The Locked up Living Podcast: Surviving and thriving in prisons and other challenging environments

162. Julian Reid: Addiction, Recovery and prisons

 
In this episode, we hear from Julian Conor Reid, an NHS drug and alcohol recovery worker at HMP Grendon. Julian shares his personal journey of addiction and recovery, highlighting how his own experiences have shaped his career path. He discusses the challenges of alcoholism and the inability to control or moderate drinking. Julian's story offers valuable insights into the world of addiction and the importance of recovery. Tune in to gain a deeper understanding of addiction and the work being done in custodial environments to support individuals on their recovery journey.
TIMESTAMPS[00:01:04] Julian's journey
[00:07:22] Addiction and its definition.
[00:08:16] Addiction ahead of other areas.
[00:13:59] Advantage of having a lived experience.
[00:23:32] Limitations/vulnerabilities of having had a lived experience.
[00:28:04] Substance abuse/addiction in prisoners
[00:31:32] Effects of custodial period in addicts
[00:33:59] Environmental effects on addicts
[00:37:02] Toxic compassion in the recovery process
[00:40:35] Application of lived experience in other addict fields.
[00:45:39] Spiritual prominence in addicts.
[00:53:55] Keeping yourself emotionally nourished
RESOURCES MENTIONED12 Step recovery movement
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161. Gael Cochrane and David Russell: Can Restorative Justice work with people who sexually offend?

See show highlights below.
 
David Russell is Community Safety & Justice Manager at Midlothian Council and the lead for the development of Restorative Justice. Prior to this he was a senior practitioner with Barnardo's specialising in work with children and young people with harmful sexual behaviour and / or who had experienced sexual abuse or exploitation. David has extensive experience in providing assessments and interventions for vulnerable children, adolescents and adults within the field of sexual harm and
violence and has also worked in custodial settings. David provides training independently on a range of themes about sexual violence and has facilitated multi-disciplinary training internationally. He currently sits on the NOTA Scotland executive committee and is the chair of the Community Justice Scotland network. He is also the chair of the national advisory panel for the third sector organisation, Thriving Survivors in which he supports the practice and development of restorative justice in cases of sexual harm.
Gael Cochrane is a Learning Development and Innovation Lead for Community Justice Scotland, tasked with driving learning through innovation. Gael focuses on the design and delivery of world-class training and professional development in collaboration with justice sector partners and the wider Scottish workforce.
 
The researchers found that reading and transcribing content related to sexual harm had a significant impact on them emotionally.
They emphasized the importance of maintaining a non-biased approach and outlining the goals and objectives of their research.
The researchers acknowledged the consuming nature of their work and the need for a balance and a switch-off point.
They discussed the high levels of self-disclosure and the significance of understanding the psychosexual development of individuals involved in restorative justice.
The researchers highlighted the need for well-trained facilitators and a better understanding of the nature of sexual harm for organizations working with victims.
They emphasized that sexual harm is not a homogeneous issue and that different cases require different approaches.
The researchers found that the majority of the men interviewed took responsibility for the harm they caused and had a good understanding of restorative justice.
They mentioned the challenges of justifying their work, particularly in the face of criticism from feminists.
The researchers emphasized their motivation to prevent future harm and improve the lives of individuals involved in sexual harm.
They discussed the importance of debriefing and having a safe space to express emotions, as well as the need to switch off and engage in other activities for self-care.

160. Harry Maguire: Restorative justice in Northern Ireland.

See the conversation highlights at the bottom
Harry Maguire was the Director of Community Restorative Justice Ireland from 2011-2022. He has a long record in peace work since being released from prison in 1998. A Republican ex-prisoner Harry has spent 25yrs working on peace building projects across Belfast, from Chairing Interaction Belfast a cross community interface project through to spearheading engagement between Nationalist communities and the Criminal Justice System.
The work of developing restorative justice and community safety projects has been the focus of his work for 24yrs. Harry is an accredited restorative practitioner, trainer and facilitator. He is an experienced mediator and has worked with all the agencies that compromise the CJS. Harry views the building of positive working relationships based on mutual respect as key to advancement for communities who wish to have a say on all matters criminal justice.
Harry also chaired the first West Belfast Community Safety Forum, an important and valuable project that was the first opportunity for Community and the CJS to collectively engage across a range of issues. Harry has also sat on the Principle PCSP and the RJ Forum NI.
Harry has travelled the length and breadth of these islands presenting the lessons learned from his experience in developing RJ projects to a wide and varied audience. From communities in need, Criminal Justice Agencies and academia, all have been able to avail of the knowledge gained. This has been  so of the international community who watch and learn from the work of the community based restorative justice programmes in the north.
 
