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 Chief Executive of Unlock. She spent time in prison 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 two decades and received an OBE for services to radio.
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Visits | Faye Dunn and Mo
When Mo went to prison hundreds of miles from home, his older sister would visit him but he didn't see his mum in person until he was more than two years into his sentence, and his youngest sister didn't come to visit him at all. … -
Finding the common ground | Alice Dawnay and Kam
Alice Dawnay founded the charity Switchback in 2008, which supports young Londoners to find a way out of the justice system. She's now part of the team that's just launched the Common Ground Justice Project, which… -
Why me? | Khamran Uddin and Keeva Baxter
In 2013, Khamran Uddin wrote a letter to the man he had violently assaulted in a random attack on a deserted railway platform. The victim was coming home from work as he did every day when Khamran seriously injured him with a base… -
The culture of sentencing | David Gauke
David Gauke is the former Conservative Member of Parliament for South West Hertfordshire, the former Secretary of State for Justice and Lord Chancellor, and the Chair of the Labour government's Independent Sentencing Review. -
Talent development | Richie Makepeace and Nancy Prentice
Richie Makepeace was just trying to keep his head down and get through his prison sentence in HMP Brixton when he was offered a job in the prison's radio production training workshop. Like many people in prison, he was really worr… -
The most serious development in decades | Michael Kennedy and Ian Vandersluys
Spice, a name for a group of synthetic drugs that have gripped prisons over the past decade, are said by researchers at Middlesex University… -
Diagnosis | Scout Tzofiya Bolton and Michelle Walsh
Scout Tzofiya Bolton is a poet, activist, radio producer and the author of The Mad Art of Doing Time. She went to prison in 2023 where she received excellent care for the mental health conditions that led to her… -
Sentencing: A Primer | Tim Owen KC
Tim Owen KC is a criminal barrister who has sat as a Deputy High Court Judge. He is a co-host of . You can find the sentencing guidelines for all offences heard in the Magistrates and Crown Courts on the . Presenters: Phil Maguire –... -
Telling stories | Mickey Dehara and Max Porter
Mickey Dehara is a screenwriter who has frequently collaborated with the director Guy Richie, including playing a starring role in the film Snatch. He served a prison sentence in the early 2010s when he got involved with National Prison Radio and won… -
Moral blindness | Jamie Bennett and Andrew Morris
Jamie Bennett is is the author of a new book which looks at the challenges of managing prisons. He is Prison Contracts Group Director at His Majesty's Prison and Probation Service. He has been Governor of Morton Hall, Long Lartin, Grendon and Spring.…
