In this episode, we peer inside a place that most people want to be kept out of, but one СÀ¶ÊÓƵ researcher has worked hard to get into - prisons.
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The academic imprisoned for his research
In this episode, we peer inside a place that most people want to be kept out of, but one СÀ¶ÊÓƵ researcher has worked hard to get into - prisons.
Professor Francis Pakes from the School of Criminology and Criminal Justice purposefully incarcerated himself in an Icelandic prison for two weeks to find out what life on the inside is really like.
For Life Solved, he looks at how incarceration has evolved over time, what current systems are in place around the world, and what could be done to improve them.
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Host: John Worsey
Producer: Robyn Montague
Sub Editors: John Worsey and Glenn Harris
USEFUL LINKS
Professor Francis Pakes bio: /about-us/structure-and-governance/our-people/our-staff/francis-pakes
Francis Pakes piece for The Conversation, ‘I deliberately sent myself to prison in Iceland – they didn’t even lock the cell doors there’:
Out in the cold? The experiences of foreign national prisoners in Iceland's open prisons:
Cell Block Studios: /collaborate/coworking-and-office-space/cell-block-studios
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