A VISION of the future and memories of the past were discussed at a juvenile jail this week as part of an educational awareness campaign.

Inmates on the High Intensity Training pilot scheme at Thorn Cross Young Offenders' Institution, known as Britain's only 'boot camp', engaged in an active question and answer session with invited guest Colin Parry.

Mr Parry, fund-raiser for the Tim Parry and Johnathan Ball Trust and father of Tim who died in the Bridge Street bombing, talked about his feelings for the people who killed his son and his hopes for the future in the form of the Warrington Peace Centre.

John Andrews, from the HIT's education department, said the talk was a success and would be the first of many: "The idea behind the talks is to build an awareness amongst inmates of the problems and issues in society.

"Mr Parry's talk went down very well. All the lads were very interested and asked a lot of questions they thought of themselves, from his own personal feelings about his son's death, how he raised funds for the Trust and how he linked up with the NSPCC."

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