If Prisoners Really Want to Change, We Can Help in Day Five of Our Series On Barlinnie Russell Leadbetter Speaks to Prison Officer Harry Rae, Who Still Loves His Job After 20 Years

Evening Times › August 04, 2008

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FOR as long as it has been open, Barlinnie has been notorious as hard place for hard men.

But for those who work there, the reality can be a lot different.

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If Prisoners Really Want to Change, We Can Help in Day Five of Our Series On Barlinnie Russell Leadbetter Speaks to Prison Officer Harry Rae, Who Still Loves His Job After 20 Years

"The reason why it is not forbidding or bleak, " says officer Harry Rae, 44, a 20-year veteran of the jail, "is the rapport between prisoners and staff.

"I can't walk down Argyle Street without seeing someone who has b...

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