sports tutor, as “more than just a librari- others, you learn a great deal about yourself. - it means so much. But it was the teachers, and Guidance services. HMYOI Werrington an”, helping with complaints It’s nice being a role model, steering people in facilitators and tutors who gave me the tools Andrew works with learners Nico has been based at and legal issues, and con- the right direction. To set examples for others to do a good job - they all deserve a mention on every level - he runs a Werrington for a year-and-a- ducting academic research on is a good feeling. because they work just as hard as I do. Shannon Trust literacy plan, half. Through his work, learners’ behalf.

PET fund over 300 types of distance-learning courses. To apply, you will need to: l Have at least six months left to serve in custody; ASN LAW l Be serving your sentence in a prison in England or Wales; SOLICITORS l Have Level 2 Numeracy and Literacy, but we can be flexible depending on the applicant Anthony Stokoe • Joel Binns and the chosen course. Rasheed Nujeerallee To look at a full curriculum, or for more information about how to apply, please speak to your Independent Prison Law prison’s Education Department. You can also write to FREEPOST, Prisoners’ Education Trust. Expert since 1994 ‘People Before Profit’ Continuing the Fight and Challenge The Hardman Directory and the Arts Despite Legal Aid Cuts No Gimmicks just straight The Hardman Trust produces a Directory each on the canteen list such as colouring books advice/representation year which is packed with information about and pencils, matchsticks and glue. I’ve even for Male and Female Prisoners charities that can support prisoners and ex-of- seen someone turn a Jenga set they got as a fenders. It used to be known as The Prisoner Christmas special on the canteen into a cutting • Adjudications • Lifer/IPP Specialist Funder Directory but for the last few years it board and coasters which were then beauti- • Recall • Parole • Judicial Reviews has been called The Hardman Directory. There fully lacquered. will be copies in each establishment library • Mental Health Law Expert and it is worthwhile reading through it - for If you can’t afford arts materials then get The • Human Rights - European & International there is far more in it than just charity Hardman Directory from your library and have Fixed Fee advice for listings. a look at the Arts section. Grants are available for all sorts of art and crafts ideas. The Burn- • Categorisation • Cat A Reviews You will almost certainly have heard of The bake Trust is good if you have less than a year • Pre-tariff Sift/Hearings Koestler Trust, whose awards each year pro- to go and the Prisoners’ Education Trust (PET) Do not Delay Call/Write Now vide a real focus for many inside who enter one if you still have some time before release as of over sixty categories but there are other PET also make small grants for art materials. Suite 8 Vine House 143 London Road organisations that support the arts in prison I was always amazed when chatting to fellow Kingston KT2 6NH too. The Arts in all its forms is known to im- prisoners who had produced fantastic artwork prove wellbeing and it is not just the visual who said they had never done anything before 020 8549 4282 arts. Music, woodwork, drawing, painting etc. prison. Many people have used art to turn their NATIONWIDE SERVICE can raise your spirits and there are often items lives around and you could be one of them. 36 Information www.insidetime.org Insidetime November 2018

responses might not be Five top interview The Hub straightforward. There will The Careers Lady almost certainly be gaps in technique tips your CV or on the application Practice form that the employer will 1. Research the industry pick up on. This is your chance and company. An interviewer may ask how The first step through the door to put your rehearsal into place you perceive his company’s for the part and respond confidently to the position in its industry, who to your future It really is important that you question regarding where you the firm’s competitors are, rehearse for an interview or were when the gap(s) in your what its competitive advan- presentation. ‘The Apprentice’ employment history occur. tages are, and how it should with Lord Sugar and ‘Dragons best go forward. Den’ often show examples of The main thing is to be honest interviewees slipping up by about your prison sentence. 2. Clarify your “selling points” and the reasons not being fully prepared to be Think about how you will ex- you want the job. ‘interrogated’ at the interview plain this so that the employer Such as what makes you the process. will be comfortable with your answer. At this point you are best candidate for the job. at your most vulnerable; your Employers want to find the 3. There are always more most uncomfortable. If you are right person for the job within candidates for positions their company. Not just having dealing with an experienced than there are openings. skills and knowledge to per- employer this will be picked Ask yourself why they might form the job but also to be able up on - so it is important that not want to hire you. to confidently fit in with their you have your response ready teams. So preparation is the and that you reply with hon- 4. Prepare for common Whatever the role you are applying for perform at your best key. Think about what you esty and with confidence. interview questions. Credit: ITV may be asked - why do you Every ‘how to interview’ • Identify the requirements for want this job? What do you How the employer reacts will book has a list of common interview questions. the job you are applying for know about this company? also tell you whether you want ‘The Big Audition’ and think of examples to evi- And even more importantly, to take up the job on offer. So 5. Line up your questions dence it. yes, it is important that you A series started on television potential in this dog but it are there any questions you for the interviewer. rehearse for the interview and recently that is a mix between meant they had to turn down • Role-play may sound a bit would like to ask? That demonstrate your ‘Britain’s got talent’ and ‘The the dachshund that could bal- odd, but going through do your homework. The best knowledge of the company job interview.’ The show is ance several Jaffa-cakes on his role-playing an interview can There will be sections of the performers in the world all had as well as your serious intended to demonstrate to the head - and the professional be very helpful. interview where your to rehearse to succeed. intent. viewer what goes on behind terrier with a history of profes- • Try and build a good rapport the scenes as hopefuls audi- sional acting roles. with your interviewer (or tion for their dream job. The panel) right at the beginning. roles are varied and we are The rules are the same:- Make eye contact, try and re- treated to watching hopefuls • Be prepared. The applicants member names of the people gunning to become anything for the children’s TV show had you are facing and refer to from a hand and nail model, a script to learn before the au- them when answering a tour guide for Hampton Court dition. Knowing the children’s questions. as Henry V111, and even a dog TV programme was a ‘given’ model for a pet magazine. • Place yourself in the shoes but it was obvious from the From the serious to the ridic- of the interviewer or company beginning that one or two of ulous, the auditions bring out boss. What qualities would the applicants had not done the best, worst and competi- they be looking for in employ- any of what they had been tiveness in people. What ing you? What skills can you asked. comes out of the programme demonstrate you have in order for anyone seeking a job is that • Do your homework and re- to do the job? age is no barrier and also the search the company or organ- • Show confidence. fact that dreams can be real- isation you are applying to. ised if you really want them. You will almost certainly be All these rules apply for what- However the three P’s - prepa- asked why you want to work Get the flu jab before the flu gets you ever job or dream you want. ration, preparation and more there or why you want the job. Show you are the best person l Keep warm preparation - is the key. Think of two or three questions What are the common for the job on offer. l Take paracetamol or ibuprofen to you can ask at the end of the symptoms of flu? lower your temperature and treat The interviewers were looking interview which shows you ‘The Big Audition’ Fridays ITV l Fever aches and pains for energy, ambition and more have done this. 9pm l l Drink plenty of water to avoid importantly, knowledge of the Aching muscles l dehydration role required. Dressing up for Chills and sweats l Henry V111 was obvious but Our team of specialists can o er Headache l role-playing him turned that free advice and assistance in Dry, persistent cough If I get flu how can I help l audition into something much relation to Legally Aided issues, Fatigue and weakness l to stop further spread? more meaningful. Being a tour including: Nasal congestion l l guide for Hampton Court Sore throat Avoid using common areas l meant that knowledge of the Lifer/IPP Parole Board Reviews (Pre/Post Tari ) Keep your living environment clean l character and period was very Recalls What should I do Cover your mouth and nose with important. Independent Adjudications a tissue when coughing or sneezing Category A Reviews if I have symptoms? l Sit at least three feet away from The auditions for the dog We can also o er competitive xed fees for matters l Inform a member of staff others, if possible l model meant that the panel which are not currently covered by Legal Aid such as: IMMEDIATLEY Discourage visitors, especially were looking for a mutt that children and vulnerable adults Sentence planning/calculations l Support the prison by adhering to had cute qualities. However Challenging Licence Conditions What is the usual treatment? their choice went to the dog other restrictions which may be Re-categorisation l Rest and sleep needed that was most certainly not the Accessing O ending Behaviour Programmes prettiest (having a dog un- Contact us today: Address: der-bite that meant his bottom Public Health T: 01752 600833 Genesis O ce 6, 235 Union Street layer of teeth looked like a England Ask healthcare if you are eligible grimace.) The panel could see @: o [email protected] Plymouth, Devon PL1 3HN Insidetime November 2018 www.insidetime.org Information 37 Keeping Safe Offender Management It’s relationships that count in Custody on that in custody then I feel that could be one thing that could stop it (suicide)’. PRISON Ryan Harman • Key work is delivered within move away from Prison Service Juliet Lyon CBE In Keeping Safe you called for more support REFORM Advice and Info the male closed estate by staff Instructions in an effort to TRUST for people trying to cope with a death that had Service Manager who have completed the re- simplify the current instruc- At the fi rst National Prison Safety conference happened close to them. One man wrote: quired training. tion system and give greater on 16 October, over 200 governors and heads ‘When I was in a local Cat B prison whilst on discretion to governors. This of safer custody heard the views of Inside Time remand on this sentence one of my room-mates In November 2016 the Justice • Governors in the male closed has been a Government inten- readers on how best to prevent suicide and hung himself in the cell we were sharing… This Secretary, then Liz Truss, an- estate must ensure that time tion since 2015 and was also self-harm. More than anything, your letters to was the fi rst time I actually saw someone hang- nounced 2,500 additional is made available for an aver- reflected in the subsequent the Independent Advisory Panel on Deaths in ing when I came back from gym and I had to prison officers as part of the age of 45 minutes per prisoner 2016 White Paper with a com- Custody (IAP) and Prison Radio messages call for help which stays with you for a long Prison Safety and Reform per week for delivery of the key mitment to ‘look at each poli- stressed the importance of good, respectful time and I still can’t forget what I saw. I never white paper. This included worker role which includes cy, and either replace it with prisoner/staff relationships to keep people got any support with dealing with what I saw ‘new dedicated officers, each individual time with each the minimum mandatory re- and I did not know if any support was available safe. Staff at the conference listened - and were responsible for supervising prisoner. quirements to ensure a safe, … I just had to get on with it’. By the end of very moved by the words of a man who wrote and supporting around six decent and lawful system, October the IAP will have discussed plans with to the IAP: offenders’. Two Justice • Within this allocated time, with consistency across the the Prison Service and the Samaritans to off er Secretaries later, and this ap- support for people who have suff ered from an key workers can vary individ- estate where this is deemed ‘I have been in prison now for over 30 years proach has become part of experience like this. No one should have to ual sessions in order to provide critical or get rid of it altogeth- and during this time I have attempted suicide what is now known as a responsive service, reflecting er.’ Giving governors greater twice - both times I came close to death. The cope on their own. ‘Offender Management in individual need and stage in discretion about how to run second time I was in outside hospital 9 days. Custody’ - or ‘OMiC’ for short. the sentence. A key worker their prison could result in These attempts came about because of the I am very lucky to be here session can consist of a struc- some innovative and worth- death of my 16 year-old son. At this time I was In their annual report this in the segregation units of high security pris- this day. I was actually cut down tured interview or a range of while practice. However, with- year, HMPPS described OMiC ons and I can say that there has been little help from hanging but mine was activities such as attending an out careful consideration of for me. It was only when I thought of attempt- as a key part of the response ACCT review, meeting family which policy areas should and ing suicide for the third time that I met this purely down to spice use. to self-inflicted deaths, self- during a visit or engaging in shouldn’t be devolved there senior offi cer in the segregation unit. This man harm and violence in prison. conversation during an activ- are risks of growing inconsist- had been present when the life support was There is a long way to go before prisons become It is intended to improve safety ity to build relationships. ency and unfairness. The switched off as his daughter passed away. This the safe and decent places we all want them to by engaging with people, Prison Reform Trust will be man took the time to sit and talk to me; not as be. And it’s a journey that is diffi cult to stom- building better relationships The document also sets out taking a keen interest in the a prison offi cer and prisoner but two human ach for long term prisoners and staff who saw between staff and prisoners arrangements for further development of policy frame- good safer custody work swept away by beings. This man turned the tide for me and I and helping people settle into changes that will take place works and where necessary thoughtless cuts, punitive regime changes and never got the chance to thank him.’ life in prison. We understand later next year as part of the advocate for important man- the loss of experienced staff . But, if I needed that the key worker model has OMiC approach. These chang- datory actions not to be lost in to be assured of one thing at the Prison Safety Relationships make the currently been rolled out in conference that is people in charge of our pris- es will involve a move to hav- the process. about 15 prisons, with the aim difference - not a cannister on ons are committed to making them humane ing prison-based offender for it to be rolled out across an officer’s belt. places, taking care of people in distress and managers to manage the cus- working with you to keep people safe. the male closed estate by next todial part of sentences rather You can contact the Prison summer. than the current system of Reform Trust’s advice team at Talking aft erwards, prison managers agreed: being allocated offender man- FREEPOST ND6125 London ‘every prisoner needs someone to trust and HMPPS has published a sup- turn to’, ‘it’s relationships that count’; ‘rela- Juliet Lyon is chair of the Independent agers in the community. We EC1B 1PN. Our free informa- porting document ‘Manage tionships make the diff erence - not a cannister Advisory Panel on Deaths in Custody (IAP) understand the plan is to im- tion line is open 3.30pm- on an offi cer’s belt’. One of your strongest solu- the Custodial Sentence Policy plement this phase towards 5.30pm on Monday and tions in the Keeping Safe report was that, as The IAP is gathering information about Framework’. It gives more de- the end of 2019 - we will write Thursday, and 10.30am- well as general duties, each prison officer the health and wellbeing of people tails about how the key worker about this in more detail closer 12.30pm on Wednesday. The should work closely with a small group of pris- serving an IPP sentence in order to raise system should work and states: to the time. number is 0808 802 0060 and oners - spending time getting to know and any concerns with Justice and Public does not need to be put on your understand each other, helping to try and Health Ministers. Please write in to • All prisoners in the male This document is particularly pin. make sense of the sentence and preparing for ‘FREEPOST IAP’. IAP must be in capital closed estate must be allocat- significant as it is the first in a release. Former chair of the IAP, Lord Harris letters, no stamp and you can mark the ed a key worker whose respon- new type of guideline being Please note, the above article made the establishment of keyworkers a cen- envelope ‘confi dential access’ . sibility is to engage, motivate produced by the Prison focusses on prisons in England We are very grateful to people who have tral recommendation of his earlier review of and support them through the Service, called ‘Policy and Wales and may not apply written in already. young adults in prison. custodial period. Frameworks’. This is part of a elsewhere.

