REPORTER: Michael Adebolajo is being held on suspicion of the murder of Fusilier Lee Rigby. REPORTER: Huntley's now being held in complete isolation. The risk of him being attacked... Near the River Thames in south-east London lies Britain's most infamous high security prison. REPORTER: The former London black lab driver has been moved to a cell at Belmarsh high security prison. For nearly 30 years, it's locked up the country's most dangerous convicts. From the great train robber, Ronnie Biggs, to Ian Huntley, and the Islamic extremist, Anjem Choudary. 'But what happens here has remained virtually unknown.' Cameras have never been granted full access to this jail, until now. 'I'll be spending six months inside these walls...' Right, I offered you your food. '..where extremists and crime lords...' Tommy Robinson's been sentenced to nine weeks. You called for a demonstration. Why did you do that? '..live alongside common criminals.' Got put in jail for a crime that I committed. Gotta do my time, innit. There's not one prisoner in the country that we won't take. 'I'll see staff try to cope with its volatile mix of inmates...' Get out of my BLEEP cell. When it goes wrong, it can go very wrong. ALARM AND SHOUTING '..and witness the realities that prisoners face.' Obviously there's a lot of violence. Just don't be involved in the shit. This is Hellmarsh. Oh, my God, I'm the odd one out here. 'This is life behind the doors...' I feel like this is the end of the world. '..of the UK's most notorious jail.' As a hotel, it gets zero stars. BANGING SINGS: Please release me, let me go. Welcome to Belmarsh. PHONE RINGS Hello, orderly officer here. This afternoon, can I have one of you to go to the HSU, please. Custodial manager Jamie Scammell is in charge of staff operations in Belmarsh today. And it could be an important shift for him and the prison. REPORTER: Tommy Robinson, the former English Defence League founder, was found in contempt following a two-day hearing at the Old Bailey. I am being sent to jail for doing what you've just done. Tommy Robinson's due to be sentenced at the Old Bailey. Obviously, being an Old Bailey prisoner, he will come to us. I'm not actually meant to be watching telly on duty at all, but obviously with today's events, it's nice to be forewarned. REPORTER: We'll bring you sentencing as soon as we know what it is. Robinson's crime was filming defendants at court and broadcasting it on social media. It's just a waiting game now, really. As soon we get the verdict on TV, I'll speak to the duty governor and we just get the ball rolling as to how we're gonna manage him when he arrives. He will be arriving at Belmarsh, if he's convicted. Half-an-hour later, and the sentence is in. REPORTER: Tommy Robinson has been sentenced to nine weeks in prison for contempt of court. Tommy Robinson is the most high-profile right-wing supporter in the country right now. And he's just become Belmarsh's problem. REPORTER: Three days ago he said he feared jail, feared that it was a death sentence, as he put it. Obviously we've got a very diverse community of prisoners. I believe on Friday we have up to 230 prisoners going to Muslim prayer, so it's quite a high number. There's obviously going to be prisoners that will be offended by his views. It's not gonna be an ideal environment. Word that Tommy Robinson is coming is already out on the prison house blocks. Tommy Robinson? Oh, I bet you the shit has hit the fan for him, he's in trouble, he is. People like the Muslims and ethnic minorities ain't gonna like him too much. He needs to get one, my man got one there. One down the side, that's what he needs. He'll get it soon, trust me. This inmate is referring to a slashing last month in Belmarsh. The aftermath was caught on an officer's body camera. ALARM The victim was a known right-wing supporter, said to have defaced the Koran. OFFICER: It's covered in blood. He had his face cut with a razor blade... ..and boiling water and sugar thrown over his back. Pop out your legs... With an hour until Robinson arrives, Belmarsh's governor, Rob Davies, and deputy, Jenny Louis, call an emergency meeting with senior staff. Thank you, everyone, for coming here. Obviously, we're gonna discuss the location and we've got to consider his safety, others' safety and staff safety. So, our options are, we can put him in the segregation, not under punishment, put a TV in there. We can look at health care. Or we can put him on normal location. I think that's probably the worst option we've got. Yeah. Segregation, we have got a space. Quite volatile and vocal at the moment with another prisoner who's been targeted by Muslim prisoners before, so... I don't know if he'd get