prisoners

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

While serving a prison sentence, Clarence Maclin discovered the transformative power of Shakespeare. Now he stars in a screen version of his real-life story of redemption

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

The government’s response to our prison crisis risks creating a homelessness crisis unless action is taken

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

This is how we break the cycle of homelessness and incarceration

As part of Cardboard Citizens’ nine-part series of films about homelessness, More Than One Story, storyteller Errol McGlashan explains how he came to create No Walls, Still Trapped – and what it means

Prisons are full to bursting – and the UK riots have thrown their usefulness back in the spotlight
Ian Acheson

Prisons are full to bursting – and the UK riots have thrown their usefulness back in the spotlight

‘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

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Fighting for justice for women in a system that’s rigged against them
Justice

Fighting for justice for women in a system that’s rigged against them

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

Timpson boss James Timpson on Doc Martens, high street success and how work can turn lives around
Business

Timpson boss James Timpson on Doc Martens, high street success and how work can turn lives around

 ‘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

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Education, mentorship and business
Changemakers 2024

The Big Issue Changemakers of 2024: Education, mentorship and business

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

‘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

How young people in prison are getting a fresh start by giving free haircuts to homeless people
Rehabilitation

How young people in prison are getting a fresh start by giving free haircuts to homeless people

Scotland has the perfect antidote to ex-prisoners’ reoffending rates
Opinion

Scotland has the perfect antidote to ex-prisoners’ reoffending rates