This groundbreaking documentary series shows what it is like to serve a long-term prison sentence in Britain, from the moment of sentencing through to release. Filmed over a year with unprecedented access to jails including HMP Shotts, Scotland’s only prison exclusively for long-term offenders, we meet men convicted of murder and serving mandatory life sentences. They speak candidly about their crimes, their struggles in prison, and their remorse – or lack of it.

This groundbreaking documentary series shows what it is like to serve a long-term prison sentence in Britain, from the moment of sentencing through to release. Filmed over a year with unprecedented access to jails including HMP Shotts, Scotland’s only prison exclusively for long-term offenders, we meet men convicted of murder and serving mandatory life sentences. They speak candidly about their crimes, their struggles in prison, and their remorse – or lack of it.