<p>Tanjit Dosanjh is an optometrist. When his father went to prison, he decided he wanted to help people in prison by using his professional skills.</p> <p>He learned of optical labs in California's prisons, and raised enough money to launch an optical training lab inside HMP Standford Hill in 2012.</p> <p>Since then, he's trained 60 prisoners, 45 of whom have secured jobs with opticians. </p> <p>He also secured optometry contracts with 60 prisons. Spectacles are made by prisoners, which makes the organisation financially self-sustaining.</p> <p>Tanjit's essay comes from the book Humane Justice, published by the charity Khulisa as part of the Monument Fellowship.</p> <p>You can download the book for free at <a href= "http://www.khulisa.co.uk/resources/humane-justice">www.khulisa.co.uk/resources/humane-justice</a></p> <p>It's produced by the Prison Radio Association.</p> <p><a href="http://www.khulisa.co.uk">www.khulisa.co.uk</a></p> <p><a href= "http://www.prisonopticians.org">www.prisonopticians.org</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.prison.radio">www.prison.radio</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>