Life After Prison

David Navarro is a TV Producer, presenter and filmmaker. He started the successful Youtube Channel, Delinquent Nation from prison. David spent almost a decade in prison in his 20s. Here he talks to Zak and Jules about his time inside, and how he qualified for the Olympics when he was a teenager but chose the road life instead. 

This podcast is also available as a video – just search Life After Prison on YouTube.

Useful organisations:

• Clean Sheet https://www.cleansheet.org.uk/

• GamCare https://www.gamcare.org.uk/ 

• National Gambling Helpline 0808 8020 133

• Gamble Aware https://www.begambleaware.org/

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Our brand new series of Life After Prison starts next week, but in the meantime, Zak has been going back through some of his favourite episodes from the vaults. 

In this episode from series 1, Tassie joins Zak and Jules to talk about her journey through the Criminal Justice System, from entering as a YO and becoming homeless at a young age, Tassie reflects on the life that she fell into and how she got out of it. Since coming out, Tassie has set up her own business helping to support care leavers in custody and gained a university degree. She now works for HMPPS as Reducing Re-offending National Lived Experience Lead. 

Useful organisations:

The Rees Foundation – https://www.reesfoundation.org/

Care Leaver Covenant – https://mycovenant.org.uk/

Catch 22 – https://www.catch-22.org.uk/

Prison Reform Trust – https://prisonreformtrust.org.uk/

User Voice – https://www.uservoice.org/

Revolving Doors – https://revolving-doors.org.uk/

Epic – https://epicconsultants.co.uk/

Going Forward into Employment Scheme – https://gfie.blog.gov.uk/2022/07/04/a...

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Life After Prison will be back in a few weeks with a brand new series, but in the meantime Zak has been digging in the crates to bring you some of his favourite episodes from Season 1. In this episode Zak and Jules are joined by CEO, radio producer, presenter and DJ Anthony Olanipekun who left prison and founded music platform Soul Surge. Tony opens up about his life before, during and after prison, touching on how he is dealing with past trauma through therapy and describing the journey of starting his life again after release.

Useful organisations:

NACRO – https://www.nacro.org.uk/

Women In Prison – https://womeninprison.org.uk/

Advance – https://www.advancecharity.org.uk/

Clinks Directory – https://www.clinks.org/directory

Irene Taylor Trust – https://irenetaylortrust.com/

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 ✉️ Write to us: Life After Prison, National Prison Radio, HMP Brixton, London SW2 5XF

 Tony’s socials: @tonysupremeuk Soul Surge – https://soulsurge.co/ School Ground Sounds – https://www.schoolgroundsounds.org/

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Before we return with the brand new series of Life After Prison, Zak has been digging in the vaults for some of his favourite epsiodes from series 1.

This was one of our very first epiosdes, where Zak and Jules share their stories and explain how they ended up where they are today as the hosts of the Life After Prison podcast. They reflect on receiving their sentences, other people’s perceptions of them and how prison affected their family relationships. 

Useful organisations:

NACRO – https://www.nacro.org.uk/

Unlock – https://unlock.org.uk/

Clinks Directory – https://www.clinks.org/directory

Contact us: If there’s something you would like to hear us talk about on Life After Prison please drop us a message to let us know.

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Jules chats to Debbie Sadler from Unlock about the recent changes to the rules around disclosing your conviction. There are new rehabilitation periods for some offences which means that it will take less time for some convictions to become spent. Debbie explains what these changes will mean to you depending on your conviction. 

Useful organisations:

• Unlock’s Disclosure Calculator - https://unlock.org.uk/disclosure-calculator/

• Unlock – https://unlock.org.uk/

• NACRO - https://www.nacro.org.uk/

• ACRO - https://www.acro.police.uk/s/

• Working Chance – https://workingchance.org/

• A Fairer Chance – https://www.afairerchance.co.uk/

• Clean Sheet – https://www.cleansheet.org.uk/

• Refreshing A Career – https://www.refreshingacareer.com/

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If anything you’ve heard in this podcast has inspired you to make a positive change in your life, or you’d just like to get in touch, please contact us.

