Earlier this February, Waterside Press author Pauline Campbell (Lefty Lawyer) enjoyed a phenomenal couple of weeks, marked by royal recognition for her public service and a powerful speaking engagement in the heart of the legal sector.… Read more “A Royal Reception and Inspiring Conversations”
The Barlinnie Special Unit: Art, Punishment and Innovation, edited by Kirstin Anderson (Waterside Press, 2024).
The Barlinnie Special Unit (BSU), which functioned from 1973 to 1994 in Barlinnie Prison, Glasgow, was an innovative small unit within the Scottish prison system.… Read more “Some Reflections on ‘The Barlinnie Special Unit’, by Professor Sir Anthony Bottoms”
BBC News has used extracts from one of our publications to illustrate the impact on family life of sending women to prison. ‘What Happens When Your Mum Goes to Prison?’ is based around Seen & Heard, edited by Lucy Baldwin and Ben Raikes.… Read more “What Happens When Mothers Go to Prison?”
Justin Rollins is now back from a successful stint at the Gibraltar Literary Festival. He presented to comprehensive school students at Bayside, gave a sold-out evening talk at the Garrison Library, then finished with a talk at HMP Windmill Hill the following morning.… Read more “Justin Rollins at the Gibraltar Literary Festival”
Author Satish Sekar (The Cardiff Five, 2nd Edn, 2017) was determined to seek justice for three men wrongly imprisoned for murder. When the case is reopened, the killer is put behind bars.
Murder: Fight For the Truth (ITV) S1: E8 – ‘Journalistic Instinct’.… Read more “‘Journalistic Instinct’”
