Prison Service Journal: 239

This issue of Prison Service Journal, guested edited by Dr Michael Fiddler and Alli Black, is a special edition examing the transformative aspects of art on prison life.

In this edition:

• Editorial comment, by Dr Michael Fiddler and Alli Black
• Unlocking talent at HMP Leicester, by Kate Herrity, Simon Bland, Ralph Lubkowski and Phil Novis
• The Bigger Picture: Digital Storytelling, Creativity and Resilience in Prisons, by Dr Victoria Anderson
• Scratching the Surface: A service evaluation of an applied theatre intervention for female offenders, by& Dr Zoe Stephenson and Andy Watson MBE
• Performing Punishment, Transporting Audiences: Clean Break Theatre Company’s Sweatbox, by Dr Aylwyn Walsh
• Performance Matters: The Case for Including Performance in Prison Music Projects, by Sarah Doxat-Pratt
• Music, education, and opportunity, by Katy Haigh and Laura Caulfield
• Music and identity in prison: Music as a technology of the self, by Kate Herrity
• In Place of Hate, by Yvonne Jewkes
• Edmund Clark’s Artistic Residency at HMP Grendon: Exploring the impact upon residents, by Elizabeth Yardley and Dan Rusu
• Interview with Edmund Clark, interviewed by Michael Fiddler