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Why is the husband of Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe on a hunger strike?

Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe has been detained in Iran for more than five years despite public outcry, hunger strikes and a lack of evidence. Here’s what you need to know

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Prisoners turn critics to review TV shows and films during Penned Up Festival

This year’s prison literacy festival has had to adapt to Covid, says Penned Up director David Kendall, as he introduces some of the best reviews by inmates at HMP Lewes

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Prisoners pick the books to get you through lockdown

The prison library has been an important resource in the last year. Librarian Kelly Fuller picks prisoners’ favourite books that helped them through lockdown.

Transforming prison food: Traditional Bangladeshi chicken curry recipe

Books behind bars: Not even Covid can stop the prison librarian

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Illiteracy is high in prisons. Learning to read can reduce reoffending

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A chaplain’s view on prison in the time of Covid

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Meet the ex-inmates helped by music in prison

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The music label helping prisoners dream beyond their cell walls

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My children didn’t understand why mummy was in prison

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There is a mental health crisis in our prisons. Lockdown is making it worse

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Anonymous prisoner: ‘You go to prison as punishment, not for punishment’

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Lockdown in lockdown: I watched the country close while in prison

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Why The Big Issue has put together a prison special

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How an ex-con turned her life around to help vulnerable women into homes

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Tony Adams latest to share his emotional story on More Than My Past podcast

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Motivational speaker Lennox Rodgers appears on More Than My Past podcast

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Lord John Bird stars with actor Jason Flemyng on brand-new recovery podcast

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1,000 prisoners released on to the streets during Covid-19 pandemic

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Inmates share inspirational prison education stories in powerful new book

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InHouse Records is sending a weekly magazine to 2,500 prisoners

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Cell Workout smashes £10k goal to start ‘Made in HMP’ clothing brand

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‘Time is short’ for Government to protect prisoners from Covid-19

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Would Rory Stewart have had to resign over the 10 Prisons Project?

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‘Unacceptable’ that prisoners can’t get an education, says charity

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Prisoners show the importance of education with postcard art exhibition

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Short prison terms should be scrapped to tackle violence in jails, MPs say

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Unions call for public control over private prisons as G4S loses Birmingham

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Number of BME boys being imprisoned in the UK is at its highest ever

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Redemption Roasters is brewing up solutions for young offenders with coffee

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Scottish reoffending rates have hit a 19-year low thanks to rehab schemes

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Erwin James: Good can come from prisons, but it needs to be by design

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Rory Stewart has pledged to quit if his 10 Prisons Project fails

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