0:00:02 > 0:00:06On Crime And Punishment today, two events that changed policing and prisons for ever.
0:00:06 > 0:00:10Brighton, 1984 - a huge terrorist bomb which made the police
0:00:10 > 0:00:14rethink the way they deal with massive public events.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17And we revisit the month-long 1990 riots at Strangeways Prison,
0:00:17 > 0:00:22which spawned copycat disturbances at jails right around the country,
0:00:22 > 0:00:24including here in Bristol.
0:00:42 > 0:00:45Political party conferences always give police a major headache.
0:00:45 > 0:00:48How do you give delegates the freedom they need to move around,
0:00:48 > 0:00:51while keeping them safe from terrorist attack?
0:00:51 > 0:00:54The stakes have always been high,
0:00:54 > 0:00:57but one event in 1984 made them top priority
0:01:01 > 0:01:06Almost 30 years ago, the country woke up to these shocking images.
0:01:06 > 0:01:09Overnight, all our beliefs about how secure Britain was
0:01:09 > 0:01:11were totally shattered.
0:01:13 > 0:01:15Breakfast time, October the 12th, 1984,
0:01:15 > 0:01:20presenters and reporters piecing together the unimaginable.
0:01:20 > 0:01:24The Prime Minister and her cabinet targeted by an attack which left
0:01:24 > 0:01:26five dead and dozens injured.
0:01:28 > 0:01:31The Brighton bombing left no-one in any doubt that terrorists
0:01:31 > 0:01:34would stop at nothing to bring home their point.
0:01:34 > 0:01:38There had always been security around political conferences
0:01:38 > 0:01:41but this tragedy revealed massive gaps.
0:01:47 > 0:01:48Heather Bould was just 23 at the time.
0:01:48 > 0:01:52She was working for a company that provided fax machines for the government,
0:01:52 > 0:01:55essential equipment for the Prime Minister's office
0:01:55 > 0:02:00which had been set up in the Mrs Thatcher's suite at the hotel.
0:02:00 > 0:02:04I was asked to go down the Wednesday morning to teach the people in
0:02:04 > 0:02:07the prime Minister's office how to use the equipment.
0:02:07 > 0:02:12When it came to getting into the building, and right into the PM's room,
0:02:12 > 0:02:15she encountered nothing more than a police sergeant on the door.
0:02:15 > 0:02:19He looked me up and down and he said to me, "Go on, off you go.
0:02:19 > 0:02:21"You don't look like a terrorist."
0:02:21 > 0:02:23That was it.
0:02:23 > 0:02:26Heather walked straight in, explained the fax machine to
0:02:26 > 0:02:28the Prime Minister's aides and left to go home.
0:02:28 > 0:02:31Two days later, she woke to the news of the bombing.
0:02:31 > 0:02:35I was only young and I thought it was very startling but
0:02:35 > 0:02:38it didn't affect me in the same way that it affected my mother,
0:02:38 > 0:02:43who was quite shocked by the thoughts of what
0:02:43 > 0:02:47could have happened had it been at another time.
0:02:47 > 0:02:51At the time, the authorities believed that the level of policing
0:02:51 > 0:02:54was enough to match the level of threat but it turned out
0:02:54 > 0:02:59that it wasn't anywhere near enough, and the threat today is far greater.
0:02:59 > 0:03:04Colin Tansley is a security expert who has spent years helping to
0:03:04 > 0:03:07keep leaders safe across the world.
0:03:07 > 0:03:09In 1984, the main threat to the United Kingdom
0:03:09 > 0:03:11was from the provisional IRA.
0:03:11 > 0:03:15The IRA understood that there would be casualties of war.
0:03:15 > 0:03:18They accepted that people might be killed.
0:03:18 > 0:03:21Now the terrorists that we're up against,
0:03:21 > 0:03:24their methodology of attack is more brutal than the IRA.
0:03:24 > 0:03:27Their goal is to cause an outrage.
0:03:27 > 0:03:29It is to cause the spectacular,
0:03:29 > 0:03:31and that means by killing as many people as they can.
0:03:31 > 0:03:36The policing of party political conferences has changed for ever.
0:03:37 > 0:03:41Nowadays, it takes a combination of advanced technology
0:03:41 > 0:03:43and many times more manpower to keep everyone safe,
0:03:43 > 0:03:47a task that's fallen to Birmingham police.
0:03:47 > 0:03:49Security for the 2011 Lib Dem Conference
0:03:49 > 0:03:52has taken months of planning.
0:03:52 > 0:03:56The control room is set up two miles away from the convention centre so,
0:03:56 > 0:04:01if the worst should happen, the operation can still be managed from here.
0:04:01 > 0:04:03We've had a broad variety of policing
0:04:03 > 0:04:05functions involved in this operation.
0:04:05 > 0:04:08The highest risk we've planned for has been the risk of
0:04:08 > 0:04:12public disorder through protest that goes beyond being peaceful.
0:04:12 > 0:04:16Also, there is always going to be the risk of terrorist attack.
0:04:17 > 0:04:20Clearly, there have been lessons in the past.
0:04:20 > 0:04:23Most of those lessons have been in the distant past,
0:04:23 > 0:04:26but they haven't been forgotten so, therefore,
0:04:26 > 0:04:29we plan and prepare to secure the site, secure the conference
0:04:29 > 0:04:34and make sure that we don't open ourselves up to any particular risk.
0:04:34 > 0:04:39- Morning, Lou.- Morning. Can I use a baton gun, MP5 and stick?
0:04:39 > 0:04:41Louise Proffitt is one of the 500 officers
0:04:41 > 0:04:45working on the operation every day of the conference.
0:04:45 > 0:04:48Just an hour ago, she kissed her 7-year-old daughter goodbye
0:04:48 > 0:04:52and headed off to pick up her weapons.
0:04:52 > 0:04:54We don't start our tour duty until 7 o'clock
0:04:54 > 0:04:57but we're normally in for about 6:15.
0:04:57 > 0:04:58We're getting ready because
0:04:58 > 0:05:01we need to be ready to respond once that call comes in,
0:05:01 > 0:05:06to swap over, so if something happens, there's always an armed response.
0:05:06 > 0:05:09Louise is one of just five women in the West Midlands Police Firearms Unit.
0:05:09 > 0:05:11When she joined the force,
0:05:11 > 0:05:15it was with the aim of helping vulnerable children.
0:05:15 > 0:05:18Now, she finds herself loading up a machine gun and a pistol.
0:05:18 > 0:05:22Magazine pouches, for my handgun, and that's where they'll stay now, hopefully,
0:05:22 > 0:05:24until the end of duty when I take them back out.
0:05:24 > 0:05:26Taser - always comes with four cartridges
0:05:26 > 0:05:28because if we deploy it with the one,
0:05:28 > 0:05:31we can reload early and always have the two there.
0:05:31 > 0:05:36With equipment weighing two stone, Louise is ready for action.