1. Community Restorative Justice Ireland is involved in restorative justice and restorative practice.
2. They work in communities affected by conflict and violence.
3. They aim to address the underlying issues and not just the presenting issue.
4. They believe in involving the community and individuals in finding solutions.
5. They have seen positive outcomes and resolution through their work.
6. They advocate for strategic approaches and early intervention.
7. They have expanded their work to different areas.
8. They emphasize the importance of understanding the drivers and dynamics of conflict.
9. They believe in teaching conflict resolution skills from a young age.
10. They have worked with both Catholic and Protestant communities.
11. They faced challenges in engaging with the police due to the legacy of conflict.
12. They believe in addressing antisocial behavior, crime, and criminality in the community.
13. They mention violent responses to crime, including executions and beatings.
14. They believe in finding non-violent and dialogue-based solutions.

159 Jan Rosenthal:How does a career in elite sport impact on well-being?

It is not often that we get to talk to an elite sportsperson (Tanni Grey Thompson excepted) but Jan Rosenthal, midfield giant from the German League talks about his life on the field, the culture enveloping elite and yound players and the challenges of an empty life after retirement or career failure. Jan talks about his own work in helping players and others in making these adjustments. Jan is also notable for being a rare example of an outfield player in a major league, saving a penalty. He didn't even boast about this when I mentioned Wolfsburg in the convesation.
https://gfycat.com/plaintiverawjoey-goalkeeperhighlights
Today’s guest is Jan Rosenthal who is a former professional football player and has played for German First League Clubs like Hannover 96, SC Freiburg and Eintracht Frankfurt.He’s now 37 years old and lives with two kids with the age of 4 and 6 in Oldenburg, Northern Germany.Jan was described by Jonathan Harding as being “ahead of your time’. He writes “The youngster who swapped the German countryside for Hannover’s academy was one of Germany’s rising stars but his love for the game wained the longer he was in it.Football demanded so much of him that there was little room for anything else. And he previously said of hisr footballing career: “Every day you’re physically in the fight or flight mechanism. So much happens unconsciously that there’s no space to find a way through,” Today, Jan is trying to work with individuals and clubs to make sure players have the space and time during their career that he never had in order to deal with feelings that impact both their lives and performance.

158. Tamara Cherry: Ethical journalism and Trauma

 
Welcome back to Locked Up Living Podcast, Today we are joined by Tamara Cherry, who's a trauma researcher, author, and communications consultant who spent the bulk of her career as an award-winning crime reporter in some of Canada's largest newsrooms, including the Toronto Star, the Toronto Sun, and CTV News Toronto. In 2019, she left journalism to launch Pick Up Communications, a public relations firm that supports trauma survivors and relevant stakeholders. She is also the author of the Trauma Beat, a case for rethinking the business of bad news, where she draws on the experiences of more than a hundred trauma survivors from homicides to traffic fatalities, sexual violence, to mass violence as she reflects on all the way she gets things wrong as a crime reporter when she thought she was getting them right.
TIMESTAMPS[02:09] Tamara’s background[06:14] Balancing needs of the public, organization & subject of the story[09:45] Good intentions aren't enough [11:34] There's no too young in dancing[15:04] Do the emotional stories bring about change?[24:52] What journalists see on screens[31:00] Difference between hourly news vs 24-hour news[40:19] Why aren't more journalists talking about this issue?[43:51] Less empathetic journalists, what does that mean for news[47:48] About Tamara's PR company[50:24] How Tamara looks after herself[54:01] Self-support program for journalists
RESOURCES MENTIONEDThe Trauma Beat: A Case for Re-Thinking the Business of Bad News
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157 Jens Binder: Causes and Consequences of online radicalisation.

