Making Prison Research Matter Written by Tessa Birch, Research Assistant Psychologist, PROSPECT project How can research be used to drive a reduction in the prison population? As an early career researcher new to working in prisons, I was privileged to attend a...
Mental Health in Prisons: The Insider Perspective Written by Elise Blakemore, Research Assistant Psychologist, PROSPECT project I recently had the pleasure of meeting with the Listeners and Safer Custody Reps in prison to discuss their perspective on mental health...
Written by Jon Sissons, Research Assistant Psychologist, PROSPECT project Working on the PROSPECT trial as a Research Assistant Psychologist, I have been fortunate to have a unique perspective going into prisons, speaking to prisoners at risk of self-harm or suicide....
Setting up the PROSPECT trial in prison Written by Iniyah Sulaman and George Lofthouse, Research Assistant Psychologists, PROSPECT project This blog offers some recent reflections from Iniyah Sulaman and George Lofthouse who work as Research Assistant Psychologists...
The indelible stain of lived experience Written by David Honeywell, Co-Investigator, PROSPECT project Writing this reflective piece fills me with sadness as I come to the end of what has been a fun yet challenging two years working with the most...
Media depictions of prison: reflections on the C4 drama, ‘Screw’Written by David Honeywell, Research Assistant, PROSPECT project *Please be aware that this blog post refers to a recent Channel 4 drama series that aired in January, 2022 called ‘Screw’, and...
An exciting opportunity to gain research experienceWritten by Jessica Kenworthy, Assistant Clinical Research Practitioner on the PROSPECT project Assistant Clinical Research Practitioner sounds like a bit of a mouthful doesn’t it? I’ll refer to it as ACRP...
Media depictions of prison: reflections on the BBC drama, ‘Time’Written by David Honeywell and Rebecca Crook, Research Assistants, PROSPECT project *Please be aware that this blog post refers to a recent BBC drama series that aired in June, 2021 called...
The complexities of the lived experience positionWritten by David Honeywell, Research Assistant, PROSPECT project Until recently, ex-prisoner voices were mostly used for popular culture seen in books and movies (see McVicar, 1974, 2000; Boyle, 1977) but...
Voices of the lived experience Written by Dr Dave Honeywell, Research Assistant, PROSPECT project From being a former prisoner and mental health patient, to being on the other side of the fence (pardon the pun) and working in a professional capacity is an...
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