Learning Communities

Students from Warwick University took part in a programme to offer additional study skills support to our students in prison. This was another initiative to reduce the isolation of studying in prison and help students to feel part of a Learning Community. One of the...

A rebirth for prison education

Written by Sean Parker (reproduced with permission from Sean’s blog) Education Not Incarceration Conference – City University London – 23rd May 2024   DWRM – Do What Really Matters – is a prison/justice reform organisation run by...

The 4 Ps of re-entry

Written by Jamar Williams (working for the Bard Prison Initiative in the US) I want to tell you about the 4 Ps of Reentry (aka release from prison) The essence of these Ps presented themselves long ago at a Drexel University Behavioral Health Conference. At the...

Study tips from a DWRM student

Written by Joshua Goffe ApexIndividual here, just as an update to the study tip I gave in the 2023 / 24 DWRM prospectus I thought I’d give you a few words. Firstly I got out, it took time and effort on my part, however I got there through a positive and...

Fretting about vetting

Thoughts from Myra – Jan 31st 2024 I’ve just completed an additional security clearance application for HMPPS, in order to deliver our Employability programme in probation services as well as in prisons – for which I’m cleared.  I expected a high level of personal...

New post, who dis?

My plan is to use humour, self-deprecation, observational juxtaposition, stereotypes (responsibly) and mix them up with facts and truth to create this beautiful, delectable word soup that would make you smile, hopefully.   This is me writing the first post for the...