the same treatment down there. I would say that that's probably not our option. The contingency suite, which we could open up and put him in there, has got the facilities. We can offer a bit of a regime, um... But nothing else. I think we're all erring on the contingency suite. Belmarsh has the only contingency suite in the country. Designed to hold high-profile prisoners deemed at risk of suicide or attack by other inmates. So, this has helped people like Ian Huntley, Mr Worboys, Anjem Choudary before he was released, so that kind of person that we can't keep with anyone else. Doesn't get used very often, this is very rare that this will be opened. So really just make sure it's ready for someone to be located here. The windows are sealed as well, you can't get round the bars. His own shower facilities. Again, it's not about the individual, it's about what we need to do to keep prisoners and, obviously the person down here, safe. Or to keep them from having access to people that they might be able to influence in some way. And then you've obviously got the exercise yard, which is self-contained. Not very nice, but, um, yeah. Can you just give this a quick clean out for us? Hello, mate, it's Chris here at Belmarsh. Can you get an update on that van from the Old Bailey with young Robinson on, please? Tommy Robinson's real name is Stephen Yaxley-Lennon. He may be infamous, but he'll be processed through reception like any other prisoner. Just gonna give you a quick rubdown. There will be people in this prison right now who would really like to get to him. They'd like to meet with him, I'm sure they would, yeah. - But not to have a cup of tea. - Probably not, no. From Sierra one, can we inform the staff... Robinson will be moved to the contingency suite under special escort... to avoid contact with any other prisoner. Arranging his arrival has taken up hours for both senior staff and officers. That's your one, mate, just jump in there for a minute. Obviously this is where you'll be for now. Like every prisoner, he's screened by a nurse. This is the one place in Belmarsh where no other prisoners can get to Robinson. But he's not happy. See you later. See you later, cheers. Tommy Robinson will be isolated here for the next nine weeks. Like every inmate, he'll be allowed two visits a month. But he'll also have daily access to his own payphone, which means he can be in regular contact with his family and his network of supporters outside. Now, they're saying he'll be treated like any other prisoner. But if anything happens to him here, it will be front page news. Belmarsh serves England and Wales' central criminal court, the Old Bailey. Meaning its prisoners put it in the media spotlight more than any other UK jail. It's held convicts like black cab rapist John Worboys, hate preacher Abu Hamza, and today, arguably the most controversial prisoner in the world, Julian Assange. SHOUTING We will take anyone. We've had war criminals, prisoners in here for genocide. There's not one prisoner in the country that we won't take. We've got 17 convicted terrorists. 187 murderers. Prisoners that have killed three or four people. On your way, fellas. INDISTINCT RAPPING This ain't a nice place to be, I tell ya. This ain't Belmarsh, this is Hellmarsh. As if this wasn't enough, Belmarsh also acts as a normal prison, and has to manage inmates from its catchment area in south-east London. Many of whom have a history of violence. Right, hands on your head. Prisoners that have assaulted 40, 50 staff and prisoners. You're a piece of shit, you know that? 120 officers must oversee 900 inmates across four house blocks. The sharp rise in UK gang crime is reflected in here too. Creating serious containment issues for the prison. We've got 68 known street gangs, 148 members. Some very violent individuals. SHOUTING The volatile mix of people we've got here is second to none. So, every day we're juggling, trying our best to keep the roof on. Every effort is made to separate rival gang members on the house blocks. But in reception, where prisoners come and go every day, it can be virtually impossible to keep them apart. Excellent. Your date of birth? What's your prison number? Do you know what court you're going to today? Lovely. You're going into a single cell for now. He is a conflict worry, he's got conflict with absolutely everyone. This is the conflict list, prisoners that have got conflict with one another. They're from every single house block, one, two, three and four. So it's very, very difficult to move these prisoners around the jail. It's all gang-related from outside, prior to them coming to custody. Or someone that they've got conflict with on another house