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A 20th Century Saint

A 20th Century Saint

This article also appears in our annual report for 2017

Bringing Light into the Darkest Places

Bringing Light into the Darkest Places

Bringing Light into the Darkest Places

Mental Health in Prisons

Mental Health in Prisons

Mental Health in Prisons

Walk the Line? 50 Years

Walk the Line? 50 Years

After 50 years of prison reform, what has actually improved?

Friendship

Friendship

Friendship really does make a difference.

The Value of Reform

The Value of Reform

How attitudes to policing and prisons are not always consistent with an evidence-based approach.

My Experience Working at New Bridge

My Experience Working at New Bridge

My Experience Working at New Bridge

View from a Volunteer

View from a Volunteer

A New Bridge volunteer befriender shares her experiences supporting people in prison

Discovering New Bridge

Discovering New Bridge

One of our new volunteers shares her experience of joining New Bridge

Woman to woman: a sharing experience

Woman to woman: a sharing experience

Helen, an experienced New Bridge volunteer, gave us her reflections on befriending a woman in prison, to mark International Women's Day.

The joy of letter writing

Volunteer Libby reflects on the pleasure of putting pen to paper.