A striking look at the UK justice system – podcasts of the week
by Hannah J Davies, Hannah Verdier and Elena Morresi from Technology | The Guardian on (#5H8JY)
Josie Bevan considers her own family's story and societal flaws in Prison Break. Plus: more nuanced takes on black lives and racism from Resistance
Prison Break
Josie Bevan's Radio 4 series and podcast, Prison Bag, charted her family's unexpected and traumatic experience with the UK penal system following husband Rob's conviction for fraud. This striking and honest follow-up considers the justice system more generally, and what it seeks to achieve. Insights come from the likes of Carl Cattermole, who wrote a book about his experience in Wormwood Scrubs and describes prison as a static pirate ship", and Dave Merritt, whose son Jack was killed in the London Bridge terror attack in 2019 while working with ex-offenders.
Hannah J Davies