Jens is a psychologist working in collaboration with HMPPS to understand online radicalisation.
'One of the more sobering findings is the prevalence of mental health issues (in the widest sense) among those labelled as radicalised extremists. Prevalence is quite high, and it is highest among those who got radicalised through online influences. And, as many have expected, autism spectrum condition is at the top of the list, but is by no means the only entry.'
Jens is Associate Professor of Psychology and a member of the Department of Psychology in the School of Social Sciences.
Jens is currently course leader for the MSc Cyberpsychology. In the past, he has been a course leader at the UG level and an Associate Course Leader for the Professional Doctorate in Forensic Psychology. His teaching focuses on Social Psychology and Cyberpsychology. He also regularly supervises 3rd year dissertations, Masters projects and PhD-level projects.
 
Jens studied at the Universities of Tuebingen, Germany and Massachusetts, US. He completed his doctoral work in 2005 in the area of small group decision-making and negotiation under the supervision of Michael Diehl.

156. Eyal Press: What’s the cost of Dirty Work?

Eyal has spent his life thinking about the kind of dilemma we mostly seek to avoid. What is it like to work in a prison or a meat packing plant? How does this affect the way you relate to others?https://us.macmillan.com/books/9780374140182/dirtywork
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/17/books/review/dirty-work-eyal-press.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/16/podcasts/the-daily/the-sunday-read-the-moral-crisis-of-americas-doctors.html
Eyal Press is a writer and journalist who contributes to The New Yorker, The New York Times and other publications. He is also a sociologist with a PhD from New York University which along with his family background goes some way to explaining his deep sensitivity . He was born in Israel and grew up in Buffalo, which served as the backdrop of his first book, Absolute Convictions (2006). His second book, Beautiful Souls (2012), examined the nature of moral courage through the stories of individuals who risked their careers, and sometimes their lives, to defy unjust orders. His most recent book, Dirty Work (2021), examines the morally troubling jobs that society tacitly condones and the hidden class of workers who do them. A recipient of the James Aronson Award for Social Justice Journalism, he has received an Andrew Carnegie fellowship, a Cullman Center fellowship at the New York Public Library and a Puffin Foundation fellowship at Type Media Center. Eyal is also a Podcaster himself cou can see the link in the shownotes.We wanted to talk with Eyal because we have always intended our podcast to consider the deep moral, social and psychological reasons of why terrible things happen and what underlies the decisions people make when in such situations. Eyal’s book, Dirty Work, argues that people are mainly pressured to do tasks which mostly the rest of us hold in disdain while being complicit in their continuation. The book studies three areas prison work in the USA, drone pilots in war situations and workers in meat and poultry factories. Each of these are shocking and deserving of a conversation of their own but in this conversation we shall mainly focus on prison work in the southern Unites States.

155. Leah Dawang. What is the Safe & Sound Protocol?

Leah Dawang serves as Unyte’s Partnership Cultivation Manager, envisioning allmembers of the helping and healing communities linking arms in Love and transformingthe world. She supports Unyte in cultivating integrated relationships with partnersaiming to impact the world for good through nervous system health and wellbeing. Afterdeparting a career in tech start-ups, traveling the world and embarking on her ownhealing journey, Leah rediscovered her love for Love and founded Clear The Way, asomatic restoration practice devoted to creating the conditions for healing and clearingthe effects of trauma blocking one from receiving unconditional Love. She is an SSPprovider and is in the final stages of becoming a Somatic Experiencing practitioner. Witha background in parts work, interpersonal neurobiology and energy healing, Leah ispassionate about all things that lead to Love including learning and unlearning, richconversation and relationships.
Check out these links.
https://hubs.la/Q01M4yd20
https://www.linkedin.com/company/integrated-listening-systems/

154. Dr Peter Duffy.Whistleblowing and retaliation in the NHS

Peter Duffy is a very honest and straight talking man. Since this conversation he has retired from his job in the Isle of Man and the NHS. What a tragic loss. But this, often painful, conversation, tells why he thinks now is the time.
Dr Peter Duffy is a consultant Urological surgeon.  He was lead clinician of the department in Morecambe Bay Trust from 2003 and in about 2008 they won a major national award for the quality and efficiency of this speciality service.  He began to be concerned about the direction of the Trust and eventually stood down from his position as lead clinician and was eventually unfairly dismissed in 2016 after having just won the Trust’s doctor of the year award!
As a whistleblower, it proved impossible to find work in the UK’s NHS and he took up a job on the Isle of Man in early 2017.  In 2018 I won my case for unfair constructive dismissal in the Manchester Employment Tribunal.
In 2020 – 2021 we had the COVID pandemic, which almost completely separated him from his family for some 18 months as a result of the Manx lockdown.  During this period, he was awarded an MBE for his work with the COVID +ve cases on the island.
https://www.lancasterguardian.co.uk/health/lancaster-whistle-blower-peter-duffy-quits-his-profession-amid-fears-hes-being-hunted-by-the-nhs-4173054

