Podcast Episodes

Episode 30 - I'm Sorry I Can't Be There

Season 1 Episode 30

Nothing prepared me for this day. I'm not angry, bitter or resentful, but it hurts. It seems so unfair...

During the three and a half years I was in prison I wrote over a million words by hand. Tales …

Published on 4 months, 2 weeks ago

Episode 29 - Sex In Prison

Season 1 Episode 29

It's surreal how the X-rated antics in the outside world still manage to seep into prison.

During the three and a half years I was in prison I wrote over a million words by hand. Tales From The Jails …

Published on 4 months, 3 weeks ago

Episode 28 - Psychos + Powercuts

Season 1 Episode 28

It's the Wild West of mayhem, crammed in cells are lunatics and psychos, paedophiles and rapists, murderers, drug addicts and violent men.

During the three and a half years I was in prison I wrote ove…

Published on 5 months ago

Episode 27 - Two Minutes Of Madness

Season 1 Episode 27

My closest friend thus far is in for manslaughter. He killed his wife in what he describes as two minutes of madness when he just flipped.

During the three and a half years I was in prison I wrote ove…

Published on 5 months, 1 week ago

Episode 26 - Haircuts Like Movie Stars

Season 1 Episode 26

How to make friends and influence people? Cut hair.

During the three and a half years I was in prison I wrote over a million words by hand. Tales From The Jails is a contemporaneous account of my life…

Published on 5 months, 2 weeks ago

Episode 25 - Scarred For Life

Season 1 Episode 25

Unexpected often equates to being in the wrong place at the wrong time, and a poor guy in his sixties who was new on the wing was caught up in the crossfire and his face slashed. He was only going fo…

Published on 5 months, 3 weeks ago

Episode 24 - Life Bombs + Coco Pops.

Season 1 Episode 24

So many lives shattered. One man's over, a prisoner for life with the M badge, his child only born a week ago, and here I am giving out Coco Pops. If it wasn't all so serious, then you could be forgi…

Published on 5 months, 4 weeks ago

Episode 23 - Paradise On Top Bunk

Season 1 Episode 23

None of us can guarantee we'll make it to the next morning. It's like Russian roulette. In one breath, one is pleased to wake up alive and unscathed, and on the other, there is only another day ahead…

Published on 6 months ago

Episode 22 - A Prisoner is Dying Every Four Days

Season 1 Episode 22

One learns in prison to be grateful for very small things, most of which we take for granted in the real world.

During the three and a half years I was in prison I wrote over a million words by hand. …

Published on 6 months, 2 weeks ago

Episode 21 - Murder, Masturbation + Mayhem

Season 1 Episode 21

There are two topics that carry their own stigma, both beginning with M. One is murder, criminal in the extreme, socially and legally unacceptable. The other is masturbation, and carries its own unco…

Published on 6 months, 3 weeks ago