The new episode captures the views of people who have knowledge of and expertise in the prison system, and offers insights into prison sentencing overall, including what a prison sentence involves day to day. Victims expert and council member, Lynn Burns, opens the podcast with a powerful story talking about her experience following the murder of her son Sam.

The podcast also features views from:

• Jim Kerr, divisional head of the Scottish Prison Service
• Dr Katrina Morrison, lecturer of criminology at Edinburgh Napier University
• a current prisoner serving their sentence.

Along with the council’s other website material, the podcast is intended to assist people’s understanding of prison sentencing, particularly at a time when it is a topic of wider consideration.

This is the second episode in the council’s Scottish Sentencing Conversations podcast series.