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Sep 2024
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Inside out: How to fix the UK’s prison s...

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The government has won a vote in the commons over its controversial winter fuel payments - but Keir Starmer knows he’s not winning over the public. Unpopular decisions are the theme of the day as Nish returns to join Coco on the PSUK couch. 

Later, our hosts are joined by former inmate turned podcaster and TV host David Navarro, alongside CEO of the Prison Reform Trust Pia Sinha to discuss the disastrous state of the UK’s prisons. It’s an eye opening chat - through David’s lived experience and Pia’s knowledge of the system we gain a better understanding of where our justice system is going wrong and how we can begin to fix it. 

Nish fights sleep as we’re brought up to speed with the Tory leadership latest, before firing up in disappointment at misguided comments on the Grenfell disaster from two former Prime Ministers. Coco lightens the mood with the unexpected love story between two of Westminster’s best known MPs.  

Pod Save the UK is a Reduced Listening production for Crooked Media.

Useful Links: 

David’s Channel 4 Documentary https://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-secrets-of-uk-prisons-untold

Prison Reform Trust https://prisonreformtrust.org.uk/

Guests: 

Pia Sinha, CEO Prison Reform Trust

David Navarro, Host, Delinquent Nation 

Audio credits:

Sky News

BBC

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