Award-winning charity that uses radio and podcasts to support people who have been through the criminal justice system.
🎧
@afterprisonpod
🌍
@prisonradioINTL
Allow us to re-introduce ourselves 👋
We are the Prison Radio Association - pleased to meet you 🤝
We realise you may know all this already, but for those of you who are new here, over the coming months, we will give you the low down on everything we do, and everything we are.
Jack Merritt played a small but important role in one of our early podcasts, The Brief, explaining the law to people in prison. He was generous with his time and all too happy to help others. His life should inspire us all. The criminal justice community is in deep shock. RIP.
Amazing, so proud that our
@JustisTogether
students coordinated such a successful event. And huge thanks to the staff that made this possible. Proud, proud, proud. Thanks to runners and to everyone involved.
Prison radio projects from around the world are gathering in Oslo today for the very first in-person International conference! Our hosts are
@roverradion
. Around 100 delegates are here from five continents.
We were absolutely delighted to win GOLD at tonight's
@radioacademy
#UKARIAS
for Best Community Programming. Our work is supported by
@MoJGovUK
, the UK radio industry, and the hard work of people serving sentences in
@HMP_Brixton
,
@HmpStyal
and beyond. We love you all.
"Chaos and violence were my life for a long time. I was a regular at Glasgow Sheriff Court and the Royal Infirmary."
Today's Humane Justice
#podcast
with
@KhulisaUK
features Callum Hutchison
@callum2591
. His life was saved by kindness.
LISTEN:
National Prison Radio continues to broadcast vital information throughout this
#COVID19
outbreak. If you run a service in
#prisons
that's been cancelled and you want to communicate with the men and women you work with, please email info
@prison
.radio and we'll pass on the message.
🎙️This afternoon...
National Prison Radio's Duewaine Marshalleck-Baker and
@Sally_Tilt
from
@HmppsPsychology
are recording Thinking Matters - a series of programmes to help people in prison deal with the everyday pressures of life on a wing.
Producer:
@sophiesveinsson
We are THRILLED to have won the BIG ONE!
We make radio in the toughest circumstances, with people who need support and inspiration. Often those people ARE the inspiration. We don't just analyse the problems, we look for solutions. It's a winning formula.
Thank you
@WeAreAudioUK
Our Production Company of the Year and our GOLD winner is…
Prison Radio Association
@prisonradiouk
HUGE congratulations, what an achievement! 🏆🎉
#APAs20
🎧We're delighted to introduce Life After Prison - our brand new podcast series for people who have left prison. Hosted by two future stars - Zak and Jules!
Check out this little preview, subscribe, and DEFINITELY follow
@afterprisonpod
.
It is officially one week until we launch two brand new podcasts - The Sit Down and Getting Out.
They are for anyone who has spent time in prison or is close to someone who has.
Make sure you subscribe to the podcast here 👉🏾
The whole National Prison Radio team are thrilled to have received THREE nominations in the
@radioacademy
ARIAS (the radio Oscars). Our amazing producers and the men and women we work with in
#prison
every day create
#radio
magic that changes lives. Winners announced in March!
National Prison Radio continues to broadcast into prison cells across the country during the
#COVID19
outbreak. In fact, we're doing more than ever. We've blogged to explain what we're doing.
We wanted to celebrate being crowned
@WeAreAudioUK
Production Company of the Year by showing you a bit of what we've been doing this year.
So we present our
#PRA2020AdventCalendar
... dropping a clip each day up to Christmas.
Enjoy, listen, watch, share, and click the links!
We are completely overwhelmed to have won this massive award. It's dedicated to all the amazingly talented people we meet behind bars. We help people to achieve in the most unlikely situation. THANK YOU
@WeAreAudioUK
!!!
It's nominations night at the
@radioacademy
ARIAS 2022 - the Oscars of the radio industry! And we're delighted to have got FIVE nominations!! Massive congratulations to the entire PRA team! 🖐️
We've done lots of great work with
@JamesTCobbler
over many years, and we're looking forward to continuing to work with him as the new Prisons Minister.
Many congratulations on your appointment.
