i think of the project fondly, and in particular, of david pocock. i would tell him about things that had happened in prison that are unique to prisons. He found it interesting. I oyed it. In a way, even though i was writing about prison, it took me out of the prison, if you like. The exchange gave eric quite a bit of confident in his writing. And some time later, after another lengthy sentence a heto ment for a prisons correspondent of the guardian newspaper. So yes, i think of theProject fondly, but more so of David pocock who helped make this possible.
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