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assumed that the presence of helping to deter young people more likely to be able to show one or all of these factors will from crime. Again, ideally, that the progress was not be conclusive of exceptional there would need to be evi- foreseen. progress having been made in dence of sustained involve- any individual case. Whether ment in more than one prison Legal advice and preparation the necessary progress has over a lengthy period.” of representations is essential been made will be a matter to to put forward an argument be determined taking into ac- Despite the positive changes on your behalf that exceptional count the specific factors to the criteria, it is often diffi- progress may have been met present in each case. cult to get a reduction. The in a different way than antic- judgment may also attract ipated by the criteria. To reach the threshold of ex- publicity around your case, ceptional progress there which can have a negative HMP detainees are invited to would also need to be some impact on your rehabilitation. participate in a minimum extra element to show that the term review when at the half- detainee had assumed re- The important thing is to way point of the original min- sponsibility and shown him- know about the possibility of imum term. It is possible to self to be trustworthy when a reduction early on and to ask for the review to start given such responsibility. make sure you make the effort early if that makes sense, for Such characteristics may well to change and gather evi- example if a sentence is short be demonstrated by the de- dence of how you have and the timing of the review Think carefully about the benefits of a reduced tariff tainee having done good changed and matured. This means that if successful the © prisonimage.org/Library image works for the benefit of oth- can include statements and pre-tariff review date will Claire Salama Court should consider when 1. Exceptional and unfore- ers. Examples would be act- letters from family and pro- have passed already. reviewing a prisoner’s tariff seen progress in prison, re- ing as a Listener (helping fessionals. It is also important length is designed to assist sulting in a significant vulnerable prisoners), help- not to lose hope if you have The Howard League for Penal that task. However, as our alteration in the detainee’s ing disabled people use had a bad start - in fact, some- Claire Salama is a solicitor at Reform has persuaded the case showed, it wrongly fo- maturity and outlook since prison facilities, raising one who has drastically im- the Howard League for Penal Ministry of Justice to remove cused on risk reduction rather the commission of the offence. money for charities, and proved his or her behaviour is Reform the requirement that HMP de- than maturation and per- tainees must demonstrate “a sonal progress. Risk reduc- 2. Risk to the detainee’s con- significant reduction in the tion is, of course, important, tinued development that can- What can I do to explain this to the Court. Be explicit that the level of risk to public safety” but deciding on whether risk not be significantly mitigated wording “ideally” in the guidance is not a in order to get a reduction in has reduced is a matter for the or removed in the custodial increase my chances mandatory requirement, but an ideal situa- their minimum term on Parole Board. environment. tion which is not always possible. Address grounds of progress. of a successful review? why your case does not fit the ideal situation Following the Howard 3. Any matter that calls into and how this is outside of your control and This should help those con- League’s representations, the question the basis of the orig- l Get yourself a solicitor. Legal aid is availa- may not be an indication that you have not victed of murder as children Secretary of State changed inal decision to set tariff at a ble for Minimum Term Review applications, made progress. to achieve a reduction in their the guidance. All references particular level (for example, subject to the usual means and merits test. A tariff. This article explains to risk were removed, which about the circumstances of the solicitor can help you review your paperwork, l Think carefully about the potential benefits the change and what HMP means that a judge is no offence itself or the detainee’s gather further supporting evidence and draft of a reduction in tariff and tell this to the detainees can do to maximise longer asked to consider the state of mind at the time), to- representations on your behalf. The Court Court. Apart from the obvious point that you their prospects of a reduction impact of a young person’s gether with any other matter usually considers your application on the want to spend as little time in custody as pos- in time to serve before having progress to their risk level. which appears relevant. papers only - you do not get to go to Court to sible, detail other benefits from a shorter tar- a parole review. The High Court reconsidered represent your case in person, so it is essen- iff. For example, a shorter tariff might mean the case and granted a reduc- Most applications will be tial that all of the information is submitted in that you are eligible for release before enter- The change followed a case tion in the minimum term, made under the first category. writing in a clear and effective way. ing the adult estate, or before social services’ where a young adult repre- bringing his parole eligibility The guidance identifies spe- duties end. You might have a child in the sented by the Howard League date forward. cific factors which the Secre- l Consider supporting evidence. This might community to return to or you might have was initially refused a reduc- tary of State considers include an independent psychology report to caring responsibilities. tion in his tariff because he Who can benefit and how demonstrates “exceptional assess the change in your risk since sentence; had presented as a low risk of does it work? progress”: ask your solicitor to instruct your psycholo- l Refer to recent scientific studies. In the serious harm before the of- All prisoners serving a life gist to address each of the Secretary of State’s Howard League’s challenge, the judge recog- fence and therefore the judge sentence for murder commit- l An exemplary work and guidance headings. You can also include nised recent scientific studies on the devel- said he had been unable to ted under the age of 18 (an disciplinary record in prison; statements of support from staff members, opment of the young mind and suggested that demonstrate that his risk had ‘HMP’ sentence) are entitled like an education worker or your wing officer, such arguments were included in legal rep- l reduced before his review. to have the length of their tar- Genuine remorse and ac- as well as statements from friends and family resentations, to raise to the Court issues of iff reviewed and reduced by cepted an appropriate level of who have seen a change in you over the years. the generic risk of prolonged custody to a The case highlighted an error the High Court at their half- responsibility for the part Ask them to focus on the key elements of the young person’s development. in the policy that meant it was way point. This is called a played in the offence; guidance like your maturity, remorse, pro- out of step with the law as set ‘Minimum Term Review’ or l The ability to build and gression. Of course, you can write a statement What happens next? out in the leading case of ‘Tariff Assessment Review’. maintain successful relation- yourself to detail how you think you have If you are unsuccessful with your application, Maria Smith (2005). In that ships with fellow prisoners changed and progressed. This can be particu- you can apply again to the Secretary of State case, the court made it clear The Secretary of State intends and prison staff; and larly powerful if you now take greater respon- for a further review of your tariff by the High that there was a duty to re- to publish the new criteria, sibility for your offence or have increased Court. view the sentence in line with dated 21 March 2018, in a new l Successful engagement in insight into your behaviours. the welfare principle. The Policy Framework early next work (including offending be- If you are under 21 and need help or advice court acknowledged that as a year. In the meantime, we set haviour/offence-related l Make sure your representations address with your minimum term review, or any other young person “grows into ma- out the new criteria for you courses). each element of the criteria. For example, if prison law issue, please call the Howard League turity, a more reliable judg- here as it applies now. you have not been able to demonstrate pro- for Penal Reform’s advice line on 0808 801 0308. ment may be made” of what The guidance states gress ‘over a long period of time’ or ‘in more The number is free to call, confidential and punishment is deserved and There are three categories “All of these should ideally than one prison’, because you have an al- already registered on your PIN. 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“It was of particular concern that our previous HMP Exeter: Staff ‘saw recommendation about the governance of the use of force by staff had been largely ignored. There was a large amount of missing paper- inmates’ drug use as normal’ work and totally inadequate intervention by Broken hope managers.” a ‘serious decline’ since the last inspection in 2016 at which the prison was rated ‘not suffi- within weeks of this inspection. Self-harm had Dreadful “has ciently good’ across all their testing criteria risen by 40%. The rate of assaults between become normal” and was in decline since the inspection before prisoners was the highest we have seen in a that too. In December 2016 he made this obser- local prison in recent years and had more than vation: “… outcomes for prisoners had declined doubled since the last inspection. Illicit drugs markedly since the previous inspection. Unless were still prevalent, with 60% of prisoners tell- the regime at the establishment could be im- ing us it was easy to obtain drugs and around proved, violence reduced, and the prevalence a quarter testing positive for drugs. One in of drugs and other contraband addressed, fur- seven prisoners told us they had developed a HMP Exeter ther declines would be almost inevitable.” problem with drugs since entering the prison.” A category B local and resettlement prison Frances Crook, Chief Executive of the Howard holding male prisoners, including young Living conditions in the prison were very poor League for Penal Reform, said: “The alarming and Inspectors thought that staff regarded this adults. deterioration of Exeter prison is a national as normal and there was a “clear lack of em- scandal, and it raises urgent questions about Unannounced Inspection: 14-24 May 2018 pathy between staff and some very vulnerable the prison system as a whole. Published: 09 October 2018 prisoners.” He says: “During the inspection I entered a cell from which a particularly strong “How inured to the problems in the system After inspecting HMP Exeter (above) in May smell of drugs was emanating. It contained two have we become when we have a prison where the Chief Inspector of Prisons, Peter Clarke prisoners who were clearly heavily intoxicated violence has more than doubled, self-injury is “Marked decline” invoked the Urgent Notification Protocol. This by drugs, surrounded by obvious signs of smok- rising, drug abuse is rife, and staff working on was the second time he had used the new Pro- ing (in a supposedly ‘smoke-free’ jail), food the wings consider this to be normal? And how tocol since it was introduced in November 2017. Writing in this latest report he addresses that waste and other detritus. Sadly, the staff on the many people must lose their lives before bold That number has now risen to four. Exeter is point, saying: “Unfortunately, despite a signif- wing did not seem to regard this as exceptional. action is taken to put things right? not a large prison, holding just 432 prisoners, icant increase in staffing levels, my fears have although its in-use Certified Normal Accom- proved founded. A further sharp deterioration, “In light of the very high levels of vulnerabil- “This inspection report on Exeter should serve modation (CNA) was 307, effectively over 140% particularly in the key area of safety, has been ity, self-harm and suicide among prisoners at as a warning that hiring more staff is not suf- overcrowded. The Prison Service says that, so severe that I have invoked the Urgent Noti- Exeter, it was shocking to see that cell call- ficient to turn around overcrowded and over- although the full CNA is 326, they think they fication Protocol for only the second time since bells were routinely ignored by staff. The pris- burdened jails. Ultimately, reducing the prison can squeeze in 561 prisoners, making it 172% it was ratified in November 2017. on’s own recording system and observations population is the only way that we will protect overcrowded. by inspectors proved this to be the case. There staff, save lives and prevent more people being “There had been six self-inflicted deaths since was clearly a lack of management oversight or swept into deeper currents of crime, violence In his report Peter Clarke says there has been the last inspection, and apparently another intervention in this key aspect of prisoner and despair.”