Today is
#WindrushDay2020
.
We've just released a series of
#podcasts
with
@DJFlight
in conversation with 12 different people. Watch this thread through the day for details.
Search WINDRUSH STORIES in your podcast app or check it out on Spotify:
This afternoon on
@BBCRadio4
, check out a programme we made with the brilliant duo
@UnchainedP
and
@LawsonJessie
entitled UNCHAINED.
It's poetry that will shake your view of the lives of women behind bars.
Tomorrow morning on
@BBCRadio4
, the amazing
@UnchainedP
makes her presenting debut in our documentary, looking at the experiences of women in the criminal justice system.
Unchained tells Brenda's own story, and the stories of four other amazing women.
🎧 OUT NOW!
Brand new series of the Secret Life Of Prisons
#podcast
starts today!
Paula had a hand in developing the brilliant new series of *Time* on
@BBCiPlayer
. Find out which bits were hers, as she and Phil catch up with writers Jimmy McGovern and
@WriterHBlack
.
SUBSCRIBE!
Today on National Prison Radio, we will be broadcasting
an extended interview by
@drchatterjeeuk
with
@johnmcavoy2
- How To Thrive In Lockdown - into 80,000 prison cells across the country. If you don't know this amazing story, give it a listen:
People in prison don't have access to the internet. National Prison Radio will be broadcasting this breaking news direct into prison cells in the next few minutes.
🥈 Big night for us last night - we won a SILVER in the Production Company of the Year category at the
@WeAreAudioUK
Audio Production Awards.
A huge honour!
"Prisons are strange places. They're magnolia. And carrying keys, it creates a power imbalance that, as a psychologist, you have to very careful with."
What is Forensic Psychology?
@jubly
talks in Episode 1 of The Forensic Psychology Podcast
SUBSCRIBE:
"My Jamaican heritage framed my approach to life. I took an intrepidness and a willingness to challenge institutions from my heritage."
@HackneyAbbott
talks to
@DJFlight
about her career as the first black woman MP.
Subscribe to Windrush Stories podcast.
**A HUGE JOB OPPORTUNITY**
If you want to put your management experience and
#radio
production skills to use in a unique environment, apply to be our Head of National Prison Radio!
Deadline: Sunday 26 June
Meet the good people of Prison Radio International!
Today we've joined prison radio projects across the globe on a conference call from Australia, Israel, Europe, the Caribbean and the USA.
Twitter handles in the thread. Give them a follow. All good
#radio
and
#podcast
people.
🚨 Radio industry take note:
For the last two years, National Prison Radio has produced the Gold winner of the Best New Presenter category at the
#UKARIAS
...
2022:
@JamesPhillipsR1
, National Prison Radio's Rock Show🎸
2023:
@KatAddkod
@Juleshrowan
, Life After Prison podcast🎧
5pm THURSDAY:
We launch The Forensic Psychology
#Podcast
with
@HmppsPsychology
. Presenters
@kerensahocken
and
@Sally_Tilt
and guests talk about working with some of the most challenging people in our prison system.
Subscribe now to hear a preview:
Next Monday is
#WindrushDay2020
. We'll be releasing a unique series of interviews with members of the 'Windrush Generation', their children and grandchildren.
Subscribe to WINDRUSH STORIES in your
#podcast
app.
More information coming soon...
OUT TOMORROW: Windrush Stories
Tomorrow we are proud to release twelve extended
#podcast
conversations for
#WindrushDay2020
, with a wide variety of people from the so-called 'Windrush Generation'.
Subscribe in your podcast app:
Last night National Prison Radio was up for FIVE
#AudibleAPAs19
. We came away with a bronze, a silver and a gold. A magical night. Thank you to the whole
#radio
family for your amazing support and especially to
@WeAreAudioUK
. Radio changes lives.
Well...
Last night we got an incredible ELEVEN nominations at the
#UKARIAS
.
We're a charity that works in prisons. We use radio to inspire, support and encourage people at their lowest point. We help people to bounce back stronger and we aim to reduce crime.
