BY
LA
URA
HANNAM
laura.hannam@mk-news.co.uk
CO
LLEGE
students
hav
e
lear
nt
about
the
harsh
re
alities
of
pr
ison
life
in
a
pr
o-
ject
with
young
offenders.
A
gr
oup
of
sixth
for
m
pupils
at
St
antonbur
y
Ca
mpus
have
been
wor
king
alongs
ide
inmate
s
at
Wo
odhill
to
make
a
video
explor
ing
the
issues
surr
ounding
self
har
m.
The
students
,
their
par
ents
,
De
puty
Ma
yo
r
of
Mi
lton
Ke
ynes
Eu
an
He
nderson
and
the
yo
ung
offenders
involv
ed
in
the
pr
oject
we
re
given
a
first
sho
wing
of
the
film
on
Fr
iday
and,
the
young
people
we
re
pr
esented
with
cer
tificates
by
the
Hi
gh
Sh
er
iff
of
Bu
ckinghamshir
e,
Pe
ter
Thor
ogood.
Ther
e
we
re
92
appar
ent
self
inflicted
pr
isoner
deaths
in
England
and
Wa
les
last
year
and,
seven
of
the
those
who
died
we
re
under
21.
In
his
speech
to
the
gr
oup
pr
ison
go
ve
r-
nor
Lu
ke
Se
rjeant
hit
back
against
re
por
ts
in
the
national
media
that
pr
is-
ons
ar
e
too
8220c
ushy8221
and
asked
why
,
if
they
ar
e
so
comfor
table
,
ther
e
is
so
many
instances
of
suicide
and
self-har
m
in
jails
.
8220P
ri
son
is
tough,
it
is
a
har
d
place
wher
e
the
re
ality
of
what
people
have
done
hits
home
,8221
he
said.
8220T
he
yo
ung
men
impr
isoned
her
e
ar
e
separ
ated
fr
om
their
families
and
fr
iends
and
locked
away
,
re
jected
by
their
com-
munity
.8221
He
emphasised
the
impor
tance
of
the
jail
wor
king
in
par
tnership
with
the
com-
munity
.
8220I
want
the
pr
isoners
in
Wo
odhill
to
believe
that
they
ar
e
wor
th
something,
that
they
hav
e
a
par
t
to
play
in
society
and
that
they
matter
,8221
he
said.
8220W
e
cannot
do
that
on
our
ow
n.
The
wider
community
needs
to
re
cognise
the
contr
ibution
that
these
men
can
make
and
ensur
e
they
ar
e
given
oppor
tuniti
es
to
demonstr
ate
that
both
while
they
ar
e
still
in
her
e
and,
mor
e
impor
tantly
,
when
they
get
back
out
into
the
community
at
the
end
of
their
sentences
.8221
The
self
har
m
video
is
the
latest
in
a
ser
ies
of
par
tnership
projects
ov
er
the
last
four
ye
ars
betw
een
the
high
secur
ity
pr
ison,
on
Ta
ttenhoe
St
re
et,
and
St
antonbur
y
Ca
mpus
and,
inv
olv
ed
psy-
chology
and
sociology
students
.
The
film,
which
will
be
sho
wn
to
new
inmates
enter
ing
the
jail,
featur
es
dr
a-
matic
enactments
,
poetr
y
and
inter
views
explor
ing
why
people
self
har
m
and
encour
aging
those
who
do
to
seek
sup-
por
t.
Local
ar
tist
Ju
stin
Ne
al
wor
ked
with
the
group
to
film
and
pr
oduce
the
video
.
AS
level
studen
t
Ni
cola
Pe
dder
said:
8220I
t
has
been
re
ally
good.
It
has
given
us
a
whole
new
perspective
on
pr
ison
life
and
par
ticularly
the
pr
isoners
as
it
made
us
re
alise
they
ar
e
just
nor
mal
people
.8221
Sh
e
said
she
has
lear
nt
ho
w
difficult
it
can
be
for
pr
isoners
who
self
har
m
to
accept
help
.
8220H
er
e
because
it
is
a
confined
space
and
so
pr
essur
ised
it
escalates
easier
,8221
she
said.
