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00:08Barlini is iconic, notorious, infamous, things can be calm, but you can go from zero to
00:2199 in any second. Barlini prison in Glasgow houses 1,400 of Scotland's
00:31criminals. Over the course of a year we'll look at the lives of prisoners trying to
00:40survive. I wish we didn't have to get right out and not just to get through one day and the
00:46staff
00:47who support them, getting them ready for release. I'll never see you inside the air again, man.
00:53We'll follow them as they try to make a fresh start. I've had enough of jail to last me forever.
00:59See the challenges they face on the outside. I see where I was taking drugs and drink quite a lot,
01:04you know what I mean? So I'm back into the mess, yeah. I've got this thing on my ankle. And
01:08try
01:08to understand why so many will end up back behind bars. What are guys that we've got in here?
01:14A perfect life's outside. Boom. Invariably, most come back. Just a rotating door in here. Do not bring
01:25them back. They've got this kind of self-destruct button. Your life's on the line. Your life is on
01:30the line. It's not really a place that you'd want to be your tomb, is it?
02:00HMP Barlini is the largest prison in Scotland.
02:10Spread over five halls with cells on each floor, known as flats, most prisoners have to share with a
02:17cellmate or co-pilot due to severe overcrowding. The prison must keep all 1,400 prisoners fed on a tight
02:28budget of around four pounds per prisoner per day. Stinky in my church. You're stinky.
02:35Twenty-eight-year-old Jai Pee is serving a three-year sentence for assault and robbery.
02:46He's sharing a cell with co-pilot Jamie, who's serving 14 years for attempted murder.
02:53My dog would kick my **** if I gave him that. Honestly, I wouldn't feed my dog with that.
02:59He's a decent co-pilot. Probably one of the best I've had. You can end up with some bangers
03:05in here. I've been in twice with him now. I've had 15 since I've been in. I've evicted
03:12every one of them except for Jai Pee. That's all. What do you mean you've evicted him?
03:17Totally. I've got to battle him. So I've been in seven months now, and I've had two decent
03:23co-pilot in seven months, and I've been through at least 20, at least 20, which I had one for
03:30ten minutes. Ten minutes the guy was in with his phone. Boom. It was awful. What happened?
03:35Because I was mad with it.
03:41Jai Pee is one of many drug users in Barlini. The prison has seen a dramatic rise in drug
03:46use over the past ten years, since psychoactive substances, known as legal high, started coming
03:52in. It's soaked into paper and then smoked in vapes. How do you find that? Exactly, that's
03:58what we need to find. It's a constant battle for us to keep drugs out through visits, through
04:07throw-overs, through drones. That's another parcel just came down. So you've got your synthetic
04:13drugs that are coming in. The voltage is so high and the dose is so low, the risk of overdose
04:18then spirals out of control. We're seeing guys constantly going out in ambulances because
04:24they're overdosing. You know, they might have drug deaths happen. Guys are still taking
04:29it and it's a real risk. In recent years, the number of drug deaths has surged as more and
04:36more people are entering the prison system, already with existing addictions.
04:44I've been smoking crack since I was thirteen. I've been taking heroin since I was fifteen.
04:48I've seen people die on six valium. I've took three hundred and locked away. And I don't
04:55think I'll die. I just think I'll heavy fuck myself up. You know what I mean? Some people
05:00can go through their full lives without a chemical, whatever. You know what I mean? Without
05:04some sort of substance. I've got far too many problems for to stay a hundred percent sober,
05:10you know what I mean?
05:11Me and Jay Peer built a friendship. No one, the last thing I want to do, he's got his funeral.
05:25Meanwhile, downstairs, staff are responding to a fight.
05:35On the way to lunch, a prisoner punched another in a seemingly unprovoked attack.
05:41It's not much of a fight, really. It's kind of handbags.
05:48He'll call it fly grassing, or sniper. So I'm doing it in front of this booze, so it's
05:53getting split up straight away. So it's like a shite bag move, you know what I mean?
05:59So I would wipe around there.
06:02Ryan, known as RJ, is serving two and a half years for assault with a knife.
06:07I've got OCD, so I need to get up. Why have I hurt enough touched every single day?
06:11The tap, the bits of the light, my phone, toilet seat. There.
06:16Is OCD in jail a good or a bad thing? Good.
06:19RJ is one of the most violent prisoners in the Scottish prison system,
06:24having been moved from jail to jail due to his persistently violent behaviour.
06:28Where's the man? Mr Grace is alleged to have been involved in a violent incident.
06:32Deemed under the influence. Assaults under the influence. Assaulted another prisoner.
06:36Kicking him, punching him. Prisoner. Was left with 57 facial injuries. What a shite.
06:43I came here, it was made to be a punishment. So when I was in Addywell, I had came for
06:47the Perth digger.
06:48I was in there, obviously, for a couple of months. I'd been done with a slashing in Perth.
06:52That's what I'm doing two and a half years for right now.
06:55I said, see all this bullshit? All this bullshit is me under influence.
07:00It is a lamp in legal hiding.
07:05Psychoactive substances are unlike any other drug that enters Barlini.
07:09Often drastically changing prisoners behaviour.
07:13So the hardest bit nowadays is the huge unpredictability.
07:16Someone could take something that sends them over the edge.
07:18They therefore present themselves as violent, aggressive, psychotic
07:23and staff are having to control an individual.
07:26These synthetic coquets, it just changes them completely.
07:30They become very aggressive, completely irrational.
07:34They try to keep an eye on these people, make sure they're not going to die because of it.
07:40Back in the day when you knew somebody was violent and dangerous and you were always wary,
07:45nowadays it could be anybody, just due to the drugs they take.
07:58You want a yard?
07:59Oh, is it exercise, Percy?
08:01Oh, sure.
08:02Can we finish this when we come back?
08:06In the yard, 30-year-old Norrie is having his hour of daily exercise.
08:12I shouldn't have done it, man.
08:13It was just the drugs and the drink were getting the better, mate, the time, bro.
08:16Why not?
08:17Obviously.
08:18Norrie's serving 18 months for assault.
08:20Fair dues, I was still on the coke or that, bro, but I was still on the drink bit.
08:24I wasn't getting myself into trouble until I took the valium and went to that title party, bro.