153. Terry Hyde Can a career in ballet harm?

Terry Hyde is a Psychotherapist/counsellor. Terry started dancing aged 6, gaining a5 year scholarship to the RAD aged 10. He joined the Royal Ballet at age 18 andsubsequently joined London’s Festival Ballet as a soloist, playing roles such as, DrCoppelius in Coppelia, Sancho Panza in Don Quixote and The Headmistress inGraduation Ball. Terry left the ballet world to explore other artistic genres, andperformed in musicals in London’s West End, in Film and TV.On retiring from performing, Terry set up as a Business Manager for people in allareas of the performing arts. On selling the business 15 years later, and inspired bythe realization that many of the people he’d worked with also sought his advice onpersonal issues, he retrained as a psychotherapist attaining a Masters Degree inPsychotherapy validated by Middlesex University in 2012.Terry founded www.counsellingfordancers.com in 2017 and has been working tosupport the unique needs of dancers in relation to their mental health ever since. In2021 Terry created the Help4Dancers App and the Dancer’s Personal DevelopmentSeries of Ebooks and ecourses.In 2021, Terry won the One Dance UK Dance Healthcare Practitioner Award and in2022 was invited onto the advisory board of Pointe Magazine.Terry presents interactive Mental Health Self-Care Workshops for Dancers, both inperson and virtually. These proactive workshops help support dancers’ mentalwellbeing, teaching them how to be mentally fit and emotionally strong.

152. Jessica Pandian. Death in Custody.

Jessica Pandian is the author of 'Deaths of racialised people in prison 2015 – 2022: Challenging racism and discrimination.' (link below)
She has an MPhil in Latin American Studies from the University of Cambridge, in which she researched anti-Black policing, gang violence, and racial resistance across Latin America and the Caribbean. Jessica joined INQUEST at the beginning 2021 as a researcher with specialist focus on state violence and structural racism. She now works as a policy and research officer with a broader focus.  Jessica came to INQUEST from the Institute of Race Relations, where she researched the policing of the Black community and Black British history. She came across the work of INQUEST during her time at the Institute of Race Relations through interviewing bereaved families that had lost a relative following taser usage. She is also interested in documentary filmmaking and is an advisor to the Independent Film Trust.
Despite decades of activism from bereaved people and their supporters, too often the deaths of racialised people in prison have been dismissed, and the role of racism has been overlooked and ignored.
INQUEST’s new report, Deaths of racialised people in prison 2015 – 2022: Challenging racism and discrimination, makes a powerful intervention as it uncovers new data and tells the stories of 22 racialised people and how they died preventable and premature deaths in prison.
The report specifically looks at the deaths of Black and mixed-race people; Asian and mixed-race people; Middle Eastern and mixed-race people; people of Eastern European nationality; White Irish people and White Gypsy or Irish Traveller people.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2022/oct/31/britain-jail-sentence-death-sentence-prisons-justice?CMP=share_btn_link

151. Christopher Charles. RoshiWave - Using light to heal and optimise your brain”.

Christopher Charles, an expert in Light and Sound Mind Machine technology has been involved in the field since the 1980s. He discovered the technology while in high school and was introduced to it by an old Inter Quest brain machine. Charles was interested in the mechanics of the brain-machine and learned from it through reading and talking to people. He has worked with various manufacturers and researchers in the industry.  Join Dr. Naomi and David we they talk more about neurotechnology specifically, Electroencephalogram (EEG) with Christopher in this episode of Locked up Living Podcast.
 
