Mark Harvey has been freelance for 12 years after completing a Ba Hons course in photography. During the early stages of this career he worked as a part time tutor for the South Yorkshire Probation Service. It was during this time that he noticed a dearth of pictures illustrating the work of criminal justice agencies. Since then he has been steady building up a stock of over 1500 images depicting mainly aspects of this interesting aspect of society.

Mark has experience of working with people, both professionals and clients, in what are sometimes sensitive situations.

We are currently building an online photolibrary for clients, which can be accessed here

The areas of work covered include: -

• Social Documentary - housing estates, children playing, shop lifting, crowds plus community groups, gun crime, road accidents, car crime, education, and domestic violence
• Hostels and Day centers - group work, one to one sessions, life skills, personal hygiene, security,
• Courts and Prisons - inside a crown and magistrates courts, the bench, the cells, prisoners being escorted, prison officers, induction, YO's, group work, workshops, release, visits, tagging, prison court video link, plus many generic pictures of prison life
• Community punishment order - ground work, lunch clubs, workshops, decorating, single placement
• Family Court Welfare - many pictures of children and families
• One to one and Group work - education,
• Substance misuse - alcohol, class A and B drugs, prescribed drugs, education, safe boxes,
• The elderly - security, health, mobility, exercise
• Police - dog handlers, mounted, traffic, control room, on the beat,
• Employment and training - application form filling, interview, building, motor mechanics, exam plus stress

Clients include

• BBC crime website
• Home Office
• National Audit Office
• National Probation Service
• NACRO
• Prison Service
• SOV