“Barlinnie Prison destroyed me, but it also made me a better person,” Boyle, now 80, told the documentary. “Every cell they put me in to, I broke up, I tore down and I got another sentence.

A man killed himself after watching a Ross Kemp documentary on Barlinnie prison because he was terrified of being sent there, a sheriff has ruled.

The makers behind a BBC Barlinnie Prison documentary are on the hunt for inmates who experienced the 'slopping out' practice. Friel Kean Films are hoping to cover the many stories from the infamous ...

Jimmy Boyle has spoken of his brutality against the authorities who tried to contain him, and his redemption in the Barlinnie prison experiment which he says saved his life.

A THUG who is set to feature in a BBC documentary about life in Barlinnie prison has been jailed for 17 months. Andrew Cunningham, 36, subjected his ex-girlfriend to a vicious campaign of abuse at … ...

Barlinnie Prison, where he spent 44 days and nights, is six miles away and 30 years in the distance, but right now, as he discusses the opening chapters of his autobiography, he's back there.

Hamilton Sheriff Court heard that Andrew Cunningham missed his appointment with a social worker because he was filming a BBC TV documentary about Barlinnie prison.

Cunningham failed to attend the meeting because he was involved in the filming of a BBC documentary about the prison which left his victim feeling "completely disgusted".

Hamilton Sheriff Court heard that Andrew Cunningham missed his appointment with a social worker because he was filming a BBC TV documentary about Barlinnie prison.