Promoting reading and reading groups in prisons This month the focus is on some classic books – ones that
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Promoting reading and reading groups in prisons PRG groups were very active all the way through 2025, with meetings
As another dramatic sporting year draws to a close, we look back at some of the highlights of 2025 Rugby England
‘Hope springs eternal’, as the old saying goes. A new Prisons Minister in July 2024, businessman James Timpson, was
Promoting reading and reading groups in prisons What do groups read? Prison Reading Groups (PRG) runs over 110 reading
This month the report comes from HMP Wandsworth where one of the PRG groups read Kazuo Ishiguro’s Klara and
Promoting reading and reading groups in prisons: Small Things Like These Prison Reading Groups (PRG) runs more than 110
Promoting reading and reading groups in prisons The report this month comes from HMP Frankland where members of the
The report this month comes from Wandsworth, where one of the groups chose Daphne du Maurier’s Rebecca. The novel
Promoting reading and reading groups in prisons The report this month comes from HMP Standford Hill where the group
As another action-packed sporting year draws to a close, we look back and reflect on some of the 2024 highlights
Happy stories, sad stories. Reporting on prison news, it’s hard to find enough of the first. On these pages
Prison Reading Groups (PRG) run over 100 groups in more than 70 prisons nationwide. Groups choose what they read
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time by Mark Haddon Christopher is fifteen and has Asperger’s Syndrome.
This Is How You Lose the Time War by Amal El-Mohtar and Max Gladstone The novel follows Red and Blue,
Xylazine reaches UK drug market The powerful non-opioid tranquiliser xylazine has infiltrated the UK’s drug market and is ‘not
The report this month comes from Victoria Barnett, Library Develop-ment Manager for five Kent prisons including East Sutton Park
This month the column comes from HMP Downview, where the group had a visit from Scottish author Jenni Fagan. Cathy
As another remarkable sporting year draws to a close, I thought I would look back and reflect on some
Reading Group Round-Up The report this month comes from HMP Thameside where Maggie Gallagher is the PRG co-ordinator for