Synopsis
Criminologist David Wilson investigates the recent past and present of Scotland's prison system, looking at how it can make bad people even worse.
- Programme: David Wilson's Crime Files
- Series: 1
- Episode: 10: Prisons
- Channel: BBC Scotland
- Broadcast year: 2021
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