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In this episode we talk to Helen Blasdale, catering manager at the Prison Advice and Care Trust about her role, the effects of the pandemic on food in prisons, the difference between catering in the male and female prison estates and how food can help to create memories in the visits hall. You can listenContinue reading “Episode 2 of the ‘Doing Porridge’ Podcast”

By Isabel Beaumont, Amelia Hoy and Sophie Pavitt Being restricted to a cell, prisoners often experience a lack of creative freedom, preventing them from truly expressing their individuality. Some prisons have adopted an approach which encourages those incarcerated to participate in art workshops/courses. Many of these enable men/women in prison to express themselves through creativeContinue reading “‘Our Time’ at HMP Send“

In the Doing Porridge Podcast we document our research journey, as well as conducting interviews with interesting people within the fields of food and prison, In the first episode we introduce you to the research team. You can listen here:

Researchers from the Department of Sociology at the University of Surrey, Maria Adams, Vicki Harman and Jon Garland have been awarded a grant (£672K) from the Economic and Social Research Council to explore the issue of food in women’s prisons. This project will make a significant contribution to understanding issues related to food, gender andContinue reading “Surrey’s “Doing Porridge” project to investigate prisoners’ experiences of food in women’s prisons”