block. Example here, historical conflict from outside. Assault, assault, fighting, fighting, historical conflict. The level of violence is increasing. It's just causing concern, staff safety obviously at risk, prisoner safety's at risk as well. It does have the potential to go wrong. We're in a very volatile area at times. These conflicts come out of nowhere. When it goes wrong, it can go very wrong. High-profile prisoners... ALARM Just keep that gate closed, please! He went to try and come out, didn't come out. There's just so many conflicts. Get him in a single cell, come in with me in a single cell. Two co-defendants tried to attack another prisoner as the holding room door's been opened. The incident's now been dealt with, but again, it's another conflict that we've now got to deal with to manage those people appropriately. They get that one chance to meet each other and fight and do what they need to do, so it is a bit of a pressure cooker down here at times. And the pressure on Belmarsh is set to rise even further. Before coming to jail, Tommy Robinson called for a protest against his incarceration. Now, his right-hand man has posted a seemingly threatening clip on social media. Tommy told me specifically he wanted people outside that jail on the Saturday. OK? So, that's what's gonna happen. I think it's about time we step our game up a little bit. We need to be extremely, extremely disruptive. * When it opened in 1991, HMP Belmarsh was the first male prison to be built in London for over 100 years. A new breed of super-max jail, it was designed to take criminals considered a threat to national security. Including IRA terrorists. It has its own guard dog unit and a bombproof tunnel linking it to Woolwich Crown Court. But one place truly sets Belmarsh apart from other jails. I'm on my way into the most infamous part of Belmarsh, the HSU, or high security unit. It houses some of the most dangerous prisoners in Britain. Now, no film crew has ever been granted access to it before. Um... But I'm on my way in there now. With its own 20-foot high concrete wall, and with doors opened remotely by central control... this is the only prison within a prison in England and Wales. BEEPING - Another gate. - There is. Hello. - Hello, I'm Ross, nice to meet you. - Hi, Helen. - 'Helen Bicker is governor here.' - Come on through. So, this is the HSU. Right now, there are seven prisoners held here. Many are too much of a security risk to film. What kind of inmates do you have presently in here? What kind of offences have they committed? We have prisoners in here of organised crime, prisoners who have committed terrorist offences. Prisoners committed offences regarding drugs, with lots of money involved, which means that they have the money and the connections if they wanted to escape. Previous occupants have included Charles Bronson, KGB agents and Al-Qaeda terrorists. No-one has ever been allowed to interview an HSU prisoner. Until now. This is Muhammad Hafeez. Whilst he might look unassuming, he is in fact the alleged mastermind of a global drug smuggling empire. A millionaire with contacts around the world, he's now one of the highest escape risks in the country. The HSU is a long way from his former life, watching polo and rubbing shoulders with royalty. And the power Hafeez wielded is clear from the name he was given by his associates. Do you know that you have a nickname? - Sultan. - Sultan, yeah. Where does that come from? So, you don't think you should be in the high security unit at Belmarsh? Hafeez is facing extradition to the US, where he could serve up to 30 years in prison if convicted. But whilst here, all inmates are given the chance of rehabilitation. A garden where they can learn to grow their own legal crops. Really, so much of it? But I'm not sure anything, let alone fruit, could get out of this place, given its 96 cameras, reams of razor wire and three layers of steel mesh for a roof. It even has its own segregation unit. And deep within that lies a place few know exists. And even fewer have been inside. Yet more security. This isn't used very often. But we have two special cells in here. My own personal view is I feel like this is the end of the world. This is what's known as "the box". It once held one of Lee Rigby's killers. - Once you're here, things have got really bad. - This is as low as you can go? I think this is a really difficult place to be, yeah. Oh, no bed... No bed, no toilet, no sink, no access to water. - Could you close me in here and just see what it's like? - Yeah, sure. HSU feels oppressive to begin with. But this has... This has magnified it... 100 times. It's definitely that feeling that you are completely alone. I