The story of Siw Stavanger in Aftenblad– Gi meg litt lykke før jeg dør – Historien om Siw won the Schibsted Journalism Awards for its authors Thomas Ergo and Tove Bjørnå in May 2019. The story is about a Norwegian woman, Siw, born with all possibilities for a normal and healthy life. Through multiple interviews and articles with people, professionals and the services that knew her, the authors reconstructed Siw`s stormy life, right from her birth, through her decline into poverty, mental ill health, substance misuse, criminality and neglect to her early and tragic death. Sadly Siw is not unique but representative of many on the margins of society, vulnerable and requiring the support of many health, social and criminal justice professionals to address their multiple needs and help them find ways into a life free of crime once they return to the community.
In this podcast we hear about more about prisoner vulnerabilities and the importance of giving them voice in the development of services. It explores also the importance of collaboration, innovation and organisational learning within the criminal justice field and the multiple stakeholders involved.
The content of the podcast captures the work of an international consortium, the COLAB consortium. Prof Sarah Hean, Professor of Social Work at the University of Stavanger, Norway, and Coordinator of COLAB, talks with fellow COLAB members, and some of our guests, about this complex area
In this episode we hear the story of a Norwegian woman, Siw, born with all possibilities for a normal and healthy life. We hear about Siw`s stormy life, her poverty, mental ill health, substance misuse, criminality and neglect that led to her early and tragic death.
Extra resource/Further reading
The Siw case: https://www.aftenbladet.no/magasin/i/Onxqek/gi-meg-litt-lykke-foer-jeg-doer (the English version is Open Access)
CONTRIBUTORS AND CREDITS
This COLAB consortium is a partnership of criminal justice related organisations and academic institutions from Norway, UK, Denmark, Switzerland, Finland and the Netherlands. The consortium was funded by the Marie Curie Sklodowska EU programme of Horizon2020. Much of the work of our consortium was based in Norway and therefore some of our podcast episodes are in Norwegian language. However, because of the international nature of the COLAB consortium, much of the series is in English. The Podcast series is funded by the Norwegian Research Council FORSTERK programme and produced by the University of Stavanger (COLAB FORSTERK 2021-2023).
Content:
Andrea Danielsen Johansen University of Stavanger, Norway
Thomas Ergo Stavanger Afenbladet
Pål Holden, Miljøarbeider, Stavanger
Editor:
Andrea Danielsen Johansen University of Stavanger, Norway
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