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FROM YEARS OF HARD LABOUR AND TORTURE TO VERMIN-INFESTED CELLS AND OVERCROWDING, SOME OF HISTORY’S PRISONS HAVE GAINED A FEARSOME REPUTATION

ROSE CULLEN sat in her office, tapping pen on pad as she surveyed the list she’d made. Things to be grateful for: My own teeth, no health issues, Dad is keeping well. It was a bit sparse, admittedly.

After popping out three babies, my hubby told me that was enough. But I just couldn’t stop.

Merrie couldn’t find her husband anywhere. The day before Christmas Eve was always busy and at 9.30am she’d expect to find him in the warehouse, checking on packing and loading and last-minute orders.

When her boyfriend left after an argument, Bobbie Cowan, 26, from Fife, never imagined it’d be the last time she saw him...