Episode 5: If not this, then what?
Having documented her four-and-a-half years as a 'prison wife' in a blog, Josie Bevan now confronts the failings of the prison system.
Former 'prison wife' Josie Bevan confronts the failings of the prison system.
In this concluding episode, Josie returns to the attack at Fishmongers' Hall in November 2019, in which John Crilly, who previously served 13 years for manslaughter, was briefly hailed as a hero for tackling the terrorist with a fire extinguisher, while Dave Merritt shares more about what motivated his dead son Jack's work with prisoners.
Josie also talks with Alex Chalk MP - Minister for Prisons, Probation and Youth Justice - about the balance of harm and healing on the scales of justice, historian Dr David Scott and Maureen Mansfield of Abolitionist Futures.
Josie's previous podcast series Prison Bag - one family's unflinching confrontation with the prison system - is available on 成人快手 Sounds.
Produced by Rebecca Lloyd-Evans and Alan Hall
A Falling Tree production for 成人快手 Radio 4
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