Recently the project has been awarded the William Archer Platinum Award for photography. This is the highest award from the annual national competition organised by the Koestler Trust, which attracts more than 5,000 entries from offenders across the UK. The project has been also selected for the 2014 Festival Programme of the 10th Angkor International Photo Festival in Cambodia.

The Project started at the end of 2010 with workshops taking place each week over six months. A group of prisoners signed up and were given access to equipment, provided by the photographers, and facilitated modules specifically designed to give the participants not only the necessary technical knowledge but also an understanding of social photo documentary.

Since its inception the course has been very popular amongst prisoners. This exhibition is the result of the third series of workshops.

Prisoners often feel that the public get a skewed version of life inside and they all agreed that this would be a good opportunity to record places, faces and activities in the daily running of the prison.

Grateful thanks go to the Governor, Officers and staff of the prison who have given time and effort to include unusual access whilst maintaining high standards of security at all times. We are indebted to Officers Dave White and Belinda Help for all their support and assistance to bring this project to fruition. Thanks too to those prisoners who were willing to be photographed and particularly those who posed patiently for the many equally excellent unpublished photos.

Presented by the Guernsey Prison in collaboration with the Guernsey Photography Festival.