HMP Brixton's The Clink Restaurant has been open for a decade and sees prisoners cook and serve food to the public - with diners able to chat to the inmates ...

And despite Brixton’s status as a “resettlement” prison – which is supposed to ... training or employment opportunities during their time inside. “These are crucial both to people ...

Alex Wheatle once directed a question to me. Would The Bookseller pledge to feature a Black writer on the front cover of the ...

Chris* had made a name for himself at HMP Brixton drawing portraits for other ... a six-week training programme to those newly out of prison. After the course, Chris could be hired as a mechanic ...

Earlier this month the writer Alex Wheatle died. Known as “the Brixton Bard”, Wheatle began writing after serving a prison sentence following the Brixton riots in 1981. His time inside turned ...