0:00:01 > 0:00:05This programme contains strong language.
0:00:05 > 0:00:10- BANGING - Officer!
0:00:11 > 0:00:14British jails are filling fast.
0:00:14 > 0:00:17HAMMERING AND SHOUTING
0:00:19 > 0:00:22More than half of adult prisoners will reoffend.
0:00:22 > 0:00:25INDISTINCT SHOUTING
0:00:27 > 0:00:32Stopping criminals from coming back is more crucial than ever.
0:00:32 > 0:00:36But one extraordinary restaurant in the middle of a prison
0:00:36 > 0:00:42led by an inspired chef believes it can change criminals for good.
0:00:42 > 0:00:47Rehabilitation, to me, is if a prisoner comes in here
0:00:47 > 0:00:50with no hope and goes out with hope.
0:00:57 > 0:00:59Oi, oi!
0:00:59 > 0:01:05- High Down, Butlins.- I've already booked up for next year!
0:01:05 > 0:01:09High Down Prison in Surrey is home to 1,100 criminals.
0:01:09 > 0:01:12It has one of the highest reoffending rates in the UK.
0:01:12 > 0:01:16Fucking welcome to my cell!
0:01:22 > 0:01:2570% of people discharged from High Down
0:01:25 > 0:01:28will reoffend within a year of being released from here.
0:01:30 > 0:01:35Since 1993, prison numbers have nearly doubled to 85,500.
0:01:37 > 0:01:41Once someone's come to prison, there's nowhere to send them,
0:01:41 > 0:01:43so society might give up on people
0:01:43 > 0:01:47and might want some respite from people and often with good reason.
0:01:47 > 0:01:50But you can't afford to give up on people.
0:01:55 > 0:02:00Like all jails in the UK, prisoners here can get paid jobs
0:02:00 > 0:02:03and learn skills to help steer them away from crime.
0:02:06 > 0:02:11But High Down is known for a unique rehabilitation revolution.
0:02:11 > 0:02:15A restaurant almost entirely run by criminals.
0:02:15 > 0:02:21Let's go, one mutton, one ravioli, one beef and put it on here.
0:02:21 > 0:02:23One sea bass.
0:02:23 > 0:02:25One spinach and cheese omelette!
0:02:29 > 0:02:32Give me the potatoes for the bloody mutton, please!
0:02:34 > 0:02:41It's the brainchild of professional chef and prison kitchen manager, Al Crisci.
0:02:41 > 0:02:46Yeah, it's a real restaurant. These are paying customers so they expect a service.
0:02:46 > 0:02:52The Clink is bang smack in the middle of the prison and there's always a security risk.
0:02:53 > 0:02:58If there's any violence, the prison will shut the restaurant down.
0:02:58 > 0:03:00In the Clink it's my way or no way.
0:03:00 > 0:03:03If I speak, you stop and you listen to me, yeah? Go!
0:03:03 > 0:03:07It's a dictatorship so I'm the dictator, they have to do what I say.
0:03:07 > 0:03:12You know, it's gotta be like that. I've got 18 prisoners in here. I can't have anarchy.
0:03:14 > 0:03:16I'm allowed to work with knives, other tools.
0:03:16 > 0:03:20Whatever tools we need, basically, to do our job.
0:03:20 > 0:03:22I'm in prison for a stabbing.
0:03:23 > 0:03:30The restaurant is funded by the Clink Charity and a discerning clientele.
0:03:30 > 0:03:38We have MPs, we have Lords and Ladies, we have some celebs, we have all sorts.
0:03:38 > 0:03:41In its first 18 months the restaurant has released
0:03:41 > 0:03:4613 fully-trained chefs and waiters from prison with a catering job.
0:03:46 > 0:03:50- So this is Jason.- Jason.- What cake did you make today? What is it?
0:03:50 > 0:03:53This is a coffee and walnut.
0:03:53 > 0:03:56So he made a coffee and walnut today.
0:03:56 > 0:03:58- All right?- All right.- From scratch.
0:03:58 > 0:04:00From scratch. Ha-ha!
0:04:00 > 0:04:04When I came here I couldn't make it. But now...
0:04:04 > 0:04:06I'm very professional now.
0:04:06 > 0:04:08Oh, a professional now?! >
0:04:08 > 0:04:09He's a professional now.
0:04:09 > 0:04:12I'll tell you when you're a professional.
0:04:14 > 0:04:17In a nutshell, the idea of The Clink is a prisoner comes in
0:04:17 > 0:04:22and a very well trained chef leaves us with a job.
0:04:22 > 0:04:24And society's better off.
0:04:30 > 0:04:32It's the last week in November.
