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

Saturday, April 6, 2013

Hard Blogging

Writing a blogpost on how difficult I am finding it to write blogposts is an invitation to collapse into gibberish and insanity, but bear w...

Thursday, March 28, 2013

Writer's Block

Ben has wr iter's block! It happens sometimes, but there should be a blog post appearing over Easter. Ed.

Thursday, March 21, 2013

PM

Tune into BBC Radio 4 to hear Ben on the radio!

Thursday, March 14, 2013

Victims and Debate

In the debate at Nottingham University over the proposition that Life should mean Life there was one regrettable absentee – the victims’ re...

Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Tweet Tweet

Russell Webster recently interviewed Ben on why he tweets: Twitter is the local pub, the street corner, the groves of academe... @Pri...

Monday, March 4, 2013

Tonight....

At 10pm tonight will be taking part in a phone-in show on BBC Radio Birmingham sparked by the Ministry decision to ban smoking in prisons. ...

Friday, March 1, 2013

New Abuse and Censorship Blog Policy

Regular readers will appreciate that I have always struggled to give space to even the maddest, most repulsive ideas. I don't like censo...

Tuesday, February 26, 2013

Brand Ben

I have now launched a new company - Mokurai Consulting Ltd Take a peek, spread the word. I've three cats with expensive tastes in food...

Monday, February 25, 2013

The Great Debate

The trek to Nottingham was not the most pleasant, but the prospect of debating against Philip Davies MP made the strain more than worth it....

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Live Debate

The debate mentioned in the previous post will be streamed live on http://www.nutsonline.org/ this evening from 7 p.m.

Sunday, February 17, 2013

A Civilised Demise.....

When the Howard League asked if I was interested in taking part in a debate organised by the HL student group at Nottingham University, I gi...

Monday, February 11, 2013

Prison Blogger Censored

I mentioned before that a prisoner blogger has sprung out of the cesspit that is Frankland prison. I also mentioned that he was being heavil...

Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Grayling's Riot Recipie

Not giving a man something is one matter. It can raise disgruntled feelings and frustration, but these are usually kept in check by that bla...

Sunday, February 3, 2013

The Freedom you gave away.

So I was out of the loop for a while. I say a while, I mean 32 years. In that time politics rolled on, nations came and fell, new empires we...

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About Me

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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