▁of ▁the ▁London ▁Shakespeare ▁Work out ▁and ▁poet ▁John ▁Row . ▁F ru ish ▁is ▁d ys lect ic ▁and ▁was ▁drawn ▁to ▁work ▁with ▁prisoners ▁because ▁of ▁the ▁large ▁levels ▁of ▁liter acy ▁problems ▁found ▁among ▁the ▁prison ▁population . ▁In ▁a ▁report ▁by ▁the ▁House ▁of ▁Commons ▁Business , ▁In nov ation ▁and ▁Sk ills ▁Committee , ▁on ▁adult ▁liter acy ▁and ▁numer acy , ▁F ru ish ▁is ▁quoted ▁as ▁saying , ▁" s ad ly , ▁there ▁are ▁only ▁a ▁hand ful ▁of ▁writers - in - res idence ▁remaining ▁working ▁in ▁pr isons . ▁Much ▁of ▁the ▁expert ise ▁that ▁has ▁been ▁built ▁up ▁over ▁the ▁last ▁two ▁dec ades ▁is ▁in ▁danger ▁of ▁being ▁lost ". ▁ ▁Al ong ▁with ▁Steve ▁Moore , ▁John ▁H ig gs ▁and ▁Don na ▁Bond ▁he ▁is ▁one ▁of ▁the ▁four ▁edit ors ▁of ▁Alan ▁Moore ' s ▁Jerusalem . ▁ ▁Moore ▁cred its ▁F ru ish ' s ▁research ▁with ▁providing ▁vital ▁information ▁that ▁allowed ▁him ▁to ▁finish ▁the ▁novel . ▁In ▁an ▁interview ▁with ▁his ▁bi ograph er , ▁L ance ▁Park in , ▁Moore ▁states ▁that ▁he ▁has ▁few ▁h obb ies , ▁but ▁he ▁lik es ▁to ▁go ▁for ▁wal ks ▁with ▁F ru ish , ▁whom ▁he ▁met ▁when ▁F ru ish ▁invited ▁Moore ▁back ▁to ▁visit ▁the ▁school ▁he ▁was ▁exp elled ▁from . ▁Moore ▁rec ount s ▁how ▁he ▁and ▁F ru ish ▁were ▁e ject ed ▁from ▁East on ▁N eston ▁Hall ▁while