

HMP Erlestoke
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@HMPErlestoke
If you have concerns about the wellbeing of a loved one, please call the Safer Custody Hotline on 01380 814373. In an emergency please call 01380 814250.



Recipients included: 🎶 Sir Michael Eavis KB for services to music and to charity. 💃🕺Julie Allsopp (Julie Felix) OBE for services to dance education. 📄 Helen Holtam MBE for services to prisoners: Helen has been teaching origami to prisoners at HMP Erlestoke since 2017.










The number of prison leavers in employment within 6 months has more than doubled from 14% to 30% since April 2021. Watch @AlexChalkChelt at a workshop in @HMPHighDown this week ⬇️ and find out more: gov.uk/government/new…

Fab workshop with @mizogArt @HMPErlestoke with art tutors and prisoners alike enjoying Gary’s stories of prisons, art, and change. #PennedUp







Glad to be in @HMPErlestoke today with the super knowledgeable Mike Naylor (Head of Nutrition with the @FA & @UKSportsInst) to speak with a great group of men & record a podcast about physical activity & nutrition in prison as part of #PennedUp with @manwithbooks #SportInPrison

A delight to finish this first week of #PennedUp @HMPErlestoke with Tony Fairweather talking about his novel of that first 1948 Windrush voyage. Lots of history and myths explored and debated. @hoperoadpublish





A privilege to be invited. Fabulous group, great writing and some deep thinking on birth, death and everything in between. Big thanks @manwithbooks @HMPErlestoke Just the start of another fabulous #PennedUp