don't think I could do an hour in here without going round the twist. RATTLES Beyond the jail within a jail, Belmarsh functions as a normal prison. Inmates here can be unlocked for up to four hours a day to socialise, attend workshops, college and a gym. Charlie Pope is a Belmarsh regular, who knows this place like his own back yard. This is one of the officers, at the end here, that I've known for a long time. A long, long time. - What's happening, guv? - Pass. - You all right? - Yeah, fine, thanks. Charlie's been here nearly a dozen times. He is now serving 19 months for burglary. Got put in jail for a crime that I committed. You know, so, obviously I'm here, gotta do my time, innit. CHUCKLES What go on, boys? Charlie's 32 and lucky enough to have the full support of his family. Including two of his brothers, who are also doing time in Belmarsh. - We're the Pope brothers. - From Woolwich, south-east 18. - Obviously my name's Louis. - SE18. - My name's Charlie. - And I'm Harvey. - Everyone knows who we are. - Yeah, yeah. - This is the Popes' home from home? - It is home from home. They come back in, greet us all, yeah. - This is our local. - Yeah, this is our local. - This is the best spot. - They are characters. There's always one of them in here, you know what I mean? Me and my older brother, we was, we was here with my dad as well - when Dad was here. - Yeah, we was here with my dad and that, yeah. There's probably more that we haven't found yet or not turned 18 yet. You see the same faces every time you come back to prison. It's the same faces, it never changes. Between them, the Popes reckon they've spent nearly 20 years in Belmarsh. Spare two, straight down if you're going out, please! Move! I've been in and out of jail since I was a kid. Been involved around drugs, you know, just, basically, a criminal. All my money that I lived on outside is funded by crime. What, all your money that you lived by is funded by crime? Come on, don't say shit like that, bruv. - It is! - No, it's not. - What am I doing in jail? - You get benefits. - I get benefits. - Well, then, don't talk shit. Not all your money, not all your money's funded by crime, innit. My family are really, really important to me, you know, really important. Charlie, wrap it up, man, we need to go, things to do, people to see. It'll only take for one of us to change for all of us to do the same. Because we all follow each other, all of us follow each other. Over half of Britain's criminals reoffend within a year of release. And Belmarsh is desperate to find ways to stop inmates coming back. After much competition, Charlie has won a place on a potentially life changing project, where inmates pitch business ideas to a panel, Dragon's Den style. The winner gets �500 on release to help them start up. This is the room we're gonna be going to, the workshop room where we're gonna be doing our work this afternoon. I'm here to obviously try and do something with myself, cos I ain't gonna lie, I keep coming back to prison and... Without me doing something, it's just gonna be the same story every now and then, you know, so... You know, this is it, innit, what else can I do apart from try? And you want to do something that will transform... This is the Enterprise Exchange, run by course creator, Phil Ashford. People in prison are naturally entrepreneurial, so you link those two things together, give them the skills. We've had people starting restaurants, we've had people now employing 10-15 people. But it's more than that, it's about building the confidence. And building the man. - Welcome. - Yeah, er, my name's Charlie. I've only just thought about what I wanted to say last night. Um... A gardening company for ex... prisoners and people that have just come off of hard drugs, to give them something to do, to work in partnership with local councils, for the elderly and people with mental illness. That's fantastic, brilliant. There ain't never been a programme like this that's been brought into a prison that I've been in before. People on the wing that I know have even said to me, "Charlie, if you were to get this, I will be one of your employees." I've had many people say it. I grew up in a family with just... drugs, so... It will be a big change for me, wouldn't it, like, obviously a big, big change. I believe it's a really good idea. Plus, I've got a really, really intelligent head, yeah, and I'm really good with my hands, you know. If I put my head to it, I know I can do it. I know I can do it. Whatever your thoughts on rehabilitation, it's clear that courses like this can help bring hope and harmony to Belmarsh. But elsewhere, jail life can be disrupted at any time, by forces outside