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Sounds,26 Apr 2021,15 mins,

Kafkaesque

Prison Bag
Contains some scenes which some viewers may find upsetting.

Available for over a year

Josie talks to Alanna, who was only married for 5 months before her husband went to jail, to learns more about the pressure prison puts on relationships. Prison Bag is a family story. As the cell door slams on Josie Bevan’s husband Rob, windows open onto a community that was previously hidden in plain sight. One family’s frank and unflinching confrontation with the prison system. Find out what happened when Rob was released in the follow up series Prison Break - a different kind of story where Josie meets people who challenge the way she thinks about prisons. Also available now on BBC Sounds. Credits: Written and presented by Josie Bevan Music by members of the Bevan family Produced by Rebecca Lloyd-Evans and Alan Hall A Falling Tree Production supported by the Audio Content Fund

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