In the 42 years that have elapsed since Clean Break was established, British theatre has lost a little of its socio-political edge. Fewer companies today are openly concerned with social injustice, inequality, women's rights and penal reform. But Clean Break still feels as passionate about these issues as they did in 1979, when two women in prison – Jacqueline Holborough and Jennifer Hicks – decided to use drama to call for reforms to the British criminal justice system.
Just a few weeks in prison for, say, shoplifting can cost a woman her children, her home, her job and, in some cases, her life. An alarming number of women prisoners kill themselves while in custody, awaiting trial.
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