Prisons

Violence, overcrowding, self-harm: BBC goes inside one of Britain’s most dangerous prisons

At a time of major crisis for prisons, the BBC’s Sima Kotecha is given rare access to HMP Pentonville.

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The Insider: Reggie Yates. Series 1, In a Texan Jail. Video, 60 minutes
For one week Reggie Yates will eat, sleep and work alongside the inmates of a Texan jail.
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BBC Three
Available for 16 days
The Insider: Reggie Yates. Series 2, US Prison Guard. Video, 55 minutes
Reggie Yates spends time working as a guard at Guilford County Jail in North Carolina.
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BBC Three
Available for 8 months
Children of prisoners supported for first time. Video, 00:01:36
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Oxford
Posted
5 November 2021
'Multiple failings' contributed to prisoner death
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Oxford
Posted
5 November 2021
Children of prisoners supported for first time
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Oxford
Posted
5 November 2021
FM to examine prison drug letter claims
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Scotland politics
Posted
4 November 2021
'More than batons needed to control Ecuador's jails'
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Latin America & Caribbean
Posted
4 November 2021
Life and Death Row
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BBC Three
Louis Theroux: Life on the Edge. Series 1, Law and Disorder. Video, 59 minutes
Louis Theroux reflects on documentaries he has made about American criminal justice.
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BBC Two
Available for 10 months
Stacey Dooley. In the USA - Series 1, Girls Behind Bars. Video, 57 minutes
Stacey Dooley meets the girls at 'Shock' - the only US prison boot camp for women.
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BBC Three
Available for 9 months
Violent and rotting jail fails inmates, audit says
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Hampshire & Isle of Wight
Posted
29 October 2021
Arena. Voices from the Island. Video, 90 minutes
Nelson Mandela and other ex-prisoners recall their incarceration on Robben Island. (1994)
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BBC
Available for over a year
'I was warned I'd die very quickly in Russian jail'
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Europe
Posted
20 October 2021
Prison watchdog member in jail smuggling probe
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Liverpool
Posted
19 October 2021
Porridge
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BBC One
The sniffer dogs tackling prison drug smuggling
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Northern Ireland
Posted
15 October 2021
Meet the prison dogs sniffing out smugglers. Video, 00:01:54
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Northern Ireland
Posted
15 October 2021
Government urged to act over youth prison failings
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Beds, Herts & Bucks
Posted
14 October 2021
Distraught families wait after Ecuador prison riot
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Latin America & Caribbean
Posted
1 October 2021
'I saw photo of my son's dead body online'
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Latin America & Caribbean
Posted
1 October 2021
Two new prisons proposed near air base
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Essex
Posted
27 September 2021