08:29Shit just hurt the fan, bro.
08:30What's up, Norrie?
08:31Norrie's used drugs for most of his time in prison, but has recently stopped.
08:35You obviously know when I get funded behind the gaff a couple of weeks ago.
08:38I know.
08:41So what happened?
08:42Aye, so I was smoked a bit illegal and I was from lying dead behind this bit of the door.
08:49I was from deceased for maybe, I don't know how long, 20, 30 minutes or something, the staff said.
08:55They thought that I was actually gone.
08:57And then when I came to, I woke up and there was doctor's ambulances and all that around me.
09:03And it did scare me.
09:05And I was like, what happened, man?
09:06You were gone.
09:08And obviously, it scared me a bit.
09:10It did scare me.
09:11It woke me up a bit, man.
09:13In reality, about this drugs like in here.
09:16So I'm trying to stay off it, but it's hard for me.
09:20It's really hard.
09:21That's chill beat, man.
09:23It's a scary drug show and that's what I was saying to you.
09:2916-year-old I was when I started taking drugs.
09:32Cocaine, and then it just escalated into sort of street valium.
09:36What was the effect of the valium?
09:37Oh, it's just...
09:39I don't know what it is.
09:40They're just too good, man.
09:41It's just...
09:42It's an escape for me, why I take the drinking drugs, just to escape the world.
09:45But when I sober up and come back to reality, I'm reliving it again.
09:49So it's really not helping.
09:52I'm trying to better myself for my family and for my kids' sake and that.
09:57Since his overdose, Nori's been attending the Recovery Cafe, a weekly support group run by the charity Cisco, that helps
10:06prisoners get clean.
10:08I'm brand new. It was good, obviously, with the bulging, then that.
10:12Also attending the group is RJ.
10:16Once one of the most violent prisoners in the Scottish prison system, RJ is now drug-free and hasn't been
10:23involved in any fights for 14 months, thanks in part to the Recovery Cafe, but also another support group.
10:33What do you do at the fellowship?
10:35Eh, a Bible study.
10:36Right.
10:38What things he asked about Jesus of Nazareth, they replied...
10:43Over a year ago, RJ rediscovered his faith through the prison's Bible study group, which has helped him stay off
10:50drugs and stay out of trouble.
10:53Aye.
10:54Nah, it's the energy he takes it. Once I tell him my name, he couldn't believe it, cos he was
10:59an officer.
11:00That's the right word.
11:01He used to lock my dad up.
11:03Not just your dad.
11:05Aye, and all my uncles as well, aye.
11:08When I knew this man's family, they were major troublemakers.
11:13Not only outside of the jail.
11:15Ah, big time.
11:15Big time.
11:16They were major troublemakers in the jail.
11:18If you weren't working in the jail and you heard the Grace brothers were coming in, you thought, not that
11:23crowd again.
11:25So, um, to see this man today, for me, is a huge encouragement.
11:30Right.
11:31OK? Where he is.
11:32Derek.
11:33All right, good to see you, my friend.
11:35God bless you.
11:36God bless you.
11:37Stick in.
11:38I will.
11:39We'll be back to the next week.
11:42RJ's worked hard to stay clean these past 14 months.
11:47However, he's just had word that an outstanding case against him is finally going to trial.
11:53He's charged with the attempted murder of an ex-partner.
11:58RJ could be facing another 10 years inside, which is testing his sobriety.
12:05Worrying about court coming up, that's a trigger.
12:08Definitely.
12:09Because I know how I feel.
12:10You feel powerless.
12:12You feel defenseless.
12:13You feel excited to go and get it done.
12:16And you're trying to prepare for a fight, you're in a high court.
12:19You know what I mean?
12:19So you're sheriff and jury.
12:22Your life's on the line.
12:23Your life is on the line.
12:24And when I start thinking about all that, like, I don't phone the lawyer.
12:27I don't do nothing.
12:28And my whole body's going, get mad with it, mate.
12:30Just get fucking mad with it.
12:32And don't even think about that stuff.
12:35I'm worrying about that.
12:43In the segregation unit...
12:45Morning.
12:47What's your name?
12:47John Fanning.
12:48Jai Peay's been called to see Head of Operations, Mitch Bailey, in the orderly room.
12:53Barlini's internal disciplinary system.
12:56Where rule breakers can have privileges, such as recreation or their television, taken away.
13:01Officer Henderson says that during lunchtime I noticed John Fanning staggering towards
13:06his cell with his eyes half shut.
13:08I went over to his cell and asked him if he'd been taking anything.
13:13He could barely even speak to me without slurring his words.
13:17Jai Peay was recently put on report for being under the influence of an illegal substance,
13:21which is a punishable offence.
13:23It's his third report this month.
13:26Are you pleading guilty or not guilty to this charge?
13:30And you're sure that you understand what the charge is now?
13:33Yep.
13:34There's a difference between getting mad with it and getting caught getting mad with it.
13:38And I've just angled not to get caught anymore.
13:41Know what I mean?
13:42Because I can still get mad with it and not get caught.
13:45They've caught me three times in three weeks.
13:49I've been mad about three times in three days of not being caught.
13:51Know what I mean?
13:52As long as you just don't...
13:54You're not flapping about the yard.
13:55Do you know what I mean?
13:56Have you seen people hitting the deck out there?
13:59No, so they smoke it and they just go like a train and just hit the deck and start shaking.
14:04You know what I mean?
14:04You're like that.
14:05Oh, I mean they smoke it a bit less next time.
14:08Know what I mean?
14:09Do you understand what the risks are?
14:10I do smoke it.
14:11I just take a few draws just to get the heat down at night.
14:16We've got to do this because we've got nothing else to do.
14:20I wish there was hash and all that in here but there just isn't.
14:23Do you know what I mean?
14:24And I wish we didn't have to get right out or not just to get through one day.
14:28But look at what we're dealing with.
14:30It's a pure shite tool.
14:31The punishment that I'll issue is I'm going to take you off recreation for seven days.
14:37Do you understand that punishment?
14:38I've obviously got some concerns about your substance use.
14:41Do you engage at all with any services?
14:44No.
14:45OK.
14:46So what we'll do is we'll make sure that gets revisited.
14:50If someone's not motivated to engage, it's very, very difficult to help them.
