Twenty Five Years Behind Bars - Avril Joy
This is my first post for Authors Electric and I’m really delighted to be part of such an enterprising and exciting group of writers. Writing can be such a solitary path and it feels good to be part of a wider, collaborative endeavour. So how did I get here? How did I become a writer? And more to the point perhaps, a writer who is now e – publishing? My first Kindle publication By way of introduction, I often describe myself as ‘ a writer on the run after twenty five years in prison .’ As you can imagine that raises a fair few eyebrows. Friends often caution against it, saying but people will think you’ve been in prison. Well , I say, they’d be right . I spent the best part of my working life at HMP Low Newton, a women’s prison on the outskirts of Durham City UK, where I worked in varying capacities from teacher to senior manager. I initially took the job on a temporary basis. I didn’t mean to stay that long but somehow the place, or more accurately the women, just grew on me. It ...