Blogs about Prison – Injustice

Third Cinema, radical public spheres and an alternative to prison porn

You can read the published article here. This journal article about the documentary film, Injustice, considers how media production is framed by class experience, and how this… Read more “Third Cinema, radical public spheres and an alternative to prison porn”

Your new book, The Pentonville Experiment, is getting some very good feedback. You deal with the issues of addiction and prison in a very sympathetic manner, rather… Read more “Interview with Dr Lewis Owens on The Pentonville Experiment”

The first thing I remember of Michael O’Brien were his words spoken on the panel at the Cardiff screening of Injustice: “I wasn’t an angel.” He was… Read more “Some reflections on Injustice and An Anatomy of an Injustice.”

Many years after the arrest and incarceration of Camorra boss Nunzio Perrella he finally turned. As so many nowadays, Perrella’s incarceration has finally been met with his… Read more “Confessions of a Mafioso: Gangster Capitalism and Covering Up the Waste.”

At forty years of age in 2007 I found myself in prison and received a twelve year sentence for drug trafficking: six in prison six on licence.… Read more “Why I wrote ‘My Life Began At Forty’, by Michael Irwin”

In and around the 19th of June I normally write an annual blog reflecting on the previous year and how far I’ve come (or not) since my… Read more “Right Side Up: A Prison Nightmare, by Michael Irwin”

By Steve Hall: One of the advantages of the blogosphere is that we all get a chance to respond to our critics. This is not something that… Read more “Steve Hall: A rejoinder to John Lea’s review of Revitalizing Criminological Theory”

Bo’s Story You are eight years old. You have been beaten and humiliated by your stepfather for as long as you can remember. He has moved into… Read more “The Story of Bo: Abuse, addiction, prison.”

Redemption What does it mean to be free? Can I ever be free? For people who want ‘justice’, do they know what justice means, or is justice… Read more “Michaela Booth on victims and redemption”

A question of direction: ‘How did we get here and are we going the right way?’ A critical analysis, written by Feleena Mason, Oxford Centre for Criminology You… Read more “Mental health care: Is changing policy changing minds?”