The Rev. Katy Canty, HMP Altcourse, attended the speaker meeti
ng to describe her role as prison chaplain. She has worked at the prison for 14 years, starting her career there as a volunteer, then in adult education, which consolidated her previous career work as a teacher and eventually taking up a part time
chaplaincy role whilst studying for her ordination.
She spoke eloquently of having a feeling of compassion for, not fear of, the inmates and
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