0:05:36 > 0:05:39I'm actually one of the marked vehicles
0:05:39 > 0:05:41and there's three officers on that car.
0:05:41 > 0:05:43Our role is to provide a presence
0:05:43 > 0:05:47so we will patrol around the site of Pelkin,
0:05:47 > 0:05:51provide a presence for the public and also for the unarmed officers.
0:05:51 > 0:05:54And, later, we'll be looking the massive range of
0:05:54 > 0:06:00police measures that it takes to keep the 8,000 people attending this conference safe.
0:06:04 > 0:06:07Until the late 1940s, misbehaving prisoners would
0:06:07 > 0:06:10find themselves doing hard labour as an extra penalty.
0:06:10 > 0:06:14But then it was abolished, leaving prison authorities with a dilemma.
0:06:14 > 0:06:20How do you punish a prisoner who's already being punished by being in prison?
0:06:20 > 0:06:24Every day, Bristol's duty governor holds the prison's own court
0:06:24 > 0:06:26to deal with inmates on report.
0:06:26 > 0:06:28Today, it's the turn of Sarah Coombs.
0:06:28 > 0:06:33She can punish defendants by withdrawing the privileges they depend on,
0:06:33 > 0:06:37such as having a TV in the cell or being able to earn extra money.
0:06:37 > 0:06:41The courtroom is on E Wing, the segregation wing,
0:06:41 > 0:06:45known to everyone at Bristol as The Block.
0:06:45 > 0:06:47First up is an inmate on remand.
0:06:47 > 0:06:50He's been caught out by a random drugs test.
0:06:50 > 0:06:53- OK, so you admit to taking cannabis? - Yeah.
0:06:55 > 0:06:57So why are you using it at the moment?
0:06:57 > 0:07:00I just lost my dad... Well, I lost my dad since I've been in here
0:07:00 > 0:07:04and I'm looking at a 12-year sentence over theft, anyway.
0:07:04 > 0:07:08So I just needed a bit of escapism cos I felt a bit down, really.
0:07:08 > 0:07:11The prisoner claims his depression was caused by not being allowed
0:07:11 > 0:07:14to go to his father's funeral.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17Well, I'd have liked to have went to the funeral and I'd have liked to
0:07:17 > 0:07:20have the opportunity to go and say my goodbyes but I never did.
0:07:20 > 0:07:24OK. I understand that and I understand that must have been really difficult.
0:07:24 > 0:07:28Obviously that decision was made on the basis of a risk assessment.
0:07:28 > 0:07:31- Mm, yeah.- Have you spoken to chaplaincy at all?- No.- OK.
0:07:31 > 0:07:34Can we hear the reports, please?
0:07:34 > 0:07:37He abides to the wing regime and complies with what is
0:07:37 > 0:07:41asked of him and is currently employed on a gym course.
0:07:41 > 0:07:45OK. This is your first offence so I'll be taking that into account.
0:07:45 > 0:07:50So I'll be awarding, for this, 14 days loss of association.
0:07:50 > 0:07:54Loss of association means that, for the next two weeks,
0:07:54 > 0:07:56the prisoner will be kept to his cell
0:07:56 > 0:07:59whilst his mates enjoy an hour of leisure time each evening.
0:07:59 > 0:08:01..and 14 days cellular confinement
0:08:01 > 0:08:04but I'm going to suspend that for a period of three months.
0:08:04 > 0:08:07So if you find yourself up on adjudication again for a positive MDT,
0:08:07 > 0:08:09then that could well be activated,
0:08:09 > 0:08:13- so it's a heavy award hanging over your head, OK?- Yeah.
0:08:13 > 0:08:17Through there, Jamie. Name and number to the governor.
0:08:17 > 0:08:18- Do you understand the charge?- Yep.
0:08:18 > 0:08:20Next up is another drugs offence.
0:08:20 > 0:08:24And, again, the prisoner is pleading guilty.
0:08:24 > 0:08:26But this time there's a complication.
0:08:26 > 0:08:29Is this your first offence for a positive MDT?
0:08:29 > 0:08:32You have had previous, have you? OK.
0:08:32 > 0:08:34An MDT is a Mandatory Drugs Test.
0:08:34 > 0:08:38They're done at random and there's no escape from them.
0:08:38 > 0:08:39In light of that,
0:08:39 > 0:08:43I'm going to remand this to go out to the independent adjudicator, OK?
0:08:43 > 0:08:47Sarah has no choice but to refer the man's case to the adjudicator,
0:08:47 > 0:08:51a visiting judge, because a repeat offence can mean extra time
0:08:51 > 0:08:53being added to his sentence.
0:08:53 > 0:08:56That's something she's not authorised to decide.
0:08:56 > 0:08:59One thing I always try and talk about with the prisoner when in the adjudication is
0:08:59 > 0:09:04if they regularly use drugs, and whether that prisoner is upfront
0:09:04 > 0:09:07and honest with you about their reasons or not,
0:09:07 > 0:09:11and then obviously taking into account whether it's a first offence
0:09:11 > 0:09:14or whether they've got a history of drug-taking behaviour,
0:09:14 > 0:09:18and then obviously they would get a more severe award as a result.
0:09:18 > 0:09:22The next case involves an inmate who has a history of violence.
0:09:22 > 0:09:24He's charged with criminal damage.
0:09:24 > 0:09:27The officers stand very close in case of trouble.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29They daren't take any risks.
0:09:29 > 0:09:30Have a seat, please.
0:09:32 > 0:09:36Tuck yourself right in there. And again.
0:09:36 > 0:09:38Put your leg around the front, please.
0:09:38 > 0:09:41Both, yes. Elbows on there?
0:09:41 > 0:09:45OK. You've been charged under prison rule 51, paragraph 17,
0:09:45 > 0:09:50"destroys or damages any part of a prison or any other property, other than his own."
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Do you understand the charge?
0:09:52 > 0:09:55Do you need any help at this hearing?
0:09:55 > 0:09:57Do you have any questions at this stage?
0:09:59 > 0:10:01Have you prepared a written reply?
0:10:01 > 0:10:03Calm down. Listen to the governor's questions.
0:10:03 > 0:10:06Let me finish my question, please, and then you can respond.
0:10:06 > 0:10:10Are you fit to proceed with the hearing at this stage?
0:10:10 > 0:10:12How do you plead to the charge?
0:10:12 > 0:10:14OK.
0:10:14 > 0:10:17Can we hear the evidence, please?
0:10:17 > 0:10:20Governor, on the 15th of the 11th, 2011, at 17:40 hours,
0:10:20 > 0:10:22I heard a loud noise from cell H107.
0:10:22 > 0:10:25When investigating, I found he had smashed his TV and,
0:10:25 > 0:10:28on speaking to him, he said he had smashed it because he didn't like his evening meal.
0:10:28 > 0:10:31And, er, is the evidence correct?
0:10:31 > 0:10:32OK.
0:10:41 > 0:10:43OK.
