Better of 2024: As a young person, John was jailed for assaulting somebody and stealing their bike. That was 17 years in the past – will he ever be launched? – podcast

Each Monday and Friday for the remainder of December we’ll publish a few of our favorite audio lengthy reads of 2023, in case you missed them, with an introduction from the editorial crew to clarify why we’ve chosen it.

From June: Indeterminate sentences are devastating to psychological well being, however prisoners with psychological sickness are much less prone to be launched. The result’s a vicious cycle whereby essentially the most weak inmates usually have the least probability of getting out – as John’s case reveals. By Sophie Atkinson