the prison's control. Any demonstration that happens outside the prison put my staff at risk. The staff have to come in on duty, they have to leave, that's not just uniform staff, that's admin staff, and they all have to go through any demonstration. Some of these supporters have got very extreme views. They have shown violence. * Some 200 Tommy Robinson supporters are heading for the gates of Belmarsh. I'm reluctant to give a platform to anyone with extreme views, but I have to ask Robinson himself why he's called the demo. Thank you. Thank you. - How are you doing? - All right. - Can I sit down? - Yeah, go on. You put out a call on social media for people to demonstrate today outside the prison. Why did you call it? Essentially, I wanted to make sure that I have my rights. I know what ten weeks of solitary confinement does, it's not good for ya. It's not solitary confinement as in terms of the cooler, it's not a box with nothing in it. You've got a TV, you've got a kettle. Also, do you not think, by calling a demonstration, that could possibly end in violence, that that's helping your cause? It sends a message to the establishment that this doesn't work. What do you think the other inmates are gonna feel? If they can hear people screaming for you to be either let out or freed. Do you not think that's gonna provoke some of the inmates? I mean, that's the concern the prison has. You know, staff that would have been off on the weekend are now working. What do you think it's gonna do? What they usually hear is... Muslims shouting about Islam, so... You can hear the dogs. The dogs are getting excited. You know, you said there was a price on your head. Do you not think that price will go up as a result... - Over this demonstration? Come on. - ..as a result of this demonstration? No, no, no. Unless I tell them to play a cartoon of Muhammad outside. Which I may do, if things get worse. Comments like this don't just cause offence... they can stir up trouble too. CHANTING: Tommy, Tommy, Tommy Robinson! Oh, Tommy, Tommy! Last year, Robinson supporters injured over 20 police officers in a demo. The prison fears that protesters could not only turn violent, but even storm the gates. CHANTING: We want Tommy out, we want Tommy out! We want Tommy out, we want Tommy out! The prison has now gone into command mode. Which effectively means that the prison freezes itself. As an officer, if you're with the inmates or not with the inmates, you basically stand in that position. The front door's locked, and all decisions inside the prison will go through the command suite. - Good afternoon. - Good evening. What's the situation, gentlemen? Large group of protesters... PHONE RINGS ..they've been letting off pyrotechnics and smoke bombs. And they have threatened two members of staff coming in on duty. Swearing and abusing them. That guy in the white T-shirt, they're moving him off. At the moment, there is actually a scuffle between the protesters. Which potentially could be that some people want to escalate it. I've come to the department closest to the demo, the health care unit. Home to Belmarsh's most vulnerable inmates. CHANTING AND BANGING They're gonna start now. Kill the bastards! Tommy is not coming out! It's winding people up, isn't it. Fucking racist BLEEP . EDL motherfuckers, I'll say this on camera, fuck them, man. You know what I mean, this world should be peace, no racist pricks. Can you see what it says there? Can you see what it says? English Defence League. I didn't write that. I guess not. - Why are you angered by their presence? - I'm angry, I don't like racism. This is the 21st century. This is gonna be on lockdown, everybody's gonna be on lockdown. Is that gonna make him more popular or less popular? Less popular. BANGING The demo is now in danger of inciting violence inside. And setting prisoner against prisoner. Despite their best efforts to cause disruption, Tommy Robinson's supporters were eventually cleared by police. And a moment of relative calm descends on Belmarsh. For now. Sound. But there's one group of inmates here who are a constant threat to the very stability of this jail. Gangs. With nearly 150 gang members, many of them fierce rivals, all jam-packed within these walls, fights break out here every day. Sometimes in the once sacrosanct family visits hall. Whilst controlling gangs means separating them on the house blocks, Belmarsh is pioneering a unique course that radically puts them together in the same room. I come from the same communities you guys have grown up in, you know what I mean? So I was living the life a lot of guys are striving for that's on the streets. Getting money, but I was not happy. Michael Bell grew up around