14:55You can take a horse to water but you can't make a drink.
14:57But by your own admission, you've been using.
15:00You have to remember that some people in here have had really, really difficult lives.
15:04We know that there are a lot of people in custody who have suffered various degrees and types of abuse.
15:11So there are a lot of people in here who do have very, very traumatic experiences in the past
15:15and we do know that some people will take substances to block some of that out.
15:20Thanks.
15:20Can I take you in our phone?
15:21Aye.
15:22I'll take you in our phone.
15:34Morning, guys.
15:38Hey, frame table.
15:40Yep.
15:42Each new day in Barlini follows a strict routine.
15:47Morning, my friend.
15:48All right?
15:50Once the prisoners have been served breakfast, those with jobs head to work.
15:56From the kitchens, to the gardens, and even the prison radio station.
16:03OK, next up is Ackla's Barbie Girl.
16:05That's for Bert and A-hole.
16:1024-year-old Kerry, who's serving four years for assault with a knife, works in the resource hub,
16:17an area where prisoners can access services like future housing support, play pool, or borrow books.
16:24This is where I worked in the library.
16:27Just scanning books, DVDs.
16:29Where are your jail numbering at me?
16:31Kerry's been working in the hub for eight months, and was recently promoted.
16:37Kerry's the gaffer.
16:38I've never done anything like this on the side.
16:40I was cleaning cars and polishing cars.
16:44I haven't any confidence whatsoever.
16:46So, just working in big groups, man.
16:48Yeah, they're nice boys, like.
16:55When I first came in, I had zero confidence whatsoever.
16:58I didn't really want to speak to anybody.
17:01Because I started a little late.
17:03But it's getting a little better, like.
17:05I was obviously a big part of the drugs team.
17:07And it was making me feel like I'm glad that I'm away from that stuff, like.
17:12My focus for either route is just getting to the castle,
17:16the open estate, up in Dundee, to see my way.
17:21Kerry's still got two and a half years left of his sentence.
17:24But because of his trusted position and low risk status,
17:28he's a prime candidate to be moved to the open prison at Castle Huntley.
17:33There, he'd be allowed out for home visits.
17:36And he is hoping his first could be in time for Christmas,
17:39so he can spend it with his daughter.
17:41Hopefully, the next four or five months, I can get my home visits.
17:44Obviously, I don't get to see the rain as much,
17:46maybe once or twice a week.
17:48So, getting a week at home, man, I can actually stay away
17:51and get to spend my life again with it.
17:54Anyway, because it's not fair on her, but I'm stuck in here.
17:58So, we'll start for Saturday, right?
18:02In A Hall, Jai P and Jamie are planning this week's television.
18:07We'll find something to watch for five o'clock, so...
18:10After his recent punishment in the orderly room,
18:12the prison are eager to try and help Jai P address his addiction issues.
18:18I don't cup qualifier.
18:20He's never engaged with the recovery cafe,
18:24so they're trying something different.
18:27They've encouraged him to attend an art class.
18:31An initiative aimed at improving prisoners' mental health.
18:37We will do anything that we think can support an individual.
18:40The main remit for us is to prevent any future victims.
18:44Getting people physically and spiritually and mentally healthy
18:47is a critical route to stop people offending.
18:51What we're doing here is trying to build people up so there's no future victims.
18:55First thing I've seen you outside yourself.
18:58First time I've been outside myself in the fucking three months, man.
19:01What's more fun, doing art class or taking some legal?
19:07I'm half illegal now, but I did enjoy it, man.
19:10I'm not going to lie, but it's one of the ones, man.
19:13It's no shit that you really want to be taking.
19:15What is that, man?
19:17What is that, man?
19:17What is that?
19:18What is that?
19:18Spider-Man.
19:20Spider-Man, mate.
19:22That mad cunt.
19:23What are my arms, mate?
19:25Despite Jai P not engaging with the prison's main recovery programmes,
19:29he's trying to stop taking legal high on his own,
19:32after a recent drug-related death in the halls.
19:49As well as teaching new skills, these kinds of classes are an opportunity
19:54for officers to work one-on-one with prisoners,
19:57to try and help them with their often complex needs.
20:01How do you feel after that art session then?
20:02All right.
20:03Get us out of the hall for a while.
20:05What could we do in here?
20:06And Officer Davey wants to help Jai P address his persistent re-offending.
20:11I'd like to think that I could be trying to steer in the right direction
20:14or something, but wouldn't we be helping with that one?
20:15See, it's easier for me in here than where it is out there.
20:18Out there, I was homeless.
20:19I had nowhere to go.
20:21I had to do mad shit, nor that.
20:24Just to get by, nor that.
20:25I had to rob Greggs, nor that.
20:26Just to eat and shit.
20:27Whereas in here, I'm getting a gaff.
20:30Free lecky.
20:30Don't have to pay any bills.
20:33Don't have to really, don't have to really do anything like that.
20:36I mean, everything is basically broke to you.
20:37I appreciate your honesty in that.
20:39It is, like, it's a pure whole multi-day life.
20:42This is nothing to me.
20:43This is like a two-star hotel to me.
20:45People say, oh, it's brutal being dubbed up.
20:46I've been dubbed up my full life.
20:48I've been in homes since I was two-month full,
20:49so I'm a product to the care system.
20:51I call it the animal factory, because when you're in the care system,
20:54something like 90% of Wains will end up in a secure unit,
20:58and something like 96% of Wains will end up in a prison
21:00at least once in a lifetime.
21:02In these homes, you know, shit that they date to Wains,
21:05it's ridiculous, man.
21:06I mean, they batter Wains.
21:08They sexually abuse Wains and all that.
21:11I'm just one of these people.
21:13I'll get out there and I'll get mad when I'll come back,
21:15and then that's just my life.
21:16I'll probably die in a jail, and I've made peace with that.
21:21Thanks for having me in the class.
21:23Yeah.
21:24It's a brilliant class, this.
21:25Good. Good, man.
21:26Cheers, kid.
21:27Cheers, Steve.
21:33That's a human being who's experienced abuse throughout his life
21:37and trauma, and he plays it off like it's nothing,
21:41whereas it would bring a guy like me to my knees.
21:44I don't know, I just...