0:04:32 > 0:04:37Just as the Christmas rush is about to start, Al has caught two prisoners stealing food.
0:04:38 > 0:04:40I've sacked two prisoners from The Clink,
0:04:40 > 0:04:44I'm just about to go and tell another one he's being transferred,
0:04:44 > 0:04:48which is a shame, but the prison doesn't revolve around The Clink,
0:04:48 > 0:04:54The Clink has to revolve around the workings and the runnings of prison.
0:04:54 > 0:04:58So we just have to deal with it and I'll recruit some more.
0:05:00 > 0:05:04The first place he looks for a new chef is in the main prison kitchen.
0:05:05 > 0:05:1228 prisoners make 3,000 meals here each day and earn £14.20 a week.
0:05:13 > 0:05:17Hold tight. Welcome to Hell's Kitchen, you get me?
0:05:17 > 0:05:19This is Hell's Kitchen right now.
0:05:19 > 0:05:2319 year-old Dominic Fritz Campbell is a street robber.
0:05:23 > 0:05:27He's hoping to become a professional chef.
0:05:28 > 0:05:34Right now, I'm trying to make it over to The Clink, because it's a good place, you get me?
0:05:34 > 0:05:38You learn how to cook professional, quality food.
0:05:38 > 0:05:42That's what I want to cook. Hopefully, I will come out...
0:05:43 > 0:05:46..a deformed character.
0:05:46 > 0:05:49That's what I want to be, a deformed character.
0:05:49 > 0:05:54Dominic. Yeah. AKA Phat Pantz.
0:05:54 > 0:05:55- Dominic!
0:05:55 > 0:06:00Al's had his eye on Dominic since he started in the prison kitchen two months ago.
0:06:00 > 0:06:02He wants to get out of prison with qualifications.
0:06:02 > 0:06:07Soon I 'm hoping to get him into The Clink so he can take it to another level.
0:06:07 > 0:06:11In The Clink we do things like fresh crab, fresh lobster.
0:06:11 > 0:06:13It's a bit different to what he's doing now.
0:06:13 > 0:06:17This is what we cook in The Clink. Do you know what it is?
0:06:17 > 0:06:20Yeah, cra... Eurgh!
0:06:20 > 0:06:23- Hold the shell here. - Bruv, the mouth's moving!
0:06:23 > 0:06:27If it moves its claw, don't worry, it can't get you.
0:06:27 > 0:06:28What do you mean it can't get me?
0:06:28 > 0:06:31Well, it can't move its claws backwards. It's fine.
0:06:31 > 0:06:33He's more scared than you, isn't he?
0:06:33 > 0:06:35He's gonna end up in the cooking pot.
0:06:35 > 0:06:38Dominic is awaiting trial for two robberies.
0:06:38 > 0:06:41Most of the money he's made in life has come from crime.
0:06:41 > 0:06:46With crime you go out there now and rob someone and that's money in your pocket.
0:06:46 > 0:06:48I enjoy doing it.
0:06:48 > 0:06:55You know like that? Like, I get excited, "Yes, let's go, we're getting money.
0:06:55 > 0:07:00But I'd give it up if I've got a legit job, I'd give it up.
0:07:00 > 0:07:03If I come out and get that nice job. You see? It's a fresh start.
0:07:03 > 0:07:07But turning your life around in prison can be tough.
0:07:10 > 0:07:12Coming in here just educates you in crime.
0:07:12 > 0:07:14You come in here a shoplifter you'll come out a robber.
0:07:14 > 0:07:17People need to get educated in good ways.
0:07:17 > 0:07:20They spend 40 grand a year on us to be in here.
0:07:20 > 0:07:23I mean, you could be spending 40 grand a year on keeping us in college.
0:07:23 > 0:07:26I just got too old for it. Now I started getting grey hairs and that,
0:07:26 > 0:07:31I have to settle down and kick back, get myself a girlfriend and behave.
0:07:31 > 0:07:32Or try.
0:07:33 > 0:07:35Hey, come here, man!
0:07:39 > 0:07:42Levan Page is 21.
0:07:42 > 0:07:44He, too, wants to work in The Clink.
0:07:44 > 0:07:46This is his 15th time in prison.
0:07:49 > 0:07:52"Dear Mummy, hi, how are things at home?
0:07:53 > 0:07:56"First, I'd like to say how sorry I am for fucking up again.
0:07:56 > 0:07:59"I know how upsetting it is for you, as it is for me.
0:07:59 > 0:08:03"I'll try so hard to do better this time round.
0:08:03 > 0:08:05"I will be out soon and when I am
0:08:05 > 0:08:08"I promise to be a better son, brother and man of the house.
