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# Life on the Inside

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'A prisoner will say to you: I know where you live, I’ll burn your house down, I’ll get your kids.’
Prison officers outlined the dangers they face in their day-to-day jobs.
"The kids began laughing when he told them that his family have to queue up for food"
Three people living in direct provision centres explain what people don’t realise about their lives.
Prison life: ‘Christmas was just like any other day – a fry-up and that’s it’
A new documentary, to be shown tonight, gained unprecedented access to two of Ireland’s prisons over an entire year.