Wednesday 27th October 2004, 6:00pm

"Is it good for your heath to be a prisoner?"

Dr Fraser has a background in Public Health Medicine. Before becoming head of prison health care at the Scottish Prison Service he was Deputy Chief Medical Officer for Scotland

Lecture Theatre 175, Old College, Edinburgh

Wednesday 17th November 2004, 6:00pm

Prison Without Bars

The impact of imprisonment on the families of people sentenced to custody

Angela Morgan has been Director of Families Outside since January 2003. She has spent most of her career working in mental health following a Hons degree in psychology and Masters in Social Work at the University of London. After a period working on one of the first psychiatric hospital closure programmes in London in the mid 1980s she moved to Scotland and worked for the Scottish Association for Mental Health in senior roles with responsibility for Scotland wide service management, new service development, policy and campaigning.

Lecture Theatre 175, Old College, Edinburgh

Angela Morgan's talk is now available in Word or PDF format with accompanying Power Point slides.

Wednesday 15th December 2004, 6:00pm

'The Urge to Punish'

The Rt Rev Richard Holloway: former Bishop of Edinburgh

Dr Holloway is a writer and broadcaster. He has written numerous books, including 'Godless Morality' and 'On Forgiveness', and presented a number of television series, including 'Holloway's Road' and 'The Sword and the Cross'. In 2003/4 he chaired an independent panel on behalf of NCH which inquired into the Children's Hearings System in Scotland. You can see the report of this inquiry by following this link.

Lecture Theatre 175, Old College, Edinburgh

Dr. Holloway's speaking notes are available in Word or PDF formats.