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WHO FANCIES A SPELL BEHIND BARS?


he Independent Monitoring Board at HMP Channing’s Wood is running a recruitment


campaign for new members. It’s not an offer you see every day – the chance to monitor the standards of your local prison from the inside on behalf of the Ministry of Justice. Our role is to ensure proper standards of care and decency are maintained at the Category C training prison, and we report back to the Prisons’ Minister on an annual basis. We have access to all parts of the prison at any time and hold regular meetings with the prison staff, including the governors. It’s fascinating work, ranging from holding weekly clinics to help with a wide range of offender’s concerns, constantly checking their living conditions and their work places within the prison. We monitor events should there be a disturbance, attend disciplinary hearings and visit offenders in the Care and Custody unit. We check the quality of the food, the medical


ANDERSEN’S UPHOLSTERY IS MOVING


great time. I will miss my quirky shop and fellow marketers, but more space is needed along with easy access and parking. I’d like to thank all my clients and visitors for the encouragement over the years and for the literal mountain of dog biscuits Otto has consumed. Business will run as usual. Upholstery services, supplies, fabrics and courses available all year. We will be moving to 18 Admiral Court, Nelson Road, Dartmouth. Pop in and visit us!” tel: 07967113120 or 01803411320 See advert page 62


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halie Andersen writes; “ It’s been wonderful working in the Market Square, we’ve had a


WHAT’S NEWS & WHAT’S NEW IN DARTMOUTH


provision and the work the offenders do.The work is unpaid (though all expenses are met) and usually involves 3-4 days a month maximum. New Board members join existing members,(who are all local volunteers) monitoring the prison, working alongside offenders and staff. No special qualifications or experience are needed as all training and support is supplied. Volunteers have to be over 18 and need to live within approximately twenty miles of the prison. We would be especially interested in younger members or those from ethnic minorities. Further details about becoming involved in this challenging and important work can be found at www. justice.gov.uk/about/imb or for a local perspective interested applicants can contact the Chair of the Channings Wood IMB, at geraldhh@hotmail.com.


TRADITIONAL & BESPOKE UPHOLSTERY


18 The Old Market, Dartmouth 07967 113 120


thalieupholsters@gmail.com Courses Starting in 2017


SEAHORSE COMPETITION WINNER WE HAD A FANTASTIC RESPONSE to our competition in our last issue to win a meal for 4 to celebrate the Seahorse restaurant’s 10 year anniversary. First correct entry out of the hat was Jo Byrne of the Kingswear Post Office.


INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF


WORM CHARMING Note the new date - held in recent years on the early May Bank Holiday weekend, Wormcharming this year is moving to Sunday 27th May in the hope of procuring some warmer rain than that which usually blesses the event! - see page 30.


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