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Podcast: Premeditated Patter
Episode: The ENTIRE HISTORY of the Scottish Prison System - HMYOI Polmont & Longriggend
Description: Discover the full story of Polmont – Scotland’s most infamous Young Offenders Institution. From its beginnings as Blairlodge Academy tae its transformation into a Borstal and then a YOI, we uncover the regime, the scandals, the inmates and the tragedies that made headlines. With tales of riots, reform, and lives lost inside its walls, this is the raw history of Polmont told wi’ honesty, humour and grit.