0:10:43 > 0:10:46If you've got complaints about the food,
0:10:46 > 0:10:49there is a procedure to follow.
0:10:49 > 0:10:52Smashing your television isn't the way to go about it.
0:10:52 > 0:10:54I suggest that you do.
0:10:56 > 0:10:59OK. Through the evidence that I've heard today,
0:10:59 > 0:11:02and your own admission, I find the charge proven.
0:11:02 > 0:11:04Have you got anything to say in mitigation?
0:11:08 > 0:11:09OK.
0:11:10 > 0:11:14I'm going to award you 14 days loss of association
0:11:14 > 0:11:17and 14 days loss of TV.
0:11:17 > 0:11:21You're not earning a particular large amount at the moment anyway,
0:11:21 > 0:11:24so I don't feel there's much that I can take off of that.
0:11:24 > 0:11:26Yeah, you'll still be entitled to exercise.
0:11:26 > 0:11:29You just won't have association periods. OK, that's it. Thank you.
0:11:29 > 0:11:33That particular prisoner has got a history of being volatile.
0:11:33 > 0:11:36He's got a history of being volatile towards staff.
0:11:36 > 0:11:39I believe he may have assaulted staff previously.
0:11:39 > 0:11:44You can see by his manner that he was slightly more aggressive
0:11:44 > 0:11:46and attempting to, control the hearing
0:11:46 > 0:11:50so the staff are just very much conscious of that and making sure
0:11:50 > 0:11:53that they're in a position to deal with that individual.
0:11:53 > 0:11:56Later, Sarah has an even more angry young man to deal with.
0:11:56 > 0:12:00Hang on a sec. Right, to start off, there's no need for bad language.
0:12:00 > 0:12:02We'll see how she gets on.
0:12:05 > 0:12:09Some of the most momentous changes to prisons came about
0:12:09 > 0:12:11following the riots more than 20 years ago.
0:12:11 > 0:12:12You may remember this.
0:12:15 > 0:12:20April 1990 - pictures that made world headlines the 25 days.
0:12:20 > 0:12:24The biggest prison riot in British history.
0:12:24 > 0:12:29This is HMP Manchester, better known as Strangeways.
0:12:33 > 0:12:36Trouble had been brewing for months because of overcrowding.
0:12:36 > 0:12:39As many as three inmates were held in cells designed for one.
0:12:39 > 0:12:43At night, prisoners had to use buckets for lavatories,
0:12:43 > 0:12:44slopping it out every morning,
0:12:44 > 0:12:48and they were also complaining of alleged staff brutality.
0:12:48 > 0:12:51Strangeways isn't a hotel but when you're treated like an animal,
0:12:51 > 0:12:53you act like an animal.
0:12:53 > 0:12:56The governor of Strangeways Brendan O'Friel had advocated
0:12:56 > 0:13:00for change in the prison system three years prior to the riot.
0:13:01 > 0:13:05There are people in the prison who could be dealt with in some other way.
0:13:05 > 0:13:07And what we've got to do,
0:13:07 > 0:13:09it seems to me, as a community,
0:13:09 > 0:13:13is to constantly strive for not only developing more alternatives
0:13:13 > 0:13:17to prison, but fully utilising those that are available.
0:13:17 > 0:13:19On Sunday the 1st of April,
0:13:19 > 0:13:23prisoners planned a protest during a service in the chapel.
0:13:23 > 0:13:27A ringleader, Paul Taylor, who was inside for three years
0:13:27 > 0:13:30on burglary charges, took his opportunity.
0:13:31 > 0:13:33I made my way from my seat,
0:13:33 > 0:13:38fully aware of the very fact that there were going to be,
0:13:38 > 0:13:42at the end of service, a sit-in protest...
0:13:45 > 0:13:50..and I grabbed a hold of the microphone.
0:13:50 > 0:13:53Taylor incited the crowd with a speech and, minutes later,
0:13:53 > 0:13:56the protest had escalated into a full-blown riot.
0:13:58 > 0:14:00All hell broke loose.
0:14:00 > 0:14:03Prisoners attacked officers and keys were grabbed.
0:14:03 > 0:14:05Hundreds of cell doors were opened.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07The chaos brought violence.
0:14:07 > 0:14:11Personal vendettas were taken out on sex offenders.
0:14:11 > 0:14:15The prisoners were coming out in such a distressed state.
0:14:15 > 0:14:18They were clinging to you. "Mr Wright, get us out!"
0:14:18 > 0:14:22Utter shock and fear on their faces, for their lives.
0:14:22 > 0:14:27One, Derek Wright, was so badly beaten, he later died in hospital.
0:14:28 > 0:14:30By now, barricades had been set up
0:14:30 > 0:14:33and rioters had broken through to the roof.
0:14:33 > 0:14:36Some, like Taylor, revelled in the notoriety.
0:14:38 > 0:14:43Governor O'Friel had plans to storm the prison on day two with police,
0:14:43 > 0:14:47but it was vetoed by the Home Office as too dangerous.
0:14:47 > 0:14:51A stand-off ensued and specialists were brought in to negotiate.
0:14:51 > 0:14:54Many prisoners gave themselves up
0:14:54 > 0:14:56but the hardliners wanted to continue the protest.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00They got everything they asked for, effectively,
0:15:00 > 0:15:04and yet there's no accounting for a brick-wall mind.
0:15:08 > 0:15:09Over the weeks,
0:15:09 > 0:15:12authorities tried psychological pressure - helicopter searchlights,
0:15:12 > 0:15:17sirens, even officers beating their shield and shouting "beasts"...
0:15:17 > 0:15:19Beasts, beasts! Beasts, beasts, beasts!
0:15:19 > 0:15:21..prison slang for sex offenders,
0:15:21 > 0:15:26and not least the hoses, making the rioters cold and wet.
0:15:28 > 0:15:30But some just laughed it off.
0:15:30 > 0:15:35Relatives were allowed to call up and try and persuade them to come down.
0:15:35 > 0:15:38Take care of yourself. I love you.
0:15:40 > 0:15:43By week three, there were only ten still there
0:15:43 > 0:15:45and police started to gain control.
0:15:45 > 0:15:48Prison officers, let back inside, were shocked by what they saw.
0:15:48 > 0:15:51It's very hard to describe.
0:15:51 > 0:15:54It's just a complete wreck.
0:15:54 > 0:16:00It was just utter, sheer, wanton criminal damage.
0:16:00 > 0:16:03Finally, on the 25th day, still grandstanding,
0:16:03 > 0:16:08Taylor and four others were the last to come down in a cherry picker.
0:16:08 > 0:16:12When they went, the siege was over. 18 prisoners were put on trial.
0:16:12 > 0:16:19Charges were for violent disorder, GBH, conspiracy to riot and murder.
0:16:19 > 0:16:23Taylor was given a ten-year jail sentence for his role as ringleader.
0:16:24 > 0:16:28A major enquiry, headed by Lord Justice Woolf was set up.