0:08:08 > 0:08:13"I'm going to go now. Time for dinner. Love you loads.
0:08:13 > 0:08:16"I miss you much, Levan."
0:08:18 > 0:08:21I mean, you're never too old to say "Mummy", are you, really?
0:08:21 > 0:08:25Well, I guess you are but you have to be sort of brave
0:08:25 > 0:08:27and just not have a care in the world.
0:08:28 > 0:08:32The last time Levan got drunk he attacked and robbed a man.
0:08:32 > 0:08:35He's waiting for the court case to start.
0:08:37 > 0:08:41I'll get out of this. I want this to be the last,
0:08:41 > 0:08:43because I can't keep doing this at 21.
0:08:45 > 0:08:48BANGING
0:08:48 > 0:08:52I want to say one thing. I love my Mum and I miss you!
0:08:58 > 0:09:00No, this table...
0:09:00 > 0:09:04Today, Al's interviewing for the three job vacancies.
0:09:05 > 0:09:09Dominic and Levan hope to get work that pays £14.70 a week,
0:09:09 > 0:09:1250p more than in the main kitchen.
0:09:14 > 0:09:17Yeah, I am a bit nervous. A bit sweaty, right now.
0:09:17 > 0:09:20It's a kind of new thing this, you know?
0:09:22 > 0:09:27Also here for a job as a chef is 24-year-old Robbie Lister.
0:09:27 > 0:09:29It's his first time in prison.
0:09:30 > 0:09:34I was caught with an ounce of cocaine then three ounces of skunk,
0:09:34 > 0:09:38of cannabis. It was hard enough for me to try and get a job
0:09:38 > 0:09:41when I was out anyway, cos I didn't have any qualifications.
0:09:41 > 0:09:45But now I've got a criminal record it's gonna be even more harder.
0:09:49 > 0:09:50Have a seat, Robbie.
0:09:50 > 0:09:52Sit down, Levan.
0:09:54 > 0:09:56Right, you want to work in The Clink?
0:09:56 > 0:09:59- Yes, please. - Why do you want to work in The Clink?
0:09:59 > 0:10:03Um, I heard it's quite a good job to have here.
0:10:03 > 0:10:05Right.
0:10:05 > 0:10:06Why do you want to work in The Clink?
0:10:06 > 0:10:10I'd like to get some restaurant experience and maybe some qualifications
0:10:10 > 0:10:13- so I can get a job working in a restaurant on the out.- OK.
0:10:13 > 0:10:17- You'll be working in a team, so everybody works together, yeah?- Sure.
0:10:17 > 0:10:20- You're all prisoners, but when you're in here, you're a waiter.- OK.
0:10:20 > 0:10:23- It's zero tolerance, do you know what that means?- Yeah.
0:10:23 > 0:10:26That means what I say goes, end of story.
0:10:26 > 0:10:27Are you nervous?
0:10:27 > 0:10:30Yeah, a little bit. But who isn't on their first day?
0:10:30 > 0:10:33- 14 quid a week.- That's good.
0:10:33 > 0:10:37Not bad, is it? Ha-ha-ha! All right?
0:10:38 > 0:10:41- All right? Cheers, I'll see you on Monday.- See you then.
0:10:42 > 0:10:46Levan and Robbie have both got a job that could change their lives.
0:10:46 > 0:10:48One vacancy remains in Al's restaurant.
0:10:51 > 0:10:53I've never been for an interview...
0:10:53 > 0:10:56so I don't know what a job interview's really like.
0:11:04 > 0:11:05You all right?
0:11:06 > 0:11:07Have a seat, Dominic, come in.
0:11:09 > 0:11:11- You all right?- Yeah.- A bit nervous?
0:11:11 > 0:11:13- You're not scared of Al, are you? - Nah.
0:11:13 > 0:11:15Why do you want to work in The Clink?
0:11:15 > 0:11:18I would like to become a professional chef.
0:11:18 > 0:11:21- How long have you wanted to do that for?- All my life.
0:11:21 > 0:11:22- Really?- Yeah.
0:11:22 > 0:11:25- I enjoy cooking.- Do you think you're good at cooking?- Yeah.
0:11:25 > 0:11:32OK, listen to what I'm going to tell you. If you do what I say and you behave yourself, we'll train you, OK?
0:11:32 > 0:11:36Then we'll help you get a job. What would you do when you're released? You've got somewhere to go, a job,
0:11:36 > 0:11:39someone to go and live with, what have you got?
0:11:39 > 0:11:42Social Services will get me somewhere to live but I don't know about a job.
0:11:42 > 0:11:45- What about family? - Nah, I don't live with my family.
