Prisons
Violence, overcrowding, self-harm: BBC goes inside one of Britain’s most dangerous prisons
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Stacey Dooley. Stacey Dooley Revisits, Revisiting... Judy: 40 years behind bars - and counting. Audio, 35 minutes
Stacey revisits the story of ‘lifer' Judy, jailed for her role in a murder-for-hire plot.
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- Posted15 September 2020
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Rulebreakers: Greenland's beautiful prison. Global Citizen. Video, 00:03:07
In 2019, Greenland opened its first ever closed prison, but its beauty is controversial
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- Posted8 September 2020
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- Posted7 September 2020
Rulebreakers: Greenland's beautiful prison. The Documentary. Video, 00:03:07
In 2019, Greenland opened its first ever closed prison, but its beauty is controversial
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- Posted4 September 2020
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- Posted3 September 2020
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- Posted2 September 2020
The Documentary Podcast. Rulebreakers: A beautiful prison. Audio, 27 minutes
Why Greenland is opening up its first prison, after years as a modern prison-less society
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Live Wires. Are our prisons fit for purpose? Audio, 43 minutes
We hear from legal experts, community workers and an ex-prisoner about the prison system.
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Drama on 4. The Other Tchaikovsky. Audio, 44 minutes
Chris Tchaikovsky, a woman who defied definition and shook up criminal justice.
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'I went from prisoner to PhD' BBC Ideas. Video, 00:04:02
Stephen Akpabio-Klementowski, who now teaches at the OU, tells BBC Ideas his story
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- Posted4 August 2020
Viewpoint: What would a world without prisons be like? BBC Ideas. Video, 00:04:41
In this viewpoint for BBC Ideas, criminologist David Scott explores alternatives to prison
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- Posted11 August 2020
Viewpoint: What would a world without prisons be like? BBC Ideas. Video, 00:04:41
In this viewpoint for BBC Ideas, criminologist David Scott explores alternatives to prison
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- Posted11 August 2020
The Death Row Book Club. Audio, 28 minutes
How starting a book club helped Anthony Ray Hinton survive 28 years on death row.
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- Posted30 July 2020
