Khulisa is a proud member of The Monument Trust’s Fellowship which brings together a number of organisations working at every stage of the criminal justice system. In fostering collaboration through The Fellowship, the objective of The Monument Trust is to keep young people out of prison and ensure that those who do offend and are sent to prison never go back. You can read more about The Fellowship’s work, aims and shared values in the manifesto titled “Working Together to Improve Criminal Justice” here.
In 2017, Khulisa was proud to contribute to The Fellowship’s first annual publication, a co-authored book titled Life Beyond Crime. Comprising of more than 50 essays, prose and artworks, by current and former prisoners; criminal justice practitioners; educators and academics, each of the book’s articles respond to the question, “What do those at risk of offending, prisoners and ex-offenders need to learn?” Our contribution was authored by our Director of Innovation and Evidence Lisa Rowles. Lisa’s essay, based on responses from our participants, advocated a shift in focus that requires investment in emotional resilience and neuropsychology and greater investment in mental health provision in education and the community as a means of reducing the number of people entering the criminal justice system.
The next publication from the fellowship will be a collection of responses to the question How can we become a less violent society? The collection will be collated by Phil Bowen of Centre for Justice Innovation. If you would like to respond to the question and contribute to the collection contact phil.bowen@justiceinnovation.org