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Today on Life After Prison we're joined by Big Stygs – an artist, entrepreneur, and community leader from Birmingham who’s turned his life around in a big way. From serving time in A-cat prisons and going viral inside, to now running multiple businesses and building a community hub to help others – this is a story about resilience, creativity, and proving you can always rewrite your future.

This podcast is also available as a video – just search Life After Prison on YouTube.

Useful Organisations

• Key4Life – uses music, sport, and mentoring to help young men leaving prison find purpose and employment.
• The Irene Taylor Trust – Music in Prisons – delivers music-making projects inside and post-release, helping people use creativity for change.
• Bounce Back – trains people in trades like painting, decorating, scaffolding, and helps them into work after release.

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Today’s guest on the Life After Prison couch is Chris Baker. Growing up around crime, with his dad in and out of prison, Chris got pulled into that life too. A motorcycle accident during a police chase cost him his arm, and he later served a 10-year sentence. Today, Chris is an actor and motivational speaker working with schools and prisons, sharing his story to inspire others and show young people how Adverse Childhood Experiences can shape behaviour—and how to make better choices for the future.

Useful organisations:

Koestler Arts - The Koestler Awards is an annual programme encouraging people from the UK's criminal justice system to change their lives through the arts.

https://koestlerarts.org.uk/

Aspire2Change - An organisation that works with young people and adults at risk of offending or reoffending, offering mentoring, education, and skills training. Their focus is on building confidence, resilience, and opportunities to support positive life choices and reduce involvement in crime.

Spark Inside – A charity that uses coaching in prisons to inspire rehabilitation and personal growth among young people.

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If anything you’ve heard in this podcast has inspired you to make a positive change in your life, or you’d just like to get in touch, please contact us.

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Today we're joined by Sabrina – a survivor of exploitation, former county lines drug worker, and now founder of SH Consultancy & Training. Sabrina turned her own experiences of abuse and the criminal justice system into a mission to protect and educate at-risk young people. We discuss her journey through childhood trauma, prison, and life after release, and how she’s using her lived experience to make a real difference.

This podcast is also available as a video – just search Life After Prison on YouTube.

Useful Organisations:

Refuge (National) – Offers emergency accommodation and support for women escaping domestic abuse.

Abianda (London) – Supports young women affected by gangs through tailored mentorship and advocacy.

The Ben Kinsella Trust (London)– Works on preventing youth violence and supporting those at risk of gang involvement.

Project Accountability – Founded by Molly Ellis and Ty Mitchell, this organization focuses on reducing recidivism and supporting ex-offenders and vulnerable youth through vocational training, employment opportunities, and rehabilitation programs.

Contact us:

If anything you’ve heard in this podcast has inspired you to make a positive change in your life, or you’d just like to get in touch, please contact us.

💬 Socials: @afterprisonpod on Instagram and X, @lifeafterprison on TikTok

📧 Email: podcasts@prison.radio

✉️ Write: Life After Prison, National Prison Radio, HMP Brixton, London SW2 5XF

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