Evolving Prisons – Sinem Bozkurt on being a prison officer and an incarcerated person in England

Sinem Bozkurt was a prison officer in England for a year and a half before she was caught taking contraband into prison for an incarcerated person. She then went on to serve a prison sentence.

Sinem speaks about her time as an officer, what was going on in her life that contributed to her taking in contraband and her time serving a sentence.

We discuss whether the training equips officers to do the job expected of them, whether prison is a necessary punishment for some offences and how three people can be convicted of similar offences yet get very different outcomes.

You can read the article Sinem wrote about her experience here: ‘Absent Voices: Experiencing Prison Life from Both Sides of the Fence – A Turkish Female’s Perspective’