106. Healthcare Is a Human Right — So Why Are Women in Prison Being Failed?

Send us Fan Mail (https://www.buzzsprout.com/1893705/fa...) What happens when women in prison need healthcare—and no one listens? In this episode, we examine the systemic failures in women’s prison healthcare through a powerful conversation with human rights solicitor Rebecca Alonso. We explore how outsourced services, understaffing, and gender-blind medical systems leave women in pain, ignored, and without accountability. Drawing on lived experiences documented in The View magazine, we look at why the state’s duty of care cannot be outsourced, how international law can strengthen legal challenges, and what real reform could look like—from proper oversight to NHS pathways that actually work. Healthcare is a human right. It shouldn’t end at the prison gate. Production: Henry Chukwunyerenwa Narrator and Host: Sophia Franco Support the show (https://www.buzzsprout.com/1893705/su...) For more unmissable content from The View sign up here (https://theviewmag.org.uk/product/the...)