Prisoners, Medical Care and Entitlement to Health in England and Ireland, 1850-2000
Oisín Wall introduces his research project which explores the relationship between prisoners and the outside world as it was mediated by different organisations, from prisoner rights associations to the healthcare system.
Public Engagement Officer & Visual Artist Dr Sinead McCann writes on the developments with The Trial visual art installation.
Dr Sarah Richardson a guest blogger, writes about Suffragist Annie Cobden Sanderson who was imprisoned in Holloway in 1906.
Janet Weston reflects on making and launching Positive in Prison, an audio docu-drama based on her research.
Professor Hilary Marland reflects on the standing, role and attitudes towards prison chaplains in nineteenth-century prisons.
An audio docu-drama exploring the experiences of those who lived through the HIV/AIDs crisis in the 1980’s in Mountjoy prison.
A new commission with multiple award winning Irish theatre company.
Dr Margaret Charleroy introduces a new commission working with Rideout (Creative Arts for Rehabilitation) at HMP Hewell.
Catherine Cox and Hilary Marland reflect on their involvement in the production of Disorder Contained with Talking Birds theatre company and ask what historians can learn and gain from the process.
Dr Rachel Bennett introduces a new commissioned theatre piece exploring life in an English prison’s Mother and Baby unit.
Dr Janet Weston writes about the AIDS / HIV crisis in Mountjoy Prison in the 1980’s.
Disorder Contained London Dates at Rich Mix 9-10 October 2017
Exploring the history of prisoner health 