by John Hostettler author of Cesare Beccaria: The Genius of “On Crimes and Punishments”.
How many people in England today have heard of Cesare Beccaria? Very few, I imagine. And the same could have been said of him in Europe in 1764 when, at the age of 26 he wrote his short book entitled On Crimes and Punishments (Dei Delitti e delle Pene in its original Italian).… Read more “Cesare Beccaria: A Short Introduction”
by Michael Crowley author of The Man They Couldn’t Hang: A Tale of Murder, Mystery and Celebrity. August 2010.
A residency as a writer in a prison is almost always arranged through the Writers in Prison Network. This is a small Arts Council funded body that established its first residency around twenty years ago.… Read more “On Being a Writer in Residence in a Prison”
Time for Moral Courage and Political Bravery
by David J Cornwell (author of The Penal Crisis and the Clapham Omnibus).
July 2010.
by Hilary Beauchamp author of Holloway Prison: An Inside Story
Inmates would bring into the classroom photos of partners and children for me to draw, or attempt to employ me as their own individual portrait painter. Succumbing to this sort of pressure would have reinforced the erroneous criticism that the arts were a soft option.… Read more “A Glimpse Behind the Wall at Holloway”
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