How to run a festival in a prison | David Kendall and Jailhouse Moose
Ten years ago, David Kendall decided to put on an entire festival of arts and literature inside HMP Lewes. This was the birth of Penned Up, a unique annual event which is now in its tenth year, and wh...
26 Mai 202533min
*Emergency Podcast* The Independent Sentencing Review | David Shipley
On the day David Gauke, the former Justice Secretary, publishes his long-awaited Independent Sentencing Review, we get analysis from the journalist David Shipley who served a sentence for fraud in 202...
22 Mai 202554min
The extreme far-right in prison | Nigel Bromage and Graham Finochio
Nigel Bromage was a prominent member of several far-right groups, including British Movement and Combat 18, for 20 years. During that time, he was close to events that could easily have led him to pri...
19 Mai 202553min
To fix the filing cabinet or the person? | Cherie Blair KC and Kate Morrissey
Cherie Blair KC became a barrister in 1976 and went on to be a county court and crown court judge. In 2024 she was appointed to the Leadership Board of the charity Women in Prison, where she has stres...
12 Mai 202543min
The Prison Philosophers | Andy West and Ray Smith
Andy West is the author of The Life Inside: A Memoir of Prison, Family and Learning to be Free, which is currently being adapted into a BBC television drama. Andy has been teaching philosophy in priso...
5 Mai 202541min
The HMP Brixton Half Marathon
Two days before the 2025 London Marathon, a very special half marathon took place behind the walls of HMP Brixton in aid of the Prison Reform Trust. And The Secret Life of Prisons was granted exclusiv...
28 Apr 202558min
Justice vs the culture wars | Your questions answered
We love to hear your thoughts, your views and your questions. To contact the show, please email podcasts@prison.radio.In this week's episode we answer questions from listeners inside and outside priso...
14 Apr 202543min
We've visited a *lot* of prisons | Duewaine Marshalleck-Baker and Arthur Hagues
This week we've got two guests who, for very different reasons, have spent time in a lot of different prisons. We asked them to compare notes and tell us their best stories.Duewaine Marshalleck-Baker ...
7 Apr 202541min