21:45There's times where I need to tip my heart.
21:47The strength that he's able to have
21:49to be able to continue to keep going,
21:51but it's also really frustrating.
21:53You know, you want to shake him.
21:54He doesn't have to live like this.
21:56Your life could be...
21:58It could be different.
22:02Can you get out of this life?
22:04No.
22:04No.
22:06I mean, you've got to want to.
22:07I mean, there is people that get out of it,
22:09but somebody like me, you know,
22:11I'm, like, heavily institutionalised and all that,
22:14so I'll never...
22:15Never be able to stop down in jail and that,
22:17you know what I mean?
22:26Meanwhile, in the gym...
22:27You don't need to bust them.
22:29Practice between the both of yous.
22:30You've got a full two-minute round.
22:33Well, today we are running a boxing course.
22:36So, this is with the recovery cafe.
22:39So, we take boys that maybe have some addiction issues.
22:42We take them in here and try and get some discipline
22:44through sport and boxing in particular.
22:47No spattering, unfortunately.
22:48The jail being in jail can get a bit out of hand.
22:54Ryan, he's doing good.
22:55Ryan's got a bit of experience boxing.
23:02Going to the gym and then coming here is what helps me stay sober.
23:06Been a total change completely.
23:07What were you like before that?
23:09I came from Addywell, just chaos up there.
23:12I was taking drugs, fighting all the time.
23:15I'm doing 28 months now for a slashing in Perth
23:18and then came here as a punishment and then turned it round.
23:20Got sober.
23:21They're all like, Ryan, your job is easy.
23:23As long as he's not slashing us, that's fine.
23:24That's not the best answer.
23:30Part of RJ's recovery has been a 12-step programme.
23:36You need to write down people you've hurt.
23:40One of the steps is making a list of the people you've hurt.
23:43And as RJ was the victim of violence from an early age,
23:47the people who have hurt you.
23:50They beat me, but instead of beating me with...
23:53Just with his hands, it was...
23:55They'd done it with a belt, blah, blah, blah.
23:57What did that affect?
23:58It affected my fear, my security, my personal relations,
24:00my ambitions, my pride, and my self-esteem.
24:03It's like flashbacks, if you get what I mean.
24:05It's like PD.
24:06I've got PTSD through all this.
24:16Through the day and this, instead of me wanting to go out and kill that guy,
24:19I always swore a bit.
24:21But somehow I'm going to have to go out and tell him how that affected me.
24:29Can you forgive him?
24:35I think so. I need you.
24:40But right now, obviously, that's the man of the main minds I struggle with.
24:48Hello. Hi.
24:49Despite the help he's receiving, the stress of his upcoming attempted murder trial
24:55is testing RJ's sobriety.
24:57He's been tempted to use drugs
24:59and is hoping one of the prison chaplains, Father Paul, can give him guidance.
25:10While in A-hole, Norrie's struggling too.
25:14It seems to overrule an adult.
25:16Norrie?
25:16Norrie?
25:17Norrie.
25:18Norrie.
25:18Norrie?
25:19Norrie, Norrie, Norrie.
25:43for any other drugs that might be left in his cell before he can return.
25:48Norrie Broadley is a character.
25:51He's in and out of Berlin numerous times.
25:54Normally he doesn't give him as many problems,
25:56but he was caught with an illegal substance,
26:00brought down the stairs, kicked off the staff,
26:03became aggressive with staff.
26:04He has just come off wherever he's been taking.
26:07He was kicking off again with staff there.
26:09I had a bit of pen in the bone, and I had no smoke timer.
26:13People with that take legal highs.
26:16What you do find is when they can back up,
26:18they're not the same, and if you take too much of it,
26:21it can really affect you.
26:26It's going to fucking write everything right up.
26:35Psychoactive substances are having a devastating effect on prisoners' mental health,
26:41with some experiencing psychosis through long-term use.
26:46The High Dependency Unit houses those worst affected
26:50and provides them with additional support.
26:54In this unit we're quite lucky because we get a wee bit more extra help
26:58with the mental health team, with psychiatrists, psychologists.
27:02The guys that we're getting in, a lot of it seems to be due to drug use.
27:08We've had anything for guys defecating in bowls and eating it,
27:12to guys that think that they're sent into prison for the king.
27:17So I'm from Irania, so I'm from the royal family in Irania.
27:22As a child I was in Hollywood, so I was in cowboy films,
27:28and then obviously Michael Jackson's my big brother,
27:32so I was from...
27:34He's a part of the royal family as well, so he was also Iranian.
27:39For working in this unit, we get a lot of self-harm, dealing with suicide.
27:45It's used for cutting ligatures, so if anybody, you know,
27:49attempts to hang themselves or hangs himself,
27:51we would use this to cut them down.
27:57There was one day when the officers gave a shout,
28:00needing some support down in the bottom flat.
28:03The first responder opened the door,
28:05could barely get the door opened,
28:07and then when he got in he realised there was a reason for that.
28:13I shouted for help.
28:15Then that's when we realised we had somebody who had decided to take their life.
28:29Unfortunately, that's the kind of things officers come across.
28:39Noree's suffering withdrawals, and is threatening to harm himself.
28:43This time I won't talk about it,
28:44and I'll make sure that he don't get the laser,
28:46and I'll make sure that he don't get anything,
28:48and I'll make sure the ambulance doesn't get anything.
28:51I'm not saying that I could have that corner,
28:53I've just been through a half a minute.
28:56Noree has attempted suicide in the past.
29:00So the prisoners are referring him to a doctor,
29:03and sending him to a safer cell.
29:05A secure space where he won't be a threat to himself,
29:09or be able to get drugs.
29:13A lot of our guys can't cope with life,
29:15so if they're not coping with life,
29:17they're going to go to what result,
29:19or what action they think, what's best for them.
29:22And that's usually back to drugs or alcohol.
29:25So there are supports there,
29:26but it's a difficult cycle to kick out of,
29:30if that's the lifestyle you're used to.
29:38Good morning.
29:40Good morning.
29:41The Gospel reading today is one of my favourites.
29:45I like it.
29:46I like it a lot.
29:47And probably because it's about women.
29:51It's about two sisters...
29:52It's Sunday morning,
29:53and prisoners have the opportunity
29:55to attend a service in the prison chapel,
29:58led today by Reverend Jill.
