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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Sunday, August 7, 2016

How do you Adjust after 3 Decades Behind the Door?

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I assume no Lifer walks out the Gate intending to breech their licence, but I managed to do it without even thinking. Such is the perilous...

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Thursday, June 9, 2011

Random Facts

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Thanks to the Prison Reform Trust's 'Bromley Briefing' and my unblushing willingness to plagiarise, I offer you a few facts that...

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Tuesday, October 13, 2009

I Have my Own Cell Key

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Don't start phoning the police just yet, it's all kosher. Although I recall an MP who spouted the usual phrases when told of this ...

Thursday, September 17, 2009

Here's a Thing...

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There is not a single jot of evidence that shows that long term imprisonment causes lasting psychological damage. Hmmm.

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Wednesday, September 2, 2009

More Punishment, Please

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The issue of prisoners having TV's in cells is merely a symptom of the incoherent and ignorant nature of the debate around imprisonmen...

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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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