Brushes with the law: how teaching art to women in prison changed their outlook

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Mim Skinner spent two years teaching prisoners. Now she’s written a book, Jailbirds, to change our view of incarcerated women – and how we can support them on the outside

If Britain was hit by an apocalypse, Mim Skinner knows the people who would make it through. “The prisoners I’ve worked with are the most flexible, the most adaptable, the most inventive and the most entrepreneurial individuals it’s possible to imagine,” she says. “They’re survivors – they’d be the last ones standing. There’s a misconception out there that prisoners are defeated characters. Well, not in my experience.

 

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