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Summary: Prison radio is one of the only ways inmates can access the outside world. Kashmira Gander finds out how it can play an essential role in rehabilitation. Ex inmate states that“When you’re stuck in a room that size for 23 hours a day with no access to the outside world except the radio, NPR becomes a good friend,” says Smith. The article states the idea that prison media such as NPR (and Inside Time for those who are literate) are invaluable. Another ex inmate a 33-year-old who served four years in HMP Rochester for fraud – NPR made prison less “dreadful, isolating and lonely”Thus suggesting that “NPR radio is a lifeline.”

Key statistics: 
  • Hard reality for 85,000 people currently behind bars in England and Wales. 
  •  A recent poll shows that two thirds of people in the UK believe prison life should be made tougher still to deter re-offending
  • three-quarters of prisoners listen to NPR for an average of ten-and-a-half hours a week, with 37 per cent tuning in daily
My Opinion: I don't completely agree with the article in the sense that all inmates should have luxuries such as TV and Radio but i do think that having tailored media, such as certain types of selected media, should on occasion be provided for inmates to aid changing certain negative ideologies and aid reformation however i strongly disagree that extreme cases such as rapist, serial killers, high profile terrorists etc. should be given these opportunities as i don't see a way in which the media would help reform individuals who have such extreme set ideologies. 

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