The Secret Life of Prisons
By Prison Radio Association
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The Secret Life of Prisons is produced by a charity, the Prison Radio Association. To make a donation please visit prison.radio/donate. The podcast tells the hidden stories from behind bars. Paula Harriott is Chief Executive of Unlock. She spent time in prison and now works to help those who have been to prison to contribute to the debate around crime and justice. Phil Maguire is the Chief Executive of the Prison Radio Association. He's worked in prisons for two decades and received an OBE for services to radio.
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A gold award-winning episode of The Secret Life of Prisons
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Dec 08, 2025 |
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*The Big Give 2025* | Faye Dunn and Toni Garrigos
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Dec 01, 2025 |
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Inside a Drug Recovery Wing | Wayne Hickman and Ash
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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The Longford Lecture 2025 | Dame Rachel De Souza, Angus Stobie, Jeremy Howe
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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The Prison Photographer | Andy Aitchison
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Nov 10, 2025 |
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Charlie's Promise | Martin Cosser
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Nov 03, 2025 |
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A life sentence | Sarah
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Oct 27, 2025 |
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The day after the death of Ian Watkins | Tom Wheatley
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Oct 20, 2025 |
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Changing Tunes | Isie Potter and Laura
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Oct 13, 2025 |
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What is criminology? | Live from the University of Greenwich | Shahid Amin and Dr Ruth Armstrong
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Oct 06, 2025 |
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Frank's Walk
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Sep 29, 2025 |
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Your questions answered | David Breakspear and Dr. Ruth Armstrong
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Jul 07, 2025 |
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The Future of Probation: Part 3 | Martin Jones CBE, Professor Nicola Carr and Dr. Matthew Millings
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Jun 30, 2025 |
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Windrush | James Batchelor and Colin McFarlane
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Jun 16, 2025 |
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Holloway | Tamar and Daisy-May Hudson
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Jun 09, 2025 |
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Life on licence | Zak Addae-Kodua and Cecilia Goodwin
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Jun 02, 2025 |
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How to run a festival in a prison | David Kendall and Jailhouse Moose
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May 26, 2025 |
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*Emergency Podcast* The Independent Sentencing Review | David Shipley
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May 22, 2025 |
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The extreme far-right in prison | Nigel Bromage and Graham Finochio
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May 19, 2025 |
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To fix the filing cabinet or the person? | Cherie Blair KC and Kate Morrissey
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May 12, 2025 |
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The Prison Philosophers | Andy West and Ray Smith
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May 05, 2025 |
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The HMP Brixton Half Marathon
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Apr 28, 2025 |
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Justice vs the culture wars | Your questions answered
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Apr 14, 2025 |
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We've visited a *lot* of prisons | Duewaine Marshalleck-Baker and Arthur Hagues
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Apr 07, 2025 |
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Who was Chris Tchaikovsky? | Kate Fraser and Deborah Coles
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Mar 31, 2025 |
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Disclosure and barring | Peter Lewis and Penelope Gibbs
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Mar 24, 2025 |
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Visits | Faye Dunn and Mo
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Mar 17, 2025 |
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Finding the common ground | Alice Dawnay and Kam
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Mar 10, 2025 |
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Why me? | Khamran Uddin and Keeva Baxter
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Mar 03, 2025 |
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The culture of sentencing | David Gauke
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Feb 24, 2025 |
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Talent development | Richie Makepeace and Nancy Prentice
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Feb 17, 2025 |
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The most serious development in decades | Michael Kennedy and Ian Vandersluys
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Feb 10, 2025 |
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Diagnosis | Scout Tzofiya Bolton and Michelle Walsh
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Feb 03, 2025 |
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Sentencing: A Primer | Tim Owen KC
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Telling stories | Mickey Dehara and Max Porter
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Jan 20, 2025 |
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Moral blindness | Jamie Bennett and Andrew Morris
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Jan 13, 2025 |
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Prison in numbers | Dr. Kimmett Edgar
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Jan 06, 2025 |
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Spending Christmas outside San Quentin | Greg Eskridge and Eli Wirtschafter
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Dec 23, 2024 |
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Outside the Old Bailey
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Dec 16, 2024 |
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I disappeared for seven years | Sarah Moore and Sonya Ruparel
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Dec 09, 2024 |
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Six people who were in prison and now work in radio | Ali, Jules, Nico, Garth, Faye ... plus Paula
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Dec 02, 2024 |
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Parenting from behind bars | Sean Henry
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Nov 25, 2024 |
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What I Learned About Prison in Iran | Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe gives the Longford Lecture 2024
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Nov 18, 2024 |
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I lost 18 stone in prison | Tyler Voase and Samy Ali
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Nov 11, 2024 |
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What can we learn about the future of criminal justice from the budget? | Matthew Torbitt and Ben Zaranko
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Nov 04, 2024 |
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Seven years in the seg | Dwaine Patterson and Claire Salama
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Oct 28, 2024 |
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Prisons and the press | David Shipley and Danny Shaw
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Oct 21, 2024 |
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My probation officer is also my colleague! | Simon Madu and Danielle Bond
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Oct 14, 2024 |
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From Cell to CEO | Paula Harriott
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Oct 07, 2024 |
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The Secret Life of Prisons visits the Labour Party Conference | Paul Mason and Faye Dunn
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Sep 30, 2024 |
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Being diagnosed with cancer in prison | Tony, Marion Misselbrook and Professor Jo Armes
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Sep 23, 2024 |
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Hold or Fold | Ben Jones and Steve Girling
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Sep 16, 2024 |
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Food in women's prisons | Libby and Dr. Erin Power
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Sep 09, 2024 |
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What does the country think about prisons?