TIMESTAMPS[02:36]Biofeedback Machines[04:22]Early Electroencephalogram testing[05:57] The First Light and Sound Machine[10:10] A Flickering Campfire and Shamanistic Activities.[13:44] Calming the Nervous system with Lights and Sounds[16:08] Music Production and Software Development[19:23] RoshiWave Glasses[28:26] Long-Term Benefits of EEG Devices[31:24] Clinical Research on Light Machines.[33:37] Warnings and Safety: Epileptic Seizures Caused by Photosensitivity.[39:09] The difference between using Roshi and other similar technology.[44:24] Light and Sound Devices and Psychedelic Drugs.[51:08] Closing Remarks
RESOURCES MENTIONEDRoshi anthology by Dr. Victoria Erick -  ResearchgateInto The Void by Zoe Seven -  AmazonBack from The Void by Zoe Seven - Amazon
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150. Dr Chris James - How to sleep better

Dr. Chris James is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and sleep specialist. Chris has over 15 years of clinical experience in the NHS working across a range of mental health and sleep services, providing specialist assessments, therapy and training. He now runs an online-based Clinical Psychology Practice & Sleep Clinic, and is the CEO and Founder of Sleep Athletic, providing specialist sleep services to elite athletes and sports teams. Sleep Athletic’s clients include Canada Men’s football team, Liverpool FC, and Arsenal Women’s FC. Chris is an Honorary Lecturer at Cardiff University.

149. Geoff Hopping -Interconnectivity, well-being and psychotherapy

Geoff started his mental health career as a psychiatric nurse, and then subsequently became a mental health social worker. In the late 80’s his social work career took a turn when he found himself working in the HIV/AIDS pandemic in West London. It was during that time that he was fortunate enough to start doing some training with the Elizabeth Kubler Ross foundation in the USA. and it was this seminal experience that started his journey to become a psychotherapist.
 
He trained initially at the Metanoia institute and qualified as a Clinical Transactional analyst in 1996, and as a Teaching and Supervising transactional Analyst in 2003. He also trained and qualified as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist with the Forum for Independent Psychotherapists and did a one year supervision diploma course at the SAP (Jungian).
 
He had a private practice in South London for twenty years and in 2005 he became a Consultant Psychotherapist at a high security prison in the therapeutic wing.
Following his retirement from the prison in 2013, he developed a supervision practice and has been a tutor at the Metanoia Institute, TA East and The Link centre where he has recently become a director.
 
He started ministry training with the One Spirit Foundation and is due to be ordained in July 2021. He is passionate about bringing a spiritual dimension to psychotherapy education believing that the interface between the two is both exciting and essential.

148. Hardi Poder & Monika Jakobson of Inlibrium - why do leaders need to prioritise their healing?

Hardi has studied economics at the University of Tartu in Estonia and business communication at the University of Washington. For the last 16 years, he has been an entrepreneur and established 9 companies in very diverse fields like agriculture, sales, IT, retail, Electric Vehicles, and mycology. He has led over 600+ membered sales teams in Scandinavia and US and established the world’s biggest outdoor medicinal mushroom plantation.Since 2016, Hardi has been actively following the fields of psychedelics and psychotherapy as an investor and practitioner. Monika is a health promotion specialist, health coach and certified nutritionist. During the past 13 years, she has attained degrees in psychology and health promotion, accompanied by different studies in the field of nutritional science, health coaching, nutrigenetics, nutrigenomics, and many other topics in the field of health and well-being. During the past 7 yeast, she has worked side-to-side with several doctors and functional medicine specialists. In her private practice coaching and counseling people, she developed a holistic, in-depth mind-body approach program over the years, providing her clients with a format for achieving sustainable results. Monika is the co-founder of Inlibrium and today has the leading role in putting together Inlibrium’s holistic Health Transformation program and the team of different specialists working with their clients.  Right now Monika and Hardi are establishing the world's first one-of-a-kind holistic transformation centre called Inlibrium. Inlibrium was born out of a desire to bring about radical change – in a radically new way: by supporting visionary leaders to actualise their potential and maximise their positive impact on the world.Monika & Hardi have created a transformational program unlike anything in the world. Catalysed by psychedelic-assisted therapy, Inlibrium’s in-depth program integrates cutting-edge therapeutic methods in a long-term approach that aims to give you a deeper understanding of your core being, purpose, and life mission. The programme is evidence-based, data-driven, and, most importantly, completely personalised.

147. Mike Grenville. How to have a better death

In the second of our conversations about death or really facing up to death before it is too late we talk to Mike Grenville. Mike is an independent Funeral Celebrant and Dying Doula supporting people dying and the families. He is also a member of the Home Funeral Network supporting families to care for their own dead and make informed choices about all aspects of Funerals including Home Funerals. He runs workshops on dying and Dying To Talk sessions creating a safe space to talk about death and dying.
Mike explores how our society became so death phobic  in this conversation.