0:16:28 > 0:16:32His report said prisoners should never be put three to a cell
0:16:32 > 0:16:38and recommended that the practice of slopping out should end, and it has.
0:16:38 > 0:16:43Repairing Strangeways cost £55 million and, today,
0:16:43 > 0:16:47leading lights in the prison service say the riot really was a turning point.
0:16:53 > 0:16:57The Strangeways riot was copied in jails all over the country,
0:16:57 > 0:17:00not least here in Bristol, where up to 400 prisoners
0:17:00 > 0:17:04took control of three wings and kept control of them for two days.
0:17:04 > 0:17:06With me now is Governing Governor,
0:17:06 > 0:17:09also known around the prison as Governor One, Kenny Brown.
0:17:09 > 0:17:11- Nice to meet you, Kenny. - Nice to meet you.
0:17:11 > 0:17:16Tell me about the changes that were made here in Bristol after those riots in 1990.
0:17:16 > 0:17:20I guess the physical changes, as you can see by looking through
0:17:20 > 0:17:23the wings, it's pretty much been halved from what it was before.
0:17:23 > 0:17:27- So that wall wasn't their?- No, it would have been a full wing.
0:17:27 > 0:17:30The wing was twice the length it is now and those physical changes
0:17:30 > 0:17:34were brought in pretty much to control prisoners in the future,
0:17:34 > 0:17:38if such rioting took place again, so that's what you can see physically.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42And then on top of that, there were enquiries
0:17:42 > 0:17:46and from there we looked at the staff-prisoner relationship
0:17:46 > 0:17:50and how that could be bettered, to stop riots happening in the future,
0:17:50 > 0:17:52and training for prison officers
0:17:52 > 0:17:55and all sorts of different things were then implemented to make
0:17:55 > 0:17:58the relationships work better than what they were before.
0:17:58 > 0:18:00And you were instrumental in these changes, weren't you,
0:18:00 > 0:18:04because of your personal experiences and working on that relationship
0:18:04 > 0:18:06between the prison staff and the prisoner.
0:18:06 > 0:18:09Yeah. Well, I guess I was instrumental at Bristol.
0:18:09 > 0:18:11I wasn't instrumental from 1990 but,
0:18:11 > 0:18:14as far as my experience goes at Bristol, when I arrived here,
0:18:14 > 0:18:18the staff-prisoner relationships were OK. They weren't brilliant.
0:18:18 > 0:18:22I did want to implement a lot more stuff
0:18:22 > 0:18:26around the culture and decency, so that prison officers
0:18:26 > 0:18:29understood their role in terms of being mentors for prisoners, and
0:18:29 > 0:18:33the importance of their influence on turning prisoners' lives around.
0:18:33 > 0:18:36And that does come from my background.
0:18:36 > 0:18:40My background, briefly, is from a working-class area of Scotland,
0:18:40 > 0:18:43where times were quite difficult and lots of people were
0:18:43 > 0:18:48getting into crime quite easily because that was what it was.
0:18:48 > 0:18:50I think the difference to me
0:18:50 > 0:18:53at that time was that I pretty much had a strong family
0:18:53 > 0:18:56and good influential parents who actually made a difference,
0:18:56 > 0:19:01otherwise I'm quite convinced I would have ended up in prison myself at one stage.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03But because you know that side of things,
0:19:03 > 0:19:06you're able to help things from this side of things in prison as well.
0:19:06 > 0:19:09Just briefly, has that system worked?
0:19:09 > 0:19:14I think what you see at Bristol is that from 1990,
0:19:14 > 0:19:18another big change is that the prison officers working in Bristol
0:19:18 > 0:19:21are probably 50% less than were working at that time.
0:19:21 > 0:19:23The reason why that works so successfully,
0:19:23 > 0:19:26it's actually a lot safer than it was in 1990, but the
0:19:26 > 0:19:29staff-prisoner relationships have been enhanced considerably.
0:19:29 > 0:19:31Safety is more about how good the relationships are
0:19:31 > 0:19:34between the prisoner, rather than having numbers.
0:19:34 > 0:19:39So what you see here now is prison officers who are determined to make
0:19:39 > 0:19:44a difference for society, in terms of role-modelling for prisoners.
0:19:44 > 0:19:46Therefore, when they're released,
0:19:46 > 0:19:49they're much less likely to commit crimes and, therefore, there is
0:19:49 > 0:19:51less victims and prison officers at Bristol
0:19:51 > 0:19:54understand that and want to put that back into the Bristol community.
0:19:54 > 0:19:57- Thanks for your time today, Kenny. - Thank you.- Cheers.
0:20:00 > 0:20:03Today we've been watching how the West Midlands force have been
0:20:03 > 0:20:06protecting the Lib Dems at their conference in Birmingham.
0:20:06 > 0:20:08They're ready for anything
0:20:08 > 0:20:11and it's not long before their preparations are tested for real.
0:20:11 > 0:20:16The Brighton bombing in 1984 demonstrated how deadly
0:20:16 > 0:20:20a terrorist attack on a political conference could be.
0:20:21 > 0:20:27In Birmingham 2011, West Midlands Police are taking no chances.
0:20:27 > 0:20:30Using all the equipment available to today's police,
0:20:30 > 0:20:33they've drawn a circle of steel around the centre
0:20:33 > 0:20:35hosting the Liberal Democrats' annual bash.
0:20:35 > 0:20:38The most likely worst-case scenarios that we would plan for
0:20:38 > 0:20:41would be the finding of a package, a suspect package,
0:20:41 > 0:20:43inside the International Convention Centre.
0:20:43 > 0:20:46So we'd have to very quickly and orderly
0:20:46 > 0:20:49take at least 3,500 people off the premises so we could work
0:20:49 > 0:20:53on that device and find out whether it was a genuine threat or not.
0:20:53 > 0:20:57It's a massive operation to keep everyone safe.
0:20:57 > 0:21:00500 police officers from all departments are working
0:21:00 > 0:21:04round the clock with modern specialist technology
0:21:04 > 0:21:07to ensure there's no threat to the delegates.
0:21:07 > 0:21:09Every nook and cranny has to be checked out
0:21:09 > 0:21:13and, on one side the building, that means a dip in the canal.
0:21:13 > 0:21:15You can imagine that a narrow boat is, basically,
0:21:15 > 0:21:18one massive void under the water and water level,
0:21:18 > 0:21:23would be a good place to leave anything that could cause a disruption to the conference.
0:21:23 > 0:21:27At the moment, Martin and Sarah a fingertip search
0:21:27 > 0:21:28along the hull of the boat
0:21:28 > 0:21:30It's designed to indicate to us
0:21:30 > 0:21:33any anomalies that are either attached to the hull
0:21:33 > 0:21:36of the boat, or anything built into the boat that shouldn't be there.
0:21:36 > 0:21:39Can you feel if I push there?
0:21:39 > 0:21:42- Like the riveting plates? - Yeah.
