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Mental Health Challenges and Through The Gate Help with Dr Graham Durcan

Mental Health Challenges and Through The Gate Help with Dr Graham Durcan

Update: 2025-10-16
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This week on Life After Prison

It’s the third episode of our brand new mini-series!


In this episode, Jules speaks to Dr Graham Durcan – a researcher and former psychiatric nurse who has spent years working in and around prisons. Graham shares insights into:

  • The biggest mental health challenges people face inside
  • The barriers to getting proper support
  • What needs to change if we’re serious about making rehabilitation work


This podcast is also available as a video – just search Life After Prison on YouTube. 


Useful Organisations:


Spark2Life (London) – Offers mentoring and workshops to help young people and adults make positive life changes, often led by individuals with lived experience of the criminal justice system.

https://www.spark2life.co.uk/


Working Chance (London) – They help women secure sustainable employment by offering workshops, career coaching, and job placement services, aiming to challenge stigma and foster inclusion.

http://www.workingchance.org


Contact us:


If anything you’ve heard in this podcast has inspired you to make a positive change in your life, or you’d just like to get in touch, please contact us.


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Mental Health Challenges and Through The Gate Help with Dr Graham Durcan

Mental Health Challenges and Through The Gate Help with Dr Graham Durcan