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The Beginner’s Guide to Prisons
Television (Full Length Episode) – 1983
I wonder what it would feel like to be sent to prison?– Johnstone sets out to find the answer
Gardening or painting ... something like that.– Johnstone is asked to consider what tasks he might apply himself to ‘inside’
You’re like a fish out of water really. You’re quite a bit older than most of the inmates here ...– The chaplain sizes up Johnstone
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