Youth
Prison? Me! No Way!
Prison? Me! No Way? Is the first initiative of its kind in the United Kingdom.
It features a hard-hitting video focusing on a Young Offenders perception of Prison life, and the life he once had. Audio materials containing Prisoner interviews, life stories, and atmospheric sounds of imprisonment recorded inside Hull Prison.
A one hundred page "Information Pack" containing many Prisoner contributions including: - Surveys, Diaries, Questionnaires, Life Stories, a Drugs and Crime section, Drama Scripts, Poetry, Prison routes plus many other stimulating and interactive exercises.
The whole package has been devised working in association with young people, serving prisoners, teachers, and youth workers of many agencies, i.e. Youth Court services, Attendance Centres, Pupil Referral Units, to name but a few.
This Inter-Agency co-operation has contributed to the development of a Multi-Agency appropriate package.
Prison! Me! No Way! Is for usage with young people aged 12 to 17 years of age inclusive. It is suitable for use within schools, youth agencies, and other community organisations. Collectively the project materials form a comprehensive package that examines all aspects of imprisonment, dispelling the myths and misconceptions commonly held by society related to serving a prison sentence, seeking to discourage the vulnerable young from making a mistake that could follow them for the rest of their lives.
Dependent on locality of Prison! Me! No Way! Users and Prison Officers in many parts of the country actually give personal presentations to support the package, which include showing prison artefacts such as clothing, eating utensils, bedding, search finds, and much more besides.
For full details of the Prison? Me! No Way! Scheme, visit their website at http://www.pmnw.co.uk/
Last update: 15/09/03