street gangs. - What's the perks of this lifestyle? - Drugs. Easy money, easy, fast money. I don't wanna be broke, I don't wanna come home and have no TV. For the last three years, he and the charity Change Grow Live have been getting gang members, some serving 25 years for violent crimes, to open up about what led them to be in Belmarsh. Not necessarily want to sell drugs, I might have to just to get by. You was just caught in a rat race, you didn't know no better, fam. Now, if you'd have slowed down and seen everything that's going on around you, you might not be in the situation you are today. Many here never finished school. And this two-week course could be the first positive official recognition they've ever achieved. It's about what you're gonna do when you go home, how can you better yourself and then better the people around you. These are individuals who are dangerous. We're talking about gun crime, knife crime, offences that have taken people's lives. There's a number of people who wouldn't even want to be in their company. I'm not saying this a miracle, it's not, but break down those barriers and you get to know who they are. They want to change. Where are you gonna be... Someone else hoping to change is Charlie Pope. You're gonna need someone to help do your admin, that's gonna grow the business, get new business in and all that. He's back on the prison business initiative. And has just two weeks until pitch day. OK, guys, I'd just like you to share some of your visions. So I'm gonna start with this table over here. The main customer will build... Will be the elderly. People with mental health problems and anyone else who needs ex... Extra help keeping their garden a paradise. Lovely. Fantastic, well done, Charlie. Without knowing it, you've just done the start of your sales pitch. Meanwhile, Charlie's brother, Harvey, is busy pursuing his own far riskier business deals on house block three. But listen, boys, where are we gonna get some Spice from? Who are we gonna go and see, him? Fly straight into him. What are you getting, tenners bit? Get a couple of joints in, boys, might as well. I've seen people get cut open in here, left with, like, 65 stitches down their face. From one side to another. Naughty. It's all over Spice. All over Spice. Spice is the worst drug. But when you're in it, it's the best drug. It's not good, I do want to stop the drug, but it's hard. When you're in a enviroty where everyone uses... "All right, mate, where are you going?" "I'm just going to score, wanna come with me?" Much of the violence across prisons today is down to Spice. And despite being a high security prison, not even Belmarsh can stop it getting in. ALARM RADIO You was all right just a minute ago. Known as the zombie drug, this powerful synthetic cannabis can cause hallucinations, heart attacks and violent psychotic behaviour. Don't look good, does he? Have we got a nurse? So, it's a regular vape. Bit of something in there? Smells of burnt paper. Don't do that too much, seriously. I can actually feel that. And I can feel it. It's Monopoly money, innit. - Barely even` You barely touched it, though, did you? Barely even... - No, I went like that. And that literally, I can feel that... Yeah. Yeah, just like a bit... There you go, couldn't actually speak then. It's shocking to think that a tiny piece of paper can have such a disruptive effect, both on people's health and prison life. To help stop drugs coming in, every single piece of mail has to be checked. With the help of a �35,000 piece of kit. In terms of being able to detect drugs on paper, it's amazing. This is the swabs we use. That bit there. It is so important to us to reduce the drug level in prison. And then just scan them. MACHINE BEEPS LONGER BEEPS So, it's contaminated with cocaine. - And that happens with every single letter? - Yes, 100%. If drugs are found, the letters are seized. All inmates' post must be checked for material that is inappropriate or a security risk. And that includes fan mail. That's Mr Assange's mail there. For how long? That's just this last week. That's a week's mail? I have taken two piles up to him already. He's getting a lot of mail. And whose is this over here? That's Mr Robinson's? It's a lot. It's a lot. ROSS CHUCKLES Compare that to what our guys in other parts of the prison receive. For, like, two days, this is house block one? - Yeah. - So, this is all the mail for 200 prisoners. And that's the mail for Tommy Robinson. For Tommy Robinson. But all of it has to be vetted. Everything's read. So, this will be what our staff need to be aware of. They're all right-wing organisations or militias. Mm-hm. I don't know what's what in terms of logos, but