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Wasteman star Tom Blyth: Prison film is ‘a magnifying glass on masculinity’
Film

Wasteman star Tom Blyth: Prison film is ‘a magnifying glass on masculinity’

To make sure Wasteman captured prison culture correctly, the filmmakers joined forces with Switchback – a London-based charity that helps young prison leavers

More and more women are being released from prison into homelessness. It’s an ongoing cruelty
Fraser Maclean

More and more women are being released from prison into homelessness. It’s an ongoing cruelty

Fraser Maclean, policy manager at Commonweal Housing, writes about why women face challenges to the greatest extent after leaving prison

Letters: Adolescence didn’t feel like a drama – it’s too close to real life
Letters

Letters: Adolescence didn’t feel like a drama – it’s too close to real life

Our readers – like the rest of the country – have been gripped by Stephen Graham and Philip Barantini’s devastating drama

Poet laureate Simon Armitage on his years as a probation officer – and the redemptive power of poetry
Probation service

Poet laureate Simon Armitage on his years as a probation officer – and the redemptive power of poetry

Almost Home: Unique exhibition showcases the ‘pain and hope’ of women in prison
Art

Almost Home: Unique exhibition showcases the ‘pain and hope’ of women in prison

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Becoming a Community Payback supervisor changed my life – and helped countless others
Rehabilitation

Becoming a Community Payback supervisor changed my life – and helped countless others

No women should ever be sent to prison for enduring domestic abuse
Lucy Russell

No women should ever be sent to prison for enduring domestic abuse

Women are being sent to prison in UK for self-defence or being coerced: ‘I lost everything’
Criminal justice

Women are being sent to prison in UK for self-defence or being coerced: ‘I lost everything’

Prisoner turned actor Clarence Maclin on life inside Sing Sing – and starring in a film based on it
Film

Prisoner turned actor Clarence Maclin on life inside Sing Sing – and starring in a film based on it

65,000 people facing systemic inequities supported by over £1.8mil of Growth Impact Fund investments
Big Issue Invest

65,000 people facing systemic inequities supported by over £1.8mil of Growth Impact Fund investments

Rise in prison leaver homelessness should be a clear warning to the new government
Campbell Robb

Rise in prison leaver homelessness should be a clear warning to the new government

This is how we break the cycle of homelessness and incarceration
Homelessness

This is how we break the cycle of homelessness and incarceration

‘When I first went inside I wanted to die’: What life’s like inside a UK women’s prison
Prisons

‘When I first went inside I wanted to die’: What life’s like inside a UK women’s prison

Prison leavers are being neglected due to lack of digital skills. It’s time for change
Elizabeth Anderson

Prison leavers are being neglected due to lack of digital skills. It’s time for change

 ‘We lost a good man’: Tributes paid after death of journalist and ex-Inside Time editor Erwin James
In memoriam

 ‘We lost a good man’: Tributes paid after death of journalist and ex-Inside Time editor Erwin James

Everything you need to know about UK’s shameful Post Office scandal
Post Office scandal

Everything you need to know about UK’s shameful Post Office scandal

Wagamama launches cooking classes at female prison to give inmates ‘a second chance’
Prisons

Wagamama launches cooking classes at female prison to give inmates ‘a second chance’

Number of Welsh prisoners sleeping rough on release has trebled in one year
Rough sleeping

Number of Welsh prisoners sleeping rough on release has trebled in one year

Time season 2 star Jodie Whittaker: ‘People are leaving prison and they’re being given a tent’
Interview

Time season 2 star Jodie Whittaker: ‘People are leaving prison and they’re being given a tent’

Conversion therapy and rental reform: Key policies activists want to see at heart of King’s Speech
King's Speech

Conversion therapy and rental reform: Key policies activists want to see at heart of King’s Speech

Joshua Luke Smith: Meet the rapper helping prisoners process their past through poetry
Music

Joshua Luke Smith: Meet the rapper helping prisoners process their past through poetry

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Insulate Britain protesters face prison after fresh court summons
Insulate Britain

Insulate Britain protesters face prison after fresh court summons

New Holloway Prison site will have homes for women leaving the justice system
Housing

New Holloway Prison site will have homes for women leaving the justice system

‘I could be jailed for two years for blocking roads with Insulate Britain’
Insulate Britain

‘I could be jailed for two years for blocking roads with Insulate Britain’

Charities call for multifaceted approach to help ex-offenders into work
Employment

Charities call for multifaceted approach to help ex-offenders into work