Founder of young offenders’ writing project shares prison experience

An ex-young offender turned writer believes prison writing schemes can keep children out of trouble.
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Caspar Walsh, who spent time in a young offenders’ institution writes ihttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifn today’s Observer how writing led to his rehabilitation.

Now over 40 and the author of two books, Walsh runs Write to Freedom, a wrhttp://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifiting programme for young offenders http://writetofreedom.co.uk/index.html

The project encourages memoir writing to help young people in prison reflect on past actions. It supports them even after release.

The scheme is similar to Writers In Prison Network, which we featured in an earlier post. http://www.writersinprisonnetwork.org/

See also Walsh’s website, which carries the strapline: http://www.casparwalsh.co.uk/

‘Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future’. – Oscar Wilde