A day inside the hidden world of youth courts
The Guardian’s north of England team has spent a month investigating the youth justice system in...
A day inside the hidden world of youth courts
The Guardian’s north of England team has spent a month investigating the youth justice system in...
The never-ending prison sentences
A spate of deaths of people serving indeterminate prison sentences has led to calls for such...
Inside the mind of a murderer: the power and limits of forensic psychiatry – podcast
When I was called in to assess Seb, I needed to understand why he had committed such a horrendous...
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From the archives: The father who went undercover to find his son’s killers – podcast
We are raiding the Audio Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past,...
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From the archive: The race to create a perfect lie detector, and the dangers of succeeding
We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past,...
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From the archive: Life after deportation: ‘No one tells you how lonely you’re going to be’
We are raiding the Guardian Long Read archives to bring you some classic pieces from years past,...
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‘It was so wrong’: why were so many people imprisoned over one protest in Bristol?
More people have been imprisoned for rioting during a single day in Bristol in 2021 than in any...
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A web of lies: Carl Beech and the VIP paedophile ring
In 2014 Carl Beech claimed he had been a victim of child sexual abuse by high-profile...
The government’s rape review: an apology, but will anything change?
The government has said sorry to thousands of rape victims who have been failed by the criminal...
The scientists persuading terrorists to spill their secrets – podcast
Expert interrogators know torture doesn’t work – but until now, nobody could prove it. By...
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David's mother killed his father, but he wants her freed – podcast
In 2010 Sally Challen hit her husband Richard more than 20 times with a hammer, killing him. Her...
When rape cases don't make it to trial | podcast
Recorded rapes have increased by 15%, but recent figures show only one-third of cases referred to...
Enslaved on a British cannabis farm: ‘The plants were more valuable than my life’
Minh was 16 when he was kidnapped, raped and trafficked to the UK, and then locked up and forced...
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The race to create a perfect lie detector, and the dangers of succeeding
AI and brain-scanning technology could soon make it possible to reliably detect when people are...
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‘Intimate terrorism’: how an abusive relationship led a young woman to kill her partner
Fri Martin’s whole life was controlled by her violent partner until she stabbed him to death. Now...
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Life after deportation: 'No one tells you how lonely you're going to be'
The Windrush scandal brought the cruelty of Britain’s deportation policies to light, but the...
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Episode 22: Turn the Clock back?
The one where I discuss if I wa given the opportunity of turning my life clock back, would I ?...
After 17 years in prison, will Andrew Malkinson finally clear his name?
Almost two decades ago Andrew Malkinson was accused of a rape where the victim was left for dead....