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Apr 2021
39m 39s

Prison Break

THE TIMES
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Luke Jones speaks to; Frances Crook, Chief Executive of the Howard League for Prison Reform, former prisoner Andrew Morris and the national chairman of the Prison Officers' Association Mark Fairhurst on how prisons have been during the pandemic.


PLUS: Libby Purves and Rachel Sylvester give their take on the day's news.



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