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Chris Atkins
A Bit of a Stretch
The Podcast
Chris Atkins is a documentary maker who went to prison for tax fraud in 2016. He spent nine months in HMP Wandsworth, one of the most dangerous prisons in the UK, and has written about his surreal experiences in his bestselling book A Bit of a Stretch. After his release he interviewed 20 ex-prisoners about their time in jail, and turned the recordings into season 1 of this podcast. Their stories are shocking, uplifting, heartbreaking, hilarious, and often downright weird, taking you headfirst into the biggest prison crisis in history. It reveals a collapsing system that is failing...
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Ratings & Reviews
4.7 stars from 359 ratings
Factual & interesting
Thought provoking, especially therapeutic prisons. Makes the listener judge the effectiveness of uk prison services. Meeting my brothers murderer makes you understand the dynamics of the victim/ family/ criminal individually but also the entire scenario as a whole, brave & insightful episode....Read full review »
cara77* via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 03/03/24
Lifting the stone
This podcast lifts the stone that covers the English prison system and it does not look a pretty sight. We should be ashamed to turn a blind eye to these injustices and those who meet it out who are in many ways worse . Maybe just maybe this will be another straw towards eventually tipping the...Read full review »
piwakawakaguy via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 01/16/24
Superb
Loved every epesoide I hope there’s more coming
Liam_H69 via Apple Podcasts · Great Britain · 01/12/24
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