postcard #3. Your Own Private Prison Part I.

PRISON ARCHITECT by game developer Introversion, January 2014 Writing of Foucault’s late work on the self, philosopher Todd May suggested that…

postcard #6. Clink

The Clink Prison Museum, London, July 2014 The Clink prison (named after the sounds of clinking chains) was open between…

BBC News special report ‘Inside Wandsworth Prison’ May 2016 [Featured Image is a screenshot taken from the BBC site, 12…

Catching Dreams, Koestler Trust Awards Exhibition Spirit Level, Southbank, 2014 When I visited the Koestler Trust’s annual exhibition, The Strength…

Old Melbourne Gaol December 2013 To exit Old Melbourne Jail one must walk past the charity donation box and through…

Last night I came home to find the 1980 TV Movie, Attica showing on TV so I thought I’d repost my…

THE STRENGTH AND VULNERABILITY BUNKER, Koestler Trust Exhibition Spirit Level, Southbank, November 2013 Framing Incarceration There is a need for…

Prison Hulks Exhibition, Guildhall Museum Rochester, Kent, July 2014 The Guildhall Museum in Rochester has a section dedicated to the…

PRISONS OF WAR exhibition Edinburgh Castle, October 2013 Like all good castles, Edinburgh Castle was also a prison, its vaults…

Criminal Materials Department, Meiji University Museum Tokyo, July 2015 The ‘Law and People, Crime and Punishment’ exhibition is a small selection…