30:01You have a societal norm in this place, don't you?
30:04In prison.
30:05Doing what is expected of you,
30:07instead of dealing with your issues.
30:10You want to get mad with it.
30:15In the visits area,
30:18visiting time has started.
30:20Where up to four times a month,
30:22prisoners get the chance to see friends and family.
30:25And for those with young children,
30:27the family centre offers dads
30:29one-on-one time with their kids.
30:31So here we have the main kind of bonding room
30:34for kids' visits.
30:36You can see we've got a nice soft play area here,
30:38and it's just a better area for the families.
30:40We want them to see their families.
30:42We want them to be in this room
30:43and we want them to be able to engage with them,
30:44especially the young ones.
30:46The dads are maybe their first-time dads,
30:48who maybe don't have much experience hands-on
30:50of being a parent.
30:51They get that opportunity to do that in here.
30:56Kerry is being allowed an hour off work
30:58because he's expecting visitors in the family room.
31:05Kerry's dad, Derek, is bringing Kerry's daughter to see him.
31:10Derek has been helping to look after her
31:12since Kerry's been inside.
31:14I don't really miss my dad.
31:15You miss your dad, I know you, sweetheart.
31:18All right, you might go find dad.
31:20Daddy.
31:21See if he's there yet.
31:23Kerry's still waiting to hear about his transfer
31:26to the open prison at Castle Huntley
31:28that would see him being granted home leave
31:30in time for Christmas.
31:34Right, go out the canteen.
31:35Hey, hi to me.
31:36Bye.
31:36Come here a minute, come here.
31:46That was all, boy. You in?
31:48I'm all right.
31:49Good son.
31:50All right, fine, Paul.
31:50Come here.
31:56This is what it's all about for me,
31:58watching the two of them just playing,
31:59interacting with their two selves.
32:00Aw, he's sleeping.
32:02He's sleeping, is it?
32:04It makes me happy to just to watch them,
32:07and then this is where I get the smile,
32:09just to see them just being like the way they are.
32:12Can you just press your dinosaur?
32:15For her to spend this time with her dad,
32:19it's everything.
32:20You know, it's everything to her.
32:22You know, go jump over it.
32:24It was heartbreaking when he came in.
32:26We didn't know how to tell her.
32:28How do you approach your kids and tell them
32:29that your dad's in the prison?
32:36She just spent an hour doing here, man.
32:38You forget you're in a jail sometimes, like.
32:51I think when he first came in, I was terrified.
32:54Because you don't know which way things are going to go
32:56when you come into places like this.
32:59You can go up the way you can go down the way.
33:01I need a cover and a pillow.
33:04A bit Wednesday for her.
33:06Things may have been enough of the story.
33:07She's his rock, basically.
33:09He is his rock.
33:14We've got a real focus on guys in here who've got kids.
33:17Social isolation is a really negative thing for mental health.
33:21So the more you can get people socialising with their family
33:25or their friends,
33:25it keeps people a bit more focused and stable.
33:29A lot of guys use their children as motivators.
33:32That's who they want to do better for.
33:33And they'll use that motivator of not wanting to be away
33:35from their kids for so long again
33:37to take that look at themselves,
33:39to reflect on their own actions.
33:42Hey, you want to get your shoes on?
33:43You all right?
33:44I've seen him coming from a bad old class
33:46as a wee boy when he came in here
33:48to now a grown man, a dad.
33:52I can see a bright future.
33:54I'm hoping I'm no wrong.
34:02At the recovery cafe.
34:04What's happening?
34:06I just want this court done.
34:08Just thought I could think about it,
34:10even when I'm trying to fucking know thinking about it.
34:12I mean, it's really going to go two ways.
34:13I'm just trying to keep myself on the street now.
34:17It's the week of RJ's attempted murder trial
34:20at the High Court in Edinburgh.
34:21I just can't get this out of my nuts.
34:23It's frying me.
34:23It's all on the line, you know what I mean?
34:24So I just want it dealt with.
34:27But the pressure's getting to him.
34:32I ask for the strength for court.
34:34You know, I'm struggling with this.
34:37I'm really struggling.
34:38And I know no matter what happens,
34:41I just pray for the strength to go and face it.
34:43I know it's in your hands and I just pray that I can stop.
34:47The outcome could come down to how RJ presents himself in court.
34:51Since the start of this year,
34:52I've noticed a remarkable change in his personality for the better.
34:56This is the first stage.
34:56So he's gathered letters from members of staff
34:58in the hope they'll convince a jury that he's truly reformed.
35:03I hope that this letter provides a clear picture of the kind of person
35:05that he has become.
35:06Yours in Christ, Reverend Paul.
35:09Right, guys.
35:10That's us.
35:12But the jury will also have to consider the violent nature of his crime.
35:17I know that there's some people in here that get sober
35:21or have a change of mind.
35:24Clarity comes to them.
35:26They're starting to think about what they've done,
35:28but there's a lot of people hurt by the consequences
35:31of the guys that we work with.
35:34It affects so many people.
35:36It affects the victims.
35:38Paul gave us it.
35:39I said, I'll take that out of court.
35:44So, every action, there's a consequence.
35:48We've got to get the guys to understand that.
35:57Back inside.
35:59Pies again.
36:01Always pies.
36:02Everything's pie.
36:03We got pies last night and all.
36:05Jai P's getting his lunch
36:07before he heads out to the yard
36:08for his hour of daily exercise.
36:19He has plans to meet up with other prisoners
36:22because he's had word
36:23that a new batch of legal high has just come in.
36:31Jai P had been trying to stay clean
36:33but started using again last week.
36:36And after just three draws of a vape,
36:39he collapses.
36:48Officers are there in seconds.
36:50But Jai P's unresponsive.
36:57The medical team arrive and try to resuscitate him.
37:04But they're struggling to find a pulse.
37:13So Jai P is rushed to Glasgow's Royal Infirmary.
37:17To try and save his life.
37:43To try and save his life.
37:47You said you're having a tough day?
37:48Aye, having a hard time now, mate.
37:51Plus I'm back in the drills and all that.
37:53Obviously, I'm just at...
37:54I'm all's gaff, well.
37:56A suicide gaff, man.
