After 30 years inside,Tom Shannon speaks about how the eponymous literacy charity that has helped 50000 prisoners grew out of his pen friendship with a volunteerJuly 1992. The first letter Tom Shannon had received since starting a life sentence seven years earlier.“Dear Mr Shannon, I received a letter nowadays from the Prison Reform Trust saying you would welcome having someone with whom to exchange letters. I’m afraid you maintain drawn my name out of the hat. It is Christopher.”Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com