School Exclusions | Children & Consequences

08/07/20 • 21 min

Two chicks speak to young people who’ve directly experienced exclusion from school. Harry & Kadeem share how this affected their education and lifestyle as children. London charity, Just for Kid’s Law help us understand exposure to criminality and alternative education provisions to find out what it really means to do time.

https://justforkidslaw.org/

https://justforkidslaw.org/

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Relationships in Prison | Life & Love in HMP Pentonville

Two chicks return to London’s notorious HMP Pentonville to look at prisoners' relationships with prison officers, family and their own partners. Four men share the ways in which their connection with officers has changed over time, explain how they keep the magic alive with a romantic partner – even when there's no physical connection; and we hear the impact prison has on children to find out what it really means to do time.
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Special thanks

HMP Pentonville, Time4Change and the four men who took part in this episode.

Lewis Young for Production support http://theleaflibrary.com/

Sara Norman

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Useful links

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PACT https://www.prisonadvice.org.uk/

Unlocked Grads https://unlockedgrads.org.uk/

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Youth Justice | The Black Experience

Two chicks lift the lid on the disproportionality in the UK criminal justice system. They speak to young people working with the Youth Justice Service about their lived experience of Stop and Search, root causes of youth crime, and the Black Lives Matter movement. Haringey Councillor Mark Blake sheds light on diversity in government and Haringey Youth Justice Service Manager, Matthew Knights provides his professional point of view from working with many Black and Ethnic Minority young people to find out what it really means to do time. --------------------------------------------------- Links

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Link: Ethnic minority doctors are less likely to gain consultant posts, survey finds Link: Disproportionality Project, Evaluation Report - Islington and Haringey YOTs (October 2020) Link: The Ether Programme Link: Stop Watch, accountable policing

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