Survivors
One person’s story of holistic care
One person’s story of holistic care APPEAL’s Survivor Advocacy service and why it matters Over the past 20 years I have been involved with several legal teams but I can honestly say that APPEAL is the first to see me as more than just a case to progress. They see me as a complete,…
Read MoreWe are all bound by injustice
We are all bound by injustice A dive into APPEAL’s support and advocacy group made up of clients and their loved ones Pauline Black and her son Ashley holding up a photo of their loved one for whom they have been fighting for justice for many years I wanted to write a few words to…
Read MoreThe System’s Grim: a wrongful conviction told through art
The System’s Grim: a wrongful conviction told through art This is a personal account written by Cookie (a woman that APPEAL represents) about her collaboration with artist Anne Flynn. The exhibition The System’s Grim was held in Glasgow from 5th-10th June 2022. A few months ago I was contacted by APPEAL to see if I would…
Read MoreA Childhood Interrupted
A Childhood Interuppted Issy Dougherty /// 2019 Part 1 I remember being around 6 years old when my mother introduced me to K. We were in a restaurant in Liverpool and we moved in to his house the next day. A few months later he took me to Disneyland. My mother couldn’t go because she…
Read MoreThe Gift of Time
A Gift of Time Lilly Lewis /// 2019 A Story of Transformation Chapter 1 – “Where’s Your Mama Gone?” My name is Lilly and I’ve just finished my 26th month in prison. I’ve got 13 months left to serve on a 7-year sentence for my part in conspiracy to defraud.Sitting in my cell I have…
Read More‘She-Devils’: The anatomy of female wrongful convictions
‘She-Devils’ The anatomy of female wrongful convictions Naima Sakande /// 8 March 2019 On International Women’s Day, Women’s Justice Advocate Naima Sakande explores why it is that women are convicted of crimes they did not commit. I sat across from Cookie in her cramped kitchen, balancing my laptop on my knees and trying to angle…
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