{"id":47995,"date":"2019-10-16T19:14:18","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T19:14:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/altcardiff\/?p=47995"},"modified":"2019-10-16T19:14:18","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T19:14:18","slug":"local-author-launches-new-book-about-prison-football-at-10-feet-tall","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/2019\/10\/16\/local-author-launches-new-book-about-prison-football-at-10-feet-tall\/","title":{"rendered":"Local author launches new book about prison football at 10 Feet Tall"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Following the release of his debut book about Wales\u2019 only prison football team, author Jamie Grundy is holding a reading at 10 Feet Tall<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/10\/grundy.jpg\" alt=\"90 Minutes of Freedom book cover\" class=\"wp-image-49522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/10\/grundy.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/10\/grundy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/10\/grundy-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/10\/grundy-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/10\/grundy-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/10\/grundy.jpg\" alt=\"90 Minutes of Freedom book cover\" class=\"wp-image-49522\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/10\/grundy.jpg 800w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/10\/grundy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/10\/grundy-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/10\/grundy-400x300.jpg 400w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/altcardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/13\/2019\/10\/grundy-100x75.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/noscript><figcaption><em>90 Minutes of Freedom<\/em> comes with a foreword by Neville Southall, the former Wales International Goalkeeper. Credit: Jamie Grundy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Local author, Jamie Grundy, is celebrating the release of his new book with a reading at a Cardiff venue this month.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>90 Minutes of Freedom<\/em> is Jamie\u2019s first book and is self-published. A reading from Jamie plus a discussion of the book, hosted by Russel Todd of the Welsh football podcast,&nbsp;<em>Podcast Pel-Droed,&nbsp;<\/em>will be held at 10 Feet Tall on 23 October.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The book uncovers the story of Prescoed FC and the lives of its current members: all serving prisoners of HMP Prescoed in Monmouthshire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Jamie has worked in prisons as a trainer and educator previously and is a firm believer in the importance of purposeful activity for offenders.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>90 Minutes of Freedom<\/em> began as a research project inspired by a small grant from Sporting Heritage to capture prison football.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After spending several months inside the prison with offenders, learning about their unique experiences, he realised he needed to develop it into a bigger, physical book allowing him to faithfully capture their voices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He said:&nbsp;\u201cI wanted to give each participant a copy of the book. Prisoners do not have access to ereaders (kindles, etc.) or the internet so I knew I&#8217;d have to develop a physical book &#8211; even if only for them.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Football is more than just a game for these men, said Jamie, because on the pitch they feel free.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His research showcases the positive impact of programmes such as this within the Criminal Justice System (CJS).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/allianceofsport.org\">The Alliance of Sport<\/a>, an organisation that supports the use of sport in the CJS to reduce reoffending, said on Twitter (@AllianceofSport): \u201cWe need more sport for development and activity for good programmes in the CJS!&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSocial connectivity and supportive culture can only help!\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The book launch takes place at 7pm on 23 October. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.co.uk\/e\/90-minutes-of-freedom-cardiff-book-launch-tickets-74013613711\">Tickets<\/a> are free via Eventbrite.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Following the release of his debut book about Wales\u2019 only prison football team, author Jamie Grundy is giving a reading at 10 Feet Tall<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":263,"featured_media":49526,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19],"tags":[1817,203,727,3222,363,6640,1964,1965],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-47995","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-culture","category-culture-home","tag-book","tag-cardiff","tag-football","tag-launch-event","tag-new","tag-prescoed","tag-prison","tag-prisoners"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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