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✉️ Write to us: Life After Prison, National Prison Radio, HMP Brixton, London SW2 5XF

🖥️ Website: https://lifeafterprisonpod.com/

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Zak and Jules discuss what new beginnings mean to them. We also hear about Jules recent trip to visit East Sutton Park, the last prison she was in before she was released and where she sat down with her mentor in the gym there.

The full version of this episode can be found wherever you get your podcasts: https://pod.link/1646949340

This podcast is also available as a video – just search Life After Prison on YouTube.

Useful organisations:

• UNLOCK - https://unlock.org.uk/

• NACRO – https://www.nacro.org.uk/

• FITNESS RUSH - https://www.fitnessrush.co.uk/

Contact us:

If anything you’ve heard in this podcast has inspired you to make a positive change in your life, or you’d just like to get in touch, please contact us.

💬 DM us: @afterprisonpod on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok

📧 Email us: [email protected]

✉️ Write to us: Life After Prison, National Prison Radio, HMP Brixton, London SW2 5XF

🖥️ Website: https://lifeafterprisonpod.com/

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In this series of Getting Out, Jules is joined by Debbie Sadler who is Head of Advice at Unlock – an organisation that provides information and advice to people with convictions. We asked for your questions about employment and in this episode, Debbie talks about how to navigate stigma at work.

Useful links:

• Unlock
• NACRO
• Samaritans
• Samaritans helpline – 116 123 (24 hours)

Contact us:

If anything you’ve heard in this podcast has inspired you to make a positive change in your life, or you’d just like to get in touch, please contact us.

💬 DM us: @afterprisonpod on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok

📧 Email us: [email protected]

✉️ Write to us: Life After Prison, National Prison Radio, HMP Brixton, London SW2 5XF

🖥️ Website: https://lifeafterprisonpod.com/

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Both Andrew Morris and Sara Ramsden have personal experience of dealing with IPP sentences. Andrew from serving 12 years inside on the sentence, and Sara with a partner serving it. Both currently campaign for changes to the sentence with UNGRIPP. Here, Zak and Jules talk to them about their experience of this sentence, using clips from their recent conversation with Lord David Blunkett.

This podcast is also available as a video – just search Life After Prison on YouTube.

Useful organisations:

• UNGRIPP
• IPP Committee In Action

Contact us:

If anything you’ve heard in this podcast has inspired you to make a positive change in your life, or you’d just like to get in touch, please contact us.

💬 DM us: @afterprisonpod on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok

📧 Email us: [email protected]

✉️ Write to us: Life After Prison, National Prison Radio, HMP Brixton, London SW2 5XF

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In this series of Getting Out, Jules is joined by Debbie Sadler who is Head of Advice at Unlock – an organisation that provides information and advice to people with convictions. We asked for your questions about employment and in this episode, Debbie answers Faye’s question about making progress in your career with a conviction.

Useful links:

• Unlock
• Clinks Directory
• National Careers Service

Contact us:

If anything you’ve heard in this podcast has inspired you to make a positive change in your life, or you’d just like to get in touch, please contact us.

💬 DM us: @afterprisonpod on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok

📧 Email us: [email protected]

✉️ Write to us: Life After Prison, National Prison Radio, HMP Brixton, London SW2 5XF

🖥️ Website: https://lifeafterprisonpod.com/

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Zak and Jules discuss what they like about the festive period and how they spend their time over the holidays now they are out of jail.

This podcast is also available as a video – just search Life After Prison on YouTube.

Useful organisations:

• Causeway
• NACRO
• Crisis
• Centrepoint

Contact us:

If anything you’ve heard in this podcast has inspired you to make a positive change in your life, or you’d just like to get in touch, please contact us.

💬 DM us: @afterprisonpod on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok

📧 Email us: [email protected]

✉️ Write to us: Life After Prison, National Prison Radio, HMP Brixton, London SW2 5XF

🖥️ Website: https://lifeafterprisonpod.com/

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