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For decades, dozens of arts organisations have been working in prisons as a vital
part of the programmes for rehabilitation run by governors. They have been teaching
inmates about writing, music and comedy as tools of socialisation and to help prepare
offenders for their release, so cutting rates of re-
Worried at how such a test could possibly be measured objectively, and alarmed when contracts in prisons started to be cancelled as governors feared tabloid and political pressure, the arts organisations clubbed together under the umbrella of the Anne Peaker Centre for Arts in Criminal Justice. Champollion was commissioned to prepare and then help implement a campaign for this Arts Alliance to explain to the media and opinion formers the value of the work they have been performing, and to persuade the Government to withdraw the PSO when it comes up for renewal next year.
“When the chips are down and everyone around seems to lose their composure, Champollion stays calm, gives clear advice and pulls together a thoughtful and thorough campaign.”
Keith Palmer, Director, Comedy School
