Today's Topic: Imprisonment
Is life in the nick cushy, boring, soul-destroying or something of all three? Is there an alternative to years in overcrowded, insanitary conditions, and if so, what? Who are right, the ' do-gooders ' or the ' hang
'em and flog 'em ' brigade? These are some of the points you may like to discuss with author, playwright and ex-con Jonathan Marshall.
In the chair: JOHN TOOGOOD
(A new series, Prison, starts on Thursday 8.30 BBC1: Feature, page 9)