🧵 of nominations:
ALL NEW SECRET LIFE OF PRISONS:
Series 3 of The Secret Life of Prisons
#podcast
kicks off on Monday, hosted as always by Phil and Paula.
Here's a sneak preview of the voices we've got lined up to tell the truth about life behind bars.
LISTEN AND FOLLOW:
Been listening to our smash hit
#podcast
, The Secret Life of Prisons?
Find out how to subscribe, and discover more about how it came about, by clicking here:
#prison
#radio
#justice
WE'RE HIRING!
We've recently been nominated for SIX
@WeAreAudioUK
Audio Production Awards.
How would you like to join our production team?
We've got two really exciting
#radio
#production
#jobs
going, with a
#sports
flavour.
Apply here!
🥇 Last night the inspirational poet and radio presenter
@UnchainedP
won GOLD at the
@radioacademy
#UKARIAS
.
Her programme Free Flow inspires people in prison to get creative and use language positively.
"This award is really for all the listeners behind bars calling the freephone line, sharing their stories of change, positivity, inspiring other people. The Free Flow community - this is you, this is all down to you" -
@PrisonRadioUK
on winning GOLD.
#UKARIAS
📻 STARTS TOMORROW: BEHIND THE CRIME on
@BBCRadio4
at 8pm 🎧
Brand new series from the Prison Radio Association and
@BBC_CurrAff
. Sally and Kerensa from
@PodcastForensic
interview 3 people about the crimes they've committed, in the context of their lives.
Have you heard our edition of The Secret Life of Prisons
#podcast
with
@GeorgeThePoet
?
It was recorded at the 2021
@LongfordTrust
Lecture which took place last Thursday. And it's just landed in your feed.
Search for *The Secret Life of Prisons* wherever you get your podcasts.
IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE PRISON RADIO ASSOCIATION:
This Friday we release a brand new bonus episode of our smash hit
#podcast
The Secret Life of Prisons: Life In Lockdown.
Click to check out the teaser and subscribe wherever you get your podcasts.
📷 Last month we received a Silver award for Production Company of the Year at the
@WeAreAudioUK
Audio Production Awards.
To celebrate, we present our
#PRA2023AdventCalendar
... dropping a clip each day up to Christmas.
Enjoy, listen, watch share and click the links!
The future sound of audio:
Follow our two brilliant colleagues who were up for
@WeAreAudioUK
Awards this week:
@Big4orbes
- nominated for BEST MUSIC HOST
@UnchainedP
- WINNER of BEST SPEECH HOST
The
@radioacademy
#UKARIAS
nominations have just been announced.
We're delighted with a HUGE nomination in the Best Music Entertainment category for our Free Flow show with
@UnchainedP
.
And big up to
@prisonbag
for two amazing nominations.
Winners announced next month... 🤞
National Prison Radio host
@paula_harriott
from
@PRTuk
broadcasting live into prison cells across the country tonight at the
@LongfordTrust
Lecture.
She tells listeners that during her time in prison she grew a passion for penal reform, a cause
@GeorgeThePoet
is pushing forward.
🎧
@paula_harriott
watched a random fight unfold on her first day in prison. From that moment, her life was on the edge.
Today, Paula and Phil talk to
@MarcConway80
and Charlie Taylor from
@HMIPrisonsnews
about violence and culture in prisons.
SUBSCRIBE:
Amazing SILVER award in the hugely competitive Impact category for
@UnchainedP
and
@foldedwinguk
for BARS the show that helps people in jail to find their voices. 🥈
#ARIAS
That one time
@louistheroux
visited National Prison Radio! 🤩📻
The team at HMP Brixton were recently visited by award-winning documentary producer and presenter
@louistheroux
and they had the rare opportunity to interview HIM 🎙️
Read to find out more:
We're looking for a presenter for our brand new series, Hold Or Fold, which aims to support people in prison who have suffered harm through gambling.
PLS SHARE OUR CASTING CALL:
We're hugely grateful to
@GambleAware
for supporting this important series.
🎧 How do you grieve if a loved one dies while you're in prison?
On this week's
#podcast
we hear from a prison chaplain who's broken this news many hundreds of times, and Richie who lost two family members while in prison.
