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Series 1: 3. 'It’s a hostile environment in here. Same as Afghanistan'

Stephen Nolan is reunited with a young man he met previously while filming in a young offenders centre. Having vowed he would never to return to jail, he’s back, this time in an adult prison. How do we stop people reoffending? And how difficult is it for people to divorce themselves from a life of crime? Some simply refuse to acknowledge the pain they have caused. In a tense interview inside another prisoner’s cell, Stephen meets a man who pleaded guilty in court to killing his girlfriend, yet now denies carrying out the murder. It’s an encounter that leaves Stephen determined to establish the truth. \n\nIf prison is meant to rehabilitate offenders, Stephen sees first-hand the scale of that challenge. He speaks to a former soldier with a string of violent and troubling convictions. He claims the post-traumatic stress he suffered after serving in Afghanistan has left him unable to cope either inside jail or beyond its walls. He argues that he is not getting the psychiatric help he needs.\n\nMany prisoners simply want to get out - one inmate faces an anxious wait to discover his sentence and how long he will stay in Maghaberry. The court’s decision leaves him shaken.

Source: BBC 2