0:21:44 > 0:21:47The Brighton bombings were the catalyst regarding police
0:21:47 > 0:21:51search of counter terrorist incidents, and as a result of that,
0:21:51 > 0:21:56all the police forces in the country have got police search trained officers,
0:21:56 > 0:22:00who are trained to conduct low-level counterterrorist surges.
0:22:00 > 0:22:04As well as underwater, they have to go underground, too.
0:22:04 > 0:22:07After a first safety check with their high-tech camera,
0:22:07 > 0:22:08they get in for a closer look.
0:22:09 > 0:22:13So, once the drain's been searched, and it's clear,
0:22:13 > 0:22:15We have a rubber seal with an individual number on it,
0:22:15 > 0:22:18and it's burnt onto the drain.
0:22:18 > 0:22:19And then it's noted.
0:22:19 > 0:22:23- And there's a lot of drains. - That one's done.
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Move onto the next one. There's 750.
0:22:25 > 0:22:27Yeah. Thanks, Alpha one.
0:22:27 > 0:22:29If you give me one or two minutes, I'll call you up
0:22:29 > 0:22:32and ask the location of the principal.
0:22:32 > 0:22:35The principal is the Deputy Prime Minister, Nick Clegg.
0:22:35 > 0:22:39It's inspector Paul Minor's job to coordinate the firearms unit
0:22:39 > 0:22:44and some of his team are the last line of defence for the VIPs.
0:22:44 > 0:22:47This is traditionally a body guarding-type operation.
0:22:47 > 0:22:48The officers are working around
0:22:48 > 0:22:49the deputy prime minister
0:22:49 > 0:22:54on this occasion. One of the key factors, today, is continually keeping his convoy moving
0:22:54 > 0:22:56rather than having it static and stationary.
0:22:56 > 0:23:00So, there are occasions when as he enters into the conference site, some of the barriers
0:23:00 > 0:23:02need to be opened and moved prior to him getting there,
0:23:02 > 0:23:06so it needs to be a slick movement through, rather than him simply staying stationary
0:23:06 > 0:23:09whilst the barriers are opened and negotiations take place.
0:23:09 > 0:23:14This is quite an important part in the close detection operation.
0:23:14 > 0:23:16As well as talking directly to his officers on the radio,
0:23:16 > 0:23:18Paul can also see them.
0:23:18 > 0:23:22We have CCTV cameras all around the city of Birmingham,
0:23:22 > 0:23:26to be able to identify and observe officers on patrol in the area.
0:23:26 > 0:23:29It's particularly useful in the event of an incident,
0:23:29 > 0:23:32because we can work out what they are seeing at any one time.
0:23:32 > 0:23:37Then we can communicate directly with them and draw additional resources into the system.
0:23:37 > 0:23:41The police have every possible area covered, from bread rolls
0:23:41 > 0:23:44entering the building, right up to their eye in the sky,
0:23:44 > 0:23:46the police helicopter.
0:23:49 > 0:23:54The whole five days of conference, 500 offices must remain vigilant.
0:23:54 > 0:23:56Nothing can be allowed to slip through the net.
0:23:56 > 0:23:59'Some bikes just going round Five Ways Island. Bear with us.'
0:23:59 > 0:24:03Anything suspicious is a call for immediate action.
0:24:03 > 0:24:07POLICE TALKS ON RADIO
0:24:09 > 0:24:11This car has been picked up on police CCTV as it's
0:24:11 > 0:24:15entered the controlled zone around the conference centre.
0:24:15 > 0:24:18Anything that approaches the cordon is treated as a threat.
0:24:18 > 0:24:21And their system has recognised the number plate
0:24:21 > 0:24:23as being from a stolen car.
0:24:23 > 0:24:28There is a possibility that this car could become extremely high risk
0:24:28 > 0:24:31and it must be stopped before it reaches that stage.
0:24:31 > 0:24:34'When we get the opportunity, we'll go for a reinforced stop.'
0:24:34 > 0:24:37Right now, they have no way of knowing who's in it or what their intentions are.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41The force helicopter has been called in to follow the car
0:24:41 > 0:24:44and guide the officers on the ground to it.
0:24:44 > 0:24:45Observer, Matt Smith, is on board.
0:24:45 > 0:24:48'We're just waiting for it to come off.'
0:24:48 > 0:24:50If you know the location,
0:24:50 > 0:24:52And you know specifically what
0:24:52 > 0:24:54sort of vehicle you're looking for,
0:24:54 > 0:24:58so any descriptive details of that vehicle certainly helps.
0:24:58 > 0:25:01But, because it was a specific type of sports car,
0:25:01 > 0:25:03it was relatively easy for us to spot.
0:25:05 > 0:25:08'..I think I see two traffic motorcyclists, now.
0:25:08 > 0:25:11'Yeah, it's two vehicles in front of him, at the moment.'
0:25:11 > 0:25:13With the great camera system we've got on the aircraft,
0:25:13 > 0:25:16we can read registration plates from the air.
0:25:16 > 0:25:20So we were able to identify the vehicle very quickly and effectively.
0:25:25 > 0:25:29'OK, it looks like the vehicle's stopped...'
0:25:29 > 0:25:32The way we live today, terrorism is in the news every day,
0:25:32 > 0:25:35and a threat to government, ultimately,
0:25:35 > 0:25:36could be a terrorist threat.
0:25:36 > 0:25:40So, we are always on alert for a terrorist type situation.
0:25:40 > 0:25:44Certainly, a vehicle of that nature, a stolen vehicle, potentially,
0:25:44 > 0:25:46yeah, could have been a terrorist threat.
0:25:46 > 0:25:47The driver's arrested
0:25:47 > 0:25:50and the car moved well away from the conference site.
0:25:54 > 0:25:58The massive security operation has proved successful,
0:25:58 > 0:26:01as it has at every party conference since the '84 Brighton bombing.
0:26:01 > 0:26:05Throughout the rest of the week, there were no more potential
0:26:05 > 0:26:08threats, and a strong message has gone out.
0:26:13 > 0:26:16Whatever you feel about prisoners and their crimes,
0:26:16 > 0:26:18the fact is a sentence impacts
0:26:18 > 0:26:20innocent families, too.
0:26:20 > 0:26:24Each year, 160,000 children see a parent go to jail.
0:26:24 > 0:26:26Now, there's a new way to stay in touch.
0:26:26 > 0:26:31It was Christmas Eve, and Baby Owl had been out in the snowy woods.
0:26:31 > 0:26:34Toby Diamond's a local lad serving five months for driving offences
0:26:34 > 0:26:36and a cannabis possession.
0:26:36 > 0:26:38It's not the first time he's been inside,
0:26:38 > 0:26:42and over the years, he's missed a lot of time with his kids.
0:26:42 > 0:26:46If I'm honest, I'd like to have been around with the children a lot more than I was.
