Episode 45 - Prison Gogglebox
From Tales From The Jails by JEKYLL & PRIDE PRODUCTIONS
August 3, 2025 · 17 min · Season 1 · Episode 45
About this episode
The episode explores the chaotic and surreal experiences of life in prison, as recounted by the host through their writings.
I have said many times, nothing and no one is sacred when it comes to Scousers, even more so in prison. Inside HMP, in many ways it is like falling down Lewis Carroll's rabbit hole on acid and coming through the other side only to be in a Stephen King nightmare. During the three and a half years I was in prison I wrote over a million words by hand. Tales From The Jails is a contemporaneous account of my life, and attempts to thrive rather than merely survive, whilst incarcerated. Most names ...
Topics covered
- prison life
- personal experience
- true crime
- survival
- writing
Keywords
- prison
- Scousers
- HMP
- writing
- survival
- true crime
- Lewis Carroll
- Stephen King
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Lewis Carroll's rabbit hole, Stephen King nightmare
Places: HMP
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