From Saturday 23 May

‘Stretched to the Limit’ by Steel Door Studios

Incuded in Museum entry price

‘Stretched to the Limit’ is Steel Door Studios first solo show of a body of work. This series of evocative pieces shine a floodlight on a prison system in crisis. Spiralling overcrowding, ever decreasing budgets, “a modern-day pandemic of substance abuse” and a rise in self-harm and suicide. The impact of which leaves lasting physical and psychological scars on those incarcerated within its walls. Steel Door Studios has produced a deeply moving and personal reflection on a broken prison system; each piece inviting us to confront difficult truths and asks: who holds the power to define the prison system? Collectively, the pieces propose that we all have a responsibility to shape a system that benefits the whole of society by placing rehabilitation, well-being and desistance from crime at its core. 

It is an absolute privilege to have Steel Door Studios display his work at the National Justice Museum; a site historically drenched in injustice and degradation; using its spaces to champion and present the painful lived experiences of such a profoundly talented artist.