First-ever prison WI group

[Stoneite]

HMP Bronzefield in Surrey (women's prison run by a private sector company) is the first-ever prison to form a Women's Institute group for the inmates. Membership is a privilege earned through good behaviour and averages about 30-40 members aged between 19 to late 60s.

I hope this catches on at other prisons. It's a great interest for the women and hopefully will give them a point of contact for when they're released.

[Rachel]

What a wonderfully positive thing.
The WI does some remarkable work in the community that goes largely unnoticed.

Well done to them.

[lisainengland]

What a wonderful idea. It would be great to see it take off in other prisons and even see something similar in the male prisons