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The Lords noted that followed a culmination of months of over the top the process and procedures are, the different the proper approach to take where a state agent surveillance and unauthorised use of the under- Jonathan Lennon types of surveillance and the authorisations had lured a citizen into committing an offence cover officers, then the argument would be that needed by the investigating officers. The statute was for the court to stop the prosecution as an though there was no formal entrapment, the and Aziz Rahman itself makes no requirement to obtain authorisa- abuse of process and said that when a court is defendant’s Article 8 rights (right to privacy) had tion for any of the types of surveillance contem- considering the limits of acceptable police behav- been violated by an unlawful operation and it Some readers of this article will know all about plated by the Act. However, the RIPA Codes of iour in a particular case, a useful guide is to con- would not be fair to admit the evidence. test-purchase operations where undercover Practice, made under the Act, make it clear that sider whether the police did no more than present officers will ask suspected street dealers for police officers etc are expected to properly author- the defendant with an unexceptional opportuni- Each case of course depends on its facts but the drugs; the officers will of course be ‘wired for ise surveillance or informant operations and that ty to commit a crime. If the officers went further issues need to be identified early so that the all sound’. Other readers may be painfully aware of if they do not they run the risk that the material than others might have done in a similar position, important Defence Statement can be prepared so-called ‘participating informants’ where a gathered will be excluded from the court process; then the police are to be regarded as artificially properly and any disclosure requests which might member of a group is also acting as a police see e.g. para. 8.5 of the Revised Code of Practice creating the crime. So, in a test-purchase case the assist in the defendant’s argument properly con- informer. The true extent of undercover police on Covert Human Intelligence Sources. first consideration is to consider whether the sidered. Without a properly crafted Defence operations is only just becoming known, with the undercover officer has, for example, persistently Statement, genuine entrapment issues become on-going undercover policing inquiry (due to Types of Surveillance Authorities badgered the suspect until he relented – if so then much more difficult to tackle – as always, early report in 2023) following revelations of suspects Part II of RIPA divides covert surveillance into applying the Looseley test the Judge may stop the preparation is the key. unwittingly sleeping with the enemy - as under- three different categories: Firstly, there is Directed case as the defendant has been entrapped; (see cover officers literally got under the covers with Surveillance; this is covert but not intrusive. This case of R v Moon, 70 C.L. 194; 10//1/04, CA), (but their targets. That outrageous breach of trust is is the most basic type of surveillance under the note R v James [2010] 2 Cr. App. R 10 where even of course the extreme end of the spectrum. Act, in reality it is ‘tailing’ someone, following pestering might not ‘cross the line’ – depending Jonathan Lennon is a Barrister specialising in serious Rahman Ravelli solicitors alone have been them, photographing and videoing them etc. It on the facts). On the other hand, if an officer has and complex criminal defence cases at Carmelite involved in cases where an officer has pretended requires only internal authorisation by a desig- infiltrated a group of known criminals, acting on Chambers, London. He is ranked by Chambers & to be involved in the car-ringing business and nated person who believes that it is proportionate solid intelligence, and has called in the arrests Ptnrs; ‘he is phenomenal and his work rate is aston- even where an officer masqueraded as an under- to the aim sought to be achieved. just prior to a bank robbery, then the level of par- ishing’…‘One of the best juniors in financial crime and cover contract killer for hire. These operations ticipation of the officer with the group may be someone with a phenomenal brain and capacity for often lead to allegations by a defendant of entrap- Secondly, there is Intrusive Surveillance; this is more justified; but the question still remains of hard work.’ ment. Entrapment however is not a defence in defined as covert surveillance carried out in rela- incitement – who proposed the robbery in the first Aziz Rahman is a Solicitor- Advocate and Partner at English criminal law; but if entrapment can be tion to anything taking place on residential prem- place? leading Criminal Defence firm Rahman Ravelli demonstrated, then the case is likely to be stopped ises or in any private vehicle. Such surveillance Solicitors, specialising in Human Rights, Financial as an abuse of process or, at the very least, the must be authorised by the Secretary of State, one Where the facts are disputed, evidence can be Crime and Large Scale Conspiracies/Serious crime. evidence obtained excluded from any trial. of a designated number of others such as the Chief heard before the start of a trial and the Judge will Constable of a police force; this is principally form his own view of the police’s behaviour. It Rahman Ravelli are a band 1 (chambers and part- ners) and tier 1 (legal 500) firm. The practice has been about planting ‘bugs’ in property. may be that the balance of police behaviour does It is a European Court of Human Rights case that ranked as an ‘excellent’ firm with Aziz Rahman being not support a submission that the offence was sets the benchmark. In Texiera de Castro v described as ‘first class and very experienced’. Portugal (1998) 28 EHRR 101 the applicant, who Thirdly, there is Covert Human Intelligence had no previous convictions, complained that his Sources – informants; under s26(8) a person is a right to a fair trial (Article 6 of the Convention) CHIS if; had been breached when two men came to his house and asked to buy heroin. He did not have (a) He establishes or maintains a personal or other A leading firm any heroin but took them to another house to buy relationship with a person for the covert purpose the drugs, whereupon the two men arrested him. of facilitating the doing of anything falling with- offering the He was convicted but the European Court agreed in paragraph (b) or (c); with him that the officers had acted as agents (b) He covertly uses such a relationship to obtain strongest legal provocateurs, he had in other words been incited information or to provide access to any informa- into committing an offence he would not other- tion to another person; or representation wise have committed. (c) He covertly discloses information obtained by the use of such a relationship, or as a consequence to those being Introduction of Regulation of the existence of such a relationship. For many years it was only the interception of mail investigated and telephone calls that was subject to any stat- This is usually undercover officers but civilians utory regulation. It was not until February 1999 too. Section 29 deals with authorisation for CHISs. or prosecuted when the Police Act 1997 came into force that a Authorisation should not be granted unless the proper statutory basis for the authorisation of authorising officer believes that CHIS is necessary in serious and covert entry upon and interference with property, and proportionate. The requirement of necessity complex crime cases. or with wireless telegraphy, was established. The must be justified on specified grounds which 1997 Act went some way to addressing the aston- include the wide ground of ‘preventing or detect- ishment expressed by Lord Nolan in R v Khan ing crime or of preventing disorder’; s29(3). (Sultan) [1997] AC 558 at 582, House of Lords, at the lack of any statutory system of regulation in RIPA Codes of Practice the use of surveillance devices. Each type of surveillance, directed, intrusive etc. has a Code of Practice. The Codes set out in detail Article 8 of the European Convention establishes the police application procedure. Application • Specialists in defending cases • Expertise in arguing admissibility of the right to a private life. Surveillance is a clear forms are used and there are time limits for each involving large-scale police operations. evidence, abuse of process, disclosure authorisation. CHIS authorisations last up to 12 breach of that right. However, under Article 8(2) and public interest immunity. certain breaches of the right will be lawful if, for months under para 5.15 of the CHIS Revised Code • Experienced defenders in Regulation example, the breach is in order to effect; “the of Practice (August 2018) but the Code also pro- of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (RIPA) • Our reputation ensures the very best prevention of disorder or crime”, but only so long vides that there should be regular reviews by the cases involving informants, undercover experts represent our clients. as the interference with the right (to privacy) is; authorising officers to determine whether the use police, surveillance and interception of “in accordance with the law”. That phrase simply of a CHIS remains necessary and proportionate. communications. • We have helped shape the law. means there has to be some proper statutory authority for the interference – that led to parlia- This requirement for targeting, justification and ment enacting the Regulation of Investigatory review is one of the reasons that we don’t see very Roma House, 59 Pellon 36 Whitefriars 3 Brindley Place, Powers Act 2000 (RIPA), which formalised all many ‘Donnie Brasco’ type operations in the Lane, Halifax, West Street, London, Birmingham, West State surveillance operations against its citizens. Courts; i.e. long-term infiltration of a gang for the Yorkshire HX1 5BE EC4Y 8BQ Midlands, B1 2JB purpose of gathering evidence (not intelligence) Tel: 01422 346666 Tel: 0203 947 1539 Tel: 0121 206 2287 Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 about numerous persons and for offences unknown. 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to problems with the other inmates; ‘Proportionate’ means that any re- of the additional licence conditions Q Upon arriving at my current pris- rather than an attack ‘out of the blue’. striction or loss of liberty arising from detailed in Annex A and Annex B. on, I informed staff on the wing the imposition of the condition is (during induction) of people I had Response by Carringtons Solicitors However, as with all assault cases, proportionate to the level of risk pre- problems with from a previous pris- you must be able to show that the sented by the offender that no other Anon HMP Lewes on due to being assaulted. The staff prison was aware of a threat towards on the induction wing told me they less intrusive means of addressing your safety in the first place. Any doc- If a person fails to sign the S.O.R, had informed the violence reduction the risk is available or appropriate. Q umentation or details of verbal con- regardless of sentence, can the court team and said I would be safe and The condition cannot go further than versation(s) with Safer Custody (what sentence you and then make or kept safe on that wing. is necessary to manage the risk. was said and by whom) will be very order you to sign the register? And important. what happens if you refuse to sign On Easter Sunday, after service at There are a number of standard li- it again after you have received the the chapel, two prisoners from an- cence conditions which are automat- Contact us and we can look into this sentence for failure to sign? Prison Law & other houseblock came onto the further. ically imposed. Additional licence houseblock I was situated in; then conditions (outlined in Annex A and A Breach of the terms of the Sex onto my wing and assaulted me, Response by Michael Jefferies Solicitors Compensation Annex B of the PSI12/2015) can also Offender Register is punishable with leaving me with 30 stitches to my be recommended by the supervising imprisonment up to a period of 5 Hine Solicitors lip and concussion. I was taken to WB HMP Dartmoor officer. Any additional licence con- years. This is of course not to say that Stevens Solicitors hospital and received treatment. I Q I have been told by probation that ditions must be approved by the re- everyone who breaches the terms of Jordons Solicitors believe that staff on the wing did when using ‘Bespoke’ conditions, sponsible authority. Where a prisoner the register will be sent to prison for Carringtons Solicitors not do their job properly and al- they are not required to make a for- is released automatically under a 5 years, the punishment imposed will Duncan Lewis Solicitors lowed the two prisoners onto the mal application or provide justifica- statutory duty for the Secretary of very much depend on the nature of Michael Jefferies Injury Lawyers houseblock and then my wing with- tion to the PPC’s. However, the PSI State to release the prisoner, the the breach and the person’s previous out the correct checks, which led to Governor will be responsible for set- criminal history. the assault - I believe that this clearly states that this is not true and Answers to readers’ legal queries that individual applications and jus- ting the licence conditions and will amounts to neglect? With this in If someone subject to the register were are given on a strictly without retain responsibility after any recall. mind, am I entitled to claim tification will be required on a case liability basis. If you propose acting to fail to sign it within the requisite compensation? by case basis. Can you clarify who is Where the initial release is made at upon any of the opinions that appear, time frame, they could be committing correct? the discretion of the Parole Board, an offence for which they could be you must first take legal advice. then the Board will be responsible for A Prisoners should not be able to taken to Court. Should such a person A In order for a licence condition to approving the conditions and will Send your Prison Law Query (concise move between houseblocks without be sentenced to a period of imprison- be lawfully imposed, it must be both retain responsibility after any and clearly marked ‘Prison Law good reason and officers should ment, as long as they are still subject necessary and proportionate to man- recall. Query’) to: David Wells, Solicitor check inmates who do so. However, to the terms of the register, they would age the offender’s risk. c/o Inside Time, Botley Mills, Botley, it is necessary for some inmates to be required to comply with its terms Southampton, Hampshire SO30 2GB. move between different houseblocks, You are correct that for a bespoke upon their re-release. Continued fail- so a blanket ban is not reasonable. If ‘Necessary’ means that the condition licence condition to be requested, a ure to comply would lead to further For a prompt response, readers are the inmates who assaulted you were is necessary to enable the supervising formal application should be made offences being committed. Continued asked to send their queries on white some of those you named, it will assist officer to manage the risks identified by the supervising officer to PPCS. If breach of the terms would lead to the paper using black ink or typed if any future case you take against the and no other less onerous condition PPCS approve this request, the Court imposing more serious penalties. possible. prison. If they are not those you will suffice. The condition must be Governor will be able to add the con- named, you will need to show how needed to allow for effective dition to your licence. This process is Response by Hine Solicitors Specialists in Prison Law

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extension period in circum- whether the length of the exten- A There’s no such thing as a defence or defence of another credit of 1/3 to reflect your guilty stances where it was said that sion period can be justified by typical manslaughter case. will typically fall into the cat- plea. There is a Sentencing the sentencing judge had paid the evidence available.” [9.3.6] The offence can be committed egory of lower culpability. Guideline in place. The cate- insufficient attention to the in a lot of different ways. gory range for the most serious relevant Sentencing Guideline. This still seems relevant today. Historically, sentencing Judges In cases of very high culpabil- offences is 1 - 3 years. Your case If there is scope to argue that have had to look at previous ity the starting point under the isn’t as serious as that, but it S. 226A(7) LASPO 2012 says your risk to the public could decisions of the Court of new Guideline will be 18 years does fall into the second cate- that an extension period must be reduced in less time, it may Appeal in an effort to set an and the category range will be gory of seriousness. This is be of the length needed to pro- well be appropriate to seek appropriate sentence. 11 - 24 years. In cases of high because harm will be deemed tect the public from serious leave to appeal against your Sentencing Guidelines are due culpability the starting point to have been raised because harm through further speci- sentence. It’s worth remem- to come into force on 1st will be 12 years and the cate- the victim was vulnerable. For fied offences. This is subject bering that the extension pe- November 2018. These will gory range will be 8 - 16 years. category 2 offences the starting Sentencing to a limit of 5 years for violent riod will follow a lengthy cus- incorporate unlawful act man- In cases of medium culpability point is 26 weeks and the cat- offences and 8 years for sexual todial term and that your guilty slaughter, gross negligence the starting point will be 6 egory range varies between a Answers are kindly offences. plea will mean you may well manslaughter, manslaughter years and the category range low level community order and provided by: Jason Elliott, have had the opportunity to by reason of loss of control and will be 3 - 9 years. In cases of 51 weeks. In R v Desborough The Sentencing Guideline for a barrister at Jason Elliott attend courses that are claimed manslaughter by reason of low culpability the starting [2018] EWCA Crim 2274, the dangerous offenders that ex- Associates Ltd, a barrister diminished responsibility. The point will be 2 years and the Court of Appeal dealt with an isted under the previous sen- to reduce risk prior to your led entity specialising in most common form of man- category range will be 1 - 4 years. ABH in a domestic setting that tencing regime said: “The release on licence. Prison Law and Criminal slaughter is unlawful act man- had been said by the sentenc- length of the extension period Appeals. slaughter. This includes any There is nothing in the Guideline ing Judge to fall at the top of is not intended to reflect the The issue of inability to attend assault where there was no that will prevent the imposi- category 2 or the bottom of seriousness of the offence; it is courses through maintenance intention to cause very serious tion of a life sentence or ex- category 1. There were a lot of Send your Sentencing designed to provide greater of innocence has long been a harm but death resulted. The tended sentence in appropri- features about the offence that Query (concise and clearly protection for the public from problem in Parole cases. It now classic example of this is one ate cases. made it more serious than yours. marked ‘Sentencing Query’) the commission of further of- appears that admission of guilt punch manslaughter. These included previous crim- to: Inside Time, Botley Mills, fences. Therefore, proportion- at an early stage may have an I slapped my girlfriend inal history, the nature of the Botley, Southampton, ality with the seriousness of the increased relevance in terms Q In relation to unlawful act around. It was a one off and injuries and the fact that a Hampshire SO30 2GB. offence is not a primary factor of the length of an extended manslaughter, harm is always I’m not proud of what I did. weapon was used. The Court in determining the length of the licence in cases where the sen- classed as being high so, un- I admitted the offence straight of Appeal felt that the offence extension period. Rather, the tencing Judge has made a find- usually for Sentencing away and I pleaded guilty in should have been categorised Q I’ve just been sentenced for objective should be to fix the ing of dangerousness. There’s Guidelines, the only factor to the magistrates’ court. The as falling into category 1 for sex offences. I’d pleaded guilty. length of the extension period nothing new about this but it’s be assessed is culpability. magistrates have refused to sentencing purposes. They The judge said I was danger- by reference to what realisti- an issue that hasn’t always Cases where the unlawful act deal with my case and sent it upheld a sentence of 21 months ous and gave me an extended cally can be achieved within it attracted the attention it de- to the Crown Court for sen- imprisonment. Your case sentence. He set my licence to secure the offender’s reha- serves. There’s a lot to be said fell just short of GBH will usu- tencing. I’ve never been in doesn’t warrant a sentence at 8 years. Can he do this? bilitation and prevent re-of- for seeking an opinion as to ally be classed as involving trouble before. What sort of anywhere near that length. fending. In some cases, the whether your extended licence high culpability. This is also sentence should I expect? Taking account of credit for A The Court of Appeal recently court may be able to tailor the can be reduced on appeal. true of cases where the high your guilty plea, any sentence considered the duration of extension period to the availa- risk of death or GBH should in excess of 8 months needs to extended licences. In R v bility and length of treatment Q How do Judges determine have been obvious. Cases A You pleaded guilty to ABH. be considered to see whether Phillips [2018] EWCA Crim or other programmes. 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to pause, reset and try again. kind to them through our thoughts or actions. Connection with the very It is important to realise that mind- physical self. fulness is not a thing we can read about, or be told about, in order to Step Two benefit from it. It is a practice that we Bringing Mindfulness to Every- incorporate in one form or another day Life into our daily lives. Whether we give it five minutes or an hour - we have “The beauty of life is that when we to commit. cannot undo what is done, we can see To live mindful of our heart, moment it, understand it, learn from it and to moment, is to be aware, free, open Stay positive…. work hard …. make it change, so that every new moment is and intimate with life. Connecting happen… spent not in regret, guilt, fear or with our heart, bringing peace to anger; but in wisdom, understanding and compassion to ourselves is a Step Oneº and love.” (Jennifer Edwards) true Mindfulness practice. Becoming Aware of Your Body Finding peace within The beauty of Mindfulness is that it Step Four Lost by David Wagoner doesn’t need a special environment To Quieten the Mind Stand still. The trees ahead and for practice. We can practice it bushes beside you anywhere: Whenever possible, do just one thing Are not lost. Wherever you are is l Brushing our teeth; at a time. called Here, l Taking a shower; Pay full attention to what you are doing. Mindfulness And you must treat it as a powerful l Eating a meal; When the mind wanders from what stranger, Carol Rowley our thoughts where we can be quiet l Reading a book; you are doing, bring it back. Must ask permission to know it and and still. It gives us the tools to step l Queuing. Be kind to yourself and others. be known. What is mindfulness? Mindfulness back, think about what is happening (Breathworks) The forest breathes. Listen. It answers, It is both a daily habit and a lifelong is a mind-body approach to life that and choose an appropriate response. I have made this place around you. process helps us to relate differently to expe- It helps us to develop an active con- We tie ourselves up with thoughts nection with our thoughts, our au- If you leave it, you may come back for the future, worrying, planning, riences. It involves paying attention Step Three to our thoughts and feelings in a way to-pilot and change the direction our again, saying Here. anticipating … and yet our lives can that increases our ability to manage sat-nav has pre-programmed in. No two trees are the same to Raven. Bringing Peace to our Heart change in the blink of an eye. Our difficult situations and make wise No two branches are the same to Wren. through Mindfulness thoughts are just that: thoughts. choices. Research and neuroscience are prov- If what a tree or a bush does is lost They are not us, they are not our ing more and more the benefits to on you, I breathe in all that is lives. Mindful attention brings us Learning to practice mindfulness is our health and wellbeing that a You are surely lost. Stand still. The Awareness expanding back to the here and now. one of the most dramatically effec- Mindful approach to life can bring. forest knows To take everything in tive things you can do to open up Stress hormones are reduced, our Where you are. You must let it find you As if my heart beats opportunities and enjoy less stress, awareness of breath is improved. The world into being These Mindfulness steps are brought depression and anxiety in daily life. Awareness of whenever we are feel- Body awareness is the sense that we From the unnamed vastness to you with hope and peace by Carol ing tense or anxious through how have of our bodies, how they actually Beneath the mind I breathe Rowley, Buddhist Chaplain, HMP Mindfulness is a practice that our body feels, or what our breathing feel at any given moment. Under- My way to wholeness Styal. Steps Five to Eight will feature teaches us to find spaces between pattern is doing, gives us the space standing our holding patterns; being (Donna Goulds) in the December issue of Inside Time.

