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Glasgow Live
National
David McLean

The origins of Glasgow's Barlinnie Prison and where the name comes from

There has been much talk in recent times of Glasgow's HMP Barlinnie having reached and breached its sell by date with plans put forward to replace the Victorian facility.

Developers have submitted proposals for inmates to be moved to a new "super jail" on the site of the former Provan Gas Works with the "not fit for purpose" building at Riddrie sold off and ditched for good.

Whether or not the old Barlinnie would be demolished and the site redeveloped remains unclear, but Glasgow MSP Paul Sweeney is among those calling for the building to be turned into a prison museum after it's decommissioned.

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