Mark Johnson

Read Mark’s article in the Society section of today’s Guardian newspaper, titled “It’s time the great and good met some real scary kids”.

The Truth About Street Weapons, the series investigating why young people carry guns and knives and featuring Mark along with Cherie Booth, begins on Channel 4 on Monday, June 30th at 11.05 pm.

The Street Weapons Commission panellists visited Liverpool, London, Birmingham, Glasgow and Manchester during May 2008 taking evidence from interested parties in an attempt to find out why so many young people now routinely carry guns and knives.

Highlights of each hearing will be shown on Channel 4 every day until Thursday, July 3rd. A studio debate hosted by Jon Snow follows on Sunday, July 6th at 7pm.

Find out more about the programme and watch clips from the hearings on the Channel 4 website.

Mark has an opinion piece called ‘Does prison rehabilitate criminals or just make them worse?’ on the Friction TV website. Watch it here.

Mark has produced a new report called ‘The User Voice of the Criminal Justice System’.

Click here to download a pdf copy of the report [2.6Mb]

Mark was guest editor of the Society section in the Guardian newspaper this week. 

Read his article on how to make prisons better.

Read reports on Mark’s activities in his childhood hometown of Kidderminster, courtesy of local newspaper The Kidderminster Shuttle.

Author Mark Has Turned Life Around

Shake-up for Probation Service

Talk Inspires Both Pupils and Parents 

Formula One star Lewis Hamilton is interviewed in the current issue of the British Airways magazine High Life, where he has this to say about his reading habits:

‘I want to read more, but I rarely get the time.  Recently I heard an inspirational speech by Mark Johnson at a Prince’s Trust event, so now I’m reading his book, Wasted‘

The Aldridge Foundation and The Prince’s Trust are donating 2,500 copies of Mark Johnson’s book Wasted to every prison in the UK.

The book tells the story of Mark’s struggle to turn his life around following his descent into drug addiction and criminality.

Watch Mark’s Meet the Author video about Wasted.

Watch the final part of the television programme Am I Bothered?, featuring Mark.

Watch Mark’s appearance on Am I Bothered? — part three of four.