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Prison Break

Prison Break: Episode 4: How did it come to this?

Episode 4: How did it come to this?

BBC Radio 4 - Prison Break, Episode 4: How did it come to this?

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 bog, Josie Bevan now confronts the failings of the prison system.

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

Josie traces the evolution of what we've inherited as the UK penal system, our definitions of crime, harm, punishment, justice - and the history of 'reform'.  She  talks with Sir Robert Neill MP, the Chair of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Justice, Frances Crook of the Howard League for Penal Reform, Chris Daw QC, author of Justice on Trial, and Dr Adam Elliott-Cooper, a sociologist and Black Lives Matter activist.
 
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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