Category: DWP

‘Bird’: What does it mean to do time?

Posted on by David Breakspear in Blog, Criminal justice system, DWP, Family, Mental Health, Ministry of Justice, Overcrowding, Prison, Probation

Featured image courtesy of Victor Baumann. To see more of Victor's works, you can follow him on:   @victor.baumann WOW! WOW! WOW! WOW! Wednesday the 6th March 2019. The venue: We Work in Hoxton, London. The event: hosted by Bird Podcast. The evening, along with raising funds for the amazing Clean Sheet UK (Click on link … Continue reading ‘Bird’: What does it mean to do time? →

Facts, fears and fables…part 3

Posted on by David Breakspear in Criminal justice system, DWP, Family, Mental Health, Ministry of Justice, Overcrowding, Prison, Probation

Research has highlighted the often strained relationships that exist between prisoners and their family before, during and after their sentence (Hairston 1991; Visher and Travis 2003; Niven and Stewart 2005; Travis 2005). At the same time, for some prisoners, familial attachments during a prison sentence can be crucial for managing the pressures of prison life, … Continue reading Facts, fears and fables…part 3 →