Evolving Prisons

By Kaigan Carrie

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An award-nominated podcast with a particular focus on prison. Featuring stories from people who've been to prison, those who work there and experts to show the human behind the crime or uniform, and the realities of life in prisons around the world. Hosted by Kaigan Carrie, doctoral researcher in prison officer culture and wellbeing. Subscribe to monthly bonus episodes of Evolving Prisons: https://evolvingprisons.captivate.fm/support

Episode Date
The other side of imprisonment: how families cope
Dec 17, 2024
Christmas at Eastern State Penitentiary
Dec 07, 2024
Denmark's prisons: beyond the Nordic ideal
Nov 27, 2024
Bonus: Family crime and culture shaped me as a prison officer
Nov 17, 2024
Insights from witnessing 28 executions on death row
Nov 07, 2024
Prison work and paranormal stories from HMP Shrewsbury
Oct 27, 2024
Bonus: Working with women who kill
Oct 17, 2024
Dr Amanda Brown on being a prison doctor
Oct 07, 2024
Work follows them home: being married to a prison officer
Sep 27, 2024
Bonus: History of prisons in America
Sep 17, 2024
Imprisoned 14 hours from my husband and children
Sep 07, 2024
Lessons from 26 years in the prison service
Aug 27, 2024
Bonus: Eye-opening experiences teaching art in prison
Aug 17, 2024
Inside the mind of madness: forensic psychiatry in prison
Aug 07, 2024
Camaraderie, culture and challenges with mental health
Jul 27, 2024
Bonus: 7 years in prison in Ecuador for drug smuggling
Jul 17, 2024
34 years in prison: finding a dead man in my home
Jul 07, 2024
You can be innocent and spend 17 years in prison
Jun 27, 2024
Bonus: Life as a prison bride
Jun 17, 2024
Growing up with drug-addicted parents
Jun 07, 2024
40 years on death row and still in prison: William Noguera
May 27, 2024
Bonus: Rob Parkes on being married to the black widow
May 17, 2024
Gang life, knife crime and 8 years in prison
May 07, 2024
Bonus: Gen Glaister on working with traffickers and sex offenders as a prison officer
Apr 26, 2024
Prison gangs in California
Apr 16, 2024
Is inequality in our society responsible for crime?
Apr 02, 2024
Bonus: Death, mental health and violence in prison
Mar 26, 2024
Imprisoned for being a corrupt prison officer
Mar 12, 2024
Bonus: Strangeways prison riot
Feb 27, 2024
The heavy burden of being a prison officer
Feb 20, 2024
The case of Brianna Ghey
Feb 07, 2024
Bonus: Vanessa Frake on escapes, riots and prison officer mental health
Jan 30, 2024
The minds of serial killers
Jan 23, 2024
The prisoner and the judge
Jan 09, 2024
Prison saved my life
Dec 28, 2023
Prison as a criminogenic need and desistance from crime
Dec 12, 2023
Mental health struggles of a prison officer
Dec 05, 2023
Bonus: Alex South on strength, suffering and survival in prison
Nov 21, 2023
Female leadership in prison, assault and the Banged Up experience
Nov 14, 2023
Prison officer wellbeing and power in Finland
Oct 24, 2023
Imprisoned by choice: a researcher in Icelandic prisons
Oct 10, 2023
Inside Finland's first smart prison
Sep 26, 2023
A mother's fight for fair sentencing
Sep 12, 2023
Political prisoners and officer safety in Northern Ireland
Aug 29, 2023
The case of Lucy Letby
Aug 22, 2023
Imprisoned for shooting my sister's ex-boyfriend
Aug 15, 2023
Spending half my life in prison
Aug 01, 2023
Conspiracy to supply and relationships in prison
Jul 18, 2023
Exploring the IPP prisoner scandal
Jul 04, 2023
Prison and the death penalty
Jun 20, 2023
Governing a prison, hostage taking and working with sex offenders
Jun 06, 2023
Defending prisoners on death row
May 23, 2023
Working in a prison system which harms
May 09, 2023
Death in custody and transforming prisons
Apr 28, 2023
Philosophy and family in prison
Apr 06, 2023
Working to free the wrongfully convicted
Mar 14, 2023
17.5 years imprisonment for manslaughter
Feb 28, 2023
Prisoners Abroad
Feb 14, 2023
Prison and drug smuggling in Mexico
Jan 31, 2023
Is Florida's prison sentencing too harsh?
Jan 17, 2023
Corruption, prison conditions and working undercover
Dec 20, 2022
Prisoner to world record holder
Dec 06, 2022
Koestler Arts in prison
Nov 23, 2022
Drug addiction: criminality or health issue?
Nov 08, 2022
The importance of doing the right thing
Oct 25, 2022
Having a son in prison
Oct 11, 2022
Imprisonment for attempted murder
Sep 27, 2022
Prison officer training in Scotland and Norway
Sep 13, 2022
Living with PTSD as a prison officer
Aug 30, 2022
Music in Prisons
Aug 16, 2022
Unlocked Graduates
Aug 02, 2022
Imprisoned in the UK's most violent prison without any convictions
Jul 19, 2022
Prison officer turned prisoner
Jul 05, 2022
Psychological dangers of prison work
Jun 21, 2022
Budget-constrained prisons in Africa and Asia
Jun 07, 2022
Bastøy Prison in Norway
May 24, 2022
Stuck in the prison system for 20 years
May 10, 2022
Heroin to Hero
Apr 26, 2022
Beyond the criminal labels
Apr 12, 2022
Transforming prisons for growth and change
Mar 29, 2022
World's most humane prison?
Mar 15, 2022
Trauma-informed prisons
Mar 01, 2022
Drug treatment prisons
Feb 15, 2022
Desistance is a life-long journey
Feb 01, 2022
Assassination and solitary confinement
Jan 18, 2022
Penalised for my conviction
Jan 04, 2022
Loneliness in prison
Dec 14, 2021
A better way to do prison
Nov 23, 2021
About Evolving Prisons
Nov 22, 2021