Ladies' Night

A Bit of a Stretch - The Podcast by Chris Atkins

Jan 15, 202525:48Society & Culture

Most of the other episodes are about men, so to find out more about the experiences of women in the system Chris meets Jules, a young woman who went to prison for GBH aged just 20. She got a five year sentence, the same...

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