Prisonartbirmingham

Prison Art Birmingham, is a platform to share creativity, highlight barriers and overcoming social isolation.
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I’ve been out of prison 2 weeks , do you You know how much I earn in a day in prison,I’m going straight back.

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wxxxxx- I close my eyes and don’t want to wake up, I’m sleeping down the canal

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Pxxx, I put a homeless person up and my landlord found out. I got chucked out and all my photos and personal possessions dumped. I’ve been sleeping in an empty building, with just my sleeping bag.

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The Manager let me sleep in the shed for a few months and I get food where I can. Today he told me I cannot stay there anymore

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Cxxxx- I’ve Was in foster care since I was 6 and then prison. I’ve been sleeping in a tent for 5 months, I moved to Birmingham because there’s a better chance of me getting a job. I’m a Sous Chef , I have no ID , I don’t want the dole, I just want to work.

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Axxxxxxxx"It's who I am now, I can't change that"

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Axxxxxxx"Everyone has already decided who I am"

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J*** Blotting out what happened to me in prison I used heroin and crack and robbed to pay. I'm back on remand having detox waiting sentence.

[Prisonartbirmingham @prisonartbham]

There are thousands of unreported rape & sexual abuse victims in British prisons

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March 2017 there were 113 self-inflicted prison deaths

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1,864 prisoners in England and Wales have killed themselves while in custody since 1992

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Robert " I'm just getting to know the area, I've lived here 7 months"

[Prisonartbirmingham @prisonartbham]

"I woke up in hospital"
The Dr said " I jumped out my flat window"
"I don't think that's true.
I think I would have remembered"

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Kxxxx "What have I got now ?
I have just completed 3 years, I have nothing"

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Dxxxxxxx "I don't want anyone to know what I'm going through"

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Brett, "The staff let me have a shower, before the shop opened"

[Adrian @hm_nopleasure]

Who will listen?

Who will help?

Who will care?

#prison #probation #homelessness https://t.co/A9yvTdmHKp

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Miss A -I went to a hostel straight from prison, I left there and now drift between the streets and sofa surfing

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I still have big dreams that things are going to change

[Prisonartbirmingham @prisonartbham]

I've used the gym and public toilets to wash. Looking and feeling clean is my number 1 priority