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  • Cellmate to CEO | Zak
    Complete our 2025 Listener Survey: https://forms.gle/smJxoWJhr66qKG4Q7We’d love to hear from you! Every year, we ask the Life After Prison audience to complete a short survey. Your answers help us understand what’s working, what we can improve, and they also help us show our funders the real impact of the show. It only takes a few minutes and your feedback really does make a difference.In this brand new series, Cellmate to CEO, Tony Supreme, CEO of Soul Surge Wellness, who has lived experience of the criminal justice system himself, talks to other CEO’s, leaders and changemakers about their transition from prison to leadership. In this episode Tony chats to Life After Prison’s very own Zak. They discuss Zak’s multiple run-ins with the law which started as a teenager, and subsequent prison sentences. Zak shares the changes he made during his third and final sentence, difficulty finding work after prison, and his progression into leadership and starting his own organisation, X Conversation. Useful organisations: X Conversation- At Xconversation our belief in rehabilitation and the power to change guides everything we do and the decisions we make! Social Ark- Social Ark empowers talented and resilient young people to use their lived experiences to create innovative social enterprises that address the issues they care about. Prison Radio Association- The Prison Radio Association uses sound to change lives. Contact us:  If anything you’ve heard in this podcast has inspired you to make a positive change in your life, or you’d just like to get in touch, please contact us. 💬 Socials: @afterprisonpod on Instagram and X, @lifeafterprison on TikTok 📧 Email: [email protected] ✉️ Write: Life After Prison, National Prison Radio, HMP Brixton, London SW2 5XF 🖥️ Website: https://lifeafterprisonpod.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • The Future of Rehabilitation: What Could Prisons Look Like?
    Complete our 2025 Listener Survey: https://forms.gle/smJxoWJhr66qKG4Q7We’d love to hear from you! Every year, we ask the Life After Prison audience to complete a short survey. Your answers help us understand what’s working, what we can improve, and they also help us show our funders the real impact of the show. It only takes a few minutes and your feedback really does make a difference.This week on Life After Prison:It's the final episode of our four part mini-series and we’re bringing back our experts: Roland Karthaus, the architect exploring how prison design can support rehabilitation; Jenny Okolo, occupational therapist looking at daily life and neurodiversity inside prison; and Dr Graham Durcan, a researcher at the Centre for Mental Health. We asked them to look ahead: What current projects give them hope for the future of rehabilitation? And if rehabilitation was really at the heart of the system, what could prisons look like in the years to come? Useful Organisations:Spark2Life (London) – Offers mentoring and workshops to help young people and adults make positive life changes, often led by individuals with lived experience of the criminal justice system.https://www.spark2life.co.uk/Working Chance (London) – They help women secure sustainable employment by offering workshops, career coaching, and job placement services, aiming to challenge stigma and foster inclusion.http://www.workingchance.orgContact us:If anything you’ve heard in this podcast has inspired you to make a positive change in your life, or you’d just like to get in touch, please contact us.💬 Socials: @afterprisonpod on Instagram and X, @lifeafterprison on TikTok📧 Email: [email protected]✉️ Write: Life After Prison, National Prison Radio, HMP Brixton, London SW2 5XF🖥️ Website: https://lifeafterprisonpod.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • Mental Health Challenges and Through The Gate Help with Dr Graham Durcan
    Complete our 2025 Listener Survey: https://forms.gle/smJxoWJhr66qKG4Q7We’d love to hear from you! Every year, we ask the Life After Prison audience to complete a short survey. Your answers help us understand what’s working, what we can improve, and they also help us show our funders the real impact of the show. It only takes a few minutes and your feedback really does make a difference.This week on Life After PrisonIt’s the third episode of our brand new mini-series!In this episode, Jules speaks to Dr Graham Durcan – a researcher and former psychiatric nurse who has spent years working in and around prisons. Graham shares insights into:The biggest mental health challenges people face insideThe barriers to getting proper supportWhat needs to change if we’re serious about making rehabilitation workThis podcast is also available as a video – just search Life After Prison on YouTube. Useful Organisations:Spark2Life (London) – Offers mentoring and workshops to help young people and adults make positive life changes, often led by individuals with lived experience of the criminal justice system.https://www.spark2life.co.uk/Working Chance (London) – They help women secure sustainable employment by offering workshops, career coaching, and job placement services, aiming to challenge stigma and foster inclusion.http://www.workingchance.orgContact us:If anything you’ve heard in this podcast has inspired you to make a positive change in your life, or you’d just like to get in touch, please contact us.