The need for Social Change and for a world more Human is impelling.
Here some relevant articles, projects, talents, books and videos for inspiration and resource.
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Articles
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The day I went to prison, I got my life back // by Jon Kelly, BBC Stories
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Women in prison-
Many female offenders experience chaotic lifestyles involving substance misuse, mental health problems and homelessness, says the government’s Female Offender Strategy (2018), noting that these are often the product of a life of abuse and trauma
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According to the Prison Reform Trust, 57% of woman prisoners report having been victims of domestic abuse and 53% report having experienced emotional, sexual or physical abuse
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The rate of self-harm is nearly five times as high in women’s prisons compared with men’s prisons
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Almost half of female prisoners say they committed their offence to support the drug use of someone else
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About three-quarters of women given custodial sentences get six months or less, and between a quarter and a third of female offenders have dependent children
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Prison reform campaigners were dismayed when the government dropped plans last year to build “community prisons” for women – it said it would trial five residential drug rehab centres but news of these is still awaited
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Why some Japanese pensioners want to go to jail // BBC News
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Japan is in the grip of an elderly crime wave – the proportion of crimes committed by people over the age of 65 has been steadily increasing for 20 years. (…) The costs of rent, food and healthcare alone will leave recipients in debt if they have no other income – and that’s before they’ve paid for heating or clothes. In the past it was traditional for children to look after their parents, but in the provinces a lack of economic opportunities has led many younger people to move away, leaving their parents to fend for themselves.
projects
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Mobile Good Food Markets // Toronto, Canada
Back in 2010, the city of Toronto (in Ontario, Canada) decided to launch a program that converts old unused metro buses into mobile grocery stores called Mobile Good Food Markets, and ever since, they’ve been traveling across the Toronto metropolitan area selling affordable fresh food. They have been especially successful (and helpful) in low income neighborhoods.
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