{"id":259342,"date":"2025-07-07T03:04:38","date_gmt":"2025-07-07T02:04:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/on-the-front-line-inside-britains-prison-crisis-bbc-documentary\/"},"modified":"2025-07-07T03:04:38","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T02:04:38","slug":"on-the-front-line-inside-britains-prison-crisis-bbc-documentary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/on-the-front-line-inside-britains-prison-crisis-bbc-documentary\/","title":{"rendered":"On the front line: Inside Britain&#8217;s prison crisis | BBC Documentary"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.ytimg.com\/vi\/eWQ4ZncSc7M\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"On the front line: Inside Britain's prison crisis | BBC Documentary\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/eWQ4ZncSc7M\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>As plans by the UK government saw thousands of prisoners being released early, the BBC explores what is happening inside prisons.<\/p>\n<p>BBC Correspondent Sima Kotecha goes inside HMP Pentonville, one of the UK&#8217;s most dangerous prisons where violence, overcrowding and self-harm are commonplace. <\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As plans by the UK government saw thousands of prisoners being released early, the BBC explores what is happening inside prisons. 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