I lost 18 stone in prison | Tyler Voase and Samy Ali
Tyler Voase was released from prison in the summer of 2024. He first went into jail in 2022 weighing over 40 stone, and with the support of a well-thought-through and timely intervention from gym sta...
11 Marras 202428min
What can we learn about the future of criminal justice from the budget? | Matthew Torbitt and Ben Zaranko
Matthew Torbitt is a writer and broadcaster. A period of homelessness as a young man led to involvement in crime, for which he received a sentence. These experiences fed a political awakening and a ca...
4 Marras 202434min
Seven years in the seg | Dwaine Patterson and Claire Salama
Dwaine Patterson spent 22 years in prison. For seven of those years he was one of a handful of people detained in Close Supervision Centres (CSCs). CSCs are prisons within prisons, housing those peopl...
28 Loka 202438min
Prisons and the press | David Shipley and Danny Shaw
David Shipley served a prison sentence for fraud. He had never known anyone who had come into contact with the criminal justice system prior to his conviction. His sentence was eye-opening for him. He...
21 Loka 202438min
My probation officer is also my colleague! | Simon Madu and Danielle Bond
Simon Madu was released from prison in 2021 after serving twelve years in prison. He remains 'on licence' and must report to his probation officer regularly as part of his continuing sentence. However...
14 Loka 202432min
From Cell to CEO | Paula Harriott
In 2004, Paula was imprisoned for eight years for a drugs offence. Twenty years later, she is the trailblazing Chief Executive of a prominent national charity, being cited multiple times for her pion...
7 Loka 20241h 2min
The Secret Life of Prisons visits the Labour Party Conference | Paul Mason and Faye Dunn
The Royal Albert Dock in Liverpool was built in 1846 and was the first structure in Britain to be constructed from cast iron, brick and stone, with no structural wood. As a result, it was the first no...
30 Syys 202457min
Being diagnosed with cancer in prison | Tony, Marion Misselbrook and Professor Jo Armes
In 2021 Tony was told by a nurse in HMP Ford that she suspected he had cancer. Over the following years, Tony has experienced frustration and fear but also received heart-warming empathy and kindness ...
23 Syys 202455min
