In November 2021, Diana Ocean Grant, a woman living with paranoid schizophrenia — died alone in her prison cell at HMP Bronzefield. Her death was not inevitable. It was the result of cascading failures across healthcare, policing, and prison services. The coroner’s Regulation 28Report to Prevent Future Deaths lays bare the systemic neglect that contributed…

Hannah Castle is the prison offender manager for Victoria, the partner of Toni, a trans man who was killed by a private French catering company, Sodexo limited nearly a month ago. She’s been grieving, self harming and offered no practical support by the prison, except for 1.50 pound phone credit on her phone that lasts…

The story of Carol Lloyd, a 66-year-old Canadian citizen imprisoned in the UK, is a stark and heart-wrenching example of how the legal and prison systems can fail vulnerable individuals—and devastate families. Through the eyes of her daughter Daniel, we glimpse the emotional, legal, and human toll of a long, painful ordeal marked by bureaucratic…

Caroline is a woman in her late 50s from the Caribbean. She went to see Dr Omar Weheliye with a burn on her left upper thigh. She had spilled boiling hot water on her leg accidentally. She was in agony. He refused to look at it and said he knows how to treat burns. He…

Grace Colbourne’s story Grace Colbourne shares her terrifying experience of medical neglect inside HMP Bronzefield after her cancer diagnosis, revealing the brutal reality of healthcare for imprisoned women in England. Pullout Text: “I felt like a slave. How could I not even get a sponge bath, deodorant, a change of clothes?” Hello, I’m Grace Colbourne.…

When Khadija came to house block three, she was put on a spur. She was always in her cell and she had to get help from her cellmate and other women on the spur. She couldn’t clean she couldn’t feed herself. She never left her room unless she was going to meds. With the help…

Farah Damji, 58, is fighting a battle on two fronts, stage 3 breast cancer and complex post-traumatic stress disorder (c-PTSD), while being imprisoned for non-violent offences. Her story brings into sharp focus the dire need for reform in how the prison system handles women’s health, particularly cancer care. Despite her worsening condition, Farah’s human rights…

Agnieszka, left Poland, 15 years ago, she’s built a successful career in education administration for over 10 years in England. Three weeks ago, she was picked up off the street by the Metropolitan Police and told she was wanted on an extradition warrant by Poland for historic defense. When she was very young, she was…