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Erwin James
Erwin James was a Guardian columnist and freelance writer. He was the author of two collections of essays: A Life Inside: A Prisoner's Notebookand The Home Stretch: From Prison to ...view moreErwin James was a Guardian columnist and freelance writer. He was the author of two collections of essays: A Life Inside: A Prisoner's Notebookand The Home Stretch: From Prison to Parole. He was a trustee of the Prison Reform Trust and a patron of the charities Create, Blue Sky, the Writers in Prison Foundation, The Reader Organisation, Human Writes and the Prison Phoenix Trust. As a speaker and commentator he was one of the most authoritative voices on prison issues in the UK, having given keynote addresses to the Royal Society in Edinburgh, the Prisons and Probation Union at the Danish parliament in Copenhagen and the Festival of Dangerous Ideas at the Sydney Opera House. A Fellow of the Royal Society for the Encouragement of the Arts and an Honorary Master of the Open University, he died in 2024.view less
Books by Erwin James
Redeemable: A Memoir of Darkness and Hope Redeemable: A Memoir of Darkness and Hope Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5