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The \u201cBehind Bars: Memory, Justice, and the Future of Penal Heritage<\/a>\u201d symposium took place on 21\u201322 August 2025 at Shrewsbury Prison<\/a>. The event, led by Dr Brianna Wyat<\/a>t (Oxford Brookes), Dr Rachael Ironside<\/a> (RGU), and Professor Craig Wight<\/a> (ENU) and hosted by Joel Campbell<\/a> of the Cove Group drew an international audience of academics, practitioners, and museum professionals. The symposium represented a unique forum for cross-disciplinary debate on how penal heritage intersects with memory, justice, ethics, and dark tourism.<\/p>\n

The setting itself was significant and helped to shape the discussion. Shrewsbury Prison, known as \u201cThe Dana,\u201d first opened in 1793. It was rebuilt in the Victorian era before finally closing in 2013. Over its long history, it housed debtors, witnessed public and private executions, and served as a Category B men\u2019s prison. It now operates as a heritage attraction, managed by the Cove Group. It serves as an events venue, where tours, education programmes, and commercial uses highlight the tensions between punishment, memory, and reuse. Presenting and debating inside a decommissioned prison served as a reminder to delegates that penal heritage is not abstract. Rather, it is embodied, emotional, and tied in with the stories that such institutions have often rendered invisible.<\/p>\n

Keynote contributions by Dr Justin Pich\u00e9<\/a> (University of Ottawa) and Bev Baker (National Justice Museum) anchored the symposium. Justin Pich\u00e9 interrogated the ways prison narratives are constructed and consumed, while Bev Baker offered a critically-informed curatorial perspective on the balance between commemoration and commodification. Delegates repeatedly pointed to the value of such talks, and as one put it, \u201cit was great to see some really excellent, critically-informed curatorial practice.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

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The programme featured parallel panels on themes ranging from penal heritage in the experience economy to the ethics of repurposing decommissioned prisons, and from punishment exhibitions to prison narratives on screen. The mix of papers gave participants space to consider both theoretical insights and practical challenges, with one attendee noting, \u201cthe most valuable takeaway is the recognition that narratives\u2014whose voices are included, how stories are told, and for whom, are central to every form of prison reuse.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Delegates valued the opportunity to network and collaborate, and they welcomed the diversity of perspectives. Others emphasised the personal inspiration gained, noting that even without presenting they left inspired and with new points of contact.<\/p>\n

Feedback highlighted the event\u2019s influence on future practice. For museum professionals, it sharpened their awareness of the ethics of penal heritage interpretation, and the risks of reducing complex histories to tourism products. For academics, it reinforced the need to bridge disciplinary divides, connect with practitioners, and confront tensions between profit, ethics, and participation.<\/p>\n

Looking ahead, the symposium is expected to generate an edited volume of contributions, and to provide the foundation for a collaborative funding bid, ensuring that the conversations sparked in Shrewsbury carry forward.<\/p>\n

Delegates left with stronger networks and sharper insights, but with a collective recognition: whilst penal heritage will always be about buildings and history, it is also about memory, justice, silences, and how we choose to remember, interpret, and engage with difficult pasts.<\/p>\n

Written by Professor Craig Wright<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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