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Prison Radio Association
@prisonradiouk.bsky.social
The UK charity making radio behind bars and podcasts beyond bars 🎙️

Website: www.prison.radio
Socials: @prisonradiouk
Ending the year as the UK’s Leading Podcast Network, the UK’s Production Company of the Year, and the UK’s only charity able to speak to 80,000+ people in their prison cells, 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Thank you to everyone who has donated, listened, shared, or simply believed in us 💙
December 31, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Bored and not sure what day it is? 🥴

Galvanise your brain cells by tuning in to one of our podcasts! 💡

Explore everything from forensic psychology to real prison experiences: www.prison.radio/podcasts

#NewPodcasts #PrisonPodcasts
December 28, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Tomorrow is likely to be a tough day for many people in prison and their family members back at home.

Tomorrow we will release a very special episode of our Family and Friends Request Show, broadcast directly into prison cells and on Mixcloud.
December 24, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Are people in prison REALLY completely cut off from society? 🤔

Bust some myths this Myth-Busting Monday with your favourite little prison charity 👻
December 22, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Alongside the support, advice, and inspiring content our charity broadcasts on National Prison Radio, our prisoner-producers also serve up bangers 🍳

Music boosts wellbeing and helps people in prison stay connected with friends and family behind, between, and beyond bars.
December 21, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Wrapping up our year of radio, podcasting and impact behind bars 👀
December 20, 2025 at 9:39 AM
After nearly 20 years, our founding Chief Executive, Phil Maguire, will step down at the end of this year.

Thank you for everything, Phil Maguire. We wish you all the luck this world can offer 🍀

Read the full farewell:
👉 www.prison.radio/farewell-phil
December 19, 2025 at 12:06 PM
👋 Keep an eye out for a very special, surprise episode of The Secret Life of Prisons today - Phil and Paula have got some big news to share...

🎧 Dropping at 12pm wherever you get your podcasts: open.spotify.com/show/7H4rdPO...

#SecretLifeOfPrisons #prisonpodcast
December 19, 2025 at 9:01 AM
13 prisons visited, 546 people surveyed, lots of trains boarded and many interesting conversations had!

Surveying allow us to understand how NPR is impacting lives and what we can do to further this impact 💙

Here’s to more trains, more conversations and more impact in 2026 💫
December 17, 2025 at 9:39 AM
NPR is there 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to support the brains and hearts of people living in prisons across England and Wales 🧠

This is just one piece of feedback we collected from a listener, out of the hundreds of people we surveyed throughout this year.

#2025Recap
December 15, 2025 at 10:30 AM
‘Connection’: Behind The Scenes with Brother Film 🎥

What an experience and what an honour to work on this production with such a talented group of people and pigeons.

🕊️ If you enjoyed the film, please vote for it to win a Smiley Charity Film Award: smileycharityfilmawards.com/films/connec...
December 14, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Your first peek through the bars is into one of our in-prison radio studios - an unremarkable space where remarkable things happen ✨

It’s in this very room that we’ve unearthed some of the finest talent in radio and podcasting today.

From prison to professional production 💫
December 13, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Over the next week or two as we gear up to wind down, we’ll open up the bars, and let you in through the gates to unearth some of this year’s hidden, or not so hidden gems and learn just how impactful our charity’s work has been this year 💫

#PRACountdown #PrisonRadio
December 12, 2025 at 1:05 PM
This week on Hold or Fold #podcast, Ben is in HMP Berwyn for a powerful conversation around addiction and recovery.

He also meets Ian - a former resident and gambler of 47 years - whose emotional story shows why #gambling harm support in #prisons is vital: open.spotify.com/episode/78eh...
28. Being the change at HMP Berwyn | Rob & Rebecca from ARA & Ian
open.spotify.com
December 12, 2025 at 11:30 AM
You watched the film, you shared it with loved ones, you believed in the sound of change, and you even hit that big blue donate button 87 times. Together, you all ensured that women behind bars can start working towards brighter futures beyond them 🕊️

Thank you - x10,196 times.
December 10, 2025 at 10:30 AM
⏳ Just 3 hours left!

Donations will no longer be doubled, but anything given in these final hours will help us reach even more women in prison and those rebuilding their lives on release 🕊️

🤠 Last chance saloon. Closes 12 noon: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

#Prison #Radio
December 9, 2025 at 9:18 AM
This week, we’re chuffed and excited to be welcoming the legend Julie Hesmondhalgh into our Styal studio 💫

But before she steps between the bars, she is asking YOU to support the very work she is about to experience firsthand: www.prison.radio/donate

#BigGive #ChristmasChallenge #TheSoundOfChange
December 8, 2025 at 11:15 AM
What would you say to someone thinking about donating to support this work?

Help us change more women’s lives as they leave prison 🕊️

What are you waiting for?

Donate now to get your donation doubled. Campaign closes at 12pm tomorrow: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
December 8, 2025 at 10:00 AM
Provide opportunities for women in prison and on release 🕊️

Donate before 12pm on Tuesday 9th December to get your money DOUBLED: www.prison.radio/donate

#BigGive #ChristmasChallenge #TheSoundOfChange
December 7, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Crossing the half way point with MC Grindah, yeah ✌️

Help us raise ten bags to support people in prison.

Your mum loves donating, your nan loves donating.

Do you love donating? 🤔

🔗 Link in bio.

#BigGive #ChristmasChallenge #KuruptFM
December 7, 2025 at 10:00 AM
A little snapshot into our work at HMP Styal - captured by the wonderful Andy Aitchison 📸

This is exactly what your donations will continue to fund - training, mentoring, and a safe space for women to re-find their voices and develop new skills.

Donate now: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
December 6, 2025 at 6:00 PM
What difference did National Prison Radio make to your life after you left #prison?

Help us show more women that there is so much more to their lives than their #crime 🕊️

Donate to our end-of-year @biggive.bsky.social fundraiser. All #donations will be doubled: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...
December 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Help women in prison improve their mental health, and realise new talents, and new ambitions 📻

Donate over the weekend to have your contribution doubled: www.prison.radio/donate

#BigGive #ChristmasChallenge #SoundOfChange #Women #Radio #Prison
December 5, 2025 at 9:31 PM
32% of the way there. Can we make it to 50% by the time the weekend kicks in? 👀

🦸Be our half way hero: donate.biggive.org/campaign/a05...

#Donate #BigGive #DoubleDonations
December 5, 2025 at 12:58 PM
We first met Scout in our radio studio behind the bars of HMP Styal.

Less than two years later, Scout has won numerous industry Gold awards & this week they took home a Rose D’Or 🌹

Help us discover more Scouts in 2026: www.prison.radio/donate

All donations doubled. Thank you.
December 5, 2025 at 10:01 AM