This was my experince inside also, first time in but got fed up of the noise etc so I would stay inside during yard time and just chill on my own listneing to lyric fm, an hour of bliss! Cell mate and others couldnt undestand that I just wanted to chill. I note this guy is Irish, regards from Irelands prisons 👌 Enjoyed this!

Brilliant work! I bet it was not easy to get permission to record inside prison. Well done again!

This is great. We've sent you private message. Thanks

Sounds Inside is a unique opportunity to spend 24 hours behind bars, through the power of sound.

Carl Cattermole, who himself spent time behind bars, returns to HMP Brixton in south London for 24 hours, equipped with a load of microphones to record the sounds of jail for a day and a night.

Being imprisoned for the first time, many people are surprised to discover that they are not only cut off from the day-to-day business of the outside world, but also transported to an entirely alien world of sound.

People talk of the intensity of the sound of prison. "The sound from all the other cells is transparent. When the lights are switched off, everyone barks and howls like animals, every night. You try sleeping in that. It's loud in prison."

We trace the rhythm of a day and a night in prison, and we meet some of the prisoners, including the guy who likes to crush biscuits up on the carpet and then hoover up the crumbs, just to hear the sound.

The documentary was originally broadcast on National Prison Radio in early 2018. 

It was produced by Tom Glasser, and funding for this programme was gratefully received from the Whicker's World Foundation.

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Carl Cattermole discovered his talent for writing while serving a prison sentence. He wrote the unofficial ‘Rough Guide’ to prison, called HMP: A Survival Guide. He’s passionate about real prison reform and represents the voice of prisoners on the BBC, Channel 4, Guardian, Daily Mirror and the Daily Mail.

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