Scout Tzofiya Bolton
Poet and broadcaster with experience presenting on National Prison Radio and creator of The Ballad of Scout and the Alcohol Tag, speaking from lived experience of prison and mental-health-related encounters with the justice system.
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Feb 20, 2026 • 57min
Crime and punishment medieval to modern
Jonathan Sumption, former Supreme Court judge and medieval historian; Stephen Shapiro, cultural historian versed in Foucault; Joanna Hardy-Susskind, criminal defence barrister and broadcaster; Scout Tzofiya Bolton, poet with lived prison experience; Stephanie Brown, criminologist researching medieval justice. They compare medieval community-based investigations with modern courts. They debate public spectacle versus surveillance, prison failures and alternatives, and how media shapes punishment.
