1: Conflict | The Experiment (2002)

Prisons | Crime - Are We Tough Enough?

Chris Daw and Ayesha Nayyar look at what role our prisons should play in the fight against crime.

Episode 1 | Canny Cops

A local cop takes on a well-known resident and her housemate who's heading to jail for the first time.

Can Criminals Say Sorry?

Former EastEnders star Brooke Kinsella explores the use of restorative justice in Britain today and finds out what happens when offenders and their ...

Restorative justice as rehabilitation | Can Criminals Say Sorry?

The restorative justice approach can lead to cooperation and reform. A former criminal talks how the process...

Restorative justice process | Can Criminals Say Sorry?

Watch a restorative justice conference in action and how a well planned and supported meeting can help the situation t...

Kids Behind Bars

Documentary about youngsters in prison and correctional institutions in Britain and around the world. Some children are serving heavy sentences for petty of...

Restorative justice | What Point Prison? The Debate

An alternative to prison could be restorative justice and we hear a story of when it worked.

Behind Bars | Youth Nation: Changing the World

Richard Blackwood hosts youth talk show about young people in prison, discussing what young people need after prison and how t...

Episode 2 | Canny Cops

A local cop takes on a well-known resident, and a stabbing suspect goes on the run.

Footage from the Stanford prison experiment | The Stanford Prison Experiment

Real footage and interview with a participant showing what it was like to be in the Stanford pri...

Norway's Prison Regime | Would That Work Here?

The re-offending rate of Norway's prisoners is 20 per cent, the lowest in Western Europe. Claire Bolderson asks what the UK le...

The Prison Restaurant

Documentary going behind-the-scenes at The Clink, a restaurant located within the walls of HMP High Down Prison and mostly staffed by convicted criminals.

The role of prisons | What Point Prison? The Debate

A debate about what the role and point of prisons are in the UK. Is it a punishment or deterrent?

The Stanford Prison Experiment

In 1971, a group of American student volunteers adopted the roles of prisoners and guards in a specially controlled environment - it was quick...

1: DNA | Catching Britain's Killers: The Crimes That Changed Us

The story of the hunt to find the killer of two teenage girls in 1980s Leicestershire which led to an extraor...

1: Victorian Spies | The History Of Surveillance

Jeremy Bentham’s revolutionary prison, the Panopticon, where all inmates were constantly visible, spawned a culture of mug-s...

2: Double Jeopardy | Catching Britain's Killers: The Crimes That Changed Us

Shocked by the failure to convict her daughter's killer, a mother fights for justice by taking on...

2: Order | The Experiment (2002)

1/4 prt documentary series in which 14 men are divided into inmates & guards & locked up for 8 days in purpose-built jail. The effects of in...

3: Interrogation | Catching Britain's Killers: The Crimes That Changed Us

The story of how a 1970s miscarriage of justice involving three teenage boys would lead to a radica...

3: Rebellion | The Experiment (2002)

3/4-part documentary series in which fifteen men are locked up for eight days in a purpose-built prison to enable psychologists to study...