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Prison Break: Episode 3: Decriminalisation

Episode 3: Decriminalisation

BBC Radio 4 - Prison Break, Episode 3: Decriminalisation

Former 'prison wife' Josie Bevan confronts the failings of the prison system.

Having documented her four and a half years as a 'prison wife' in a blog, Josie Bevan now confronts the failings of the prison system.

Former 'prison wife' Josie Bevan confronts the failings of the prison system.

Josie visits Devon to meet the family of Luke, who died aged 16 after taking ecstasy. With Luke's sister and mother, she talks with the teenage boy who had supplied the tablets and who they saved from a prison sentence.

Illegal drugs are a major factor both in who ends up in prison and what goes on there. Josie talks with former prison governor Ian Acheson about order and safety in our jails and with Niamh Eastwood of Release about why she believes criminalisation is more harmful than drugs.

Josie's previous podcast series Prison Bag - one family's unflinching confrontation with the prison system - is available on BBC Sounds.

Produced by Rebecca Lloyd-Evans and Alan Hall 
A Falling Tree production for BBC Radio 4

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Having documented more than four years as a 'prison wife' in a blog, Josie Bevan now confronts the failings of the prison system.

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