FT Big Read

UK prisons: Old crimes, older criminals

As a surge in historic sex abuse cases puts more elderly men behind bars, Helen Warrell reports from inside Rye Hill sex offenders prison on the strains this is putting on the penal system - both practically and ethically. Is it a penal institution or a care home? <a href="http://podcast.ft.com/2015/10/26/uk-prisons-qa-the-dilemmas-presented-by-a-greying-jail-population">Hear more from Helen on ft.com</a> Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

An audio version of the best of the Financial Times's Big Reads — in-depth reporting from FT correspondents around the world. Listen to longform stories that explore and explain key themes in world news, science and business. Produced by Anna Dedhar. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer" style="color:grey;" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.