we have a team who do. How much resource is this taking away? They take down bags a day down to him. So, it's putting a lot of pressure on the staff. To satisfy ourselves that there is nothing within that mail of concern and we can get it to him as soon as possible. But you can see the volume is huge. So far, Belmarsh has kept Tommy Robinson safe, sound and deprived of publicity. But that's just changed. Tommy Robinson was punched in prison shower by a man aged 70. LAUGHS An OAP! I was only saying a couple of days ago, he's never gonna last long. "One of the prison officers asked what's going on, "but he said he had slipped and no official report was made." Saying all that, I imagine we would have heard about it. I'm surprised we never heard about it. That's because the story's not true. I've come down to talk to you about the papers over the weekend. - Being beaten up by a 70-year-old. - I know. - I thought better of you. - Yeah, I know. OK, but... - This frustrates me... - Let me see it. - OAP beats up Tommy... - Oh, mate, look at that guy! "If you act like you're the boss in here, they will take you down." What the fuck? It's a 70-year-old that took you down. I know. I haven't seen another inmate. I haven't visually looked at anyone. Right, well, it's put my staff at risk and there could be retribution in the wings, of people thinking, "If that's happening, "we're gonna get a bit back." Tit for tat. Which is not good for me. Just, as much as you can, when you speak to people... I've told everyone. I'm sure I've got my first visit tomorrow from a friend, who will tell people. - Sound, thank you very much. - No worries, guv. See you later. Keeping Tommy Robinson alone means Belmarsh can control what happens to him inside. But elsewhere, prisoners gather every day to exercise and socialise. Just four members of staff rely on the goodwill of over 100 prisoners to keep the peace. But with so many inmates in one place, there's always a chance things can kick-off. It's morning exercise on one of the house block yards. And an argument breaks out. Someone stay here, watch... SHOUTING Within seconds, it's become a mass brawl. SHOUTING, ALARM Dog units and officers race in from across the jail... DOGS BARKING, ALARM ..as staff battle to regain control. SHOUTING CONTINUES It's taken 40 staff and four dog units to quell the mass brawl on an exercise yard in Belmarsh. I head to see Charlie Pope, who is accused of being involved in the fight and is now being confined to his cell. What happened out on the yard, most of these mugs wouldn't have even fucking fought back. They would've run to the officers, put their arms up. We're not that sort of people. Do you think that this will... interfere with you finishing the entrepreneurial course? I don't know. They... If they... Really and truly, the officers could, they could escort me down there. You know, cos everyone in that programme, I ain't got no issues with. And I'm not worried about leaving that door, I am not scared of anyone. Charlie didn't say what the fight was about. It rarely pays to be a grass in Belmarsh. But he must now face a prison adjudication or tribunal, to find out if he'll be able to finish the business scheme. Keep going. He's on the floor there and there's another one on the floor there. Staff try to get to the bottom of who's involved in the violence. He trips over. He's the one that hits the member of staff. - And the prisoner. - Right, OK. If we've now seen that, he can be nicked for that separately. That is on there. Today, a governor must decide Charlie's fate. If found guilty, he could face extra time, loss of privileges or even lose his place on the business course. Morning, Mr Pope. Take a seat. OK, you've been charged with 51, paragraph four, fights with another person, do you understand that charge? But I ain't done nothing wrong, I got... You know, what have I done wrong? By just defending myself. If the staff couldn't stop the situation, what am I meant to do? Two people to the one. So, it's self-defence, governor. OK, but the charge is fighting. So, from this point, do you take any part in this incident? No. Where? Where am I?! Calm down a bit. What did you see me do, governor. Is this you here on the wall? Yeah, but am I fighting, though? Where am I fighting? - Just calm down. - Calm it. It's winding me up, man. If your staff can't stop the situation and people coming at me, what am I meant to do? I am allowed to defend myself. - If you can make that go slower... - Just bear with it. - ..maybe you'll be able to see exactly what happened. Have you got any other questions? I don't, governor, but at this precise time, I'm not guilty, yeah. Under self-defence. Cheers, governor, yeah. - The case is adjourned. But the evidence is mounting up against Charlie. - What's it like if someone says they'll get back to and they don't? - Two days on, the verdict is in. Charlie is found guilty of fighting and the business course continues without him. This is all the work that I've been doing, here. This is all the writing I've... This afternoon and this morning, I should have went to the business scheme programme. Quite upset that I didn't get to go there cos I was really enjoying the programme. So, obviously, I've missed out on a... It could've, could've been a very big opportunity to change my life. I'm gutted. 