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In 1993 Michael Emmett was sentenced to 12 years in prison. It was there that he had a radical transformation. After a difficult night, alone in his cell, he opened the Bible and began to read.

Aleem Maqbool speaks to Michael Emmett about his conversion to Christianity leading to a discussion on how religious beliefs and practices can have an impact on people sentenced to prison and how different faiths respond to prisoners.

Aleem is joined by:

Venerable Ajahn Khemadhammo OBE - The Buddhist Adviser to HM Prison & Probation Service\\nDr Sofia Buncy MBE \\u2013 Founder and National Coordinator of the multi-award-winning Muslim Women in Prison programme\\nDr Katie Hunt - Lecturer in Law at the University of Lincoln and author of "Non-religious Prisoners\\u2019 Unequal Access to Pastoral Care in International Journal of Law in Context.

Producer: Katharine Longworth\\nEditor: Tim Pemberton