0:26:46 > 0:26:50I was out and about, doing my hobbies, motocross racing,
0:26:50 > 0:26:51and stuff like that.
0:26:51 > 0:26:54Looking back on things, now, I wish I was home a lot more.
0:26:54 > 0:26:57But, because he's behaved himself in Bristol,
0:26:57 > 0:27:02Toby's one of the lucky ones chosen to take part in the Storybook Dad Scheme.
0:27:02 > 0:27:07I'd heard about it around the prison, and I'd asked one of the members of staff that deal with it
0:27:07 > 0:27:10if I could get involved in it and do the next available slot.
0:27:10 > 0:27:13Toby's recording a Christmas story for his five children.
0:27:13 > 0:27:17The kids actually hearing me read them a story is a lot better
0:27:17 > 0:27:21than them just receiving a book or a story from somebody else.
0:27:21 > 0:27:25it means a lot to them, actually, just hearing their dad, even though I'm not there with them,
0:27:25 > 0:27:28it might make them feel I'm there reading the story to them.
0:27:28 > 0:27:31Working with Toby, today, is Bristol's families and children officer,
0:27:31 > 0:27:33Stuart Harrington.
0:27:33 > 0:27:36He runs several schemes in the prison designed to make better
0:27:36 > 0:27:37parents of the inmates.
0:27:37 > 0:27:39We encourage prisoners to keep in
0:27:39 > 0:27:40contact with families,
0:27:40 > 0:27:43purely because it's understood that any prisoner who does keep
0:27:43 > 0:27:46in contact with his family while he's in prison
0:27:46 > 0:27:51has a higher chance of not offending when they are released.
0:27:51 > 0:27:55They need to remember that it's out there that's real life, not in here.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58"Good night, Mum," said Baby Owl.
0:27:58 > 0:27:59Toby's done his bit,
0:27:59 > 0:28:02but his recordings need tidying up before it can be given to the kids.
0:28:02 > 0:28:06110 miles away at Dartmoor,
0:28:06 > 0:28:08Toby's efforts are already being worked on
0:28:08 > 0:28:11in the Storybook Dads edit suite.
0:28:11 > 0:28:13They add sound effects,
0:28:13 > 0:28:15and music.
0:28:17 > 0:28:22They've been running the scheme from here since 2003 when the charity was founded by Sharon Berry.
0:28:22 > 0:28:25In the beginning, we just had an empty prison cell,
0:28:25 > 0:28:27so, that's where we started from.
0:28:27 > 0:28:31It's grown to now being in over 100 prisons across the country.
0:28:31 > 0:28:34For Sharon, the prisoner is making a commitment to his family
0:28:34 > 0:28:36just by making the recording.
0:28:36 > 0:28:38They have to disengage from the person that they
0:28:38 > 0:28:39have to be on the wing,
0:28:39 > 0:28:42and you're in a prison, perhaps with 100 other men on the landing,
0:28:42 > 0:28:45and prisoners tend to put up a guard.
0:28:45 > 0:28:47But when they come to us for the first time,
0:28:47 > 0:28:51they can be quite difficult, but usually we managed to help them
0:28:51 > 0:28:54to relax and they're usually very pleased
0:28:54 > 0:28:56when they hear it for the first time
0:28:56 > 0:28:58and they want to come back and do more.
0:28:58 > 0:29:01Once the finished recording is burned to a CD,
0:29:01 > 0:29:05they make a customised label and it's ready for sending back to Bristol for checking
0:29:05 > 0:29:07and then on to Toby's family.
0:29:07 > 0:29:10We'll find out later how it goes down with his children.
0:29:15 > 0:29:20TV crime series like CSI may make us a bit blase about using forensics to catch criminals,
0:29:20 > 0:29:26but the reality is that it's a constantly evolving science and I'm about to discover
0:29:26 > 0:29:30some of the latest techniques that are being used to solve crimes.
0:29:30 > 0:29:33Ryan, here in the UK, we don't call it CSI, do we?
0:29:33 > 0:29:35We're forensic scene investigators in the West Midlands.
0:29:35 > 0:29:38And you're going to show me.
0:29:38 > 0:29:40- Clearly, somebody's stood on here. - Yes.
0:29:40 > 0:29:42What kind of information can you get from this?
0:29:42 > 0:29:47We'll get some foil. And we'll go over the area that we need to test.
0:29:47 > 0:29:49- OK.- So, we can see some marks, there.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52And, hopefully, there's going to be some marks that...
0:29:52 > 0:29:54- We actually can't see... - ..Yes.
0:29:54 > 0:29:56..Already. OK.
0:29:56 > 0:29:58So, this device has got a nine volt battery in it.
0:29:58 > 0:30:02- We send a charge through the foil. - Oh, gosh. Look at that.
0:30:02 > 0:30:05- So, it sticks it to the surface. - There's a big air bubble.
0:30:05 > 0:30:08So, what we do is we'll turn the voltage up very slightly.
0:30:08 > 0:30:12- And, as you can see, that's pretty much disappeared.- Yes, it has. OK.
0:30:12 > 0:30:14And we'll use this just to roll out.
0:30:14 > 0:30:16The underside is black and that's sticking, now,
0:30:16 > 0:30:19to those dusty marks that were on the work surface.
0:30:19 > 0:30:22- Yes.- And that's picking that up. That's charging this foil.
0:30:22 > 0:30:26And it's only a small charge, so it's not going to you any harm.
0:30:26 > 0:30:27I wouldn't touch it.
0:30:27 > 0:30:29Everything that's on that surface, now,
0:30:29 > 0:30:33should be stuck to the underside of this foil, so, we, hopefully,
0:30:33 > 0:30:35we've got those trainer marks that we could see first.
0:30:35 > 0:30:40- Which were about three or four, weren't they?- Yes. And, hopefully, then we can see.- Oh, my goodness!
0:30:40 > 0:30:43Look, there's more than trainer marks. There's a great big handprint.
0:30:43 > 0:30:47That's right. So, what we've got there is some fingerprints, hopefully.
0:30:47 > 0:30:50Now, if we look at fingerprints and we don't have any detail,
0:30:50 > 0:30:52then we might look at DNA, so, we could swab...
0:30:52 > 0:30:54But, if you look at the surface, I couldn't see anything.
0:30:54 > 0:30:59- Right. And, sometimes, the best marks are the marks that you can't see.- OK.
0:30:59 > 0:31:04Now, hopefully, this should aid us, in seeing those trainer marks.
0:31:04 > 0:31:07You can see those three very clearly.
0:31:07 > 0:31:10Now, by using this light, it would just enhance that.
0:31:10 > 0:31:14So, you can see these marks, here, this is quite clearly four fingers from someone's hand.
0:31:14 > 0:31:16- Yes.- So we look at that area, as well.- Yes.
0:31:16 > 0:31:19Now, these trainers, quite clearly from the same foot.
0:31:19 > 0:31:23And now we look of that detail on there.
0:31:23 > 0:31:24You've got an example, haven't you?
