Nicky Goulder tells how a project combining literacy, music and illustration has brought offenders closer to their young children.
The Prison Arts Foundation employs artists-in-residence in prisons in Northern Ireland. Alison Smyth explains their approach and achievements.
A training programme for artists working in prisons has just gained international accreditation, announces Alan Clarke.
Hannah Hull believes in the importance of critical thinking for socially engaged arts practitioners, now the subject of one of the modules on Cred-ability’s training programme.
Jessica Plant and Kate Davey argue that arts interventions in the criminal justice system have demonstrated positive outcomes, but longitudinal research is now needed.
Working in prisons and other challenging environments is, well, challenging. Hannah Hull argues for the importance of thinking critically about what you are doing and why.
Alan Clarke is working on a training programme for artists who want to work in prisons. He outlines some of the challenges faced so far.
Steven Ellis, who was sentenced to four years for burglary, turned his life around via the prison’s art classes. He has now won the Butler Trust award for his art programme for people recovering from substance abuse.
As opportunities for alternative and creative forms of education and care provision are diminishing, Bridget McKenzie puts forward the case for ‘creative work’.
The Grodzki Theatre Association has created a website where artists and educators can place films, images and texts of their work with disadvantaged groups. Agnieszka Ginko-Humphries describes how it has evolved.