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I am immensely proud of the prisoners and staff that who have started this extraordinary venture. We want prisoners to work for real employers and have all the rights and responsibilities that entails. The enterprise is intended to generate profits that will be ploughed back into The Howard League for Penal Reform. But just as importantly, it will shine the light towards a future when long term prisoners get training, real work experience, pay tax and save for a pension, and build a new crime free life. Everyone will benefit.

A design studio inside a prison is unusual - in fact it’s unique. It’s hard to believe this actually works, but it does - extremely well. Barbed produces work as varied as business cards, annual reports, posters and exhibition banners plus many more items. The studio has a very positive vibe and there is a real team spirit. This is reflected in the quality of the work that we produce. Barbed will handle the entire job from initial brief and conception through to delivery - including handling the print if required. We encourage potential customers to visit Barbed - it’s like no other graphic design studio.