🖱️ SUBSCRIBE
For an rare chance to hear what we broadcast into prison cells across the country on National Prison Radio, check out
@BBCr4today
in the morning when
@GeorgeThePoet
pays us a visit in
@HMP_Brixton
.
Dear Criminal Justice colleagues,
We're starting something exciting on Monday. A brand new
#podcast
where people who've been to prison talk to senior
@MoJGovUK
staff. Constructive, honest conversations ensue.
#FuturePrison
SUBSCRIBE:
@BarrowCadbury
🎙️Dear skilled radio producer,
We'd love to let you know about our exciting vacancy with our award-winning team in
@HMP_Brixton
. You'd be making radio in a unique environment and changing lives every day.
All using the power of radio!
🖱️Apply:
Do you want to hear some National Prison Radio?
Last night, we won BIG at the
#APAs20
with
@WeAreAudioUK
, and at the
@cjalliance
Awards. Today we told our listeners in prison all about it.
LISTEN to the show on the Secret Life of Prisons
#podcast
:
#PODCAST
ALERT!
Imagine being sent to prison for the first time. Is it possible to make friends on the wing?
Our guests on The Secret Life of Prisons did just that. It's a heartwarming listen.
LISTEN to Two Peas in a Pad (S02 EP02)
SUBSCRIBE:
Our thanks to
@marcrileydj
for making two very special shows for National Prison Radio during the lockdown. The first show broadcasts today at 6pm. You can read about his prison shows here:
⚫️ We are heartbroken to announce the death of our colleague and National Prison Radio's Rock Show host James Phillips.
James won multiple
@RadioAcademy
ARIAS, including a Gold Award in 2022 for Best New Presenter.
🖱️ Here is James's remarkable story:
The Secret Life of Prisons
#podcast
is back!
Leading a brand new series, today at 5pm we release part one of
#25DaysInApril
- a two-part deep dive into the 1990
#Strangeways
riots made in partnership with
@CrimeandJustice
.
SUBSCRIBE!
BIG NEWS:
We're recruiting for THREE full-time roles with the Prison Radio Association. Come and work for the charity that's been nominated for five
@radioacademy
ARIAS!
BEHIND THE CRIME: Now on
@BBCRadio4
.
Forensic psychologists Sally Tilt and Dr Kerensa Hocken work in prisons. Their job is to help people understand what led them to cause harm to others.
In this programme, they interview Courtney, who went to prison for a series of robberies.
"It wasn't just my addiction. It was my boyfriend's and his mate's as well. I was personally looking after 3 people's addictions."
Half of women in prison committed crimes to pay for someone else's drug habit.
UNCHAINED
Thursday at 11.30 on
@BBCRadio4
I’m Scout Tzofiya Bolton
@socio_plath
I’ll be taking over this account for the broadcast of an amazing programme we’ve made for
@BBCRadio4
called The Ballad of Scout and the Alcohol Tag. It’s about my experience of alcoholism, psychosis, crime and justice.
📸Last night
@LibreriaLondon
:
National Prison Radio recorded a show for broadcast into prison cells across the country at Christmas, hosted by
@Juleshrowan
. Celebrating creativity in women's prisons with
@UnchainedP
, and her new book Behind Bars.
Huge thanks to
@SECONDHOME_IO
THREAD:
National Prison Radio's broadcast schedule for May is the strongest ever. We're broadcasting into prison cells across the country to support people who are locked up for up to 23 hours a day. Read about what we're doing:
📢 JUST ONE WEEK LEFT...
...to apply to be National Prison Radio's next MANAGING EDITOR.
Help us make programmes that help reduce crime and improve lives.
CLOSES THIS SUNDAY!
Starting tomorrow on National Prison Radio, we broadcast the inspirational, positive memoir Young Offender by
@Michael_Maisey
, including an exclusive interview, as part of our New Chapters partnership with
@Literacy_Trust
. Thanks to both for making this happen.
We work with prisoners in HMP Brixton and HMP Styal🎙️
The
#training
we offer not only gives people the opportunity to embrace creativity and develop new skills, but it also offers a safe space for people to re-find their voices, re-build their confidence and unlock new passions.
