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Dear Mum

July 13, 2015 · by · in always and forever, back in custody, back serving time, can't believe I'm back inside, doing time, exploited your love, felt I should drop a line, letter to mum from inside, missed sisters growing into women, missed the good times, prison doesn't get easier, sacrificed your dreams to shelter children, stain on my conscience, tested your love, view you with awe, writing home · 2 Comments

How are you? I hope all is good with you and the girls. I was kind of hesitant about writing, it has been a while since we had any meaningful contact, but I felt at least I should drop a line. I can’t believe I’m here again, Mum. I know you can’t believe it too […]

Teaching in prison, revolving doors and riveting reads

November 2, 2014 · by · in back in custody, back serving time, basic vocational courses, classroom a safe place, Comment with Convictions blog, create a magazine has credibility, determination to move beyond shame, education providers stop paying lip service, en, from Blag to Blog, honed writing skills inside prison, immeasurable benefits of writing, liberating, life after prison, literacy was a means to an end, London prison, meaningless certificates, merits of prison education, narrow prison education requirements, no ceiling to potential, poetry from ex offenders, prison education targets, prison magazine, rehabilitation with training courses, rehabilitation?, revolving prison doors, riveting reads, teaching English and Journalism, teaching: little to address re offending, tenuous nature of release, unable to cope on release, Uncategorized, writing credibility, writing inside, writing is cathartic, writing on release · 1 Comment

      I’ve been told to put my money where my mouth is and write what I really think about prison education.   I have to come clean and admit that I’m good at getting other people to write but not so hot at doing it myself. I spent 13 years inside a London […]