Taxpayers foot bill for £20k 'state-of-the-art' podcast studio in high-security prison

British taxpayers have footed the bill for a "state-of-the-art" podcast studio at one of the country's high-security prisons.HMP Leicester, a Category B prison, has built the podcast studio as part of their workshop offerings for inmates.HMP Leicester was built in 1874 and houses around 330 inmates.Prisoners can attend two workshops a day about podcasting, where inmates can make their own podcast episodes, distributed throughout the prison's internal audio network. TRENDING Stories Videos Your Say The two-hour workshops are available every weekday morning and evening, led by an instructor, who also edits all of the podcast material.The cost of the instructor is not included in the figures.One episode featured a question-and-answer...

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