Behind Bars on Crime+Investigation

David Navarro spent ten years in and out of prisons all over the country. Now he’s sitting down with people who have spent time inside to reveal the truth about the UK prison system in Life Behind Bars.

Exploring topics such as rehabilitation, overcrowding and relationships, the series reveals the truth about the UK's prison system

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What makes a criminal? Why are some people more likely to offend than others?

When many hardened criminals are herded together and made to share a roof, that building becomes an incredibly perilous place to be…

How vicious, corrupt or just plain cruel wardens abused their position in the most horrific of ways…

The story of the 1962 Alcatraz escape still manages to captivate the world over half a century later and still remains an enduring mystery.

There are currently just 11 inmates serving entire life sentences: Who are they? | Image: Shutterstock

To be guilty of a crime, you don’t need to have actually committed it, just to have helped the thing take place.

"At times I feel like I deserve forgiveness, that I'm redeemable..."

"I never meant for her to get hurt. I loved her."

"I'm a violent individual, that's just the way I am. That's what's been embedded in me since I was a kid.”

There’s no hope when you’re in here. When you’re guilty… Accept it.

Secret tunnels, helicopters and fake grenades are just some of the ways these prisoners escaped jail

“Satan wants their souls...”

Vulnerable teen, Justin Dickens was coerced into a botched robbery that led to an innocent man's death. He won't be free till 2034.

No one wants to be on Death Row...with the exception of James Robertson, that is.

He was sitting 70 ft away in his car when the murder took place yet he still ended up on death row

The execution cannot merely be characterized as unsuccessful. It was so terrible that the words fail to convey the idea

Do you believe in Capital Punishment?

I’m not saying it was right for me to take another person’s life. But sometimes it has to happen'

I would say that my life has been mostly valley low experiences...'

I was just worried about staying alive'

I think it’s fair to say that I destroyed my family a long time ago when I shot my father

It’s not right to take a person’s life. It’s wrong. If I could take it back, I would.'

'I think I wanted the world to feel my pain.'

I probably would not have ended up in here had I just went ahead and divorced him

I was kind of happy to be sent to Death Row because I was treated better there than at home

I’ve reconciled with my god and now I’d like to reconcile with the people that I’ve hurt the most.'

Once you’ve killed someone, you can’t just go back to being normal'

Everything about I am a Killer 2: episodes

Big, broad, manic-eyed and bushy-’tached, Charles Bronson is famous (well, okay, infamous) for his big house exploits | Image: Shutterstock

Let’s take a closer look at some of these world-class criminal geniuses. 

irginia Guiffre nee Roberts has publicly spoken out about Epstein’s sex-trafficking ring and the man who used her as a ‘sex slave’ numerous times.

Kids Behind Bars: Life or Parole starts 21st May at 10pm.

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