All Episodes

Ep64: Escaping the prison capacity "doom loop"

Ep63: Appropriately supported? Vulnerability in police custody

Ep62: The longest sentence - children serving life

Ep61: Policing drugs - instinct or evidence?

Ep60: Do the children on remand need to be there?

Ep59: The Southport Inquiry - where does the buck stop?

Ep58: CourtWatch 2.0 - making sense of the magistrates' court

Ep57: Tackling the taboo of sex offending

Ep56: Restorative justice - bringing the humanity back to justice

Ep55: Justice wrapped 2025 - looking back, thinking ahead

Ep54: Rehabilitation in prison - reality or rhetoric?

Ep53: Hanging up the high vis? Protesters on trial

Ep52: Locked in limbo - the forgotten IPP prisoners

Ep51: Punished for surviving? Women in the prison system

Ep50: Trial or treatment? Mental health in criminal justice

Ep49: Punished for a mistake? The Single Justice Procedure

Ep48: First or last resort? The misuse of child imprisonment

Ep47: The sentencing review - an end to the arms race?

Ep46: Shabana Mahmood vs. The Sentencing Council

Ep45: Impulsive acts - ADHD, brain injury and the criminal justice system

Ep44: Justice delayed is justice denied - troubleshooting the court backlog

Ep43: Collateral damage? The families fragmented by imprisonment

Ep42: Are our courts fit for child defendants?

Ep41: Louise Haigh & the long shadow of a criminal record

Ep40: Will the sentencing review solve our prison crisis?

Ep39: A win by any means? Lawyers and the Post Office scandal

Ep38: Better justice - how can charities advocate for change?

Ep37: Lay magistrates - great equalisers or arcane institution?

Ep36: Is knife crime on the rise?

Ep35: Election 2024 - will a new government fix justice?

Ep34: Eyes on the court - courtwatching comes to London

Ep33: "Everyone's doing it" - the fraud epidemic

Ep32: Does probation push people back into prison?

Ep31: Justice in crisis - have we lost sight of the public interest?

Ep30: A different lens? Neurodivergence in the criminal justice system

Ep29: From cells to streets - the revolving door of crime and homelessness

Ep28: Gatekeeping justice - why so few rape cases make it to court

Ep27: The Rest is Punishment - why do politicians seem set on ever tougher justice?

Ep26: Not the only one? Malkinson & miscarriages of justice

Ep25: Problem-solving courts - compassion or control?

Ep24: Justice in crisis - why can't the system cope?

Ep23: Can the judiciary become anti-racist?

Ep22: "I'm a victor not a victim" - taking back power in domestic abuse

Ep21: Imprisoned for 50p - are anti-social behaviour rules out of order?

Ep20: Is prison education up to the mark?

Ep19: Behind closed doors - is justice 'seen to be done'?

Ep18: Falsely accused - the Post Office prosecutions

Ep17: Are criminal records fair?

Ep16: Why can't police solve more crime?

Ep15: Out of court, out of mind?

Ep14: Should missing school be a crime?

Ep13: Joint enterprise - guilty by association?

Ep12: Compliance, control & Covid-19

Ep11: Debt, deception & child criminal exploitation

Ep10: Calling time out on hate crime?

Ep9: Drugs policy - high time for reform?

Ep8: What do victims of crime want?

Ep7: Do we really need new prisons?

Ep6: Is video justice remotely fair?

Ep5: Impossible decisions? A look at parole

Ep4: Protecting the protectors?

Ep3: Presumed innocent but behind bars

Ep2: Children in police cells

Ep1: Conveyor belt justice