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Lee Dalgetty

When Ross Kemp came to Glasgow to visit ‘notorious’ Barlinnie

In Ross Kemp’s own words HMP Barlinnie in Glasgow is one of Britain’s ‘most notorious prisons’, and his visit to the prison proved that.

To understand what the inmates live like, Kemp spent some time admitted to the prison for a 2017 ITV documentary - Ross Kemp Behind Bars: Inside Barlinnie, with exclusive access to all parts of the prison. During his time, he discovered the lengths prisoners at Barlinnie took to get weapons.

The Glasgow prison once homed Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, serial killer Peter Manuel, and notorious gang leader Arthur Thompson. Kemp certainly wasn’t in Walford anymore.

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