BEN'S PRISON BLOG - Lifer On The Loose

The first blog by a British prisoner. Variously described as being "obviously extremely intelligent" (Michael Gove), "the most interesting interview I have ever done" (Michael Portillo), and a "fully paid up member of the awkward squad" (Parole Board), I try to generate debate around the moral and political nexus that is imprisonment. Imprisoned between ages 14 to 47, released on Licence in August 2012

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Thursday, August 9, 2012

The Week that Was

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This is it. On Monday I see my oncologist to check on the progress of my cancer and choose one of the lousy treatment options. And maybe ...

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Thursday, July 5, 2012

Pain

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My arm and back are on fire after manual work on the Gardens Party. Avoiding such pain is probably why the Doctor ordered I do not do manual...

Sunday, August 7, 2011

The Perils of Reading

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Do all people with cancer read up on their condition and treatments? I've found it a quite meagre experience, never supplying the hoped ...

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Thursday, November 25, 2010

Cancerist!

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God forbid this becomes a "cancer blog" but the response to my dual-news of the parole board answer and cancer has been illuminati...

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Sunday, November 21, 2010

A Grand Day Out

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Some of us enjoy a day out from the nick as a break in the routine. For others, it is a disruption. I've always been slightly ambivalent...

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Friday, May 28, 2010

The Cancer Boy Story

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It continues... Despite the undisputed fact that tumours are devouring his liver, the Ministry of Justice insists he enrols on a course wi...

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prisonerben: United Kingdom; Previously known as "one of Britain's best known prisoners...he constantly questions authority and exposes the futility of the system" The Times, Ben was finally released from prison after 32 years in August 2012. Pleading guilty to the murder of a friend when he was 14 years old, he renounced violence and fought for the recognition of the inherent dignity of all human beings. As a result of speaking truth to power, he served far longer than the recommended 10 years, leading Education Secretary Michael Gove to argue that he had "been punished excessively for a crime committed as a child". One of the more intellectual of prisoner-campaigners, Ben chose to educate himself from schoolboy level to having both undergraduate and post graduate degrees. He is currently one of very few prisoners in Britain ever to attempt a Doctorate. Ben's speciality is non-violent action and the Human Needs Theory. Now on Life Licence, He is forging a career as a CJ policy consultant, writer and - as ever - campaigner.

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