Name: Belmarsh: Serial Killers & High Security
Released: 2024-01-03T00:00:00.000Z

Available on Channel 5

A two-part exploration of London's newest and toughest high security prison, HMP Belmarsh, where exceptional risk Category A criminals are detained, though it is also a remand prison for local men awaiting trial.

Crime · 2024 · 1 hr

Director Becky Southworth , Katie Crawford Owen

EPISODE 1

Episode 1

Hear untold stories from ex-inmates and former staff about how IRA prisoners were unlike any other inmates. They behaved liked soldiers in prison and were the most feared. Also, hear from one staff member who befriended and 'tamed' Charles Bronson.

1 hr · 3 Jan 2024
EPISODE 2

Episode 2

Exploring how this inner-city prison is a melting pot of inmates, with a ever growing number of younger men detained here. Prison officers must contain violence between rival gangs.

1 hr · 10 Jan 2024