Dr. Anita Mehay & Professor Richard Watt with the Race Equality Foundation

Fathers Together podcast

Society EN ↓ 6 episodes

Fathers Together is a podcast about young dads, imprisonment, and what it means to hold onto love, identity, and hope in the toughest of places. Hosted by Roifield Brown, this deeply human series shares the real stories of five fathers from racially minoritised communities who became dads young and served time behind bars. Through interviews, reflection, and expert insights, the podcast explores how they stayed connected to their children, what they lost, and what they’re fighting to rebuild. From bedtime stories told over the phone to the emotional cost of silence and stigma, Fathers Together...

Author

Dr. Anita Mehay & Professor Richard Watt with the Race Equality Foundation

Episodes

EP - 5: Tamym, Love, resilience and a father’s return 15.10.2025 56:02

In this fifth and final episode of Fathers Together, we meet Tamym, who reflects on his life journey from childhood in Mauritius and England to imprisonment and the difficult work of rebuilding afterwards. He shares how struggles with cultural identity, a strained relationship with his father, and the pull of criminal associations led him into destructive choices. Prison was both transformati...

EP – 4: Clifton, Cycles of loss and renewal 15.09.2025 37:41

In this fourth episode of Fathers Together, we meet Clifton, a father and entrepreneur whose life has been marked by both struggle and transformation. Growing up between Sierra Leone and the UK, Clifton speaks candidly about childhood pain, the absence of his father, and how unresolved hurt and ego pulled him into crime from a young age.   He reflects on the cycles of arrest and imprisonment...

EP – 3: Kevin, Breaking the Silence of Being a Man 15.08.2025 40:00

In this third episode of  Fathers Together , we meet Kevin who shares his deeply personal journey of growing up without a father figure, navigating fractured relationships, and facing the long shadow cast by prison.   Kevin reflects on the emotional toll of incarceration, including the loneliness that followed his release and the stigma that still lingers—from strained family ties to bar...

EP – 2: Honor, Fatherhood Frozen in Time 15.07.2025 39:16

In this second episode of Fathers Together, we meet Honor, a father and DJ whose son was born just days before he was sentenced to prison. He reflects on growing up with a hardworking but emotionally distant father, and how he’s tried to break that cycle by being more present and emotionally available for his own children. Separated from his newborn, Honor and his partner built a deeper connection...

EP - 1: Julian, Becoming a Father Behind Bars 15.06.2025 46:37

In this first episode of  Fathers Together , we meet Julian, who became a young dad while serving a prison sentence. He reflects on growing up without a present father, battling addiction, and how prison shaped the man and father he is today. His partner Davinia shares how she held their family together during his time inside, raising three children and finding creative ways to stay connected...

Fathers Together – Series Trailer 12.06.2025 2:14

What does it mean to be a father when you’re locked away from your child? In this powerful series trailer, we introduce Fathers Together, a podcast about young dads navigating parenthood from prison. Through real voices and raw reflections, we hear how five men stayed connected to their children through letters, phone calls, and determination even while serving time. Set against a backdrop of over...