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Welcome to HMP Belmarsh with Ross Kemp

Crime · 2020

Last aired: S1 E2, Episode 2 · 2020-01-16

This series goes inside the walls of HMP Belmarsh with Ross Kemp to offer a sharp insight into the harsh realities of life behind bars at arguably the country's most notorious jail. With cameras gaining full access to the prison in South East London for the first time, Ross went inside the jail over a period of six months to find out what life is like inside the maximum security lock-up that has housed the country's most dangerous - and infamous - convicts. Cameras follow Ross as he explores how prisoners and staff cope with high-profile inmates, extremists and common criminals living side-by-side, goes inside the High Security Unit – the only ‘prison within a prison' in England and Wales - experiences the effect drugs can have on prisoners, and gets an insight into Belmarsh's efforts to rehabilitate inmates. He also sees how this complex prison operates as a violent protest unfolds outside, gaining a full-access close insight into life for staff and prisoners while it goes into lockdown.

Cast

Ross Kemp Ross Kemp

Season 1

E1 Episode 1 2020-01-09 · 60 min In the first episode, head of prisoner safety Adrian Knight opens up the country's only Contingency Suite, a self-contained unit designed to hold high-profile prisoners deemed at risk of suicide or attack by other inmates. It has been home to the likes of Soham killer Ian Huntley, black cab rapist John Worboys and hate preacher Anjem Choudary.

E2 Episode 2 2020-01-16 · 60 min Ross Kemp's report from inside the maximum-security jail takes him to Belmarsh's jail-within-a-jail, where anti-Islamic inmates have to be separated from Islamic prisoners for fear of violence. He also heads to the prison healthcare unit, and meets transgender prisoner Claire Darbyshire, who was given one of the lowest minimum terms for murder in British legal history after killing her father.

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