The prisoners will be vetted by prison staff and the BBC The BBC is to broadcast its political panel programme Question Time from inside a prison for the first time.
Ten Wormwood Scrubs inmates and 10 staff will join 100 members of the public in the audience next Thursday.
They can question Justice Secretary Kenneth Clarke, ex-Home Secretary Jack Straw and other panellists.
In April, the European Court of Human Rights gave the UK six months to comply with its ruling to extend the right to vote to convicted prisoners.
A BBC spokesman said: “There will be 10 prisoners, none of whom will have been serving for any violent crimes. They will be vetted by the prison staff and the BBC.”
The programme will recorded about 2030 BST at the west London prison and broadcast at 2235 BST.
“The involvement in the debate of prisoners and prison staff will offer Question Time viewers a unique insight into their views on the issue of the right to vote as well as more general questions,” the spokesman said.
The programme is filmed at a different location each week.
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