Prisoner: 'Why I make video stories for my grandchildren'
An inmate at HMP Lowdham Grange has told 麻豆社 Radio 5 Live how he creates and records children鈥檚 stories for his grandchildren.
The Nottinghamshire prison, run by Serco, provides a scheme called Storytime, where inmates video themselves telling stories, which they send to their families on DVD.
The prison says it helps rehabilitation, and to maintain relationships between inmates and their family and friends.
David, who is serving a 20-year sentence for drug smuggling, said the scheme is 鈥渧ery important鈥 as he feels his family 鈥渃an soon forget about you鈥 when you鈥檙e in prison.
This clip is originally from The Emma Barnett Show on December 2018.
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