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Sep 02, 2024 |
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Lessons from a former Prisons Minister | Rory Stewart
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Aug 26, 2024 |
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The Secret Life of Lifers | Part 2
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Aug 19, 2024 |
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The Secret Life of Lifers | Part 1
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Aug 12, 2024 |
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The future of probation: Part 2 | Professor Nicola Carr and Dr. Matthew Millings
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Aug 05, 2024 |
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Prisons under Starmer | Lord Ken Macdonald KC
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Jul 29, 2024 |
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Violence on prison wings | Duewaine Marshalleck-Baker and Conroy Harris
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Jul 22, 2024 |
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The future of probation: Part 1 | Lol Burke and Caroline
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Jul 15, 2024 |
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Miscarriages of Justice | Andrew Malkinson and Emily Bolton
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Jul 08, 2024 |
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Five big asks for the next government | Anne Fox
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Jul 01, 2024 |
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James Phillips: National Prison Radio's Rock Show legend | Ollie Brookes and Scout Tzofiya Bolton
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Jun 24, 2024 |
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Five pieces of advice for the next government | Andi Brierley
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Jun 17, 2024 |
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Being released homeless | Michael Sloane and Matt Gannon
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Jun 10, 2024 |
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Five things to look out for at the general election | Dominic Grieve, former Attorney General
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Jun 03, 2024 |
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From prison to law school | Chris Walters and Peter Stanford
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May 27, 2024 |
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The economics of prison | Grace Blakeley and Vicky Pryce
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May 20, 2024 |
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Five things to look out for at the general election | Louisa James, Political Correspondent for Good Morning Britain
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May 13, 2024 |
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National Prison Radio at the ARIAS | Ali Ali and Lady Unchained
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May 09, 2024 |
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The prison officer | Gen Glaister and Nathan Parker
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May 06, 2024 |
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Behaviour and culture in prisons | Marc Conway and Charlie Taylor
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Apr 29, 2024 |
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Bereavement behind bars | The Rev Phil Chadder and Richie
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Apr 22, 2024 |
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How do you plead? | Sarah Magill and Louis
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Apr 15, 2024 |
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Prisoners Abroad | Chris Stacey and Sophie
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Apr 08, 2024 |
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Hilary vs the Home Office | Hilary Ineomo-Marcus and Miranda Sawyer
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Apr 01, 2024 |
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Getting released with a friend on your leg | Scout Tzofiya Bolton, Danny Herbert and Patrick Connelly
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Mar 25, 2024 |
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How to get a criminal record without even realising | Tristan Kirk and Dr Jo Easton
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Mar 18, 2024 |
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Urgent Notification | Andrea Coomber KC and Sobanan Narenthiran
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Mar 11, 2024 |
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The Secret Life of Prisons is going Weekly | Starts Monday
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Mar 08, 2024 |
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Christmas Special | Rory Stewart Live at Church House, London | Longford Lecture 2023
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Dec 25, 2023 |
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Behind the Crime | Dr. Sally Tilt and Dr. Kerensa Hocken
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Dec 21, 2023 |
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Making Time series 2 | Jimmy McGovern and Helen Black
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Dec 11, 2023 |
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Down, Not Out S2 Ep3: Women and Homelessness
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Dec 07, 2023 |
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Down, Not Out S2 Ep2: Foreign Nationals and Homelessness
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Nov 28, 2023 |
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Down, Not Out S2 Ep1: The Care System and Homelessness
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Down, Not Out Ep3: What are the solutions to homelessness?
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Down, Not Out Ep2: Do you have to be homeless to be homeless?
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Down, Not Out Ep1: What is the daily reality of homelessness?
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Mar 30, 2023 |
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Christmas Special: Lady Unchained *live* at Libreria, December 2022
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Life After Prison
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Oct 16, 2022 |
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Using video calls to 'do family' across prison walls
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Jun 13, 2022 |
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The story of Ear Hustle
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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How to create your way out of prison
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Nov 29, 2021 |
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Making Time: Jimmy McGovern
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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No Choices Without Chances: George the Poet
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Nov 15, 2021 |
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The Secret Life of Lifers: Part 2
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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The Secret Life of Lifers: Part 1
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Nov 01, 2021 |
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Starts Monday: Series 3 of The Secret Life of Prisons
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Oct 30, 2021 |
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New Year
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Dec 31, 2020 |
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Christmas Inside
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Dec 24, 2020 |
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Future Prison
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Dec 17, 2020 |
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On Hold
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Dec 14, 2020 |
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Two Peas in a Pad
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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Letters to Myself
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Dec 07, 2020 |
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A sneak listen to National Prison Radio
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Nov 27, 2020 |
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25 Days in April: Part 2
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Sep 17, 2020 |
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25 Days In April: Part 1
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Sep 10, 2020 |
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Coming soon: all new Secret Life of Prisons
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Sep 09, 2020 |
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Echoes
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May 29, 2020 |
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Coming this Friday: Echoes
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May 27, 2020 |
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The Secret Life of Prisons: Lockdown Special
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May 22, 2020 |
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Brand new episode: Lockdown Special coming up this Friday
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May 20, 2020 |
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The Secret Life of Prisons Longford Lecture Special
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Nov 25, 2019 |
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The Secret Life of Prisons Episode 4: The Release
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Sep 30, 2019 |
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The Secret Life of Prisons Episode 3: The Visit
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Sep 30, 2019 |
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The Secret Life of Prisons Episode 2: The Cell
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Sep 30, 2019 |
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The Secret Life of Prisons Episode 1: The Arrival
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Sep 30, 2019 |