We are extremely excited to be broadcasting this year's
@ArtsCJS
Anne Peaker Lecture into the prison cells of 80,000 people across England and Wales. It's going to be a fantastic event.
Use the link below to get tickets.
One week until the Anne Peaker lecture! Looking forward to welcoming so many brilliant people who care about arts + criminal justice, incl.
@lemnsissay
speaking,
@UnchainedP
as host, performances from
@1JamalKhan
+ more. Tickets: 🎈 🎈
Wow! An incredible morning is capped by a nomination for the big one - Production Company of the Year!! We're blown away with 6 nominations across the Audio Production Awards categories today.
Thank you to
@WeAreAudioUK
and the wonderful audio industry. Lots of love from us.
Nominees for Production Company of the Year are:
Fresh Air Productions
Listen Entertainment
Mags Creative
Prison Radio Association
TBI Media
Whistledown Productions
If you missed
@UnchainedP
's amazing documentary for
@BBCRadio4
yesterday, you can listen to it on
@BBCSounds
. It's a PRA production. Click the link to hear honest, raw and powerful stories from women who have been caught in the criminal justice system.
Last night's
#clapforNHS
was observed in prisons too. Here's a message we've just received from one of our National Prison Radio listeners: "I'd like to thank the NHS for everything they've done. It was really moving last night, everyone was banging on the doors and the windows."
What a wonderful way to start the week - not one but TWO nominations at the
@WeAreAudioUK
Audio Production Awards for two brilliant new presenters:
@TonySupremeuk
and
@UnchainedP
! Huge congratulations! The future of the radio industry is here!!
Nominees for the New Voice Award are:
Anthony Olanipekun - Prison Radio Association
Brenda Birungi - Prison Radio Association
Elinor Hamilton - 'Tales from the Tannoy', Tadah Media
Izzy Lee-Poulton - Transmission Roundhouse
Jacob Hawley - BBC Studios
Jordan Dunbar - BBC Radio
Happy birthday to the wonderful
@KathyBurke
! 💙🎂
Kathy recently visited HMP Brixton and our team at
#NationalPrisonRadio
had the immense pleasure of interviewing her 📻
Read more about this visit here:
Looking for a good
#podcast
this evening?
Future Prison is our new series hosted by
@HilaryIMarcus
. True stories from young people who've been in prison, with senior staff from HM Prison and Probation Service
@MoJGovUK
.
Search Future Prison wherever you get your podcasts.
📻 If you're near a radio at 1.30 today, tune in to
@BBCRadio4
to hear the first of our new series of Behind The Crime.
@Sally_Tilt
and
@kerensahocken
are forensic psychologists who work in prisons. They interview people who have been locked up.
🖱️
🚨JOB!
Would you like to lead National Prison Radio into the future? We're looking for a MANAGING EDITOR to oversee everything that comes out of the speakers in prison cells across England and Wales. 📻
🖱️CLICK FOR DETAILS
This is a very significant piece of work written by someone who knows exactly what she's talking about. If you're near Edinburgh do go and see it.
'We are all observed now':
@Jenni_Fagan
on The Panopticon
National Prison Radio is the world's first national radio station for people in prison. We're delighted to have received SIX nominations for this year's
@WeAreAudioUK
Audio Production Awards. Winners announced on 26 November...!
At 4pm today on
@BBCRadio4
, Law In Action's
@JoshuaRozenberg
visits us inside HMP Brixton to talk about our hit
#podcast
, The Secret Life of Prisons. Here's a handy link to subscribe:
Today at midday on National Prison Radio, our audience will hear an interview with
@jones_martinw
, Chief Executive of
@Parole_Board
, who will be explaining to people approaching the end of their sentences how they're still operating during the
#COVID19
outbreak.
THE SECRET LIFE OF PRISONS: Final Episode
@EarlonneWoods
and Nigel Poor host
@earhustlesq
- the global
#podcast
hit from
@radiotopia
that tells stories from San Quentin State Prison. Their story is as remarkable as their friendship.
LISTEN:
🎧