0:31:24 > 0:31:28- On your machine of when you've used this, actually, haven't you?- Yes.
0:31:28 > 0:31:33A bank robbery that I went to where the offenders had come down through the ceiling.
0:31:33 > 0:31:36- So, it was a bank, they'd gone into a flat above it.- Yes.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38- An unoccupied flat.- Yes.
0:31:38 > 0:31:40The offenders had broken in the night before
0:31:40 > 0:31:42and they had taken back the carpet.
0:31:42 > 0:31:45They had removed the floorboards, as you can see, there, with axes and hammers
0:31:45 > 0:31:48and they'd made a hole into the floorboards and they waited,
0:31:48 > 0:31:52then, for the following morning, so the bank staff had come in,
0:31:52 > 0:31:57the bank is still closed, the safe's had been opened, and, at that point,
0:31:57 > 0:31:59they had then gone down to the ceiling, creating this hole.
0:31:59 > 0:32:02Into the safety area, as it were, in the bank.
0:32:02 > 0:32:05- Got the money.- That's the safe. It's completely empty.
0:32:05 > 0:32:08And they'd gone out, down the corridorr.
0:32:08 > 0:32:10Now, this is the serving area.
0:32:10 > 0:32:12So, this is where members of the public normally are.
0:32:12 > 0:32:16This had been cleaned the night before, and the only people that had gone through were the offenders.
0:32:16 > 0:32:20We put a couple of sheets down and we've done exactly what we've just done there
0:32:20 > 0:32:21and we had some very good marks.
0:32:21 > 0:32:24We managed to identify some suspects and when we arrested those suspects
0:32:24 > 0:32:27their footwear matched some of the trainer marks we had at the scene.
0:32:27 > 0:32:30That's fascinating. Thank you very much.
0:32:32 > 0:32:36Earlier on, we sat in on a disciplinary hearing.
0:32:36 > 0:32:39Now, Sarah Coombs has to do deal with the prisoner
0:32:39 > 0:32:41who's already spent time on the segregation wing.
0:32:41 > 0:32:44He's been through this process nine times before.
0:32:44 > 0:32:48OK, you've been charged under prison rule 51, paragraph 17,
0:32:48 > 0:32:53destroys or damages any part of a prison or any other property other than his own.
0:32:53 > 0:32:54OK? Do you understand that charge?
0:32:56 > 0:32:57And are you OK to proceed
0:32:57 > 0:32:58with the hearing?
0:32:58 > 0:33:00How do you plead to the charge?
0:33:07 > 0:33:09OK, so you plead guilty to the charge of destroying or
0:33:09 > 0:33:11damaging prison property.
0:33:16 > 0:33:18The prisoner has been vandalising his cell
0:33:18 > 0:33:22and the exercise yard with graffiti.
0:33:22 > 0:33:23Can we hear the evidence, please.
0:33:23 > 0:33:27Governor, I was conducting a cell fabric check,
0:33:27 > 0:33:32and noticed the word scratched into the paintwork on the window ledge inside the cell.
0:33:32 > 0:33:37The same word had also been scratched into the paintwork in the exercise yard.
0:33:38 > 0:33:40OK, we'll get to that in a second.
0:33:40 > 0:33:44Do you understand the evidence, first of all? Yeah?
0:33:44 > 0:33:46Are there any points in the evidence that need clarifying?
0:33:46 > 0:33:48I take it from your response
0:33:48 > 0:33:50just then that yes, OK.
0:33:52 > 0:33:57OK. You'll get a chance to put your story towards me in a moment. When did you do the damage in the yard?
0:34:00 > 0:34:01OK, but...
0:34:04 > 0:34:07OK, whether you cleaned it off or not,
0:34:07 > 0:34:09you said to me that you did that, initially.
0:34:09 > 0:34:12The prisoner doesn't have a defence.
0:34:12 > 0:34:14And why did you do that?
0:34:16 > 0:34:21Through the evidence, and your own admission,, I found the charge proven, OK?
0:34:21 > 0:34:25Have you got anything to say in mitigation?
0:34:26 > 0:34:28Apart from the fact that you were bored.
0:34:29 > 0:34:30OK.
0:34:30 > 0:34:33Can we hear the reports, please?
0:34:33 > 0:34:36He has nine previous findings of guilt on adjudication,
0:34:36 > 0:34:39eight of these have been in this establishment.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42Two reports for a similar offence to this one.
0:34:42 > 0:34:45Sarah can punish the prisoner by withdrawing privileges within the prison.
0:34:45 > 0:34:50But this inmate's already been confined to a cell for two weeks after a previous adjudication.
0:34:54 > 0:34:56OK, I'm going to award, for this,
0:34:56 > 0:35:02seven days stoppage of earnings at 50%.
0:35:03 > 0:35:07And seven days loss of canteen.
0:35:07 > 0:35:10You've been on cellular confinement for the past two weeks, OK?
0:35:10 > 0:35:11Is that correct? Two weeks?
0:35:13 > 0:35:1516 days, OK.
0:35:15 > 0:35:17And the staff have said to me,
0:35:17 > 0:35:18since you've been down here,
0:35:18 > 0:35:20you have been abusive to staff.
0:35:20 > 0:35:22You obviously had a proven
0:35:22 > 0:35:24adjudication the damage to
0:35:24 > 0:35:26cells and the yard.
0:35:30 > 0:35:31Have you seen healthcare
0:35:31 > 0:35:32since you been down here?
0:35:40 > 0:35:44OK, that's not an appropriate way to talk about staff that work here. OK?
0:35:44 > 0:35:46They've got a lot of prisoners to see.
0:35:46 > 0:35:50Sarah's seen many prisoners who are unable to take responsibility
0:35:50 > 0:35:54for their own actions and blame everything and everyone else.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56His reason for not complying with the regime was
0:35:56 > 0:36:01because he slept till three o'clock in the afternoon.
0:36:01 > 0:36:04His reason for not being compliant is he's not on the correct medication.
0:36:04 > 0:36:07I'm going to sign you up for 72 hours good order or discipline. OK?
0:36:07 > 0:36:11And we need to think about how we'e we going to progress you
0:36:11 > 0:36:12back to normal location.
0:36:12 > 0:36:15You need to start demonstrating some compliant behaviour.
0:36:17 > 0:36:18Why not?
0:36:20 > 0:36:21Right.
0:36:28 > 0:36:29OK.
0:36:30 > 0:36:32But, it's your responsibility
0:36:32 > 0:36:34to behave.
0:36:34 > 0:36:38You can't be reliant on medication. It's your choice and your decision.
0:36:38 > 0:36:41You just said, yourself, that you do things your way.
0:36:41 > 0:36:44I suggest you have a think about how your way...
0:36:48 > 0:36:50Hang on a sec. To start off,
0:36:50 > 0:36:52there's no need for bad language.
0:36:52 > 0:36:55It's not appropriate, no.
