The Secret Life of Prisons podcast
By Prison Radio Association
The Secret Life of Prisons is produced by a charity, the Prison Radio Association. To make a donation please visit prison.radio/donate.
The podcast tells the hidden stories from behind bars.
Paula Harriott is Head of Prisoner Engagement for the Prison Reform Trust. She spent time behind bars and now works to help those who have been to prison to contribute to the debate around crime and justice.
Phil Maguire is the Chief Executive of the Prison Radio Association. He's worked in prisons for almost two decades and received an OBE for services to radio.
The podcast tells the hidden stories from behind bars.
Paula Harriott is Head of Prisoner Engagement for the Prison Reform Trust. She spent time behind bars and now works to help those who have been to prison to contribute to the debate around crime and justice.
Phil Maguire is the Chief Executive of the Prison Radio Association. He's worked in prisons for almost two decades and received an OBE for services to radio.
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Bereavement behind bars | The Rev Phil Chadder and Richie
The Secret Life of Prisons is produced by a charity, the Prison Radio Association. To make a donation please visit . -- People in prison are more likely to encounter a bereavement than the wider population, and are more likely to have... -
How do you plead? | Sarah Magill and Louis
The Secret Life of Prisons is produced by a charity, the Prison Radio Association. To make a donation please visit . -- In January 2024 the Chair of the Bar Council, Sam Townend KC, issued a warning about the plummeting number of guilty pleas... -
Prisoners Abroad | Chris Stacey and Sophie
The Secret Life of Prisons is produced by a charity, the Prison Radio Association. To make a donation please visit . -- Last week we heard the story of Hilary, who grew up in the UK and has a British wife and children. After receiving a prison... -
When you get out of prison and your troubles are only just starting | Hilary Ineomo-Marcus and Miranda Sawyer
The Secret Life of Prisons is produced by a charity, the Prison Radio Association. To make a donation please visit . -- Hilary Ineomo-Marcus was days away from release from HMP Brixton in 2014 when he found out that he wasn't going home. His... -
Getting released with a friend on your leg | Scout Tzofiya Bolton, Danny Herbert and Patrick Connelly
The Secret Life of Prisons is produced by a charity, the Prison Radio Association. To make a donation please visit . -- Alcohol tags, or sobriety tags, have been being trialled as a way of dealing with alcohol-related disorder for some years.... -
How to get a criminal record without even realising | Tristan Kirk and Dr Jo Easton
The Secret Life of Prisons is produced by a charity, the Prison Radio Association. To make a donation please visit . -- The Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 introduced a fast-track process for delivering justice that deal with the most minor... -
Urgent Notification | Andrea Coomber KC and Sobanan Narenthiran
The Secret Life of Prisons is produced by a charity, the Prison Radio Association. To make a donation please visit . -- In February 2024 a report on conditions in HMP Bedford by described the prison as holding people in "some of the worst... -
The Secret Life of Prisons is going Weekly | Starts Monday
The Secret Life of Prisons starts a new era on Monday, with the first of our all-new weekly episodes. Every Monday Phil and Paula will be dropping into your feed to bring you the the insights of people live in prisons, who work in prisons, and who... -
Christmas Special | Rory Stewart Live at Church House, London | Longford Lecture 2023
Happy Christmas from The Secret Life of Prisons! On Wednesday 22 November 2023, Rory Stewart delivered the annual Longford Lecture at Church House in Westminster. And like every year, National Prison Radio was there to broadcast the lecture into... -
Behind the Crime | Dr. Sally Tilt and Dr. Kerensa Hocken
Phil and Paula speak to the two presenters of BBC Radio 4's series Behind the Crime. Dr. Sally Tilt and Dr. Kerensa Hocken have decades of experience working in prisons as forensic psychologists. HM Prison and Probation Service is the biggest...