Tap Social Vegan Beers (giving prisoners jobs)

Tap Social Beer (Oxford) sells vegan draught and canned beers (in cardboard packs), employing recently-released prisoners (or those on day release). The beers are sold at four local community spaces, in shops or online.

Before recycling cans, rinse then pop ring-pulls over holes. Then step on cans to ‘pinch’ inner rims together, to avoid wildlife getting trapped. 

It’s not very politically correct these days to talk about prison reform, and of course justice must be seen to be served, both as a deterrent and to bring some kind of closure to victims of crime.

Most prisoners get £76 for their journey home (which can sometimes be a tent), with 50% of prisoners reoffending within a year. This costs taxpayers around £6 billion a year.

So it’s really important to look at why prisoners reoffend, to change things for the better and create safer communities.

The Glasshouse (Kent) trains female prisoners in horticulture, the houseplants sold online to provide trained jobs and income.

Many indoor plants (including lilies and sago palm) are unsafe near pets  (even brushing a tail past can harm). Avoid facing indoor plants to outdoor gardens, to stop birds flying into windows.