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Beyond Belief: Behind Bars

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Aleem Maqbool speaks with Michael Emmett about how he found faith in prison.

In 1993, Michael Emmett was sentenced to 12 years in prison where he converted to Christianity. Aleem Maqbool speaks to him about this radical transformation.

In 1993 Michael Emmett was sentenced to 12 years in prison. It was there that he had a radical transformation. After a difficult night, alone in his cell, he opened the Bible and began to read. 

Aleem Maqbool speaks to Michael Emmett about his conversion to Christianity leading to a discussion on how religious beliefs and practices can have an impact on people sentenced to prison and how different faiths respond to prisoners.

Aleem is joined by:

Venerable Ajahn Khemadhammo OBE - The Buddhist Adviser to HM Prison & Probation Service
Dr Sofia Buncy MBE – Founder and National Coordinator of the multi-award-winning Muslim Women in Prison programme
Dr Katie Hunt  - Lecturer in Law at the University of Lincoln and author of "Non-religious Prisoners’ Unequal Access to Pastoral Care in International Journal of Law in Context.


Producer: Katharine Longworth
Editor: Tim Pemberton

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