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'On his way out he asked if his job would be there when he came out. I told him to contact me whenever he was free but he never came back '
Following the closure of Browne Brothers in 1986 a former employer, Fred Trenaman, called me and asked if I would help to establish a manufacturing operation making kit form aluminium doors. I happily accepted and started within a week. I worked for…
Tags: crime, Doors, Factory, prison, production
'...the criminal justice system is set up by the middle classes to protect themselves from the working classes'
In 1999 the Gallagher clothing industry died for the last time. It was possible to get a job if 'you knew someone who knew someone'. I managed to get a job looking after prisoners after release from prison. The employment was in an agency that…
Tags: addiction, crime, drugs, justice, probation, rehabilitation, social class