37:57Because obviously I was in a bad way last night.
38:00And I said to the staff,
38:02I feel it's hurting my throat, man.
38:03But I wasn't genuinely going to get carried through.
38:07I just said I need somebody to talk to.
38:09And then the next thing I know,
38:11the gaff surrounded by all sorts of staff,
38:14I'm getting carted down the stairs and all that, man.
38:17And then I just come back there.
38:20So...
38:20It's just been a hectic week, man.
38:22It's not a week for me, man.
38:24It's just...
38:25I need the help before it gets to the left, man.
38:27Because my nine lives are running out, man.
38:29Big time.
38:30It's no dying to me anywhere apart from fucking killing me.
38:33That's what it's basically dying.
38:34My body's basically rejecting it.
38:37But I'm...
38:39I'm not rejecting it, if that makes sense.
38:41I know that sounds a bit daft, that.
38:42But obviously, my body's telling me,
38:45listen, I'm not having that shit in your system or you'll die.
38:49And obviously, I'm like, I'm anticipating my system,
38:51so I'm fighting a ocean battle here.
38:56I'm hoping that they can put something in place for me.
38:59Cos if no, mate, then I'll just have the stupid heat on,
39:02I'll just be like, fuck it, man.
39:05I don't care how many times you find me doing the gaff now,
39:08I'll still take it.
39:15Just outside, staff are dealing with another drug-related
39:18incident.
39:19A bus has returned from the High Court,
39:22with one prisoner found to be under the influence.
39:29RJ couldn't be returned to his cell.
39:32Instead, he's been placed on observation
39:34until the drugs are out of his system.
39:37I told you not to do it.
39:41He got sent back from court, taking drugs.
39:48For what reason, we don't know,
39:50but we think it's just maybe the nerves of the court case.
40:12In the hub, Kerry's at work.
40:15All right, Kerry, how are you?
40:16I'm all right.
40:17And Officer Vyna has come to see him.
40:19How's your family?
40:20They're all right, like, aye.
40:22I've seen the way in yesterday.
40:23She was at a kids visit with my mum yesterday.
40:26That'd have been good for you as well, then, to see her.
40:28Vyna has worked closely with Kerry in the hub,
40:30and has helped him build his confidence during his sentence.
40:34Looking forward, then, to trying to get moving on.
40:37She's come to wish him luck,
40:39because he could soon be leaving.
40:41Today's a big day.
40:42It's my RT.
40:43It's a risk management,
40:44so they'll basically do an assessment
40:46and they'll tell me if I'm eligible for the cash slander.
40:48So if it goes good,
40:49I could be out here in a couple of weeks,
40:51way up to Dundee, proper estate.
40:54I'm absolutely buzzing lately.
40:55OK.
40:56Right.
40:56So we're here to discuss Mr Kerry Gearson.
40:59The risk management team will make a decision
41:02based on Kerry's behaviour in custody.
41:04His engagement with rehabilitation programmes,
41:08but will also take into account his previous convictions.
41:11Mr Gearson engaged as well with prisoners and staff,
41:15and just boarded no issues at this time.
41:21In Ayrshire...
41:23You go and play.
41:24Kerry's family are awaiting news,
41:27and it's been a difficult year since he's been inside.
41:30It's not just him that's doing the time, it's us as well.
41:33We're doing that time along with him.
41:36She's doing...
41:38the time.
41:40It's affected her so, so much.
41:44She knows he's coming back,
41:47but it's every night that she's asking when.
41:51She's making wishes, you know, for her daddy to come home.
41:56We're just going to need to stay strong and show him the support that he's got.
42:00You know, and that we're all here to support that with you.
42:03So, obviously the index offence was significant violence.
42:08Stabbing of somebody, I think, who prior to that had been his best friend.
42:12But there's previous aggressive and violent behaviour that's been noted.
42:15And, again, there's gaps certainly from the way beyond the...
42:19Kerry was never any angel, put it that way.
42:21He was a nice boy.
42:24But he always kind of found his way into something that he shouldn't.
42:33smoking the weed at an early age,
42:35and I think probably 12 or 13 that he was smoking the weed.
42:38His brain couldn't function the way a normal person's could.
42:43I think he was probably quite troubled when he was younger, to be honest with you.
42:49Anxiety.
42:51I appreciate everything.
42:52Like I say, he was no angel, but he's...
42:54You know, we cannot make mistakes.
42:56We cannot rectify our mistakes.
43:04In the orderly room...
43:06Are you ready for the inquiry to go ahead?
43:10RJ has a disciplinary meeting,
43:12as he was found to be under the influence of drugs
43:14and wasn't fit to stand trial.
43:17Prisoner Ryan Grace was escorted back to Delta Hall
43:20with suspicion of being under the influence.
43:22As Prisoner Grace walked into Delta Hall North Lower,
43:25his speech was slurred and he was unsteady on his feet.
43:28How were you pleading?
43:29Guilty.
43:30Guilty.
43:30Right, what was going on with you then?
43:32On the bus.
43:33I asked a boy for a shorty's vape.
43:35I literally take one, two, three draws,
43:37and as I put it back under,
43:39I feel my heart going like fuck.
43:41I instantly know it's legal high.
43:43I take a panic and then that's me.
43:44I'm out in my trial and that doesn't go ahead.
43:46I wake up in the obsale the next morning.
43:49So I literally slept all day.
43:50I couldn't believe it.
43:51I had to go back up and face my case,
43:52seeing my lawyer and they said,
43:53Ryan, we're rooting up and try to explain it to the judge,
43:55but you weren't coherent.
43:57I can't remember anything.
43:58The judge said,
43:59I'll decide if he's fit and the judge even come down
44:01to see me and see me in that estate.
44:03That's how bad it was.
44:04Right, so you're obviously long in the tooth
44:06that you know you shouldn't be taking a vape today.
44:07I've messed up my sober eye.
44:08I've been sober a year.
44:09I've fucked everything.
44:10For taking a vape, obviously,
44:12you know the things that are happening in here.
44:14So the judge has now got an opinion of you
44:18that you don't want or may have and everything else.
44:20But as I say, you know all that.
44:22You've done all that to yourself.
44:23You can't take it back.
44:24So it's a bit moving forward now.
