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# inside mountjoy

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'Prison is all about games. You have to play them right and you'll get out the other side'
This is what a cell in Mountjoy Prison looks like
'I'm the first face you see when you're sent to Mountjoy. Prisoners can be scared and vulnerable'
Life as a prison officer in Mountjoy: 'When something is about to happen, you just feel it in the air'