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Behind The Crime
Two forensic psychologists interview someone who ended up behind bars to understand their life and the crime they committed.
Listen NowThe Other Tchaikovsky
The story of outlaw, villain, activist, fraudster and visionary, Chris Tchaikovsky, a woman who defied definition and shook up criminal justice.
Listen NowThe Listening Room
The stories of three horrific violent crimes, and the extraordinary meetings that followed when victims and perpetrators came face-to-face.
Listen NowUnchained
Poet Brenda Birungi hears stories from women involved in the prison system, including family members, and tells her own prison story in verse.
Listen NowThe Architecture of Incarceration
As Britain opens the latest in a series of large new jails, architect Danna Walker asks why we persist in using a 250-year-old design for our prisons.
Listen NowThe Web Sheikh and the Muslim Mums
Five Muslim mums come together to discuss the extreme interpretations of Islam their children are exposed to via online preachers.
Listen NowThe Kids Who Decide…
Journalist Paul Mason meets a group of university dropouts who are using social media to influence young people on a huge scale.
Listen NowLynn Hill – 21st Century War Poet
US Air Force veteran and poet Lynn Hill was a drone operative in the Iraq and Afghan wars. Her poetry opens up the alien soul of modern warfare.
Listen NowSweet Mother
DJ Edu traces the story of Prince Nico Mbarga’s multimillion-selling hit Sweet Mother - the biggest-selling single in African music history.
Listen NowLusaka Fire and Rescue
The story of Zambia’s embattled firefighters, a tiny force of brave men and women who face flames, protests and missiles as they try to save lives.
Listen NowWe Shall Fly
Astronomer Maggie Aderin-Pocock looks at the surprising history of African space exploration, with a visit to the Nigerian space centre.
Listen NowHow To Go Straight
Reoffending is the biggest problem in the UK criminal justice system. So what makes a person reject a life of crime after release?
Listen NowThe Abuse Trial
Journalist David Nolan tells a personal, inside story of the biggest historical sex abuse case ever mounted by Greater Manchester Police.
Listen NowThe Achalasia Diaries
Femi Martin describes how she found fulfilment as a writer and performer following her diagnosis with the chronic illness achalasia.
Listen NowDeeper than Skin
Clara Amfo investigates why so many young black people are skin bleaching. Is a deeper connection between skin colour and identity?
Listen NowStaying Out
Paris Lees went to prison as a teenager. She made a success of 'staying out', but wonders why so many others return to prison time after time.
Listen NowKing Biscuit Time Blues
Huey Morgan presents a journey down Highway 61 and the Mississippi delta to the home of the world's longest-running blues radio show.
Listen NowLet Me In
Seymour has been to prison many times over many years. He thrives inside, but struggles when he's released. Will he stay out this time?
Listen NowCrossroads: the Girls
Adele Roberts meets three young women at risk of going to jail, and talks to women serving time in HMP Downview about the realities of prison life.
Listen NowGirls on Film
What is the glamour industry really like? Sara Cox talks to young women who get naked on camera to discover what their everyday lives are like.
Listen NowLondon’s Oldest Prison: A History of Criminal Justice
Historian Jerry White tells the story of HMP Brixton, a prison nearly two centuries old, tracing changing attitudes to crime and punishment.
Listen NowThe Prisoner Released
PJ is released from prison after three years. We accompany him from his cell to the outside world, as he confronts addiction and the temptation to reoffend.
Listen NowReality Radio
Phil Maguire, Chief Executive of the Prison Radio Association, reports on the launch of Rise Maximum Radio inside Trinidad's Maximum Security Prison.
Listen NowGay On The Inside
Stephen Fry was a young gay man in prison himself. Here he discovers the lengths to which some go to hide the truth from fellow inmates.
Listen NowPoetic Justice
Poet Mr Gee inspires men and women in prison, and those at risk of going to prison, to reflect lyrically on their experiences of life and crime.
Listen NowThe Victim’s Voice
Prof Tanya Byron invites a group of victims of violent crime into Brixton prison to come face to face with men serving sentences for similar crimes.
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