Strangeways Prison is only two miles from the Coronation Street set in Manchester but it feels a whole world away for actress Jodie Prenger.
The West End star arrived on the cobbles earlier this year to take on the role of bubbly Glenda Shuttleworth and is now happily ensconced behind the bar of the Rovers Return.
But she will never forget her early days as a struggling singer and when she once performed inside the notorious Category A prison.
