The podcast which examines the place of kindness, hope and compassion within the justice system.It tells personal stories that show how these very values are saving lives on a daily basis.Each episode is a chapter taken from a book called Humane Justice, published by the charity Khulisa as part of the Monument Fellowship - a collective of eight organisations that work together to transform the journeys people take through our justice system.You can download the book for free at www.khulisa.co.uk/resources/humane-justiceIt's produced by the Prison Radio Association.www.khulisa.co.ukwww.prison.radio...
Latest episodes
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19 min
Hope - the exit ramp from crime: Callum Hutchinson
Callum Hutchinson has navigated the criminal justice system since he was 16 years old. All his crimes were closely connected to alcohol abuse, but not once was it suggested to him…
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9 min
A Matter Of Life and Death: Brenda Birungi
Brenda Birungi, AKA Lady Unchained, works to prove that there is life after prison. Through her poetry she tells her own personal story, and the stories of those with experience of…
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7 min
Random Acts of Kindness: The Tartan Con
Michael Campbell, aka The Tartan Con, served over four years in prisons across the country. He now works in prisons to develop practical solutions, grounded in his experience, to t…
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10 min
The Butterfly Effect: Mr Gee
Mr Gee has performed poetry for two decades. He specialises in running poetry workshops and has vast experience of working in prisons. Perhaps best knows as the 'Poet Laureate' on…
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9 min
Seeing the Person: Tanjit Dosanjh OBE
Tanjit Dosanjh is an optometrist. When his father went to prison, he decided he wanted to help people in prison by using his professional skills. He learned of optical labs in Cali…
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24 min
The Light Of Compassion Will Shine Brightest In The Darkest Places: Jayne Richards
Jayne Richards works for the criminal justice charity Catch 22. She has won several awards for her work, including an Outstanding Service award presented to her by Princess Anne. I…
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2 min
Starting Monday: Humane Justice
Humane Stories is a brand new series we've made with the charity Khulisa. It tells six stories from people who know life behind bars, through living or working there. They’ll be sh…
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18 min
Talking with a hate criminal: Tehmina Kazi
Tehmina Kazi develops restorative justice with communities and individuals affected by hate crime in London. She works for the charity Why Me, who campaign for greater access for v…
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20 min
Kids who commit crime: Enver Solomon
Enver Solomon is Chief Executive of the charity Just For Kids Law. They work to ensure the legal rights of young people and children are respected. Enver talks about the true scale…
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7 min
The case for decriminalisation: Mark Alexander
Mark Alexander is a former student of Rugby School and King’s College London who was imprisoned in 2010 at the age of 22. He has since completed both his undergraduate and postgrad…
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5 min
Encourage or punish? A view from prison: Steve Shill
Steve Shill has been in prison since 2006. Age 49, he’s worked in call centres, he’s managed pubs, and he’s worked for the Ministry of Defence. Steve’s essay is being read by an ac…
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15 min
Prison - the UK's largest provider of residential elderly care: Louise Ridley
Louise Ridley began her working career as a teacher in prisons. She’s now a Senior Lecturer in Criminology at Northumbria University. Louise’s essay is Prison: The UK’s largest pro…
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17 min
How politicians and the public think about crime: Gemma Buckland
Gemma Buckland spent twelve years as an advisor to the Justice Select Committee in the UK parliament. This brought her into close contact with those who make decisions on our behal…
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16 min
How should we punish crime?: Ted Smyth
Ted Smyth works for the Forward Trust, a charity that helps people to break the often interlinked cycles of addiction and crime, and to move forward with their lives. He’s a gradua…
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15 min
Releasing your mind from prison: Dawn Harrison
Dawn Harrison is a Senior Interventions Coordinator for the Changing Lives charity in the north-east of England. Her creative thinking in the fields of arts, culture and heritage u…
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12 min
How to help people who have committed crime to love themselves: David McGuire
David McGuire specialises in working with young and vulnerable people who are in contact with the law, particularly in Spain. He’s the founder of Diagrama Foundation UK, a charity…
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6 min
Let the punishment fit the criminal, not the crime: Ben Leapman
Ben Leapman is a former Sunday Telegraph and Evening Standard journalist. He was one of the three investigative reporters whose Freedom of Information requests led to the MPs expen…
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9 min
Transgender in the 21st century prison system: Sarah Jane Baker
Sarah-Jane Baker is a violinist, poet, artist and author who was released from prison in September 2019 after serving 30 years of her life sentence, all of them in men's prisons. S…
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19 min
Locked up abroad: Pauline Crowe
Pauline Crowe is Chief Executive of Prisoners Abroad – a charity that provides humanitarian aid, advice and emotional support to British people detained overseas. In this episode,…
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16 min
Don't worry Miss, it's not serious: Kim Turner
Kim Turner works in adult male prisons as a Speech and Language Therapist. She has researched speech and language therapy through projects based in court, police and prison setting…