Prison Bag

About Prison Bag

Prison bag is a family story. As the cell door slams on Josie Bevan's husband, windows open to a community that was previously hidden in plain sight. One family's frank and unflinching confrontation with the prison system.

Publisher

Rebecca Lloyd-Evans, Josie Bevan, Alan Hall

Category

society & culture · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

24 Apr 2020

Latest episode

24 Apr 2020

Latest episodes

12 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   24 Apr 2020

   S01 | Episode Twelve — Doing The Time

   We have to be tough to wait out this time. In prison we count in seasons. There are just too many days and weeks and months.

2. 

   24 Apr 2020

   S01 | Episode Eleven — I’m In The Bricks

   I’m so very tired now and I think I’m running out of time. There’s a clock on the wall, but it has no hands.

3. 

   24 Apr 2020

   S01 | Episode Ten — God I Need A Shag

   I feel imprisoned by domesticity. I want to be a woman, not just a mother. God I need a shag.

4. 

   24 Apr 2020

   S01 | Episode Nine — I’m Fine

   I used to think that people were really selfish to go and try to kill themselves, but I get it. The longer I spent time in that cell, it seemed like a great option.

5. 

   24 Apr 2020

   S01 | Episode Eight — Okha

   All of the layers of safety I had as a child kind of went. That safety net that I had was just gone. And it was so scary.

6. 

   24 Apr 2020

   S01 | Episode Seven — Don’t Like The Time Don’t Do The Crime

   This woman married the criminal and benefited from the proceeds of crime. She should be thankful not to be in prison herself.

7. 

   24 Apr 2020

   S01 | Episode Six — Prison Works...If You Break The Rules

   "There’s phone calls but if you miss them, then you can’t call back, he can only call you, so its really upsetting when you miss a call."

8. 

   24 Apr 2020

   S01 | Episode Five — Free The Garlic Two

   "He misses you and I think it kills him inside that he can’t be there."

9. 

   24 Apr 2020

   S01 | Episode Four — Who Cares

   "You wouldn’t do it to an animal. Why do we think it works with people?"

10. 

    24 Apr 2020

    S01 | Episode Three — Kafkaesque

    "For richer or poorer. For better or worse. I love him."

11. 

    24 Apr 2020

    S01 | Episode Two — Computer Says No

    "Loving a prisoner is like loving a ghost."

12. 

    24 Apr 2020

    S01 | Episode One — No One

    “He’s fine if we’re fine..."

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

5 ratings