Inmates cook up a future at London jail

With its leather chairs, glass tables and London prices, The Clink seems like any other restaurant. But the cutlery is plastic, the kitchen knives are kept locked up and the view from the window is of barbed wire.

Located inside Brixton Prison in south London, The Clink lies behind three security gates in a courtyard ringed by high fences, and is staffed by inmates serving lunch each day to up to 120 members of the public.

"Prison is the worst experience of my life. This has saved me. It's kept me sane," says Matt, a trainee in the kitchen for the past nine months.