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The Secret Life of Prisons
The Secret Life of Prisons
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... more

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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... more

14 Apr 2025 · 43 minutes
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.... more

07 Apr 2025 · 41 minutes
Who was Chris Tchaikovsky? | Kate Fraser and Deborah Coles

Chris Tchaikovsky was a founder of the charity Women in Prison, the charity that campaigns on behalf of women in... more

31 Mar 2025 · 42 minutes
Disclosure and barring | Peter Lewis and Penelope Gibbs

Peter Lewis served a prison sentence for receiving a corrupt payment. Shortly after his release, during the pandemic, he applied... more

24 Mar 2025 · 39 minutes
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... more

17 Mar 2025 · 36 minutes
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... more

10 Mar 2025 · 33 minutes
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... more

03 Mar 2025 · 42 minutes
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... more

24 Feb 2025 · 47 minutes
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... more

17 Feb 2025 · 37 minutes
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... more

10 Feb 2025 · 33 minutes