We love receiving your questions, thoughts and comments. Email us at podcasts@prison.radio.In this final episode before we take a summer... more

In 2014, probation services in England and Wales underwent the most radical shake-up for generations in a part-privatisation process known... more

James Batchelor is an educator, musician, film-maker and producer. He spent a time behind bars where he became a presenter... more

Tamar spent a short period of time in HMP Holloway, a women's prison in North London, in 2016. Months later,... more

Zak Addae-Kodua is one half of Zak and Jules, the presenting team behind the award-winning Life After Prison podcast. He... more

Ten years ago, David Kendall decided to put on an entire festival of arts and literature inside HMP Lewes. This... more

On the day David Gauke, the former Justice Secretary, publishes his long-awaited Independent Sentencing Review, we get analysis from the... more

Nigel Bromage was a prominent member of several far-right groups, including British Movement and Combat 18, for 20 years. During... more

Cherie Blair KC became a barrister in 1976 and went on to be a county court and crown court judge.... more

Andy West is the author of The Life Inside: A Memoir of Prison, Family and Learning to be Free, which... more

Two days before the 2025 London Marathon, a very special half marathon took place behind the walls of HMP Brixton... more

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

This week we've got two guests who, for very different reasons, have spent time in a lot of different prisons.... more

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

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

When Mo went to prison hundreds of miles from home, his older sister would visit him but he didn't see... more

Alice Dawnay founded the charity Switchback in 2008, which supports young Londoners to find a way out of the justice... more

In 2013, Khamran Uddin wrote a letter to the man he had violently assaulted in a random attack on a... more

David Gauke is the former Conservative Member of Parliament for South West Hertfordshire, the former Secretary of State for Justice... more

Richie Makepeace was just trying to keep his head down and get through his prison sentence in HMP Brixton when... more

Spice, a name for a group of synthetic drugs that have gripped prisons over the past decade, are said by... more

Scout Tzofiya Bolton is a poet, activist, radio producer and the author of The Mad Art of Doing Time. She went to... more

Tim Owen KC is a criminal barrister who has sat as a Deputy High Court Judge. He is a co-host of... more

Mickey Dehara is a screenwriter who has frequently collaborated with the director Guy Richie, including playing a starring role in... more

Jamie Bennett is is the author of a new book which looks at the challenges of managing prisons. He is... more

In November 2024, Janey Starling from the charity Level Up, called out the presenter of LBC's breakfast show Nick Ferrari... more

Greg Eskridge was released from San Quentin Rehabilitation Center in California, formerly known as San Quentin state prison, on 23... more

In November the Sentencing Academy, a charity that aims to improve public understanding of sentencing in England and Wales, released... more

Sarah Moore was exposed to the most dangerous situations imaginable during a seven-year period in which she disappeared from her... more

The Prison Radio Association is a charity that runs National Prison Radio, the world’s first national radio station for people serving... more

Sean Henry received multiple prison terms through his early adult life. But receiving a long sentence for a serious offence... more

On Monday 11 November 2024, Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe delivered the annual Longford Lecture at Church House in Westminster.  Nazanin was imprisoned in... more

Tyler Voase was released from prison in the summer of 2024.  He first went into jail in 2022 weighing over... more

Matthew Torbitt is a writer and broadcaster. A period of homelessness as a young man led to involvement in crime,... more

Dwaine Patterson spent 22 years in prison. For seven of those years he was one of a handful of people... more

David Shipley served a prison sentence for fraud. He had never known anyone who had come into contact with the criminal... more

Simon Madu was released from prison in 2021 after serving twelve years in prison. He remains 'on licence' and must... more

In 2004, Paula was imprisoned for eight years for a drugs offence.  Twenty years later, she is the trailblazing Chief... more

The Royal Albert Dock in Liverpool was built in 1846 and was the first structure in Britain to be constructed... more

In 2021 Tony was told by a nurse in HMP Ford that she suspected he had cancer. Over the following... more

Ben Jones and Steve Girling are the hosts of Hold or Fold, a brand-new podcast from the Prison Radio Association... more

What role does food play in the daily lives of women in prison? Libby is the Head Chef at The Edge... more

Phil and Paula are outside HMP Liverpool, aka Walton Jail, to talk to passers-by about what they think of prisons... more

The Secret Life of Prisons is produced by a charity, the Prison Radio Association. To make a donation please visit... more

The Secret Life of Prisons is produced by a charity, the Prison Radio Association. To make a donation please visit... more

The Secret Life of Prisons is produced by a charity, the Prison Radio Association. To make a donation please visit... more

The Secret Life of Prisons is produced by a charity, the Prison Radio Association. To make a donation please visit... more

The Secret Life of Prisons is produced by a charity, the Prison Radio Association. To make a donation please visit... more

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