In this three-part programme, a series of offenders jailed for serious crimes try to persuade the Parole Board that they should be released early. Mukhtar brutally murdered his brother’s wife in 1987. Barry led a gang of armed robbers to feed his £600-a-day crack cocaine habit. Michael settled a personal vendetta with the police by firebombing his local police station with Molotov cocktails. Sara was a fivestone junkie when convicted of robbing and violently assaulting a businessman. Stephen’s current sentence is for more than 7 years for being involved in the dealing of Class A drugs. Maggi was caught trying to smuggle £200,000 worth of cocaine into Britain. Carl is one of the country’s most notorious prisoners in jail for murder. He has served nearly three decades in prison.