Former EastEnders star Ross Kemp will investigate life behind and beyond bars in one of Britain's toughest jails for a new documentary series.
The 54-year-old star/investigative reporter has been granted unique access to Belmarsh prison in South East London for an upcoming ITV show about prison life.
It will focus on how inmates are offered the opportunity to rehabilitate themselves with an education in how to set up their own businesses once they are released from prison.
"ITV have been granted unique access to Belmarsh," a source told the Daily Mirror. "It holds some of the country's most dangerous prisoners - the first time cameras have been into this prison in decades.
"A focus will be on innovative ways staff attempt to rehabilitate prisoners. They educate them in business and encourage entrepreneurialism. The aim is to create opportunities on the outside that will keep them straight long term."
No stranger to meeting up with tough guys in the many macho shows he's hosted since leaving EastEnders, Kemp will speak with the likes of murderers, rapists, and terrorists - as well as staff working at the prison.
The insider added: "It will film Ross talking to inmates from petty thieves to hardened criminals and observe the staff, from officer to Governor."
