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Why there should be more art in prisons

When prisoners are actually requesting more arts activities, why are we not giving them what they want, asks Jess Thorpe.

Jess Thorpe
5 min read

It is now ten years since I first saw the results of an arts project in a Scottish Prison. I was there to observe the result of a week-long drama residency facilitated by fourth-year students on the C...

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