Underdogs by Louise Powell review – a powerful debut with plenty of northern soul A bereaved father and son bond over greyhound racing in an east Durham town in terminal decline The Guardian - UK · Jul 28
Woman whose baby was stillborn in HMP Styal praises sentencing changes Louise Powell says she hopes new guidance means fewer pregnant women are jailed and it can be the legacy of her child Brooke The Guardian - UK · Mar 18, 2024
‘School milk derision made me determined to succeed’ Growing up in the North, Louise Powell lived below the poverty line. Now a writer, director and filmmaker, with her scripts broadcast on BBC Radio 4 Extra and performed at theatres, the 30-year-old said free school meals allowed her to “break the cycle”. In our final #FreeMadeMe interview — in… Evening Standard · Nov 4, 2022
‘You always want the next generation to have a better life than we did’ Feed the Future: In the fourth and final #FreeMadeMe interview – in which professionals talk about how free school meals helped provide the foundation for their achievements today – writer Louise Powell speaks to Maryam Zakir-Hussain about her story The Independent UK · Nov 4, 2022
Inmate dies 'after going into cardiac arrest' at Styal women's prison Prison officials have confirmed an investigation into the death, the seventh fatality at the Cheshire jail since 2018 Manchester Evening News · Aug 1, 2022
Premature birth ‘almost twice as likely’ in England’s prisons than outside Data says more than 11% of women who give birth behind bars do so before 37 weeks, compared with 6.5% in community The Guardian - UK · Jul 19, 2022
'Prison will never, ever be a safe place to be pregnant' - Calls to end jailing of pregnant women after infant was stillborn in a cell block loo A watchdog has found a nurse at HMP Styal thought inmate Louise Powell was suffering period pains - her infant was stillborn in the toilet Manchester Evening News · Jun 20, 2022