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Unlocking potential transforming lives
James KingHead of offender learning, Scottish Prison Service
Barcelona, March, 6th, 2015Compartim Knowledge Manadgment Programme of Department of Justice in Catalonia
VIII Conference on Catalonia Prison Arts
Art and prison in Scotland
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Our Vision:
Helping to build a safer Scotland ‐
Unlocking Potential ‐
Transforming Lives
OUR MISSION:
Providing services that help to transform the lives of people in our care so
they can fulfil their potential and become responsible citizens.
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We deliver this through:
Custody : Managing safe and secure custodial environments
Order : Providing stability and order that helps offenders to transform their lives
Care : Supporting wellbeing and treating with respect and humanity all in our care
Opportunity
: Providing opportunities which develop the potential of our staff, our
partnerships and the people in our care
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9 Offender Outcomes
� Sustained or improved physical and mental wellbeing.� Reduced or stabilised substance misuse.� Improved literacy skills.� Employability prospects increased.� Maintained or improved relationships with families, peers and community.� The ability to access and sustain community support, including financial advice and education.� The ability to access and sustain suitable accommodation.� The ability to live independently if they choose.� Improvements in the attitudes or behaviour which lead to offending and greater acceptance of responsibility in managing behaviour and understanding of the impact
of offending on victims and families.
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HMP Barlinnie, Glasgow is Scotland’s largest prison holding around 1,400
prisoners.
http://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/glasgow-prison-barlinnie-could-become-1116606
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Art - as activity - for pleasure
Art - as an educational pursuit-intellectual exercise
Art - as a living expression of thought, emotion and portrayal
The Story of the ‘Special Unit’
therapeutic arts initiative HMP Barlinnie
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“Literacy is a bridge from misery to hope. It is a tool for daily life in modern society. It is a bulwark against poverty…………..Literacy is, finally, the road to human progress and the means through which every man, woman and child can realize his or her full potential.”
Kofi Annan 1996
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan Author: Agência Brasil, licensed on CC Attribution 3.0 Brazil similar to cc-by)
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Scots Language Projects
http://www.slideshare.net/Nokhov/robert-burns-1831414
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Creating Change, Creative Arts Project across Scottish prisons 2010-11
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"The arts can transform students lives in ways that are unprecedented and in ways that have the potential to change the very society in which we live"
Dr Linda Nathan, Ted Talks April 2013.
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“People will know the storyof my portrait by the colourdifference between the two.The grey one is me insidejail, all drawn in and lookingsad. The brighter one of melooking happier…meout of the jail!’
Young Offender, Self Portrait: ‘Mirrors’HM YOI Polmont
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“We need to be able to write poems and stories that
reflect and enrich who we are. We need to express that
through visual arts, music, through theatre and dance, through film. And in doing
so, we need to eradicate false demarcation lines
between the expressive arts and every other subject.”
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Scotland’s Learning Plan
http://www.creativescotland.com/resources/our-publications/plans-and-strategy-documents/scotlands-creative-learning-plan-2013
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“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination.
Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the
world.”
Albert EinsteinPortrait Albert Einstein (public domain)