100%, I'm gutted. Two weeks ago, some of the men on Michael Bell's gang rehab course would have been sworn enemies. How's everyone doing today, man? Yeah, welcome to the life skills graduation. But, in an effort to change, they've all finished the course together. Big up to everyone for being here and big up to everyone involved, man. You know, we've got Governor Louis here today, she's come down to give thanks to all of you guys. - Can I just make a point? - Of course you can. I think people see me as a deputy governor, but in reality, I have a number of different hats I wear. I'm a mother, and I'm a black woman, and I stepped in this room today, I look around the room, and what hurts me is to see how many young, black men sit in this room. Michael's taken time to give you the opportunity to be safe in here to talk about what the issues are. But how do you then translate that outside? What we've learnt in here has impact when we go into the community. What we've learnt has impact, you know, on your lives and everybody else's lives. Prior to this course, there's a couple of faces here, I've seen them on the free flow. And I felt I had to, you know, be on guard, but... They're good people, you know, we're all good people. Thank you for partaking in this course, man, it's been emotional, for sure. APPLAUSE APPLAUSE CONTINUES If you look around, you see smiles, you see happiness. And that's not something you see often within Belmarsh, and that's the truth, man. So, this is a special day, it's a special day. I just don't want it to change just for being in here. And I do want to believe that every single one of you will see your next birthday and the birthday after and your children's birthdays, that's what's really important to me. Make a difference for our community, that's what I want to see. Whether they're willing to change or not, Belmarsh inevitably leaves its mark on all prisoners. For the last nine weeks, Tommy Robinson has been held in isolation. Separated from the rest of the prison population. And today, he's being released. - Is this all stuff you got through the mail? - Yep. Not appropriate for the next person that comes in here, they probably won't want that. We'll be walking out, take your property in a trolley... Don't come back. See what happens. It seems, right to the last, Robinson is still affecting the prison's regime. He's not gonna go via reception. Every prisoner who's discharged at the end of their sentence goes through reception. Reason being? Reason being is I've got other courts, I've got courts going out, I've got transfers going out, I don't want to disrupt that. So, we're gonna discharge him directly from here. Tommy leaving today, is that a weight off your shoulders? There'll be someone coming in this afternoon that will... - Counterbalance it. - ..put the weight back on, yeah. So, how have you, how have you enjoyed Belmarsh? This has been as best as could possibly be, being locked on my own for months. So, I haven't been in Belmarsh, I haven't looked around, I haven't seen another prisoner. I see Julian Assange through the window. - Did you? - Yeah, yeah, I just walked round there and Julian Assange's window's at the top. Jesus, man, try and get my head round what he's going through. You can't, can you? How are you feeling right now? All right, yeah. You seem, you seem very emotional. SNIFFS It's more, yeah... It seems that nine weeks locked up on your own can have an effect on anyone. Yeah, it's embarrassing. For over two months, Tommy Robinson's presence here has caused disruption on both sides of the wall. But his time here has made me realise what Belmarsh deals with on a daily basis. Everything from high-profile prisoners to petty criminals, terrorists, to violent gang members, all crammed under one roof. And I struggle to think of a harder place to live or work in the UK. And while we've seen a lot here, I realise we've only just begun to scratch the surface of HMP Belmarsh. Subtitles by ITV SignPost Captions were made with the support of NZ On Air. www.able.co.nz Able 2020