‘Ready to explode’: prisons and early release
Martin Geissler and Natalie Higgins take you inside HMP Barlinnie and an emergency scheme to deal with record overcrowding in our jails.
If you’re interested in this episode, you may also like ‘The 1,000 prisoners up for early release’ /sounds/play/m002ld8y
More inmates are leaving prison earlier than planned as an emergency measure to deal with record overcrowding in Scotland’s jails.
Natalie has been inside HMP Barlinnie to speak to one of the nearly 1,000 prisoners up for early release and staff including deputy governor Jim Beaton (pictured).
Scotcast is the Â鶹Éç’s Scottish news podcast. This episode is hosted by Martin Geissler and Natalie Higgins.
Get in touch: scotcast@bbc.co.uk
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