Ca
rlos
,
a
yo
ung
offender
,
said
the
video
would
sho
w
other
pr
isoners
that
it
is
not
just
them
suffer
ing
and
would
help
to
br
eak
the
taboo
surr
ounding
self
har
m.Students
highlight
self
harm
issues
in
prisonWa
s
your
life
changed
for
the
better
by
Wo
men
and
Wo
rk?DURING
the
last
30
years
MK
Wo
men
and
Wo
rk
has
been
instrumental
in
tr
ans-
for
ming
the
liv
es
of
many
women
in
Mi
lton
Ke
ynes
.
Now
the
or
ganisation
based
at
Ac
or
n
Ho
use
,
Mi
dsummer
Bo
ulev
ar
d,
is
celebr
ating
its
milestone
with
a
celebr
ation
party
and
AG
M
and
wants
to
hear
fr
om
the
people
it
has
helped.
The
information
advice
,
guidance
,
support
and
tr
ain-
ing
pr
ov
ided
by
Wo
men
and
Wo
rk
nurtur
es
women
thr
ough
the
pr
oces
s
of
change
they
face
to
enable
them
to
access
paid
or
vo
l-
untar
y
wor
k
or
further
tr
ain-
ing.
So
me
of
those
changes
hav
e
been
life
altering,
like
for
the
former
pr
ostitute
who
no
w
manages
a
re
tail
outlet.
Sh
e
was
living
in
a
re
fuge
when
she
disco
ver
ed
Wo
men
and
Wo
rk
.
Sh
e
said:
8220I
f
I
could
get
ev
er
y
woman
in
the
re
fuge
to
go
on
Wo
men
and
Wo
rk
courses
I
would.
8221
Fo
r
others
the
changes
may
not
be
so
dr
amatic
.
Angela,
who
,
after
her
first
inter
view
in
thr
ee
ye
ars
was
offer
ed
a
job
with
MK
Co
uncil
said,
8220H
ow
gr
ateful
I
am
for
having
come
into
contact
with
Wo
men
and
Wo
rk
.
It
all
started
on
one
of
my
usual
windo
w
shopping
days
when
I
walked
into
a
job
fair
at
Mi
ddleton
Ha
ll.
8221
Ha
ving
come
to
England
wi
th
he
r
ne
w
hu
sb
an
d,
Ne
elima
attended
an
8216A
dvice
&
Gu
idance
Dr
op
In
8217
and
quickly
progr
essed
through
courses
,
vo
luntar
y
wor
k
exper
ience
and
making
the
most
of
advi
ce
and
info
rma-
tion
pr
ov
ided.
Sh
e
said,
8220W
omen
and
Wo
rk
Gro
up
is
a
wonderful
place
wher
e
ev
er
yo
ne
is
so
helpful.
It
has
br
ought
back
my
confidence
.8221
Sh
e
used
this
re
new
ed
con-
fidence
,
skills
and
informa-
tion
to
start
her
ow
n
busi-
ness
.
Ne
elima
is
no
w
able
to
continue
to
gr
ow
her
busi
-
ness
as
she
starts
to
gr
ow
her
family
.
It
s
AG
M
and
celebr
ation
of
achiev
ements
takes
place
on
Ju
ly
11
with
a
celebr
ation
par
ty
planned
for
Ju
ly
19.
The
organisation
wants
to
hear
fr
om
yo
u
if
yo
u
hav
e
a
stor
y
to
tell
about
yo
ur
time
with
Wo
men
and
Wo
rk
or
what
yo
u
ar
e
doing
no
w.
Ph
one
Ja
nice
on
01908
200186/200676.
82168216
Prison
is
to
ugh,
it
is
a
har
d
plac
e
wher
e
the
re
alit
y
of
what
people
hav
e
done
hits
home8230
I
wa
nt
the
prisoners
in
Wo
odhill
to
believ
e
that
they
ar
e
wor
th
something,
that
they
hav
e
a
par
t
to
play
in
societ
y
8211
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go
ve
rnor
Lu
ke
Serje
ant
,
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ur
ed11-13
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Pe
ter8217
s
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or
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