In the very first "official" episode of Unchained Voices, Lady Unchained speaks with Mandy Ogunmokun, founder and CEO of Treasures, a charity that provides safe accommodation in East London and specialist outreach support to women with histories of addiction, mental health, trauma and experience of the criminal justice system.

***This episode contains sensitive, adult topics from the very beginning - viewer discretion is advised***

We covered a lot of ground including crime, addiction, trauma, SA, [g]*ape as well as  the importance and benefits of women's shelters.

This episode really is an eye-opener. Candid, brutally honest and frighteningly insightful.

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For our very first episode, our producer Ciarán O'Fathaigh interviewed the Unchained Voices host, Lady Unchained, to find out more about her origin story and ask why she embarked on her mission for Criminal Justice Reform and why she believes that creative writing and music can have such a profound impact on people's rehabilitative journeys.

The conversation covered a lot of territory, including Lady Unchained's conviction in 2009, her going back into prisons across the UK to deliver mentoring and creative writing workshops to inmates, establishing common socio-political ground and avoiding "wedge" issues, transcending societal division and "Black Lives Matter" vs "Black Power" to name a few ... 

Lock in and get to know Lady Unchained a little better ahead of future episodes of Unchained Voices!

Produced by: https://www.renegadeproduction.co.uk/
Recorded at: https://premierepodcaststudios.com/
Edited by: https://www.instagram.com/monikasamekvisuals/

Website: https://www.unchained.org.uk/
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