25 minute cut. Gareth Ross & Lucy Reading compare culture across different wings of a high secure prison

Fifteenth of January, a year ago, Naomi Murphy and David Jones published the first Locked up Living Podcast. Fifty nine episodes later we return to the very first one in a specially edited version. In this episode Gareth Ross and Lucy Reading told us about their recently published research which describes the social climate across therapeutic and non thereapeutic wings in a high secure prison. Looking back we can see the significance of the finding that a change in culture, which need not be expensive, can make a major change to the rehabilitative effectiveness of a prison setting.  

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What types of organisation, institution and industries are performing work that tests human resilience and evokes powerful feelings of shame, sadness, fear and disgust? Does working with people who commit serious crimes like rape and murder affect the staff who work with them? How do you overcome adversity and protect yourself from burnout or compassion fatigue? Naomi Murphy and David Jones have decades of experience of working in prisons and other forensic settings. They host experts across a range of disciplines to discover what are some of the challenges that make a difference in fostering resilience and creativity in those who live and work in challenging organisations