1. The impact of accessing
Egyptian art and material
culture in prisons
Sally-Ann Ashton,
The Fitzwilliam Museum
Ged Murray, 1990

2. 1 High Security and Local NW
2 Cat C training East
3 Cat C training East
4 Cat B training- private East Midlands
5 High Security West Midlands
6 High Security East
7 Cat C training South Central
8 Cat C training East
9 Cat B Local- private East
10 Female- private East
11 Cat C training East
12 Cat B training- private East Midlands
13 Cat B training Kent and Sussex
14 High security Yorkshire and
Humberside
15 High Security East
16 Cat B training West Midlands
17 YOI East
18 YOI/HMP London
19 Cat B Local- private West Midlands
20 Remand- private London
21 Cat B East Midlands

3. Workshops/Lectures
• Art
• Literacy, numeracy
• Social and life skills
• Barbering
• African and
Caribbean culture
• ‘Black’ identity
• Black History
• Black history in
prisons
• African-centred
Egyptology
Curriculum based
learning
• Working with Black
prisoners
• African and Caribbean
cultural heritage
• The impact of accessing
cultural heritage in prisons
• Cultural awareness
Staff
Art exhibitions
Wing-based exhibition
Magazine
Booklets

4. Aims and Objectives
1. To encourage ownership of cultural heritage, in particular for
Black and Muslim prisoners, who have a direct link with Egypt
through their African and Islamic roots.
2. To create a point of contact with the outside world for long
term prisoners and to present a means of sharing culture and
knowledge.
3. To provide sustainable educational resources that will
stimulate interest amongst people who have had a poor
relationship with learning and schooling.
4. To evaluate the impact of teaching African cultural heritage in
a prison environment.
5. To disseminate the findings and resources to prisons,
education departments and museums.

5. September 2007-2009
 12 prisons
 1211 prisoners
 167 staff
 212 sessions
October 2009-
December 2011
 16 prisons
 1498 prisoners
 135 staff
 95 sessions
2012
 13 prisons
 504 prisoners
 18 staff
 37 sessions
• Quantitative questionnaires
• Qualitative studies
• Diary
• Letters
• Comments after lectures
• Focus groups
• ‘Before and after’ studies
• Longitudinal study

6. Qualitative Research
• A qualitative study of the impact of cultural heritage programmes on
the self-concept of Black male prisoners (Mphil)
• A qualitative survey in a category C prison on attitudes to Black History
Month in a prison setting
• A longitudinal study following the release of long-term students with
regard to their involvement with heritage and culture
• Focus groups and data analysis for a survey on racism at a category C
prison
• Qualitative interviews relating to African and Caribbean hair in prisons

7. Impact: a two-way process

8. • Training
• Trust
• Understanding the environment
• Identifying key issues
• Knowledge transfer