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...
3 Feb 202540min
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 Double Jeopardy: The Law and Politics Podcast. You can find the sentencing guidelines for all offences...
27 Jan 202534min
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 ...
20 Jan 202541min
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 Governo...
13 Jan 202549min
Prison in numbers | Dr. Kimmett Edgar
In November 2024, Janey Starling from the charity Level Up, called out the presenter of LBC's breakfast show Nick Ferrari live on air for his apparent ignorance of the facts around the imprisonment of...
6 Jan 202549min
Spending Christmas outside San Quentin | Greg Eskridge and Eli Wirtschafter
Greg Eskridge was released from San Quentin Rehabilitation Center in California, formerly known as San Quentin state prison, on 23 July 2024 after serving 30 years and 25 days. In prison Greg became a...
23 Des 202432min
Outside the Old Bailey
In November the Sentencing Academy, a charity that aims to improve public understanding of sentencing in England and Wales, released a piece of research entitled 'Who is in prison and what is the purp...
16 Des 202439min
I disappeared for seven years | Sarah Moore and Sonya Ruparel
Sarah Moore was exposed to the most dangerous situations imaginable during a seven-year period in which she disappeared from her family's life. She wanted to protect them from the effects of her chaot...
9 Des 202438min
