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Alex South

Alex South was a prison officer for 10 years, working at men’s prisons around the country, and is now the author of Behind These Doors (Hodder & Stoughton)

<p>‘I know from personal experience what a travesty it is that prisoners sit around doing nothing for themselves or for anyone else, simply waiting for the day they're let out’</p>
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Our prisons are crumbling. Labour is making things worse

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