by Benjamin Foster | Jun 4, 2026 | Featured, Life after prison, Real Voices, Social Exclusion
Photo credit: Carlotta Allum Paid £5,000 to import ecstasy from the UK, Carlotta Allum was met with the police when she landed LAX in 1996. It was here that the city of angels would become her personal hell. After six months in prison, avoiding a lengthy sentence, and...
by Casey Peyton | May 27, 2026 | Deep Dives
Photo: via Pexels There are around 100,000 women currently in prison who shouldn’t be there due to failures within the criminal justice system, according to statistics from ‘Women in Prison’. While gendered injustices exist within prisons, Uproute explores how we got...
by Casey Peyton | May 21, 2026 | Crafting Change, Top Story
Photo: LT Madz From going to prison for possession of drugs, to releasing his first single, LT Madz shares how National Prison Radio (NPR) gave him a voice during his darkest times. When the Covid pandemic hit, the limited freedom inside prisons was reduced to...
by Matt Galloway | May 19, 2026 | Life after prison, Social Exclusion, Uproute Toolkit
Photo: Ichigo121212 (on Pixabay) Even if there is no online record of your past, nearly three quarters of initial job application forms ask for information about criminal records according to Unlock. You might think this problem is only faced by a small number of...