44:26100%.
44:26However, I'm going to find you guilty.
44:28That's fair. I plead guilty.
44:30And that's for being stupid.
44:32Yep.
44:32All right, Pat.
44:33No caution, no?
44:35No, no caution.
44:36No, no caution.
44:37You were stupid.
44:38I've been a cigarette trouble for a long time.
44:40Despite his years of previous drug use,
44:43RJ insists that this recent incident was accidental.
44:47However, the end result was the same.
44:49All I can remember is seeing a bit of my lawyer,
44:52no seeing anything.
44:53Couldn't walk, couldn't talk.
44:55I can't remember getting into the section,
44:57can't remember being in a knob cell,
44:58can't remember seeing anything about this jail.
45:00The judge ended up saying,
45:01I'll decide.
45:02The judge came down.
45:04They said they tried to get him to talk
45:05and then turned around and said,
45:06he's no fit to stand trial.
45:10It's going to be literally come down to me and the doc.
45:13So that's it.
45:16God, thank you for a new day.
45:19Thank you for your blessings.
45:20RJ's trial will be rescheduled.
45:23All he can do now is pray for a good result.
45:32In Dee Hall, Kerry is also hoping for the best.
45:37OK.
45:38OK, thanks very much, folks.
45:40The risk management team has finished their meeting
45:42and Kerry's about to find out what they've decided.
45:50If I had to describe myself a year or so ago,
45:52I'd probably say, like, I was a wee dick.
45:56And I'm a lion, but obviously, if I had to describe myself for now,
45:59I've cried in a lot, man.
46:01I've grew up a wee bit, like,
46:03and I've got a lot of potential still ahead of me.
46:05I'm still young, so it's not too late to get my life back.
46:12That's why I bagged that to my daughter.
46:17Right, they're going to refer you for a GPA.
46:20Are they?
46:20Just now.
46:21Mm-hm.
46:21And they're talking about, obviously, senior needs from that,
46:25and then January, and then we'll take it fair, OK?
46:28All right, cool.
46:28All right, sorry, Paul.
46:29No, it's not.
46:30All right.
46:31The panel decided to deny Kerry's application.
46:35So, baby, I'll buy my wallet.
46:37It says that it could be in January.
46:41It will be around three months before he's eligible to apply again,
46:45once a general programme assessment, or GPA, is complete.
46:49I've got to myself, all right, but...
46:51An extra level of assessment
46:53to ensure prisoners won't pose a threat when rejoining society.
46:58I love you.
46:59I love you.
46:59I love you.
47:01Yeah, as my dad has been to me, like,
47:03obviously, he's a bit got to like us.
47:05Obviously, we thought we were going to be home for Christmas, like,
47:07but that's not happening now.
47:12Kerry's got a while to wait before he can get out.
47:18While in A Hall, there's someone who's glad to be back.
47:23That's a reminder of the time I almost killed menace.
47:35So I was out in the exercise yard,
47:38and I took a few draws of a legal pod,
47:40and I've hurt the deck.
47:43I was nearly dead.
47:45Now, my heart rate was right doing it.
47:48Like, it was 20 beats a minute or something,
47:50and my pulse kept dropping.
47:54They actually thought I was dead on the yard.
47:57I thought I was gone.
48:00I woke up in the Royal Man,
48:02and they said I'd been in resuscitation for a new work morning, man.
48:09Imagine dying in this shite hole.
48:13I'm definitely not wanting to smoke it again, man,
48:15because it is.
48:16It's just dangerous, man.
48:17It's not even a drug.
48:18It's fucking nuts.
48:19Know what I mean?
48:20Can you reset from here?
48:21Aye, aye.
48:22A fresh start, we'll call it.
48:27This is the closest J.P.'s come to dying.
48:30But this isn't the first fresh start he's promised himself.
48:36The only person that's going to be able to change his situation is J.P.
48:40And if he doesn't,
48:42then unfortunately he's stuck in the cycle of doing the same thing.
48:46We'll continue doing what we're doing.
48:47We're trying to positively influence him.
48:49But it's a difficult decision to change everything you've ever known.
48:54And sometimes it's easier for him just to go back into their old creature comforts.
49:03What number are we at going into?
49:05In Dee Hall,
49:07prison chaplain Jill has come to see Norrie.
49:10You got another seat?
49:10Aye, aye, go.
49:13Norrie's managed to stay off drugs for the last few days,
49:17but he's struggling.
49:18What's been happening?
49:20I've got a lot of shit, you know,
49:21going on in his home, man.
49:23Fucking...
49:23Man and my family members has got MS, man.
49:27I've seen them just before I get to jail, man.
49:30I've just got a lot of other problems going on in him, man.
49:33Obviously, the dogma's just not.
49:35I've got fun, unresponsive last week in the gaff, so...
49:40I don't know what's going on.
49:41My head's just...
49:42I feel messy now, so...
49:46I'm getting to a point where I just don't give a fuck now, whether I die or no.
49:51But I shouldn't be thinking like that.
49:53But that's how low I've got.
49:55I can't give a fuck if I die today, tomorrow or the next day.
49:59I know that's right saying that, but...
50:02I need to find better ways how to deal with my emotional behaviours,
50:08if that's what you want to call it.
50:10I've no had the best of childhoods, man.
50:12I used to get battered fuck out of half my man, da,
50:15when I was younger and all that, John.
50:18And...
50:18It was another incident.
50:20When you were younger?
50:21Aye.
50:21Aye.
50:21Okay.
50:22Obviously, the police get involved and all that.
50:27I was telling you about the time.
50:28Okay.
50:29And...
50:31Obviously...
50:31Did he get dealt with?
50:33Aye, but no.
50:34Okay.
50:35They let him go, cause it's Jill, so...
50:37I think that's how I get headed towards police and all.
50:41He needed to get all of that off his chest.
50:44It's just so much...
50:45He's got so much pain.
50:47And so he's needing help.
50:50And we'll just try and get as much help that we can.
50:54No, I feel...
50:55I feel as if...
50:56A weight's been lifted after my shoulders as well,
50:58cause I've no told.
50:59There's only certain people I've dealt about that, obviously.
51:03Yeah.
51:04A lot of people have been abused physically, mentally or sexually.
51:08And a lot of people come in carrying that.
