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U.K.: Prison Radio Shines

By Real Cost of Prisons Project (The Sentencing Project)

Media Prison Radio Shines Parmy Olson, 05.11.09, 12:35 PM ET LONDON--Johnny Cash made a mint when he recorded part of his 1968 album At Folsom Prison amidst the whoops and shouts of a roomful of inmates. Today's entertainment for prisoners is a more sobering affair: interviews with politicians, hard-hitting programs about suicide and self-harming. But it too is finding success. A tiny prison radio station in South London is up for four prestigious Sony awards on Monday night, putting it alongside the some of the top talent of the BBC and other commercial radio stations in the United Kingdom. Electric Radio in Brixton Prison is run by the Prison Radio Association, a British charity, and broadcasts to just 800 inmates--but it has a rich array of programming...continue to full post

Full post as published by The Real Cost of Prisons Weblog on May 12, 2009 (boomark / email).