0:36:55 > 0:36:57Second of all, right,
0:36:57 > 0:36:58you've demonstrated on a couple
0:36:58 > 0:37:00occasions already, that you could behave.
0:37:00 > 0:37:02And be polite.
0:37:05 > 0:37:07There's no need for that.
0:37:09 > 0:37:10No, it's not.
0:37:10 > 0:37:13OK. I've told you what I expect, OK?
0:37:13 > 0:37:15The staff have been quite clear.
0:37:15 > 0:37:18They expect you to comply, not be rude, not be swearing,
0:37:18 > 0:37:22and engage, constructively, with the regime, OK?
0:37:22 > 0:37:25So, I'm signing you up for 72 hours and then we'll make a decision,
0:37:25 > 0:37:27then, about whether it's suitable for you to go back
0:37:27 > 0:37:29to normal location.
0:37:30 > 0:37:32I don't, I don't,
0:37:32 > 0:37:34I don't have that plan, at all.
0:37:34 > 0:37:35That's up to you,
0:37:35 > 0:37:37to demonstrate your behaviour.
0:37:39 > 0:37:40Yes.
0:37:40 > 0:37:42We'll be working with him over the next few days,
0:37:42 > 0:37:46to try and get him to take some responsibility, really,
0:37:46 > 0:37:50and see that the onus is on him to progress out of segregation.
0:37:50 > 0:37:54The prisoner will be back in adjudications in three days
0:37:54 > 0:37:56before another duty governor.
0:37:56 > 0:37:57And, hopefully,
0:37:57 > 0:38:01he'll be in a better frame of mind after 72 more hours on the block.
0:38:05 > 0:38:09The gym at Bristol is not just there to keep the prisoners fit,
0:38:09 > 0:38:12it's also a way into a job on the outside.
0:38:12 > 0:38:14Louise has been along there.
0:38:14 > 0:38:16This is our weight and fitness suite.
0:38:16 > 0:38:20OK, so, it looks like, kind of like a normal gym.
0:38:20 > 0:38:23- Well, that's the idea, to get it similar to an outside gymnasium. - Yeah.
0:38:23 > 0:38:25And the point of having it is...
0:38:25 > 0:38:30Twofold, we've got two activities. We've got rehabilitation PE.
0:38:30 > 0:38:35You can see on the treadmill, there, and we've got our PE course in front of us,
0:38:35 > 0:38:38so we got two activities in the gymnasium.
0:38:38 > 0:38:39And, can people just come in here
0:38:39 > 0:38:42and work out as and when they wish or not?
0:38:42 > 0:38:44No. Part of, you know, the government legislation
0:38:44 > 0:38:47and the working prisons agenda,
0:38:47 > 0:38:50we have no recreational PE in the core day.
0:38:50 > 0:38:54You or I can't go and access a game of badminton,
0:38:54 > 0:38:57we can't leave work and go and play football.
0:38:57 > 0:39:00It's the same within Bristol prison.
0:39:00 > 0:39:04The recreational gymnasium, early mornings before work,
0:39:04 > 0:39:08dinner times and prisoners' own time, evenings and weekends.
0:39:08 > 0:39:11- And can I speak to one of them, as well.- Certainly. Benji?
0:39:11 > 0:39:15- Got a second?- Hi, Benji. I'm Louise. Hello.- Hi, are you all right? - Yeah, good.
0:39:15 > 0:39:19So, what do you use the gym for, mostly, and how is it helping?
0:39:19 > 0:39:22It's helping me, I guess, with my confidence, my self-esteem,
0:39:22 > 0:39:25and that, and a lot of us have had a lot of issues
0:39:25 > 0:39:30where we haven't always looked our best, you know, alcohol, drug problems, and whatnot.
0:39:30 > 0:39:33So, I guess, to be able to come to the gym and get fit
0:39:33 > 0:39:35and healthy, healthy body, healthy mind.
0:39:35 > 0:39:37It makes me feel a lot more positive.
0:39:37 > 0:39:39And what about after you leave?
0:39:39 > 0:39:42- Have you got qualifications that you will be able to take on and use? - I have.
0:39:42 > 0:39:45I've gained qualifications whilst here in Horfield,
0:39:45 > 0:39:51Level I gym instructor, and then, this month I'm down to start NVQ level II
0:39:51 > 0:39:54which is fully qualified gym instructor, so, hopefully,
0:39:54 > 0:39:58that will give me more confidence to go out and gain some employment.
0:39:58 > 0:40:02- And do you think it will help you stay out, as well?- Definitely, yeah.
0:40:02 > 0:40:05I mean, I've been in and out quite a lot since I was quite young.
0:40:05 > 0:40:08I'm 31, now, so I've got no trade, or,
0:40:08 > 0:40:11no real experience in working, so, if I can get this under my belt,
0:40:11 > 0:40:15hopefully, fingers crossed, that will help.
0:40:15 > 0:40:17OK, well, thank you very much.
0:40:20 > 0:40:24Now, Toby Diamond was sentenced to five months in prison for a series
0:40:24 > 0:40:26of driving and drug offences.
0:40:26 > 0:40:29Toby knows the punishment for his crimes is prison,
0:40:29 > 0:40:32but his five children are the innocent victims in all of this,
0:40:32 > 0:40:36and it's been almost impossible for him to keep a meaningful relationship with them.
0:40:36 > 0:40:39Until, he discovered Storybook Dads.
0:40:41 > 0:40:46Toby's now out of Bristol and trying to reform his ways.
0:40:46 > 0:40:50'..and Baby Owl have been out in the snowy woods playing on his sledge..
0:40:50 > 0:40:55Toby's wife, Terry, and their five children are listening again to their dad's story.
0:40:55 > 0:40:58Storybooks Dad meant that the kids got to hear their dad,
0:40:58 > 0:41:01to know that he was still there.
0:41:01 > 0:41:05And they listen to him at night so it was like their bedtime story.
0:41:05 > 0:41:07And it was always, "Come and listen to dad."
0:41:07 > 0:41:08"Can we put dad on?"
0:41:08 > 0:41:12To me it meant that he was trying to keep that communication open between him and the kids.
0:41:12 > 0:41:17That's a great improvement over the old days before he went inside.
0:41:17 > 0:41:19I think I've had my fair share of acting a prat
0:41:19 > 0:41:22and going out gallivanting and doing what I was doing.
0:41:22 > 0:41:27And being inside has made me realise that it's time to sort myself out and settle down.
0:41:27 > 0:41:29My time now is to spend with my family.
0:41:29 > 0:41:33The children have had the best present of all. Their dad back home.
0:41:33 > 0:41:35Clever girl.
0:41:37 > 0:41:39That's it for today.
0:41:39 > 0:41:41Join us next time on Crime and Punishment
0:41:41 > 0:41:44when we'll be looking at more of the changes in prisons and policing
0:41:44 > 0:41:46since the Queen came to the throne.
0:41:46 > 0:41:47Bye for now.
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