This short film sums up the Jail Tales project, an ambitious mix of multiplatform content fronted by Ashley Walters, an actor and rapper who knows firsthand what it's like to be young and in prison. Jail Tales consists of a series of viral You Tube videos, short films, animated shorts, exclusive music performances and a gritty photo gallery on Facebook. Ashley will also present a Radio 1 documentary on prison and a downloadable BBC Three podcast.
As part of the Jail Tales multiplatform series, Adam Patterson has taken photographs of young people in prison, ex-offenders and those in danger of ending up inside.
Maverick Sabre performs a haunting acoustic song on prison inspired by the Jail Tales series.
A comprehensive list of help and advice lines relating to the topics raised in the Jail Tales series.
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