3. Just This Once

Gangster

BBC

Society & Culture, Documentary, True Crime

4.8 • 1.4K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2025

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Smuggle one package of drugs into prison for her boyfriend Joe and he’ll be able to pay off his debts. That’s what Amy needs to do and then she can concentrate on planning their future together, or so she thinks. It’s not long till he’ll be released and then they can have the proper relationship she dreams of.

Joe insists the smuggling is just a one-off, but will Amy do what he's asking?

Credits Host: Amber Haque Producer: Becca Bryers Sound design: Ivor Manley Executive producer: Joe Kent

A BBC Studios production for BBC Sounds and BBC Radio 5 Live

Transcript

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0:00.0	BBC Sounds, Music, radio, podcasts.
0:06.5	The party is raging.
0:09.8	Drinks flowing, laughter echoing.
0:12.8	But this isn't your standard night out.
0:17.0	It's all happening inside prison.
0:20.2	Join me, Amber Hack, for a shocking case of forbidden love, hidden corruption and a million pound drug boss.
0:28.7	You don't think it can happen to you, but it does.
0:31.0	Gangster Presents, sex, drugs and cell block parties.
0:35.7	Listen on BBC Sounds.
0:37.9	You're about to listen to Gangster Presents, sex, drugs and cell block parties.
0:44.5	Episodes will be released weekly wherever you get your podcasts, but if you're in the UK,
0:49.4	you can listen to the full series right now, first, on BBC Sounds.
0:57.0	I'm Amber Hack, just to let you know before you listen.
1:00.5	This series contains some very strong language, sexual references, and it deals with adult themes, including drugs and violence.
1:16.5	Okay. with adult themes, including drugs and violence. Amy Hartfield's told a family that she's on a late shift.
1:20.6	In reality, she's changed out of a uniform and she's sitting in her white Vauxhall
1:26.1	Corsa, staring blankly at the faded grey tarmac outside
1:31.0	Linton Prison, where she works. It's Friday the 6th of September 2019. The car park is still.
1:40.3	It's soaked in that hazy orange glow of a late summer evening.
1:46.0	And Amy's heart is thumping.
1:49.1	She's thinking about her earlier conversation with Joe Whittingham,
1:54.0	an inmate at the prison and Amy's secret boyfriend.
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