Breaking In
You think it's hard breaking out of prison?
You want to try breaking in.
What does it take for one man with no history of prison or prison service to earn the right to work with people on both sides of the the bars?
What does that feel like - and why should you care anyway?
Andy Mouncey Founder of Run For Your Life CIC does not work for the Prison Service. Here he talks candidly about how it feels to do the work he does in this most challenging of places, and how that continues to generate more questions than answers.
Breaking In
Fitness First: Why It Works
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Most of the people behind bars are not there for reasons of 'organised' crime: They have not sat down and done a rational cost-benefit analysis of their crime and sentence before going out and doing the deed.
Most people are there because of a failure to manage their emotions at a crucial time. Often - not always - drugs and alcohol play a part in that.
Exercise and physical activity give people a chance to practice the skills of managing their mood and to experience agency over their thoughts-behaviour often for the first time. It is the reason why Andy does what he does in the way he does it, and here he explains it a little bit more.
These podcasts don't get made unless Tom Haigh of Sound Post Production www.tomhaigh.com and interviewer Tony Maguire www.boxkik.com decide to roll out of bed. Fortunately for me I still seem to be giving them reason to do so. Chapeau, gentlemen.