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Mental health struggles of a prison officer

Alex McClintock was a prison officer at HMP Perth in Scotland for 19 years and he featured on Channel 4's Banged Up. Alex shares how his mental health declined to the point he had a breakdown and intended to take his own life. He tells us how his PTSD manifests itself, we discuss how prison officers can look after their wellbeing and we chat about the Banged Up TV show experience.

One bonus episode of Evolving Prisons is also released each month. You can subscribe to listen to the monthly bonus episodes for £2.99 https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/evolvingprisons/subscribe (here.)

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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaigancarrie/ (kaigancarrie)

Instagram: @evolvingprisons

Website: evolvingprisons.com

Broadcast on:
05 Dec 2023

Alex McClintock was a prison officer at HMP Perth in Scotland for 19 years and he featured on Channel 4's Banged Up. Alex shares how his mental health declined to the point he had a breakdown and intended to take his own life. He tells us how his PTSD manifests itself, we discuss how prison officers can look after their wellbeing and we chat about the Banged Up TV show experience.

One bonus episode of Evolving Prisons is also released each month. You can subscribe to listen to the monthly bonus episodes for £2.99 here.


Evolving Prisons links

LinkedIn: kaigancarrie

Instagram: @evolvingprisons

Website: evolvingprisons.com