Transforming prisons: Around The House at 11.35pm tonight on ITV1
Re-offending rates (Source: Ministry of Justice) Credit: ITV Tyne Tees
On tonight's programme from Westminster, Gerry Foley talks to the Conservative MP for Hexham - and former criminal lawyer, Guy Opperman - about his new book 'Doing Time'.
Darlington MP Jenny Chapman - a former prison psychologist, now Labour's spokesperson on prisons - joins them to discuss how to reduce re-offending.
MPs Guy Opperman and Jenny Chapman on tonight's Around The House Credit: ITV Tyne Tees
Around The House at 11.35pm on ITV1 Credit: ITV Tyne Tees
In tonight's political programme from Westminster, Gerry Foley and his guests discuss plans to transform the prison service, and examine the Conservatives' latest efforts to win back the blue-collar vote.
Also in the programme, two of the region's Youth Parliamentarians set out the issues that matter to them, before the UK Youth Parliament holds a debate in the House of Commons tomorrow.