When you cannot forgive yourself

Sadly, some offenders never show any But offenders can, and should, help the … offenders cannot allow themselves remorse. They may try to justify their healing process for both parties; by taking to be controlled by a victim’s continued behaviour with no feelings at all for their responsibility and admitting their guilt bitterness and anger. victims. (without excuses); by apologising; and by There is another issue which is vitally offering to make amends wherever possible. But some are filled with such shame and guilt important: our accountability to God and the that they cannot consider the possibility of … they can help the healing process … by need for His forgiveness. The Bible is very forgiving themselves. They think they do not admitting their guilt; by apologising; and clear on this: that we have all sinned against deserve to be forgiven: they are willing to by offering to make amends … God and face His punishment unless we ask accept the pain of their guilt as part of their It is always sad when a victim refuses to Him to forgive us. punishment. accept an apology and forgive. But offenders … some offenders … cannot consider the cannot allow themselves to be controlled possibility of forgiving themselves … by a victim’s continued bitterness and anger. This is also explained They cannot allow the victim to prevent Actually, the right to forgive belongs to in our book, them from pursuing their own healing. the person who· has been wronged. They Can I forgive myself?, alone have that choice. The person who which you can obtain has committed the wrong has no say in the from your chaplain or matter. by writing to us. John Phillips

Phillips Can I forgive myself? If you would like to know how you can enjoy a personal relationship with God, please write to us: BeaconLight Trust, PO Box 91, Banstead, Surrey, SM7 9BA 48 Jailbreak www.insidetime.org Insidetime November 2018 Reading Group Round-up Promoting reading and reading groups in prisons

PRG’S Reading The Skylight in Prison Day Seamus Heaney You were the one for skylights, I opposed Over 100 people gathered at the University of Cutting into the seasoned tongue-and-groove Roehampton in early September to celebrate Of pitch pine. I liked it low and closed, and explore what books can do behind bars. Its claustrophobic, nest-up-in-the-roof The event was the sixth ‘Reading in Prison Effect, I liked the snuff-dry feeling, Day’ organized by Prison Reading Groups The perfect, trunk-lid fit of the old ceiling. (PRG) and this year co-hosted with our new Under there, it was all hutch and hatch, parent charity Give a Book. The blue slates kept the heat like midnight Nick Hardwick - “Why reading matters” thatch. Nick Hardwick, former HM Chief Inspector of about the power of books to bond families in Prisons opened the day with ‘Why reading But when the slates came off, extravagant prison. matters’. It was a powerful and energizing talk Sky entered and held surprise wide open, about the vital role of books and prison librar- For days I felt like an inhabitant The day ended with drinks, the famous PRG ies, and it set the tone for the rest of the day. Of that house where the man sick of the palsy cake and a lot of food for thought. He began with an insistence that ‘prisons sim- Was lowered through the roof, had his sins ply could not function without libraries’ and forgiven, called them ‘oases of calm’ in the midst of Was healed, took up his bed and walked away. PRG was founded in 1999 and has two main increasing violence and dysfunction. Nick areas of work: we help set up, fund and run reading groups in prisons, and we support fam- stressed the power of books to connect prison- One of the high points of the day was an elec- ily reading projects inside. We currently support ers: with one another, with family and with trifying talk by Alex Wheatle, the most read reading groups in more than 30 prisons and themselves. And he boldly celebrated the Black British author in the UK. He writes for Family Days in around 40. In 2017 we provided pleasure of reading - for prisoners as much as both teenagers and adults, and his titles in- with his 10 year-old daughter. They now read over 4,500 books. If your prison doesn’t have a for those outside. clude Brixton Rock and The Dirty South. He and talk about shared books, ‘it’s Holes at the reading group, encourage your librarian to look talked about his experience of prison and the minute’. Alan Crickmore’s presentation of Sto- at the Prison Reading Groups website www. The final image in his presentation was of a power of books inside. For him the discovery rybook Dads and Mums left us in no doubt prison-reading-groups.org.uk. cell - grotty and chaotic but with a carefully came after a knockdown fight with his Rasta- ordered stack of books on the table. Nick’s farian cellmate. After the older Rasta man beat comment: ‘Prison is grim but this prisoner him up, he told Alex: ‘Boy, it’s time to educate found his escape’. yourself’. He took Alex to the library next day and led him to CLR James’s The Black Jacobins, The first panel session was called ‘Thinking a book about black revolutionaries and the Big’ and included presentations of ambitious creation of Haiti in the 1790s. For Alex it was a revelation - ‘I gobbled it up and from then on initiatives like the prison/university learning it was a hunger and a craving for books’. partnerships that bring students and prisoners together inside. Also projects like Leicester’s The last session of the day concentrated on ‘Space is the Place’ that involved the whole family reading projects run by PRG and Give a prison as well as outside organizations, in- Book, including books and book bags for Fam- cluding the National Space Agency. ily Days and workshops to help prisoners feel more confident about reading and enjoying Poetry seems to be getting popular with PRG books with their children. groups, so we ended the morning with an in- teractive workshop run by a PRG volunteer. The most powerful talks came from former and THE INSIDE TIME FREE PRIZE DRAW The poem was Seamus Heaney’s ‘The Sky- serving prisoners. 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There is a mother and baby unit, healthcare centre, segregation unit and some small dormitories.

The prison, like the majority of UK prisons, had a bad drug abuse problem but prison boss- es tightened up security in the visiting area by installing CCTV that can zoom in on any pris- oner and their visitors, plus random drug-test- ing and detox programmes have helped. The number of known drug-users in the prison fell The confl ict is over! from 12% to 5% in a three-year period.

The prison teaches basic literacy and numer- acy skills and the education department ARMISTICE BRINGS THE HMP New Hall (above)is a closed prison for allows women to take NVQ or GNVQ qualifi ca- female adults, juveniles and young off enders, tions, plus a range of courses in Health & located near the village of Flockton, near Safety and fi rst aid. Open University degrees Wakefi eld. The prison is operated by HM Prison are also off ered. The prison’s aim is to make its GREAT WAR TO AN END Service. inmates as employable as possible on release.

News reporter siding in the forest of announced - ‘The armistice New Hall started as part of the Wakefi eld House Recently (August 2018) there have been reports Compiegne. was signed this morning and of Corrections in the 1590s; this was before UK that New Hall, like its neighbour HMP hostilities are to cease on all prisons were in the business of punishment, Wakefi eld, is close to capacity and that due to This morning at 11am (Paris Foch appeared only twice in fronts from 11pm today’. An but were used to hold prisoners before trial, this both staff and inmates are at risk as the time) the official Armistice of the 3-days of negotiations; on official communique was debtors and those awaiting transportation to population increases. In July 2018, New Hall’s Compiegne was signed by all the first day to ask the German published by the United the New Colonies of America. Transportation population stood at 84% of its Operational parties, bringing an official delegation what they wanted, States of America at 2.30 this ceased when America won independence. Capacity. From April 2017 to March 2018, 16% end to the war. The armistice and on the last day to see the afternoon, which states - ‘In of prisoners in New Hall were held in cells that came into force at the elev- signatures. The Germans were accordance with the terms of Everything changed aft er The Prisons Act of were designed for one person but now house enth hour, of the eleventh day handed a list of Allied de- armistice, hostilities on the 1865, which came about aft er public scandals at least two. That is 62 inmates, on average, of the eleventh month and mands and were given 72- fronts of the American armies over the conditions and deaths of prisoners in marked victory for the Allies who are held in overcrowded conditions at the hours to agree. The German were suspended at 11 o’clock Birmingham and Leicester. The Act decreed against Germany. delegation discussed the Al- prison. this morning’. that a Coroner’s Inquest had to be held on any- lied terms not with Foch, but one who died in our prisons. The actual terms of the armi- with other French and Allied Although information about Last month a male to female transgender pris- stice, written by the Allied officers. The armistice the imminent ceasefire has oner who was convicted of rape and other New Hall Camp, a detention centre near Supreme Commander, Mar- amounts to complete German spread amongst forces at the off ences, was found guilty of sexually assault- Flockton, was made a separate prison in 1936, shall Ferdinand Foch, in- demilitarisation, with few front hours before, fighting in ing two women in the prison and was jailed for cluded the cessation of promises made by the Allies many sections still continues. though it fell under the auspices of the same life. hostilities, the withdrawal of in return. The naval blockade At 11 am there was some spon- Visiting Committee (forerunner of the BOV and German forces to behind the of Germany will not be com- taneous fraternisation be- now IMB) as HMP Wakefi eld. Most prisoners Rhine, Allied occupation of pletely lifted, despite peace tween the two sides, but, in were serving short sentences for relatively the Rhineland and bridge- terms being agreed on. general, reactions were minor off ences, such as drunkenness, assault heads further east, the pres- muted. A British corporal re- and petty larceny. ervation of infrastructure, the The Germans were able to cor- ported: ‘…the Germans came surrender of aircraft, war- rect a few impossible de- from their trenches, bowed to In 1933, New Hall became the fi rst prison to ships and military material. mands, for example the us, then went away. That was implement the then-experimental Also, the release of Allied decommissioning of more it. There was nothing with System. The prison was then populated by pris- prisoners of war and interned submarines than their fleet which we could celebrate, ex- oners from nearby Wakefi eld prison who were civilians, and eventual repa- possessed, and they regis- cept cookies.’ nearing the end of their sentences. It remained Like to have a rations. No release of German tered their formal protest at an Open Prison until 1961. prisoners and no relaxation of the harshness of Allied terms. On the Allied side, euphoria Christmas message the naval blockade of Ger- But they were in no position to and exultation were rare. In 1961, New Hall’s role as a satellite prison for many was agreed to. refuse to sign. There was some cheering and Wakefield changed and it was used to hold to your loved ones applause, but the dominant young adult males. It became a Senior The armistice was signed in a On Sunday, just passed, the published in our feeling was of silence and Detention Camp for male young off enders. In carriage of Foch’s private Germans were shown newspa- emptiness after 52 exhausting 1987 it converted to a women’s prison, contain- train (CIWL 2419, the Comp- pers from Paris that detailed months of war. It has been a December issue? ing a mother and baby unit. At this time, it held iegne Wagon). It is rumoured the abdication of their Kaiser. long and terrible war, the Send your message (max 25 words). 261 adult females and 47 juveniles and had a that the armistice is the result They were sent a message likes of which we will not see They can read it and view the whole Certifi ed Normal Accommodation (CAN) of 367. of a hurried and desperate from Hindenburg, requesting again in our lifetime. There issue on our free access website The cost per prisoner per year at HMP/YOI New process. The German delega- that the armistice be signed has been an enormous loss of www.insidetime.org Postal tion, led by Matthias Er- even if the Allied conditions life and massive damage to Hall was £33,901. subscriptions are also available. zberger, crossed the Front could not be improved upon. the infrastructures of coun- Line in five cars and was es- tries such as France and Bel- In 1999, the BBC programme ‘Jailbirds’ was If you’re outside, and your message is to corted for 10-hours across the The British people have been gium. Already, some people fi lmed at New Hall. The producers were given somebody in prison, send it to devastated war-zone of North- informed of the armistice by a are saying that this was the unlimited access to the prisoners for a period Inside Time ‘Christmas Message’ Botley ern France, arriving here 3 subjoined official commu- war that will end wars. Let us of eight months. The prison became known as Mills, Botley, Southampton SO30 2GB days ago. They were then nique issued from the Press pray that this is true. ‘the Holloway of the North’. or [email protected] taken to the secret destina- Bureau at 10.20 this morning, tion aboard Ferdinand Foch’s when British Prime Minister How did World War 1 Currently the prison is a closed local female Closing date midday 23 November train, stopped in a railway David Lloyd George start? page 57 prison which holds all categories of prisoner 50 Jailbreak // Inside Poetry www.insidetime.org Insidetime November 2018

Star Poem of the Month Before it is too late Congratulations to this months winner who receives our £25 prize Robbie Ellis - HMP Littlehey