146. Leon Ancliffe. Can virtual reality improve our death?.

Today we have two conversations about death. Leon is a creative film maker who has worked with the NHS and others to highlight the importance of talking about death before it is too late. Mike Grenville, the other conversation, explains what it is to be a death doula.
Originally from the North of England, Leon started his career as an actor and dancer. Building on his experience in creative media, including freelancing as a cinematographer for the BBC, and directing numerous healthcare related projects for the NHS and charity sector, he founded Flix Films in 2009. His aim was to create a production company that reflected his desire to influence positive change across diverse sectors and topics, benefiting people across the UK and beyond.
Leon’s enthusiasm for driving innovation inspired him to set up Flix VR, with the aim to pioneer the use of Virtual Reality in healthcare, and raise the profile of utilising VR experiences to enhance palliative and end-of-life care. In 2017 he partnered with Royal Trinity Hospice in London to conduct an ethically approved study to explore the potential of virtual reality as therapy for people at the end of life.  Today Flix VR is at the cutting edge of 360° Virtual Reality (VR) content development; ranging from person led VR tours of specialist healthcare environments to producing VR simulations to improve training outcomes across the public sector. 
Since setting up Flix VR Leon has been a Keynote Speaker at the Global Nursing Management and Innovation Forum in Rome, the GIANT Heath Event, Pharma MCM Meetup, the APM Supportive and Palliative Care Conference and the MND Association Annual Conference.
“Exploring how immersive technology can benefit individuals and communities is an absolute privilege, but increasing the understanding and utilisation of Virtual Reality and have a real impact in the health and public sectors is what drives me” 
Twitter - @FlixFilmsUKWebsites – www.flixvr.com - www.flixfilms.com

145. Tanni Grey-Thompson - how to keep young athletes safe in sport

Tanni Grey-Thompson is a Welsh politician and TV presenter as well as being a former wheelchair Paralympian.  Over her Paralympic career she won 16 medals including 11 golds for wheelchair racing, she held over 30 world records and also won the London Marathon 6 times.  She was also BBC Wales Sports Personality of the Year on three occasions and received the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Lifetime Achievement Award in 2019. 
Tanni is remarkably clear and open about her sporting achievements and later work resporting on the state of sporting organisations and their sometimes lax approach to care and potential abuse.
Tanni has not only made history in the sporting arena.  After she retired, she expanded her broadcasting experience and became the first wheelchair user to present on BBC tv.  She has been a key part of their commentary team since the Beijing Olympics. 
In addition, Tanni has held a number of advisory and consultancy roles over the years and also represented many charities. She has also been Chancellor of Northumbria University since 2015.  
Tanni’s significant achievements have been formally acknowledged many times.  She received an MBE in 1993, this was advanced to an OBE in 2000 and she was made a Dame in 2005 for Services to Disabled Sport.  In 2010, she was made a lifelong peer where she sits as a cross-bencher.

144. David Maguire: Masculinity in prison - beyond stereotypes

Dr David Maguire (Honorary Senior Research Associate, UCL, Institute of Education)
Dr David Maguire has researched and managed projects for excluded groups across sectors that include housing, education, prison and the wider criminal justice system. In 2016 he was awarded D.Phil. (PhD) from the University of Oxford for research focusing on the interplay between masculinity, education, (un)employment, crime and imprisonment. After holding Lectureship positions in Criminal Justice, Criminology and Sociology, David took up a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellowship at UCL’s Institute of Education that explored post prison transitions into employment and education. He has written and published on prison masculinities, and is the author of British Society of Criminology prize winning book:  Male, Failed, Jailed : Masculinities and "Revolving-Door" Imprisonment in the UK. He is currently the Director for the Prison Reform Trust's Building Futures project, a five-year programme for prisoners who are serving or have served 10 or more years in prison.

143. Ellie Wilbore: What’s it like to undergo therapy in a therapeutic community?

The Retreat in York was a groundbreaking psychiatric service opened in 1796. Acorn was a women'stherapeutic community which ran for many years before closing as the Retreat withdrew from in patient activities. Ellie Wildbore was a member of the TC. This research seeks out staff and residents from four years ago to assess the benefits and effects of being in the TC and we reflect on the tragic loss of such valuable and effective services.