Category unable to cope on release

Life on the out: wasted

January 10, 2016 · by · in addicted to oblivion, gambling with my liberty, revolving prison doors, unable to cope on release, Uncategorized · 1 Comment

I push, scrape and pile the white powder into a line. I smooth out the crumpled £20 note in my wallet and make an impromptu tube.   As I lower my nostril to the mound of powder, negative thoughts ricochet in my mind like a stray bullet, fuck life! fuck everything! no one cares! I […]

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 […]