Arcade behind prison I may have missed my vocation Joseph Spencer - HMP Whatton Some here may have, again and again, So much living is not now happening out there On the eve of your release With so many and someone, this one, missing Your apprehension and excitement Wasteful an exercise is the punishment that is prison Pumping your arms in the air Where those on the other side receive from which no fruition Showering the cell with sweat Number upon number with various talents now in remission Your head and neck roped with thick veins © Deposit Photos The question remains unanswered How does it feel to be getting out? And it’s not just one government minister’s mission He lays his hands on his lap Winter to Autumn To sort out the hot potato that is prison And stares blankly at the future Michael Lines - HMP Thameside Its purpose No one expects to get out of prison to fail Its point Watch out for that arcade behind prison Outside, the days get short and grey and cold Its condition Inside, the heating’s up and jumpers on What positive is gleaned from long-winded regimes? On the day of your release The kids will play, all day, makes me feel old Has anyone actually, wholeheartedly Extremely nervous, more than ever Some food, some wine, play games, Christmas is gone Sat down and thought of an alternative vision? Wild hope blossoms in your chest What of the stress upon the seams of every establishment’s walls? No time for headache to taint your release The rain has come, the grass is getting high Waiting for the officers to extract you at dawn Sun tries to warm the Earth and raise our mood Change this side of Brexit there won’t be What’s the first thing to do when you get out? Birds sing and dance and fly across the sky As any wise man knows He tilts his head and eyes The fields grow fast, one day will be our food For the focus is on keeping people out; Glistening with emotion at years lost Of the country that is, not from within Her Majesty’s halls! No one expects to get out of prison to fail Let’s eat outside, drink beer and dance all night With new laws for newly invented offences Watch out for that arcade behind prison The heat is high, but ‘wow’ it means a lot Adding to our number of new faces Our kids can laugh and play and fly their kite Disorder has simply been added to counter the plus of ROTL On the day after your release Their skin is red and burnt, this sun is hot releases Other emotions overshadowing your happiness Containment is now such a serious problem; prison officers The stress of exiting into the world Then Autumn comes when leaves fall from the tree Continue to take leave of their senses Being pushed to your psychological extremes No green, just brown ….. a lovely sight to see Prejudices out there to face and manipulate My message to the government is: What’s more to life than the pursuit of money? Stop hiding behind the guilty, remanded and those innocent Crossing the line again will land you back in prison but alleged No one expects to get out of prison to fail Prison by numbers Whilst committing a crime-wave of your own, that affects all, Watch out for that arcade behind prison Mark Wightwick - HMP The Verne You are failing our taxpayers, of which we were in droves By ignoring the clear issues eating away 14 years sentence, 14 months police bail The results of which I predict shall see society in the UK pay 13 different pad-mates, it’s my cell number It’s clear this gaping wound will not heal on its own Not Sentence Sailing 12 members of the Jury, there are 12 men in the Seg This is an infection of humongous proportion that Denzil Davies - HMP Erlestoke 11 steps from the dock down to the cells, 11 fights on the wing Even a budget equalling that thrown at the NHS 10 minutes on the phone talking to my wife, I had 10 minutes with my May not be an adequate dressing to stem this mess! It was great aye, out there, a sunny ‘Lou Reed’ day Barrister Yet, no one appears to bat an eyelid Rare in Wales - which made it sweeter 9 minutes of banging on doors when England scored Whilst we are left to reflect on what has been missed Like ice-cream the trippers ate up on the pier 8 feet by 6 the dimensions of my cell What we are missing Watching my little boy and me 7 years to go, 7 self-harmers who committed suicide And what our vocation might be 6 books we can take out of the library, 6 men work on the servery The boys with rods didn’t like us though 5 minutes to wait before I can make another phone call, “Bugger off - you got the whole bay to fish” I get 5 hours sleep at night Hide and Seek So we let our boat drift and the mackerel came 4 gym sessions a week, 4 years left Tony Joyce - HMP Littlehey To my little boy and me 3 years done, 3 wedding anniversaries missed, never to be seen again 2 arresting police officers, I get given 2 loo rolls a week Why did you hide me from birth? When I looked up - we were out so far, too far 1 life wasted ... The lighthouse looked like it was Lego There was no laughter, no mirth after Tide has turned - she was caught in ‘Mumbles’ race’ My new life was no laughing matter With my little boy and me It was a disaster, passed from home to home Hangar 18 What did you think I’d become mum? When the engine failed, his mother roared in my head Did you ever care that I was not there? “You’ll kill him with your motorbikes and boats” Phillip Evans - HMP Isle of Wight A part of you, given away, to God knows where But we laughed and were always deaf My little boy and me Driving the extraterrestrial highway on Route 375 Growing up, no role model, now a parole model Miles and miles of odd-shaped Nevada desert landscape All that misuse and abuse But here we were now, and all alone An access road is indicated by the iconic black mailbox And it’s down to you and your point of view A different day; a different sea was rockin’ the boat That leads to the Edwards AFB outpost - Area 51 I know it sounds lame, finding someone to blame My heart went cold, we became different men But when I sought guidance, everyone hid My little boy and me The final resting place of the remnants of a ‘flying disc’ When I asked for help, they just kept on hiding, no one did Housed within a vast building, a numbered hangar “Use the radio Dad” - ‘Out of the mouths of babes’ Physical evidence straight from the Roswell crash site Now, after years apart from you, my heart rules my head I forgot we’d bought one in Swansea Seventy years clothed in official denial and secrecy And instead, I’m biding my time mum “Mayday” “Mayday” … we knew what to say Government disinformation Until that time will come My little boy and me When I’ll seek to find you I believed in God again - until they towed us in Should you dare to turn down that road? Will you welcome me? Will you be proud of me? “There’s your trouble” the coastguard said Not a good idea! But if you do…. I’m scared of what will be Fuel-line trapped under the seat where we sat Ignore the ‘No trespassing’ boundary signs My little boy and me And unmarked pickup trucks arrive out of nowhere Don’t regret what you’ve done, after all I am your son Here come the armed, Ray-Ban-wearing ‘como dudes’ I just want to make amends, even just as friends It ended well but you never can tell, so I sold it To warn you off - or else! You must have had your reasons to reject me “Never again” to go back to sea Perhaps to protect me He grew up safe and bought a yacht of his own So the strong debris of unknown origin sits untouched And though it might take days, even a week So my little boy could take me sailing now Once more, unseen and refuted I’m going to find ways If it wasn’t for this salty, over tariff IPP! In Hangar 18 To end this hide and seek Insidetime November 2018 www.insidetime.org Jailbreak // Inside Poetry 51 There’s something ... Rolling stone Battle Zones Tony Edwards - HMP Wymott Jodie Shepherd - HMP/YOI New Hall D McCormick - HMP Frankland This is a poem I write for my daughter’s birthday Fearful thoughts of a rolling stone In the dugouts and the trenches There’s something I want to tell you The drugs have you like a dog with a bone With their putrefying stenches There’s something I want you to know Stripping you senseless, naked and bare The fate of fallen comrades can be read: Is that you’ll always be my baby Highs and lows which can’t compare Of broken men with broken bones No matter how big you grow Dazzled by different illusion On route to hell through battle zones Unwanted symptoms of intrusion Where God and all his angels fear to tread; I heard your first breath Emotions and feelings you can’t intercept I heard your first cry Shadows of strangers looking to collect I watched you as you first slept Purple rain high as the clouds Of carnage planned in No-Man’s-Land My heart filled with pride The noises of screams, unwanted sounds Where hapless soldiers made a stand A straightjacket and harness of chains While shrapnel ripped through flesh to reach the bone There’s something I want to tell you Bound by a collection of pains In pouring rain and soaking wet There’s something I want you to hear If you could only envision The taste of blood, the smell of death Is how much I love you, a love that grows The inscription that you’re missing Satanic fear that turns all men to stone Every second of every day of every year If a poetic inquest From a vacation, from death

© Deposit Photos The staunch of heart, the strong of mind You see you are amazing, you’re beautiful Varied feelings that vandalise The terror that all fighters find You’re smart and you are kind Delightfulness through tired eyes When tangled up in bloody razor wire And I thank God every day Secrets You are your own volunteer One can’t describe in any prose For being able to call you mine A voice from within, shaken by fear The panic in the eyes of those D Jeffries - HMP Long Lartin Tragedy comes and goes Who face horrific death by cannon fire Movement encircled by a glow It was not planned Girl don’t care Imperative demands and commands The Gatling gun and hand grenades By him or her Alison Murphy - HMP Low Newton Delivered by your own hands They were both married From addiction there will always be a sequel That orchestrate the death parades But not to each other In all the wars that no one ever won Look at you livin’ in a mess like this Anticipation, greed to be equal Ambiguous thoughts upon a page For war can feel no sympathy Girl don’t care Just good friends to begin with An insight of elegance within your rage For those who bear the misery Look at you givin’ it this n’ that Platonic? Yes, indeed! Highs that can only be described as sublime Girl don’t care When bombs rain down from Heaven by the ton One simple kiss though A rolling stone on the decline Planted an adulterous seed Look here missy, I told you, you’d mess Girl don’t care Now trees are bare and birds have flown Finding zest for life again Up your chances for a life worth more My Haiku The flowerbeds are overgrown And every blade of grass is painted red Passions reignited Girl don’t care D Wilson - HMP Glenochil Yearning to be with her Look at you, lookin’ outa them bars! While in the poppy fields back home He does not try to fight it What you see? Jus’ more dumb walls I am not the rapes Where orphan kids are free to roam Is this lust or is it love? For years n’ years n’ years! Nor the beating I endured The widows mourn the passing of the dead Yes, sex does play its part You friends ‘moved on’ your family ‘estranged’ I’m me, not yet cured No, this really is love Who you got? Some dumb prison tramp A fiercely captured heart You kids gone, house long gone A bygone era All you got….gone! You and When Secret liaisons Look at you lady, livin’ in a dump like this Ian - HMP Doncaster Nigel Hunter - HMP Wymott Away from prying eyes Locked up, screwed up An oasis of infatuation When the early morning sun Aint got no future Remember the days of yesteryear Has them rehearsing lies Casts shadows on an impenetrable door Past is a blur We walked the streets without any fear And the illusion of a night’s dream Children went out and played in the street Both of them oblivious You fightin’ jawin’ all day long Of memories of heart and home Today it’s through their consoles they meet To the hurt they don’t foresee And day and day and day Is shattered by silhouetted bars Gone is life’s most important communication No more time to contemplate Ah… who cares? You remember where you are On what might the future might be It all fall on deaf ears This is of course, simple human interaction You must believe When languid footsteps “It will end in tears!” You worth more ‘than this!’ Tintinnabulation by chain and key Nowadays we text and email Said those to whom they confided Now you gotta care; cos who else does? And anticipatory thoughts of an imminent Nobody receives handwritten mail open door The prophets of doom were all correct Change you life and get this done Where would we be without the internet? Herald megaphonic calls For the lovers were misguided Change you future and make it last “OMG WTF go out” don’t fret Of parade ground guards Kiss Low Newton goodbye! Outside you’ll meet people just like you You hear where you are Consequences…there were many With its walls n’ its wire n’ its screws You’ll notice the sky - yes, it’s a shade of blue Caught in love’s blind bubble Say Hallo! New life and put ‘all this’ behind When a sensor assault Considerations … just a few you, girl Grievous to the ear, offensive to the eye Three minute noodles and ready meals What lies ahead? Just trouble Girl, you gotta care And noxious to the nose Supermarkets with so many deals Leaves a bitter taste of injustice “I don’t have time” we hear the excuse You feel where you are We put ourselves through so much abuse u We will award a prize of £25 to the entry selected as our ‘Star Poem of the Month’. To Our bodies are temples, eating good food qualify for a prize, poems should not have won a prize in any other competition or been published When the sheer incompetence of Counsels, defending and prosecuting, Will lead to improved health, mind and mood previously. Send entries to: Inside Time, Poetry, Botley Mills, Botley, Southampton, Hampshire, SO30 2GB. Lack the wherewithal to enquire It is very important that you ensure the following details are on all paperwork sent to Inside That a jury hears all it should hear Walking has become a thing of the past Time: YOUR NAME, PRISON NUMBER & PRISON. Failure to do so will prevent us responding to You fear for what is to come People seem to be scared their legs won’t last you and your submission being withheld from publication. We will be using the new ‘Money When a be-wigged arbiter They must drive to the paper shop Transfer Service’ for prize money so include your DOB on your entries. A Victorian ‘spy’ caricature Though it’s not far, just a skip and a hop An indictment of bacchanalian largesse Drive the kids to school every single day By submitting your poems to Inside Time you are agreeing that they can be published in any of our Awakens from consummated slumber ‘It’s why we have fat ones’ some would say ‘not for profit links’, these include the newspaper, website and any forthcoming books. You are also You suspect the very worse giving permission for Inside Time to use their discretion in allowing other organisations to reproduce When the Judge, upon the verdict Piggy in the middle, wallie and kerbie this work if considered appropriate, unless you have clearly stated that you do not want this to Like a hamster in an anti-clockwise wheel Games played when we was wee happen. Any work reproduced in other publications will be on a ‘not for profit’ basis. Please note Delivers his sentence, punctuated by political Now it’s Call of Duty, Bioshock and GTA poems for publication November be edited. When submitting your work please include the directive And it’s a wonder why kids don’t play following permission: ‘This is my own work and I agree to Inside Time publishing it in all And exclaimed by interpolated bias Violence is what today’s world projects associate sites and other publications as appropriate.’ You can confirm you have been done! The innocence of yesteryear, society rejects 52 Jailbreak // Inside Rap www.insidetime.org Insidetime November 2018 Time SUGA D - HMP Elmley

I just wanna sleep well tonight I just wanna live my live Looking at my watch, running out of time Time has never been on my side I’m always falling behind I don’t think I’m gonna make it to the finish line So I’m running, running, running Back to you I’m running, running, running Back to you

