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Words Behind Walls: A Creative Writing Project with Prison Staff (2024)
Journal Article
Metcalf, J., & Westoby, C. (2024). Words Behind Walls: A Creative Writing Project with Prison Staff. Lapidus International Research and Innovation Community Journal, 4(1), 30-51

Research from the Institute of Criminology at Cambridge recognises that prison officers are productive role models for prisoners and that the pop-cultural stereotype of the officer beating the inmate into submission has diminished. Yet a report publi... Read More about Words Behind Walls: A Creative Writing Project with Prison Staff.

Words Behind Walls: Prison Staff Writing (2023)
Book
Metcalf, J., Nichols, H., Westoby, C., & Clement, J. (Eds.). (2023). Words Behind Walls: Prison Staff Writing. Butcher's Dog Publishing

This anthology of writings stemmed from a University of Hull project that offered bespoke creative writing workshops to staff at both HMP Hull and HMP Manchester. The team wanted to support employees in a role that government and academic research re... Read More about Words Behind Walls: Prison Staff Writing.