💬 Socials: @afterprisonpod on Instagram and X, @lifeafterprison on TikTok📧 Email: [email protected]✉️ Write: Life After Prison, National Prison Radio, HMP Brixton, London SW2 5XF🖥️ Website: https://lifeafterprisonpod.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • Neurodiversity, Trauma & Rehabilitation in Prison with Jenny Okolo
    Complete our 2025 Listener Survey: https://forms.gle/smJxoWJhr66qKG4Q7We’d love to hear from you! Every year, we ask the Life After Prison audience to complete a short survey. Your answers help us understand what’s working, what we can improve, and they also help us show our funders the real impact of the show. It only takes a few minutes and your feedback really does make a difference.This week on Life After Prison: It's the second episode of our brand new mini series!In this episode, Jules speaks to Occupational Therapist Jenny Okolo. Jenny works with people in prisons and in the community, and her focus is on how daily routines, purposeful activities, and understanding neurodiversity can all play a role in rehabilitation. In this conversation they explore what daily life inside does to someone's sense of self, how activity and structure help people rebuild and what needs to change if rehabilitation is really the goal.This podcast is also available as a video – just search Life After Prison on YouTube. Kenny Imafidon - https://youtu.be/qhqYDtndgL4Jacob Dunne - https://youtu.be/Arue_f9_4CcTony Olanipekun - https://youtu.be/uReUvaobmH0Darren Murinas' Episode - https://youtu.be/pD5_BwQnN-UContact us:If anything you’ve heard in this podcast has inspired you to make a positive change in your life, or you’d just like to get in touch, please contact us.💬 Socials: @afterprisonpod on Instagram and X, @lifeafterprison on TikTok📧 Email: [email protected]✉️ Write: Life After Prison, National Prison Radio, HMP Brixton, London SW2 5XF🖥️ Website: https://lifeafterprisonpod.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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  • Do Prisons Help or Harm Rehabilitation? With Architect Roland Karthaus
    This week on Life After Prison is the first episode of our brand new mini series!In this first episode, Jules speaks to Roland Karthaus. He’s an architect who’s looked a lot at prison design, and he’s interested in how the way prisons are built can either support rehabilitation or get in the way. She asks him about the role of rehabilitation in prison design, the cost of building new prisons versus investing in people, and what would need to change if rehabilitation really was the priority.This podcast is also available as a video – just search Life After Prison on YouTube. Useful organisations:Prison Reform Trust - The Prison Reform Trust works to make the UK’s prison system fairer, more humane, and more effective — reducing unnecessary imprisonment and improving conditions for people inside and their families.https://prisonreformtrust.org.uk/Howard League - The Howard League campaigns for less crime, safer communities, and fewer people in prison — promoting justice, rehabilitation, and second chances for everyone.https://howardleague.org/Frank’s episode - https://youtu.be/6dgNgfgKwQ0Tony’s episode - https://youtu.be/uReUvaobmH0Joel’s episode - https://youtu.be/kLW-71YjSN4Sobanan’s episode - https://youtu.be/kr7uO_zAPF8Contact us:If anything you’ve heard in this podcast has inspired you to make a positive change in your life, or you’d just like to get in touch, please contact us.💬 Socials: @afterprisonpod on Instagram and X, @lifeafterprison on TikTok📧 Email: [email protected]✉️ Write: Life After Prison, National Prison Radio, HMP Brixton, London SW2 5XF🖥️ Website: https://lifeafterprisonpod.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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A podcast for anyone who has spent time in prison or is close to someone who has. Featuring incredible stories from people who've been inside, plus advice and support for those recently released. Follow us at @afterprisonpod on Instagram and X and @lifeafterprisonpod on TikTok Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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