I remember them cold night When I was running from the blue lights Over the last few months, Inside Time I’m just tryna get home has started to receive an influx of rap There’s no battery on my phone And I’m all up in this zone ... the reason for this is unknown … You could call me post Malone perhaps you’ve been inspired by recent Why does this make me want to cry? articles featured about InHouse Re- cords, but anyway we’ve been so im- I just wanna sleep well tonight pressed by the quality of your lyrics I just wanna live my live we thought we’d bring you something Looking at my watch, running out of time new and see what you can do and Time has never been on my side I’m always falling behind give you the chance to spit! I don’t think I’m gonna make it to the finish line Rapping the revolution So I’m running, running, running £25 is on offer for next month’s ‘Rap Back to you Star of the Month’. I’m running, running, running Rap star Akala helps Back to you launch Inside Time’s ex- Will December be your chance to I have to take one step at a time drop the mic! Remember, try to keep One wrong step could start bringing me down plosive new Rap section Stress got my mind running round rhymes under 300 words. For full I ain’t tryna be the man “Rap is one of the five pillars of Hip Hop cul- terms see page 51. I’m just tryna make it count ture. It’s a global phenomenon that has evolved over the past few decades and has I just wanna live my life huge power to empower and liberate,” says A Life in Swinfen Hall Have a drink in the summertime Akala, aka Kingsley James Daley, whose first Might have a smoke in the night-time album, Its Not a Rumour, won him the MOBO From Fire in the Booth Robert Rawes - HMP/YOI Swinfen Hall We can keep that between you and I award for best Hip Hop artist. So what are the Yes, I grew up on the dole in a single parent five pillars? He reels them off. “Rap, Break- family Ya locked up in Swinfen Hall Been a long time since I’ve checked the time dancing, Graffiti, Beatboxing and Knowledge Been through a little bit of tragedy Ya can’t chill with ya bro, and play football Roley on my wrist - collectively they’re a revolutionary aesthetic.” Yes I was around drugs and violence before Now the screws have the power Diamonds shining bright the day that I started secondary Staff come to ya door every hour. But time stays ticking Lyricism transcending And that’s part of it not half of it, get the You live life for a second Born to a Jamaican father and Scottish mother, picture, the rest ain’t necessary That’s why every second matters It gets too much so ya self harm Akala grew up in London’s Kentish Town, a Growing up, got a little caught up, but that The screws save ya life by ringing the alarm I just wanna sleep well tonight struggle of an upbringing which he describes ain’t even half of my life Ya don’t want ya fam to know I just wanna live my live graphically in his powerful polemic/memoir Also given the knowledge of self What ya life is like at Swifren Hall Looking at my watch, running out of time ‘Natives’, published earlier this year and com- That is all we actually need to survive Time has never been on my side pared favourably to the autobiography of Mal- If you saw me aged nine, reading Malcolm Everyday ya ask the screws is there mail I’m always falling behind colm X. His interest in politics is driven by his just fine Ring ya solicitors ask them to go for bail I don’t think I’m gonna make it to the finish line love of truth. He’s a fan of . “I’d Teachers still treated me stupid Ya try to be a big man but fail So I’m running, running, running never voted in my life until he came along,” he Students that couldn’t speak English, they understand ya not built for jail Back to you says. Ten years ago he founded the Hip-Hop put me in groups with I’m running, running, running Shakespeare Company (multi-award winning And the irony is some of the first man to give where ya come from ya got a name Back to you actor Ian McKellen is a patron), a touring me schooling ya think it is coz of the money and fame troupe that performs Akala’s adaptations of You would call gangsters but I already ex- but if ya look back all ya see is shame Shakespeare’s work and provides writing plained, we know what the truth is… all ya did was cause ya family pain. Raporetry workshops for 13 to 25 year-olds in community settings and prisons. His aim, he says, is to The power of language Ya don’t know what’s coming next Fabian Dawson - HMP Swaleside underline the similarity between Shake- For some years, Akala has been judging the Coz at the min ya life is a mess speare’s plays and the poetry of the best rap- Rap/Spoken word section of the annual Prison Ya thought ya know best Looking out at the walls and barbed wire fencing pers, or, as he puts it, “the lyricism that Reform Trust writing competition. Why the the contact ya have with fam is less Which try and keep me enclosed, locked up and transcends all the revenge-tragedy, Tarantino interest in prisons? “Rap can be educational, fenced in violence”. So is Rap just for the young? “Not at reflective - it allows anyone to explore the ya got locked up at 18 Watching the birds float through the sky all,” he says, “Some of the best Rappers in the power of language and self-expression. So now ya 23 Wings spread wide, such a sight to my eye world are in their 40s, Jay Z is 48, Kanye West, many people in prison around the world are 5 years gone To be grateful - for being free now Ye, is 41.” from the poorest areas. Rap can help the dis- Ya asking ya self why the judge give you so long For being fly, for being me enfranchised to feel their value and develop Myself and I am thankful to see Immovable their influence. Some of the work I’ve seen The time will always come My chilled-out attitude, the black in me! Akala is an intriguing choice of stage name, from prisons over the years has been real class To walk out of those gates and see ya mum Truths get written, spoken and heard where did it come from? “It means immovable and incredibly impressive. I can feel the emo- Ask her to forgive ya for what you done There is so much power in words in Buddhism from what I found. Since then tions, the anger, the love. The more we can get Promise her to never use a gun. In black and white, the facts are all clear I’ve found that it has many meanings in many people in prison writing, the better - and it’s Add the colour of nature, experience here… different languages, like in Filipino it means brilliant that Inside Time wants to promote and When ya ring ya wife Right now - is the only moment that exists ‘eternal’, in Arabic it means ‘to eat’. Some encourage this phenomenally human lyricism. Remember to tell her she’s the love of ya life Being free is a must, if it’s what for you wish meanings I had no idea of when I actually Good luck to everyone who wants to have a go, And ya promise ya’ll never again pick up a knife Believe in your actions, feelings and thoughts chose the name.” I look forward to reading them.” Coz ya don’t want to come back to Swinfen Hall. Choose to live good, or do not get caught! Insidetime November 2018 www.insidetime.org Jailbreak // Inside Rap 53

it’s so hard to see pass the glance.. Rap Star of the Month ‘car he still got all these eyes on him O to the P Congratulations to this months winner who receives our £25 prize from when that jury set all eyes on him to when that judge stretched [15 to life] on him Aaron O’Mara - recently released from HMP Rochester Elmley ‘til if or when that parole board decides to bet whatever’s left of his whole life on him Offender SP (Kenny) - HMP Elmley This is life for him So I’m sitting there waiting for resettlement to come round, and despite what society like to think Knock on my flap window, get my attention, make a sound, just another number & name in Elmley this aint no life for him But no show like I predicted it starts inside this game, just another face in Elmley (trapped in a cage) ..they f*cking made a mice of him They fill us with fake promises then let us down so who’s to blame? just another look in the mirror jail measures up (day x night) for him A government funded project to recreate the badness, but i don’t really see what my face can tell me the cells measure up like (9 by 5) for him there aint a lot more to tell G’ ‘it’s stifling’ but its tryna make it work To transform criminals into hard working individuals from a life time just another locked-door & cell-key ‘car.....this is the new nine2five for him of hatred and madness, just another locked-gate .....this is the new nine2five for him Some of us are really trying but who can we really trust? with a prisoner behind it screaming-out “somebody help me” ....this is the new nine2five for him They promised that they’d house us but why are we sleeping rough? ..tryna work with the hand that Satan dealt me ..this is the new nine2five for him You gives us appointments, a date and a time, hope the lyrics on my page don’t fail me .this is the new nine2five for me If you don’t ring up to cancel then your probably running late, i write with emotion yeh’ this is the new nine2five for me But if we’re late too many times we get a recall that causes sadness, (above & beyond gangster) that’s what everyone’s tryna be ..doe i don’t really know if all this lyrical-pain is healthy Children at home crying because probation made them dad-less, but i gotta keep authors-truth but most man just keep it 100 And every time we see you it’s like your in a rush, even if it means speaking that awful-truth me’ i keep it 101(binary) that’s the real art of sound ‘lol’ to all the irony Like you haven’t got the time or your really not that fussed, ‘round here’ a smiles so scares ‘coz there aint much to laugh about half of 12 years a slave really brought out the white in me So if you really can’t help, and there’s nothing you can do, ..couple suicides (and that’s no joke) and i don’t know if blacks what id ryva be Surely something has to change..? What’s your point of view? ‘couple times’ the razors blunt or the rope broke ‘car to me both colours is washed so they try again ‘coz something inside of them even 50 shades of greys too dry for me Probation says “life aint worth living, in handcuffs & a chokehold” mana scream “su-woo”..... I’m sorry that it feels like I never have the time, ...faith says “there’s no hope” ‘car i know my red-ones gone die for me I wish I could get to know you and hear what’s on your mind, the years, months & days seem to go slow and them blue-ones gone ride on me But they give me all this paperwork and then give me a deadline, training day means there’s no soach’ ..doe secretly’ i’m tryna let go of all this rivalry I didn’t start this job to fill out forms I wanted to reduce crime, the politics is all the same and that’s the reason i don’t vote it’s like something’s appealing to the other side in me I really want to help you but I don’t know what to do, ..like to think there aint much that i don’t know ..say “time heals all wounds” like to think to the depths i know most people won’t go so fre3 all my pagans riding life with me They want to stick with private companies that can’ t help us improve, like to think i can play the game but its f*cked (in both holes) The CRC’s a joke they owe the ministry all this money, the system really sucks (low blows) But then they go and give them more? I don’t find it very funny, so i’m in here on my lonely, just me and my own ghost Reoffending is on the rise and it seems the systems broke, is that i see what most don’t see or i see what most wont I really want to fix it but all I can do is hope, ‘on the other side of the fence’ feels like i no longer know home I honestly believe if we had more time to work with offenders, and that walls got me wishing i knew how to pole-vault We could actually help them properly and that would slowly mend us, but i aint walking no Heman-suit Until they give me more time I don’t know what to do, ..talking’ i go sleep just to see what my dreams can do I do want to help but I can’t…and its true, that’s how i escape it all + the Boodar & the Dummies are local so i play the fool i’ve dropped a lot! now i embrace my fall i’ve dropped a lot! now they embrace my fall Straight Like That! the only thing i aint made fell, is Governors but my name ring bells Governments Fabyo - HMP Swaleside ‘car i done banging, hyping, assaults, fighting,.. ..done smashing-up, i done whyling, Inspired by the original poem…A Rhyme done shutting it down, i done rioting Something that I read in Inside Time. done rooftops, i done climbing Sitting down in the cell - just cooling, chillin. (got nothing left to prove) i done my ting now i’m just tryna breathe... like my lungs tightening Doing whatever I want, whatever I’m willing. he’s just tryna be for his Brothers someone that’s inspiring Winning! This concept I recently thought of, ..just tryna make it home before his Mum dies on him Is writing these bars and words, that I thought of, so he tells his Mother “don’t cry for him” A form of madness? When reciting lines, and he can tell how much his Father tried for him laughing to myself. “it’s my time to shine!” ..can tell his family will always hold tight on him Then I rethink..This creative nature (even if the clock brakes them) he knows they’ll always Embedded within me, once a self-hater. make time for him Until I grew teeth, that’s wisdom and knowledge. show love, support & provide for him Credit: http://mcalister.design Credit: Look at yourself whilst doing that porridge. always do their best or at the least try for him Choose to acknowledge the life that you live, but to everyone else the truth hurts Concrete Jungle More painful to your parents and your kids! that’s why most of his friends feel like they have to lie to him Your siblings are sad, your partners are upset, most B*tches that said “they’ll ride for him” Ren - HMP Rochester most N*gg*z that said “they’d die for him” Are your spirits being lifted up yet? don’t ever send him P.Os, won’t ever write to him You ain’t got a clue Love is a word that I learned is power. he sends out V.Os but most still have never seen the sight of him It’s a concrete jungle, I’m living in a zoo Thank you to all realising this hour, so its Casper he’s left confiding in Madagascar tryin get back to the truth When you read this, you become enlightened. ghosted & let down more times than he’d of liked to been My pride’s hurt and my lionesses are too Do not feel scared, do not be frightened. now he takes everything at face value And my cubz gotta eat so I got it all to do No fears No doubts - that is my thing! ‘coz most people’s promises aint worth the ink they write it in They jus rapping how they act and they’re not the living proof Pure love is the new song that I sing! You can see it in their eyes, you can tell the way they move (faced with his reflection) its aint worth admiring Dailey evolving, loving not loathing. Did it for the image, they’re jus “@“ for the views fre3doms based on inception, it aint worth desiring Living in Now - my only component. nothings guaranteed or certified for him Bearer of bad news, if it’s war you’ll lose. Let’s come together and All see the truth. it’s the strain from the weight ‘coz all they gave him was a date I’m like B.B.King, I’m just singing you my blues Compared to Millenia, we are all youth. but that too aint worth the ink they write it in All my baby mothers stressed cos my kids are going school so he’s just tryna do what’s right for him Asking for their daddy and they can’t see him at all How far can we go? How far have we came? tryna correct all the wrongs that weren’t right for him My parents are embarrassed cos I never been a fool. Nobody to somebody, you know my name?! ‘secretly’ wondering what all the coulda, woulda, shouldaz See I had it all coming til I ran in to the wall. If you do not, then look in the mirror. might of been Yeah I ran in to the wall. Ask yourself - are you a saint or a sinner? but reality won’t turn back time for him Now I’m on the wrong road, riding till the wheels fall off, We are all one, yet we are The All. he tries to think forward but don’t know what’s insight for him Minimum wage ain’t nothing to a real boss. Be encouraged and keep it cool! 54 Jailbreak // Prize Winning Competitions www.insidetime.org Insidetime November 2018 Read all about it! Caption Competition Last Months £25 Winner A £25 prize is on offer for the best caption 1. Which Royal couple have announced they Fonesavvy providers of ‘landline type Chris Maitland - HMP Channings Wood to this month’s picture. are expecting a baby in June 2019? numbers’ for mobile phones. 2. Who did Khabib Nurmagomedov recently Proud sponsors of Inside Time’s beat at UFC 229? PRIZE quiz ‘Read all about it!’ 3. Which two stars have been announced as If you don’t want callers to be disadvantaged the new ‘Top Gear’ hosts? or put off by the high cost of calling your mobile - just get a landline number for it. 4. Stephanie Davis has returned to ‘Hollyoaks’ Calls to mobiles don’t have to be expensive! playing which character? Full details are available on our main 5. ‘I’m a Celebrity’ is returning in November, advert in Inside Time and at who are the hosts? www.fonesavvy.co.uk Our new LUFC Credit: Amy Kennedy 6. What group did Simon get this year on ‘X merchandise, your Holiness. Last Months Winners Above is one of the finalists of the 2018 factor’? You’ve seen our soap on Graham Murray - HMP Stafford (£25) a rope and this is our Comedy Wildlife Photography Awards. The 7. On what date is Guy Fawkes night? Shelley Turner - HMP Bronzefield (£5) Hope on a Pope winners will be announced on November 15th. S Wilkes - HMP Manchester (£5) What do you think is being said here? 8. Who is Sharon Mitchell having an affair with See box to the right for details of how to enter on ‘Eastenders’? As much as many people want to keep Answers to last months News Quiz: football, religion and politics separate, it is 1. Mac Miller, 2. Halloween, 3. Gregg Wallace and 9. How many days are there in November? impossible. Only last month Pope Francis was John Torrode, 4. , 5. Mick Carter, 6. Alexander Povetkin, 7. BBC1, 8. 12:15pm, 9. ITV, presented with a personalized Leeds United 10. Who recently scored two goals for England jersey by club chairman Andrea Radrizzani 10. Closing date for all competitions is 22/11/18 as they beat Spain 3-2 in the Nations League? while visiting the Vatican City.

