ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
Bird Podcast investigates what it really means to do time in the UK prison system. One topic, two chicks, three points of view.
Explores themes around mental health, women in prison, UK gangs, knife crime, life sentences & rehabilitation.
Explores themes around mental health, women in prison, UK gangs, knife crime, life sentences & rehabilitation.
Hosts:
Update frequency:
every 119 days
Average audio length:
29 minutes
Guest interviews
Has sponsors
English
United Kingdom
20 episodes
since Feb. 24, 2018
episodic
LATEST EPISODE 🔗
Two chicks talk to five fathers serving time in HMP Hewell. We hear their stories, the importance of family ties and all about the relentless work of Nikki and Helen to find out what it really means to do time.
Guests share that family days, Storybooks Dads and parenting courses have positively…
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PREVIOUS EPISODES 🔗
Two chicks return to HMP Pentonville to uncover stories and solutions from their neurodiversity unit.
We speak to staff and residents about sensory rooms, therapy dogs, kinder regimes and pathways for change to find out what it really means to do time. Expect social justice info, stats and prison…
Two chicks talk to six young adults from the notorious maximum security jail, HMP Belmarsh.
They share their experiences of Category A restrictions, challenges with progression, youth violence, solutions and advice to find out what it really means to do time. We found a group of mature and refl…
Two chicks talk to four men from the Therapeutic Community inside HMP Wymott.
They share their experiences of drug and alcohol misuse and the impact this has had on their lives and families as they reflect on their journey through the TC programme, as we explore what it really means to do time.
T…
Bird Podcast returns with episodes recorded exclusively behind bars for their third season.
Two chicks investigate what it’s like for 5 men serving life sentences inside HMP Garth. They share their experiences of coping with lengthy sentences, reflections on their journey inside and how small thin…
Bird Podcast returns with episodes recorded exclusively behind bars for their third season.
Two chicks investigate how care experienced young people are over represented in the criminal justice system by speaking to young men inside HMP Preston. They share experiences about growing up, the importan…
Two chicks go global with charity, Prisoners Abroad. They speak to Sonia about her mid-pandemic deportation and incarceration in the US. Love had no barriers for Sue, whilst her husband was imprisoned overseas and Theresa and Laura share their passion for safeguarding the welfare and human rights o…
Two chicks lift the lid on the disproportionality in the UK criminal justice system. They speak to young people working with the Youth Justice Service about their lived experience of Stop and Search, root causes of youth crime, and the Black Lives Matter movement. Haringey Councillor Mark Blake she…
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Two chicks speak to young people who’ve directly experienced exclusion from school. Harry & Kadeem share how this affected their education and lifestyle as children. London charity, Just for Kid’s Law help us understand exposure to criminality and alternative education provisions to find out wh…
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