{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2Fab57ec0d-e97b-4fcf-8393-454d8e174aad","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"<iframe style=\"width: 100%; height: 200px;\" title=\"Episode 1 \u2013 Incarceration with Prof Phil Scraton\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allow=\"clipboard-write\" seamless src=\"http://player.captivate.fm/episode/ab57ec0d-e97b-4fcf-8393-454d8e174aad\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 1 \u2013 Incarceration with Prof Phil Scraton","description":"Podcast Notes On today\u2019s episode, Professor Phil Scraton discusses the implications of mandatory life sentencing and the failures of the modern penal system. Professor Scraton\u2019s research profile can be found https://pure.qub.ac.uk/portal/en/persons/phil-scraton(143e7c8d-b5ea-4517-9df1-0541250b9008).html (here). His new book, \u2018https://www.amazon.co.uk/Womens-Imprisonment-Case-Abolition-Reflections/dp/1138700266/ref=sr_1_2?s=booksandie=UTF8andqid=1517341075andsr=1-2 (Women\u2019s Imprisonment and the Case for Abolition: Critical Reflections on Corston Ten Years On)\u2019 co-edited with Linda Moore and Azrini Wahidin, is out now. For more information about the recent inspection reports on HMP Liverpool and HMP Nottingham, as well as the results of a 2015 report on Maghaberry Prison, please visit the following links: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42310501 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42310501) http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hmp-nottingham-prison-inmates-lives-risk-urgent-notification-inspector-suicide-a8166336.html (http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/hmp-nottingham-prison-inmates-lives-risk-urgent-notification-inspector-suicide-a8166336.html)  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-34733832 (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-34733832) A https://www.justiceinspectorates.gov.uk/hmiprisons/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2017/10/Findings-paper-Living-conditions-FINAL-.pdf (findings paper) from the HM Inspectorate of Prisons details the poor conditions found across the UK in general. Further statistics and information on life imprisonment can be found at https://www.penalreform.org/priorities/life-imprisonment/ (https://www.penalreform.org/priorities/life-imprisonment/).","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/934e1cf4-b809-48ff-8a25-73f24d3e74de/vALNznPwgHs8e6VvGun3AV_s.jpg"}