Inside Knowledge // All the answers are within this issue of Inside Time - all you have to do is find them! How to enter: Send your entry on a separate sheet The first three names to be drawn with all-correct answers (or nearest) will 11. Who said ‘there are very few bad people in the world - and they are usually in of paper. Make sure your receive a £25 cash prize. There will also be two £5 runner up prizes. The positions of authority’? winners’ names will appear in next month’s issue. 12. This year, the Prisoner Learning Alliance received how many nominations? NAME, NUMBER & 13. Who says that Rap can allow anyone to explore the power of language and PRISON is on all sheets. 1. Who was ‘disillusioned by the whole experience’ when he left prison? self-expression? Failure to do so will 2. Who is on record saying that all prisoners should be in orange jumpsuits and 14. Who fears the possibility that certain of the British electorate may be fooled invalidate your entry. We all visits should be closed? by ’s ‘fake morality’? 3. Who started ‘Project Compass’ in April 2017? 15. Who oversees the 250 Catholic chaplains in prisons? will be using the new 4. How much will it cost to nationally roll-out PAVA spray? ‘Money Transfer Service’ 5. When was the Prison Reading Group founded? Answers to Last Month’s Inside Knowledge Prize Quiz for prize money so include 6. At his trial in 1985, who raised the defence of insanity? 1. Nick Hardwick, 2. HMP Stafford, 3. Mental capacity, 4. Terry Waite, 5. Benjamin Zephaniah, your DOB on your entries. 7. Who always recommends reading Inside Time to his students? 6. New Bridge, 7. HMP Leeds, 8. John Roberts, 9. HMP Wandsworth, 10. Karen Otmani, 11. John 8. At which prison was there a ‘clear lack of empathy between staff and some Huffman, 12. The Royal Court, 13. Airborne Initiative, 14. 1918, 15. The Phantom Gobshite Post to: ‘jailbreak’. Inside very vulnerable prisoners’? Time, Botley Mills, Botley, 9. In 2017, which charity was awarded a significant and prestigious grant from The three £25 Prize winners are: The £5 runner up prizes go to: Lisa Brown - HMP Polmont Southampton, Hampshire the National Lottery? Jeff Davies - HMP Birmingham Michael Smith - HMP Exeter Simon Harvey - HMP Channings Wood SO30 2GB. 10. A keyworker scheme has been set up in how many prisons? Pippa Hart - HMP Send

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Titanic wonder gone but not forgotten Don’t touch anything! 4 GOUCH Once upon a time, the Pink and White Terraces In 2014, a team of researchers of Lake Rotomahana, New Zealand - a from the University of Leeds 5 CXELE brilliantly coloured cascading set of pools dropped a disturbing truth formed by silica-rich deposits and volcanic bomb on the public by activity - was widely considered the “Eighth announcing that the no-touch 1 Wonder of the World”. Then, with little jet-air dryers in public toilets warning, it vanished. In the wake of the are anything but sanitary. 2 colossal volcanic eruption of New Zealand’s Now, the authors are back Mount Tarawera in the early hours of June 10, with even more evidence 3 1886, this vast geological spectacle was against hand dryers, this time destroyed. Although no longer visible to the from real-world experiments. 4 eye, some geologists held onto the hope that it The investigation was conduct- may just be buried and not utterly obliterated, ed in hospitals in; England, 5 and both the “Wonder” and the eruption have France, and Italy. In the UK Across Down remained the subject of much mystery and toilets, the notorious MRSA Thanks to Michael Bond, HMP ambiguity ever since. In 2017, researchers bacterium was found three 1. Newly designed homes more apt to 1. Huge area for international leader in Risley. If you fancy compiling an stumbled across the diaries of the 19th-century times more frequently during Anagram Square for us please take another written communication (7) geologist Dr Ferdinand von Hochstetter that jet dryer usage periods than just send it in 5 x 5 squares, form (12) 2. In Oxford they’re on two feet (7) appeared to accurately describe the location of paper towel periods. Bacterial complete with answers shown on 8. Beginning climb after hearty lunch (7) 3. Can’t be beaten - no game to play! (9) a grid. If we use it we will send the Pink and White Terraces. Once again, species resistant to both 9. Everybody in associations counts (7) 4. Be sick, seeing the poor devil you £5 as a thank you! hopes were high that this could lead to penicillins and cephalosporins 11. Engraving? (7) executed (5) Remember to include your name, scientists “rediscovering” the rocky delight. and species of pathogenic number, prison. We will be using 12. One bargains for goods in healthier 5. A look into hotel information could Unfortunately, a comprehensive new study has enterococci were found in the new ‘Money Transfer Service’ surroundings (7) be a source of illumination (7) concluded this idea is pretty far-fetched - it significantly higher frequency for prize money so include your 13. Looks for people of one’s own 6. One prepares the land by the first of DOB on your entries. looks like the Pink and White Terraces are long and counts during these periods standing (5) September, it’s less stormy (7) gone. Their analysis strongly suggests that the as well. “The problem starts 14. Unusual European community coin 7. Showing initiative, but regret spin in White Terraces were almost entirely obliterat- because some people do not starting to rise in circulation (9) letters (12) Fun facts... ed by the famed eruption. Equally, their work wash their hands properly,” 16. Dreamers are inclined to be 10. Worried Turkish critic lost one, but shows how the eruption managed to raise the Professor Wilcox explained. trapped by thoughts (9) made a lot of money (6,2,4) • There is a species of gall level of the lake by at least 60 meters (197 feet) “In effect, the dryer creates an 19. Dish from southern States - hot 15. Players’ profit swallowed in a wasp named after Elvis called and its area increased by about five times. This aerosol that contaminates the one (5) second by instruments (9) Preseucoela imallshookupis. flood of water then swamped much of the toilet room, including the 21. Vivid impressions at first on new 17. Form of English developing as true surrounding area, along with remnants of the dryer itself and potentially the • Adult cats don’t meow at future, for example (7) unknown quantity (7) Pink Terraces, which now lie on the bottom of sinks, floor and other surfaces, other adult cats. They meow 23. A universal right to embrace 18. Gave one leave due to skin Lake Rotomahana. “The destruction of the depending on the dryer only at humans and kittens. partner’s status in sport (7) blemishes (7) majority of the Terraces is perhaps not design and where it is sited. 24. Not doing so much to chase good 19. In the main, they provide support (3,4) surprising given that the 1886 eruption was so However, paper towels absorb • AGHAST once specifically tradesman (7) 20. Paces around at home - what to violent it was heard in Auckland and in the the water and microbes left meant “scared by a ghost”. 25. Mournful English adopted by wear? (4-3) South Island,” Dr de Ronde added. “The blast on the hands and if they are version of Gaelic (7) 22. The world needs courage, start to • In 1988, Yellow Pages had left a 17-kilometer [10-mile] long gash through disposed of properly, there is 26. Supposes and hopes his stye gets finish (5) to pay $18 million to a travel Mount Tarawera and southwestwards beneath less potential for cross-con- treated (12) agency after accidentally lake.” IFL Science tamination.” IFL Science advertising them as a provid- er of ‘erotic holidays’ instead Amazing Maze All hail the King of Everland of ‘exotic holidays’. Man declares himself king and claims independence from UK to get round If you fancy compiling a maze for us please just send it in. If we use it we will send you planning laws. Steve Ogie wanted to build a small home on the plot but his • In 2002, Steven Spielberg £5 as a thank you! Remember to include your name, number, prison. We will be using the completed his college educa- new ‘Money Transfer Service’ for prize money so include your DOB on your entries. application was refused. He then declared the land ‘Everland’ and made himself its ruler. The 46-year-old is now campaigning to have it classified as its own state. tion when he received a Steve first took his fight to the Royal Court on Guernsey who said it could not be bachelor’s degree in film and a country - as it had no population. Steve then tried to argue it did have a electronic arts from populous - worms and insects - which the court rejected. Steve owns an area of California State University. To land near Castle, Guernsey, which he renamed earlier this year, before declaring it demonstrate ‘filmmaking independent and announcing himself as king. He told the court his ‘country’ proficiency’ he submitted would have a population of five ‘voting’ members alongside the insects - and they Schindler’s List. would all have their own passport.King Steve Ogie said: ”Everland is 150ft long • Sea cucumbers digest and about 50 ft wide, I intend to live there. The judge said ‘one man can’t govern organic matter and expel himself’, I’ve got my daughter as part of the population as well - Princess Evalyn everything else, such as sand, Ogier, she’s eight. I’ve now got a population of five citizens and they’re all voting so technically their feaces is citizens, that makes them a population. No one is resident currently but they have actually ‘cleaner’ than their passports and they have a vote. It’s a legal document, they can use the passport to food. get a driving license - but it will only be valid in Everland. We’ve got no sports players in Everland so we won’t be entering the World Cup, but we’ll see where it • In 1931 the US only had 500 gets.” After hearing Steve’s arguments, Mr McMahon retired and on his return bookshops. said that he had reached the conclusion that Everland was not a sovereign state, nor a ‘micro nation’. He said: ‘Although there maybe an element of absurdity in • In 2008 a Lebanese farmer the way the argument has been developed by Mr Ogier, I take the view that any dug up a potato that weighed challenge to the jurisdiction of this court must be taken seriously.’ Metro over 11kg.

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Fun quotes... The path to success Did I say that? Top facts... • An expert is one who knows more and more 6 5 2 3 9 How did World about less and less. War 1 start? Nicholas Murray Butler 1 4 9 4 2 The immediate cause for World Millions long for immor- • 8 7 6 3 9 War 1 was the assassination tality who do not know of the Archduke Franz what to do with them- 2 3 4 2 7 “I feel like supporting Ferdinand of Austria and his selves on a rainy Sunday “Let’s stop worrying about United is like having a pregnant wife Sophie. Archduke afternoon. Susan Ertz Franz Ferdinand of Austria 3 5 1 9 8 the future, all we have is tortoise as a pet. I had a today. ... Trump is on his “At this point, everyone tortoise, and they are not was the nephew of Emperor • It’s not worth doing hero’s journey right now.” knows it’s a bad idea but entertaining to watch. You Franz Josef and heir to the Start at the bottom left square throne of Austria and Hungary. something unless some- Kanye West gave a bizarre there’s something very don’t watch them, but you and move up, down, left or right The assassination was one, somewhere, would until you reach the finish. Add the speech at the White House British - and just kind of, know you have got a bit of while in a meeting with planned by a Serbian terrorist much rather you weren’t numbers as you go. Can you well - ‘I said, I was hungry responsibility to show some President Donald Trump. interest. That is what I do group, called The Black Hand doing it. Terry Pratchett make exactly 43? enough to eat my foot, so Trump called him a ‘smart with United. I keep an eye and the man who shot Franz cookie’. I’m going to eat my foot.” on them.” Ferdinand and his wife was a GEF BAD CHI Graham Norton perfectly Karl Pilkington compares Bosnian revolutionary named Gavrilo Princip. describes the British attitude supporting Man United to Using the letters G,E,F,B,A,D,C,H & I fill in the towards Brexit. owning a pet tortoise. blank squares. Each letter A-I must appear • Before WW1 was triggered, only once in each line column and 3x3 grid. “Oooh, he’s even better in a number of defence alliances the flesh. He better tell his existed between the major European countries. What wife about me.” this meant was that if one 72-year-old Mally Clarke, an country declared war on “This is the most elder of the indigenous another, the other countries repulsive,disgraceful, Butchulla people of would also have to enter the Neil Speed is a embarrassing act of Queensland took a liking to conflict because it was in the former prisoner desperation and auctioning Prince Harry. After heckling treaty they agreed. who came up off of one’s soul to gain with the concept “Awww, here we go! He’s power I’ve ever seen.” • Britain, France, Ireland and of GEF BAD CHI better looking in person” Rapper T.I. has officially had Russia were part of an alliance whilst in prison. before Prince Harry’s speech it with Kanye West, calls him called the Triple Entente, while GEF BAD CHI by in front of the worlds press a ‘puppet’ after his meeting Germany aligned itself with Neil Speed is with President Trump. in Australia. Austria-Hungary - known as published by the Central Powers. Xlibris. £12.35 Inside Chess • The assassination of Catchphrase 8 by Carl Portman Archduke Franz Ferdinand in 7 Sarajevo on 28th June 1914, it The object is to try to figure out the well-known saying, person, triggered a chain of events place, or thing that each square is meant to represent. This is a call for help! I have always been clear 6 that resulted in World War 1. about the benefits of chess in prisons and I have plenty of evidence to that end from the letters 5 • After the assassination, IQ I receive. However, I have recently been getting Austria-Hungary threatened Standing involved in debates about whether or not chess 4 war on Serbia. They set out has (or has had) any influence on prisoners once some very harsh demands Miss Somersault they return to society. Some say chess will never 3 that Serbia must meet. make a difference. I absolutely do not believe Germany sided by Austria- this but I have no evidence to prove otherwise 2 Hungary, while Russia sided except from former inmate John Healy as written with the Serbians. At this ONE Times in his classic book ‘The Grass Arena’. 1 point, Europe was at the brink of going to war. ONE If you know of anyone (including yourself of A B C D E F G H course) who can state that chess has affected A back copy of Chess Monthly donated by the • One month after the ONE Battle their view on the outside I would love to know. London Chess Centre is the prize for the first Archduke’s assassination - on The really big issue is ‘did chess stop anyone from correct entry drawn. July 28 1914 - Austria-Hungary re-offending and how?’ Also, did chess help with declared war on Serbia with Dear Editor... any decision making on the outside which pro- Write to me with your answer, care of The English the backing of Germany. duced a positive result? In short, I am after only Chess Federation at The Watch Oak, Chain Lane, Germany then declared war the good news, not the bad. Has someone joined Battle, East Sussex TN33 OYD. Please note that on Russia on August 1, and on • Appear 10 years younger by they could actually get the a chess club and is settled into that? Has someone you should always write to me at the ECF not via France on August 3. telling people you are sack or anything. Donald used their chess skills to better themselves in InsideTime. Also, please include your prison actually 10 years older than Attenborough terms of getting a job or just achieving something? number and if you can, the date and what month’s • On August 4 1914, the you really are. Wilfred, Bude • TV news reporters. All those critical thinking skills and learning how puzzle you are entering. German troops marched on • Being a teacher is low paid, Intersperse your interviews to manage time, and deal with losses and victo- France and the route they hard and stressful work. But with footage of yourself ries, simply must come in useful. The answer to October’s puzzle was: 1…Qg8+!! took went through Belgium. one perk is that I can fart all nodding like an idiot. This will What a fantastic resource. If the king does not Since Britain had agreed to day and blame it on the kids. help viewers appreciate that This is a very important area because I not only take the queen Black will be checkmated. After maintain the neutrality of David Trump, Chester what’s being said is important talk to ‘Joe Public’ but correspond with Ministers he recaptures then White plays 2. Rxg7+! Note Belgium, they immediately and correct. Ian, Dorchester and other influential people about chess in pris- that if Black captures the rook it will be STALEMATE declared war on Germany. • Whenever I see a wildlife ons and having facts to support statements is because White has no legal move. If he does not documentary about ant • I don’t think Her Majesty always a good move. Please take the time to capture the rook, then it will keep on checking • British and German forces colonies, I always spot at least would be looking quite so smug inform me if you have any information in this on the seventh rank. This shows that we must first fought at the Battle of one of them who isn’t on those bank notes if she respect. I only want the positive stories - but are never give up as there can often be a surprising Mons in Belgium. This was the carrying anything. I suppose knew she was sharing my wallet they out there? resource at the board. first of many battles between that just like humans, there with a Stringfellows drink card, Britain and Germany on the will always be some skiving a small personal stash and This month’s puzzle is one for players of all levels. The winner of September’s puzzle (and the mag- Western Front and is when bastards. After all, it’s not like two condoms. John, London White (moving up the board) to play and win. netic chess set) was John from HMP Ashfield. World War 1 started for Britain.

