Top Podcasts for Inside Prison Stories in 2026

The inside prison stories space keeps producing fresh voices and long-running favorites. This list rounds up 25 of the best, including Ear Hustle, One Minute Remaining - Stories from the inmates, and Locked In with Ian Bick.

Ear Hustle

Ear Hustle is prison slang for eavesdropping, and that’s what listening to the show feels like: a raw, often funny, and always surprising peek into...

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Addiction RecoveryGrit StoriesLaw EducationLaw EnforcementLived ExperienceInside Prison Stories
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LawyersPeople In RecoveryRetirees

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Learning New Skills

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DocumentaryNarrative Storytelling

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Doing ChoresFocused LearningLong Drive
One Minute Remaining - Stories from the inmates

In 'One Minute Remaining' I speak with inmates serving lengthy prison sentences for a range of different crimes. From arson to robbery, attempted m...

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Inside Prison Stories
Locked In with Ian Bick

Real stories from the people everyone else judges first. Locked In with Ian Bick is a podcast hosted by Ian Bick, a former federal inmate turned po...

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Inside Prison Stories
The American Birding Podcast

The American Birding Podcast brings together staff and friends of the American Birding Association as we talk about birds, birding, travel and cons...

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Garden And LandscapingInside Prison Stories
Wrongful Conviction

Hosted by celebrated criminal justice reform advocate and founding board member of the Innocence Project Jason Flom, Pulitzer prize-winning podcast...

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Life After Prison

A podcast for anyone who has spent time in prison or is close to someone who has. Featuring incredible stories from people who've been inside, plus...

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Inside Prison Stories
Suave

Winner of the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in Audio ReportingThe U.S is the only country in the world that allows minors to be sentenced to life in prison w...

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Inside Prison Stories
Criminal Code: Our Story Behind Bars

Criminal Code: Our Story Behind Bars is a podcast hosted by Sam and Tony, two Asian-American men who defy the typical narratives surrounding prison...

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Inside Prison Stories
Rattling The Bars

Rattling the Bars puts the voices of the people most harmed by our system of mass incarceration at the center of our reporting on the fight to end ...

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Inside Prison Stories
Beyond the Box

Beyond the Box with Monica Kelsey is a powerful podcast dedicated to raising awareness, educating the public, and advocating for change in the figh...

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Global Trade ComplianceInside Prison Stories
The Marshall Project’s Inside Story Podcast

Inside Story is a first-of-its kind new series created to engage with and bring information to one of America’s largest news deserts - its prisons ...

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Inside Prison Stories
Honor Among Thieves | True Crime & Crime Stories

Honor Among Thieves is a raw and unfiltered true crime podcast that dives deep into the worlds of crime, prison life, and redemption. Hosted by **N...

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Behind The Walls

Expert guests from the Construction Industry explaining how to Retrofit your home in an easy to understand way.

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Inside Prison Stories
Prison Radio Audio Feed

Prison Radio records and broadcasts the voices of prisoners, centering their analyses and experiences in the movements against mass incarceration a...

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Inside Prison Stories
Prison POD Productions

For all of my links in one spot: https://allmylinks.com/valerie-cartonio769This includes where you can make donations and purchase merchandise.Cont...

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Inside Prison Stories
Beyond Prisons

Beyond Prisons is a podcast on justice, mass incarceration, and prison abolition. Hosted by @phillyprof03 & @bsonenstein

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Inside Prison Stories
Uncuffed

Uncuffed empowers people in California prisons to tell their own stories. The award-winning collaboration between incarcerated student producers an...

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Inside Prison Stories
GP- Penitentiary Life With Wes Watson

I'm Wes Watson, founder of Watson Fit and your guide to becoming the BEST motherfucker you can become. In the world today people continue to look f...

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Inside Prison Stories
Red Onion Randy - Life in a Supermax Prison

Randall Via, known as Red Onion Randy, is currently incarcerated at Buckingham Correctional Center in Virginia. From inside prison, Randy shares ho...

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Inside Prison Stories
The Prison Podcast

The Prison Podcast gives voice to survivors of violent crimes and the individuals convicted of those crimes, uncovering powerful stories that are o...

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Inside Prison Stories
Notes From The Pen

A pebble in the shoe of the Prison Industrial Complex. Notes From The Pen is a modern portrait of American incarceration told, in real time, throug...

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Inside Prison Stories
The Secret Life of Prisons

The Secret Life of Prisons is produced by a charity, the Prison Radio Association. To make a donation please visit prison.radio/donate. The podcast...

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Inside Prison Stories
On The Recyard Women's Prison Podcast

On The Recyard Women’s Prison Podcast is a women led show grounded in more than 30 years of lived experience inside Texas women’s prisons. Hosted b...

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Inside Prison Stories
Voices Unlocked

We share unvarnished stories from inside America's federal prison system to touch hearts and change minds.

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Inside Prison Stories
Free World

FREE WORLD is a podcast about women reconstructing their lives after incarceration. In this series we hear stories from women and non-binary indivi...

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