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In the latest turnaround story, Sunny Dhadley tells how me changes from being a problem drug user to lead a service user involvement team – and much more.
Russell Webster looks back at 18 stories of people who have left prison behind to forge new and successful careers in the criminal justice system.
Laurance Curran recounts how it was only when he heard another reformed offender tell his life story that he realised he could go straight & have a better life.
Brendan Doyle talks about how the willingness of a probation leader to change policy helped him as an ex-offender develop a career helping others.
Paul Tye tells how his skills as a business development manager helped him build a robust peer support network in prison.
In this episode of turnaround, Imran Shabbir talks about how he turned his life around after prison sentences, not once but twice.
In the latest turnaround story, Richie Ellis of User Voice talks about how a conversation with a fellow lifer sent him on a positive track to help others.
Rachel knows the importance of family as a prisoner and as a prisoner’s partner, so she’s setting up a new transport service to help families stay in touch.
In the latest turnaround story, Gethin Jones tells his story from a life in care and prison to a successful businessman and entrepreneur.
Natalie Atkinson tells how her experiences in care and custody have informed her work with vulnerable young people in contact with the justice system.
Prison officers said all Debbie Cox could aspire to on release was to be a cleaner, but she founded her own business and is now a team leader for User Voice.
LJ Flanders tells the story of his phenomenally successful Cell Workout programme and how he’s gone on to train prisoners’ minds as well as their bodies.
