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Welcome to HMP Belmarsh with Ross Kemp - Episode Guide

Season 1

Episode 1

Episode: 1x01 | Airdate: Jan 9, 2020

Episode 1

In the first episode, head of prisoner safety Adrian Knight opens up the country's only Contingency Suite, a self-contained unit designed to hold high-profile prisoners deemed at risk of suicide or attack by other inmates. It has been home to the likes of Soham killer Ian Huntley, black cab rapist John Worboys and hate preacher Anjem Choudary.

Episode 2

Episode: 1x02 | Airdate: Jan 16, 2020

Episode 2

Ross Kemp's report from inside the maximum-security jail takes him to Belmarsh's jail-within-a-jail, where anti-Islamic inmates have to be separated from Islamic prisoners for fear of violence. He also heads to the prison healthcare unit, and meets transgender prisoner Claire Darbyshire, who was given one of the lowest minimum terms for murder in British legal history after killing her father.

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