Escaping Street Gangs

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Sangita Myska takes a deep dive into some of the biggest problems facing Britain today - and meets the people whose big ideas might solve them. This week, Positive Thinking looks at how to help teenagers escape street gangs, forever. It's estimated that over 26 thousand children between the age of 10 and 15 in England, belong to violent street gangs. Fear, money, status and a lack of alternatives make it hard to get out. But Karl Lokko, the former leader of a South London gang, says he's got a solution to the problem. Additional contributors: Al Stinson, Counsellor for Youth Guidance programme Becoming a Man in Chicago, USA Leroy Logan, former Superintendent with London's Metropolitan Police, and founder of teenage leadership programme Voyage Youth Will Linden, from the Scottish Violence Reduction Unit, a centre of expertise in tackling violence Producers: Sarah Shebbeare and Sam Peach