51:11So, drums and alcohol, we're using these substances,
51:14they've asked the pain of trauma.
51:16And they end up in prison, in and out of prison consistently.
51:19And it's how do we capture the moment where we can engage with people.
51:24Cheers.
51:25Is it red now, shouldn't it?
51:26No.
51:27I wish I could get a good old mechanic always.
51:31I'll see you next week.
51:32Aye, thank you, Jill.
51:34Thanks very much, Jill.
51:35I'll see you next week, Jill.
51:38Cheers, Jill.
51:40See you later, Jill.
51:41What have you got?
51:43Rosary beads.
51:44Oh, my wee gang me.
51:46Just for in the gaff at night, man.
51:48Keep them round my neck, man.
51:49I'm not religious, but I'll keep me.
51:52Somebody watching me.
51:54Somebody watching me.
51:55And I'm feeling kind of shit.
51:57But I'm hoping to do well this time, man.
52:02How typical is Nori with all the problems that he's got?
52:05Sadly, very typical.
52:07Not a surprise.
52:08Not a surprise at all.
52:10You could write the story, actually, sometimes.
52:12And that's what's hard and that's what's more painful, I think,
52:16because they're not all unique, but they are all unique people.
52:33Good morning, guys.
52:35Good morning.
52:36Where did you live?
52:36Merry Christmas.
52:37Good morning.
52:38Merry Christmas, man.
52:40Merry Christmas.
52:40How are you?
52:41It's Christmas morning in Barlini.
52:49Merry Christmas.
52:52How are you?
52:53And the prisoners are making their calls home.
53:01A service is held in the chapel before a special Christmas lunch is put on.
53:09It's all Christmas day.
53:10It's really like any other day, but we've got the Christmas dinner.
53:13They seem to be quite happy about this year.
53:15It's a Christmas dinner.
53:18It's almost like being at home.
53:20You've got the wee Christmas feel about it, but you've also got that,
53:23just leave them alone as well.
53:25We know we're going home at the end of the day, whereas the guys in here, they're not.
53:31They're not.
53:33They're not.
53:33Kerry missed the opportunity to spend Christmas at home.
53:37Yeah.
53:39However, once visits started up again in the new year, his dad and daughter were back to
53:45see him.
53:47Got it when he didn't get to the castle.
53:50But we're all prepared to get him back home for Christmas time.
53:54With his room, I'll decorate it.
53:56Just hopefully we can still get into the castle.
53:58Can you wait till they get some?
54:01Excited.
54:02I don't know.
54:04We'll be longer.
54:05I miss you.
54:06I miss you too.
54:07Don't you worry.
54:08I have shouted this, but...
54:11My worries.
54:12Norrie is trying to stay drug-free and is engaging with services to improve his mental health.
54:20He's getting released soon.
54:22I hope to get out, man, and Dave Ellen, no come back here.
54:26I'm trying to stay off the drugs.
54:27I'm not going to say it's going to happen, but that's going to be a struggle for me when I
54:31get back out.
54:32Because I love a bit of the madness.
54:33Don't get me angry.
54:34I don't like a bit of the madness, but that madness can get me into trouble.
54:37And obviously it ends me back in here.
54:40So I'm hoping to get there and start afresh and no come back, man.
54:44I'm only here because of my own fault.
54:46RJ eventually stood trial.
54:48The judge had read the letters and what?
54:49He's like, I can see you're doing well now.
54:51However...
54:52His attempted murder charge was downgraded to assault to injury.
54:56And he was found guilty.
54:57Jesus never said it'd be easy.
54:59I know, I know.
55:00The judge sentenced him to four years in prison,
55:03with two further years supervised in the community.
55:11Hammered.
55:12It's because of my previous convictions,
55:14I had to accept I'm doing this for my own fault.
55:17It's my bad.
55:19Since then, RJ has continued attending recovery programmes and remains clean.
55:25Move your feet, remember, here.
55:26And despite his long sentence, he's looking to the future.
55:30It was my dream job.
55:31If anybody, that's what I wanted to do.
55:32It would be good work with addicts, ex-criminals, anything like that.
55:35People like myself to help women.
55:36That's what I wanted to do for the rest of my life.
55:39The very best it was made.
55:40What was it having yours?
55:42That's it done.
55:44Jai Pee has struggled to stay clean for the last two months, but is still trying.
55:49That's the truth.
55:51That's the truth.
55:52He is.
55:53He still has nine months to serve of his sentence.
55:56But for the first time, has a different picture of what life could be when he leaves.
56:03I want to get out and I want to try and stay out because look at it, know what I
56:08mean?
56:09It's not really somewhere you want to live your life, is it?
56:12Do you know what I mean?
56:13You could be out there, be your freedom.
56:16Let's see, like just daft shit, like going to the shop and on it.
56:20Do you know what I mean?
56:20Being able to drink juice or shit like that, know what I mean?
56:25There will be a future outside.
56:28If you get the right help, there is hope.
56:31Aye, aye.
56:33Somewhere.
56:34It's just finding it.
56:35It's navigating your way through hell, basically.
56:39To get that, like, to render it on him.
56:48Next time...
56:50My kids think I'm at work.
56:52First time offender Billy struggles to keep a close relationship with his kids.
56:57I suppose it's just about letting a lot of people make mistakes.
57:02Experimental rapper Junior lands himself in Barlini.
57:05At least this is good and be good for my rap career.
57:08And life on the inside isn't as easy as he was hoping.
57:11I want their investigation apparently by the police because of some graphics that's been used on a website.
57:16Junior had nothing to do with this.
57:18I'm most healthy yet now but I'm nervous.
57:22And Alan struggles to adapt to life on the outside and resorts to his old ways.
57:28If you've not got the money, what are you going to do?
57:30Theft?
57:31Borrowing?
57:31Stealing?
57:32And then sometimes it'll lead them to come straight back to here.
57:34We are pretty much...
57:53And then, thank you.
57:54And then, the town of the South.
57:54We are all on the outside and see the matter.
57:54So all say, one of the towns is a big fan of his head.
57:54The city of the South is around and the city of the South is a big fan.
57:55And the city of South is beyond the city.
57:55And the city of the South is the city of South's.
57:59The city of the South is known as an theme.
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