Helping prisoners to become better parents

助囚徒成为更优秀的父母

People Fixing the World

2026-01-27

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An innovative scheme in Scotland is helping dads in prison become better parents. Myra Anubi visits Barlinnie jail in Glasgow to meet the prisoners taking part. First they are taught parenting skills and then their children are brought into the jail for sessions of active physical play. Supporters of the programme say it is not just about benefits for prisoners - it is helping to create strong family bonds which might then reduce rates of reoffending. It is based on a successful scheme in Australia called Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids. This was set up to get people fit and tackle high levels of obesity in the wider population. We talk to the founder who explains how it has improved the lives of hundreds of fathers and their families. People Fixing The World from the BBC is about brilliant solutions to the world's problems. We release a new edition every Tuesday. We'd love you to let us know what you think and to hear about your own solutions. You can contact us on WhatsApp by messaging +44 8000 321721 or email peoplefixingtheworld@bbc.co.uk. And please leave us a review on your chosen podcast provider. Presenter: Myra Anubi Producer: Richard Kenny Editor: Jon Bithrey Sound mix: Annie Gardiner (Image: Prisoners and their children at Barlinnie prison in Scotland, Scottish Prison Service)
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  • I'm Myra Anubi and this is People Fixing the World from the BBC World Service where we go above and beyond to find new ways to tackle old problems.

  • Now this week our focus is on fathers and how they can play a bigger role in their children's lives with a groundbreaking solution in a place you would not expect,

  • a prison.

  • Thank you.

  • I've just come through security and I am inside the largest prison in Scotland.

  • Barlinnie Prison is home to around 1,300 men,

  • serving a prison sentence for everything from petty crime to murder.

  • It's supposed to be a really tough place.

  • In fact, over the years, some prisoners have nicknamed it Bar Hell.

  • Now it's an old Victorian building with lots of high walls and barbed wire.

  • It's been heaped in history.

  • It's obviously been 200 years or whatever.

  • It's got five separate halls.