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Patrice Lawrence: ‘My dad was homeless. I never felt seen in the books I read growing up’
Books

Patrice Lawrence: ‘My dad was homeless. I never felt seen in the books I read growing up’

The new Children’s Laureate takes us through the books that lifted her up – and the ones that didn’t

I’m a probation officer. It’s a frightening, upsetting, but also moving and hopeful world
Books

I’m a probation officer. It’s a frightening, upsetting, but also moving and hopeful world

A Murderer’s Guide to Cleaning offers insight into the hidden life of a probation officer

People are still getting threatened with prison for council tax debt. This has got to change
Vikki Brownridge

People are still getting threatened with prison for council tax debt. This has got to change

Scotland and Wales removed the sanction of imprisonment for council tax debt years ago, but in England it remains a threat

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’

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

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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

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

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

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

How Starmer’s new prisons minister James Timpson wants to change the way we lock people up
Prisons

How Starmer’s new prisons minister James Timpson wants to change the way we lock people up

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

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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

‘I had to do something’: Ex-prisoner explains how love for his kids helped him turn his life around
Justice system

‘I had to do something’: Ex-prisoner explains how love for his kids helped him turn his life around

Insulate Britain protesters face prison after fresh court summons
Insulate Britain

Insulate Britain protesters face prison after fresh court summons