Celia understood the pain of many women in prison, and their difficulties in facing life after prison, especially for Maori women.

A special personal note written to Celia two days before she died, about the positive effects she’d had on the writer’s life during the time Celia was manager of Christchurch Women’s Prison and her on-going influence.

Jennifer reads a dedication Celia wrote in her policy document about Women’s Prisons, where she thanks the women inmates she worked with and learnt from, within Christchurch Women’s Prison.

Jacqui speaks of how she met Ces, who helped redirected her life into working with people in prison to change through the creative process of art. She talks about the amazing support from Ces she had over the years.

Celia was passionate about the care of women and the power women had to change the quality of society.

Briony set up the Christchurch Arts Festival in the mid 90’s. She talks about the dramatic festival performances that Jim Moriarty created with the women inmates, facilitated by Celia while she was the manager of Christchurch Women’s Prison. They presented two shows for the public, full of insights as the women told of their personal…

Jennifer worked under Celia as the Prison Education Officer and she discusses Celia’s management style of staff and inmates.

Ces inspired Jacqui to use her arts background to help people in prison find their own unique inner magic for transformative change.

Jennifer talks about the extra efforts Celia went to, to value her staff and the inmates in her care.