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In this month... Number Search Search William Nascimento, HMP Pentonville 2 November 1948 9 4 1 5 7 1 0 1 6 3 The Chinese merchant ship Hsuan Huai caught fire and exploded off Yingkou, Manchuria. 1 9 5 3 8 0 9 7 5 1 About 3,000 of the estimated 6,000 people on 0 2 4 3 3 3 8 6 8 1 board (mainly Chinese troops) were killed. 3 1 8 9 3 3 7 1 6 2 The cause was soldiers smoking below deck accidentally started a fire which caused 4 2 4 2 1 2 8 3 0 8 ammunition and barrels of petrol to explode. 1 1 1 8 8 3 3 5 3 2 5 7 0 0 4 7 8 2 7 4 9 November 1938 Death of Ernst vom Rath, Nazi German 2 0 1 6 4 0 1 1 8 3 diplomat. He died 2 days after being shot by a 3 0 5 9 7 2 5 8 2 1 Polish-Jewish student. In response to his shooting the Nazis banned Jewish newspapers 2 3 1 6 1 6 9 2 9 8 and magazines in Germany and Austria, barred Jewish children from attending state schools, 201082, 300712, 300712, 300813, 311282,300813, 133, 281253,311282, 2018, 133, 1104, 1953, 1017 and suspended Jewish cultural activities. His 281253, 2018, 1104, 1953, 1017 death triggered the national program known as Thanks to William Nascimento, HMP Pentonville Kristallnacht (the Night of Broken Glass). for compiling this Number Search. If you fancy The Nazis burned synagogues and destroyed compiling one please send in max 10 x 10 grid complete with answers shown on a grid. If we use it thousands of Jewish homes and businesses in we will send you £5 as a thank you! Remember to Germany and Austria. More than 90 Jews were include your name, number and prison. We will be killed and over 30,000 were transported to using the new ‘Money Transfer Service’ for prize concentration camps. money so include your DOB on your entries.

9 November 1998 Sudoku // Hard The UK abolished capital punishment for all offences. (It had been abolished for everything except treason and piracy in 1973.) 3 4

13 November 2008 7 6 3 9 British couple Amy Taylor and David Pollard 5 7 announced they were filing for divorce after she discovered his avatar in the virtual world 8 3 4 6 Second Life was having a relationship with another player’s avatar. 9 5

17 November 1893 4 9 2 3 Quchan earthquake, north-east Iran. The city 4 1 was destroyed. About 18,000 people were killed. An unusually severe winter followed, 1 2 8 3 which killed even more, and there was another

earthquake in January 1895 which killed a 7 2 (c) Daily Sudoku Ltd 2018. All rights reserved. further 11,000 people. Daily Sudoku: Wed 10-Oct-2018 hard Word Morph 18 November 1928 Walt Disney released the animated short film © MW Released life sentenced prisoner Can you morph one word into another by just Steamboat Willie. It was the first Disney changing one letter at a time? It isn’t quite as cartoon with fully synchronised sound, and easy5 as3 you think!8 9 7 4 6 1 2 marked the official debut of Mickey Mouse and DAVIES & JONES Minnie Mouse. See our 2 4 7 6 3 1 5 8 9 page in the SOLICITORS house 21 November 1953 9 1 6 2 8 5 7 3 4 ‘Jailbreak’ section The fossilised skull of ‘Piltdown Man’, discovered Specialising in in England in 1912 and thought to be from one Criminal Defence and 8 7 3 4 5 2 1 9 6 of the earliest humans, was revealed to be a THE PRISON 6 9 2 3 1 7 4 5 8 hoax constructed from the skulls of 3 different Prison Law species. PHOENIX TRUST O f f e r i n g 4 5 1 8 6 9 2 7 3 N a t i o n w i d e S e r v i c e 7 2 4 1 gorge9 3 8 6 5 22 November 1988 Head doing you in? The U.S. Air Force unveiled its B-2 stealth 1 6 9 5 2 8 3 4 7 bomber to the public. Viewing was heavily Stressed out? • All Criminal Court Proceedings Just for laughs restricted and certain sections were off-limits.

• Parole Applications 3 8 5 7 4 6 9 2 1 (c) Daily Sudoku Ltd 2018. All rights reserved. (Aviation journalists managed to take aerial Can’t sleep? • Last night it rained cats and dogs and I Daily Sudoku: Wed 10-Oct-2018 hard shots of the off-limit sections, to the Air Force’s • Licence Recall stepped in a poodle. disappointment. The B-2 had been developed Simple yoga and • Appeals • I didn’t go to college, but if I did, I would in secrecy since 1974.) meditation practice, • Adjudications have taken all my tests at a restaurant, because the customer is always right. http://www.dailysudoku.com/ 27 November 1968 working with silence and the Penny Ann Early became the first woman to breath, might just transform Contact • I didn’t want to believe my dad was stealing play in a professional basketball league. She your life in more ways than David Rees or Simon Palmer from his job as a road worker, but when I got home, all the signs were there. played for the Kentucky Colonels against the you think ... Interested? Los Angeles Stars. (She was only in the game Davies & Jones • I am going to get a job washing mirrors; it’s a momentarily, as a publicity stunt. She had Write to The Prison Phoenix Trust 32 The Parade, Roath, job I can really see myself doing! never played basketball before. Earlier in the P.O. Box 328, Oxford, OX2 7HF. • Dogs are forever in the pushup position. year she had become the first female licensed Cardiff, CF24 3AD jockey in the USA, but male jockeys refused to • I like a woman with a head on her shoulders. ride in races she entered, thus preventing her We’d love to hear from you anytime and have Tel: 029 2046 5296 I hate necks. several free books and CDs, which could or 24 Hour Emergency Number: from competing.) • I went to a doctor, all he did was suck blood help you build and maintain a daily practice. 079 7096 9357 © www.ideas4writers.co.uk from my neck. Don’t go see Doctor Acula. Insidetime November 2018 www.insidetime.org Jailbreak // Just for Fun 59

The joke’s on you WordsearchJailbreak November 2018 // November Would you believe it? November Crossword – Gavin Frampton, HMP Isle of Wight

China unveils ‘plans to • A Guinness brewery worker travels to the M N M O A L L S C A R V O H E R T S Z Q launch artificial moon’ home of his co-worker with bad news. ‘I’m O S V E T S U P A R E M E M B R A N C E China has unveiled plans to sorry Mary, but Keith died at the brewery N X P C M R G U Y F O R T R E A S O N Q launch its own “artificial today’. ‘Oh my god!’ replied Mary, ‘What hap- S S O A B O G U I L L S W B C M O U R U moon” to replace its street- pened?!’ ‘He drowned in a vat of Guinness C E P M R R R D N B P L O T E P O P P E H V P A T K P A R L I A M E N T W R P S lights in just over a year’s time. Stout’ said the worker, sadly. ‘That’s terrible! M E Y N R K L A C K S T I G B O N F Y U An illumination satellite, Was it a quick death at least?’ asked Mary. ‘I’m afraid not,’ the worker replied, ‘He got out A L T H S G L E R I G U N P O W D I S Y designed to complement light twice to take a piss’. M T T A R L U L R A U T U M N P A R S K from the real moon, may be A O R S T O Q Y R I N U T T F E L E V Y launched in the south-west- • Jonny died in a fi re and was burnt pretty M O N I A V K M F S P E E K I A O W E A ern city of Chengdu in 2020. badly. So the morgue needed someone to I S I L E E I L V A O C S R R R N O L R The artificial moon will be identify the body. His two best friends, Mike S W P E S S R A E N W H I E E U Z K A M able to light up an area with a and Sean, were sent for. Mike went in and the T L A S T P O S T Y D K L H S M O N T H diameter of 10 to 80 kilo- mortician pulled back the sheet. Mike said I F R I R E W T E V E T E R A N E V E S metres, with the range being “Yup, he’s burnt pretty bad. Roll him over”. L A C H E G G P R P R Y N S H E R M S T controlled within tens of So the mortician rolled him over. Mike looked L E A F A M O O N L O S C A R F S A B I and said “Nope, it ain’t Jonny.” The mortician meters, People’s Daily reports. E L E V E N C H A O P P E L E V E N T H thought that was rather strange and then he Reggie Nelson, now 22, with his mother, on the Announcing the news on X H F I R E W O R K S P O P Y P L O Z C brought Sean in to identify the body. Sean day he graduated from Kingston University in October 10, Mr Chunfeng said Y O R E M E M R A B T W A M I N U S I L 2017 with a 2:1 (SWNS.com) that the illumination satellite took a look at him and said, “Yup, he’s burnt real bad, roll him over.” The mortician rolled ARMISTICE, AUTUMN, BONFIRE, ELEVENTH, FIREWORKS, would be eight times brighter ARMISTICE, AUTUMN, BONFIRE, ELEVENTH, FIREWORKS, GLOVES, GUNPOWDER, GUY FAWKES, Hard knock life GLOVES, GUNPOWDER, GUY FAWKES, HEROES, LAST POST, than the actual moon and him over and Sean looked down and said, “No, HEROES, LAST POST, MEMORY, MONTH, PARLIAMENT, PLOT, POPPY, REMEMBRANCE, SCARFS, Reggie Nelson dreamed of a university it ain’t Jonny.” The mortician asked, “How can MEMORY,SPARKLER, TREASON, MONTH, TWO MINUTES PARLIAMENT, SILENCE, VETERAN PLOT, POPPY, would be bright enough to education, top job and the wealth to go with it you tell?” Sean said, “Well, Jonny had two arse- REMEMBRANCE, SCARFS, SPARKLER, TREASON, TWO replace street lighting, the - but had no idea how to achieve it. He was holes.” “What? He had two arseholes?” asked MINUTES SILENCE, VETERAN artificial moon would have a born and raised on a council estate - by a the mortician. “Yup, everyone knew he had single-mum after his father died - had been “dusk-like-glow”. People Thanks to Gavin Frampton, HMP Isle of Wight for compiling this two arseholes. Every time we went into town, Wordsearch. If you fancy compiling one for us please send in max 20 x excluded from school and was already having should not be concerned folks would say, ‘Here comes Jonny with them 20 grid complete with answers shown on a grid. If we use it we will run-ins with the law. But after watching an about animal’s being affected. two arseholes...’” send you £5 as a thank you! Remember to include your name, number, episode of How’d You Get So Rich - a US TV He said the satellite light will prison. We will be using the new ‘Money Transfer Service’ for prize money so include your DOB on your entries. show where the late Joan Rivers meets a be like a “twilight glow” and • Bill, James and Kevin are exploring the selection of wealthy Americans - he came up will not affect the routine of desert. They come across a big slide guarded with a brazen plan. He googled “richest area in animals. Evening Standard by a Genie. The Genie says “Climb the ladder, Quick Crossword London” and found Gloucester Road in go down the slide and shout your material Kensington and Chelsea - so went there armed wish. It will appear in a big pile at the bottom.” with a smile and a preprepared speech. He Bill tries it fi rst. He climbs the ladder, goes knocked on doors and asked: “I just wanted to down the slide and shouts “SILVER!” The Genie know what skills and qualities you had that grants his wish and he lands in a pile of silver allowed you to live in a wealthy area like this, so coins. James goes next. He climbs the ladder, I can extrapolate that and use it for myself.” goes down the slide and shouts “GOLD!” The Impressed residents bestowed advice on the Genie grants his wish and he lands in a pile of then 18-year-old about work experience and gold coins. Distracted, Kevin rushes up the working hard at college. After hours of ladder. Halfway down the slide he shouts knocking, he was invited in for a cuppa by “WEEEEEEEEE!!!” Elizabeth Price, the wife of Quintin Price, a senior executive at investment management firm BlackRock. The impressed head of alpha That’s clucking strange Fun facts... strategies invited him to the office for the day A bizarre sea creature known - eventually getting him work experience, a colloquially as the “headless • The fi rst commercial passenger plane to be mentor and ultimately a place at university. chicken monster” has been shot down by hostile forces was the Chinese Four internships and a degree later, he now has photographed in the Southern airliner Kweilin in 1938. It was refurbished and his dream job in investment management in Hemisphere for the first time. returned to service, and later became the third the heart of the City - a far cry from the The “headless chicken commercial passenger plane to be shot down teenager’s previous life. Mr Nelson said: “For by hostile forces. monster” is actually a anyone in a similar position to mine I would deep-sea swimming cucum- say embrace the rejection for it could be the • Pizza Hut have developed an app which ber that was previously filmed making of you. And knock on the right doors tracks your eye movements as you look at the only once before, in the Gulf menu, and then suggests what you should and work hard.” The Independent Across of Mexico. Although most order based on the amount of time you spent Down Targeting the culture species of sea cucumbers are looking at various toppings. 1. Rings, bracelets, etc (9) 1. ___ Carrey, actor (3) The London Hip-Hop/grime festival Wireless stuck on the sea floor, the • There are three countries in the world that 6. Unusual or unexpected (3) 2. Truck (5) “headless chicken monster” has been hit with a whole host of bizarre do not use metric units as their primary sys- 8. Mental pictures (6) 3. Lends an ear (7) has developed webbed, conditions to abide by if it wants to stay at its tem of measurement: Myanmar, Liberia and 9. Manufactures (5) 4. Excused (6) veil-like body parts that allow Finsbury Park home in North London. The the United States. 10. Broad street (6) 5. Cricket delivery (6) conditions include the banning of performers it to swim through the ocean. 11. Unstudied (7) 7. Divulges (9) swearing and wearing “offensive attire”. Under Although this species of sea • According to the Catholic Church, the bodies 13. Orienteering item (7) 8. Easily angered (9) of saints can be verifi ed by their ‘Odour of the new rules, Post Malone opened his set with cucumber, Enypniastes 16. Dresses (6) 12. Up to (2,3,2) eximia, is also known as the Sanctity’. 18. Foundation (5) 14. Notices the loss or absence Too Young (it contains 20 swear words), Lisa “Spanish dancer,” it doesn’t do 19. Takes up again (6) of (6) Mercedez’s outfit could be judged as “attire • When wild dolphins meet for the fi rst time, much dancing. Instead, it 21. Biblical woman (3) 15. Help (6) which exposes the groin, private parts, buttock they exchange ‘names’. feasts on organic material 22. As it were (2,2,5) 17. Snow leopard (5) or female breast(s)” and surprise headliner found on the ocean floor by • Migratory birds can ‘sleep fl y’ during long fl ights. 20. Chinese cooking pot (3) Drake finished after the new 10pm performing “walking” along the bottom The last word... • Lukewarm literally means warm warm as curfew. Stormzy would have to change at least and using its tentacles to grab 17 of the 21 songs performed during his set in luke was a middle English word for warm. “Each morning we are born food. In addition to being again, what we do today is 2018 because of the lyrics. With this being the headless, the chicken monster UK’s most obviously Hip-Hop based festival, • There’s a mountain in Australia called Mount what matters most” is mostly transparent, so Disappointment. The explorers who fi rst that continues to grow and attract international Buddha people can see the food climbed it thought the view from the top was superstars to its stage, it feels like a somewhat working its way through its a bit boring. targeted assault on the culture. intestines. Huffington Post 60 Jailbreak // National Prison Radio www.insidetime.org Insidetime November 2018 National Prison Radio is available in prisons across November 2018 England and Wales, and HMP Grampian in Scotland. What’s on National Prison Radio // November 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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