0:11:45 > 0:11:48So you've no family, nowhere to live and no qualifications?
0:11:50 > 0:11:56OK. So how would you feel if I got you some qualifications, you'd have to get them yourself,
0:11:56 > 0:11:59we helped you get a job, we helped you get somewhere to live?
0:11:59 > 0:12:01That would be good.
0:12:01 > 0:12:02Thank you very much, yeah?
0:12:06 > 0:12:09- Pull your trousers up!- They're up. - Good.
0:12:12 > 0:12:15Levan and Robbie start in the restaurant on Monday.
0:12:15 > 0:12:17Dominic will start the week after.
0:12:17 > 0:12:22For Al, Dominic poses the greatest challenge when it comes to rehabilitation.
0:12:22 > 0:12:27My biggest worry about him is his immaturity and his behaviour,
0:12:27 > 0:12:31which sometimes gets a little bit out of hand. He gets a bit excited.
0:12:31 > 0:12:32I don't think it's bad,
0:12:32 > 0:12:37it's just he needs to know how to control himself
0:12:37 > 0:12:41and act, you know, like an adult.
0:12:43 > 0:12:46Dominic spent most of his childhood moving from care home to care home.
0:12:50 > 0:12:53What does "mum" mean to you, the word "mum"?
0:12:53 > 0:12:57Oh, man, bruv, that is just, to me, that is some bullshit, bruv.
0:12:57 > 0:13:00And that's real, innit? Yeah, real talk, bruv, that's some bullshit, bruv?
0:13:00 > 0:13:04I met kids in care with mums and shit, do you get me?
0:13:04 > 0:13:07Man had no-one, bruv, no-one.
0:13:07 > 0:13:11Always getting me the ugly shoes and I'd go to school and everyone's
0:13:11 > 0:13:13laughing at man, "Look at their shoes" and that.
0:13:13 > 0:13:17It's called bullying, innit? Everyone's laughing at you.
0:13:17 > 0:13:21You're embarrassed, young, thinking, "Why is everyone laughing at me?" Cos of my shoes.
0:13:21 > 0:13:25Everyone's got decent shoes and you're the only one wearing these big bricks on your foot and that.
0:13:25 > 0:13:28No, bruv, it had to change, do you get me?
0:13:32 > 0:13:35I had to rob, steal and shit.
0:13:35 > 0:13:37Beg, borrow, steal.
0:13:39 > 0:13:43If he doesn't change now, Dominic could face a life in prison.
0:13:47 > 0:13:51I've grown up the majority of my adult life in jail now.
0:13:51 > 0:13:55My coping mechanisms are only built for prison.
0:13:55 > 0:14:00So, I was kind of struggling out there.
0:14:00 > 0:14:02So I thought life is just easier in jail,
0:14:02 > 0:14:05rather than out there.
0:14:05 > 0:14:07BANGING
0:14:09 > 0:14:11Shut up!
0:14:15 > 0:14:17It's Monday morning at High Down.
0:14:17 > 0:14:20Levan is getting ready for his first day as a waiter.
0:14:22 > 0:14:25In the previous times on being released out of prison,
0:14:25 > 0:14:28sometimes they sort of just kick you out, "Here's £46,
0:14:28 > 0:14:30"now you've got to fend for yourself."
0:14:30 > 0:14:33But to have someone like Alberto here to say that he can help me
0:14:33 > 0:14:36get a job on release, that is a really big help.
0:14:36 > 0:14:40Levan will only get a job outside prison if he lasts in the restaurant.
0:14:40 > 0:14:43And Al's sacked seven people in the last month.
0:14:45 > 0:14:49In here it's a very, very strict environment.
0:14:49 > 0:14:52They get one chance and if they blow it, they're out.
0:14:53 > 0:14:55It's also Robbie's first day.
0:14:55 > 0:14:56All right? Let's go.
0:14:56 > 0:15:00He's never worked in a high-class restaurant.
0:15:01 > 0:15:04You're going be working with Claude. One minute, please.
0:15:05 > 0:15:08You do get nervous, you know what I mean?
0:15:08 > 0:15:11I start messing things up when I'm nervous.
0:15:11 > 0:15:14Like, I stutter a little bit sometimes, you know what I mean?
0:15:14 > 0:15:16I forget things quickly when I'm nervous.
0:15:16 > 0:15:20- How do you feel, all right?- I feel all right.- Yeah? Go on, then.- You look nervous.
0:15:20 > 0:15:24- A little bit.- It'll be all right. He's new, all right?- OK.- Thank you.
0:15:24 > 0:15:25Robbie, yeah?
0:15:27 > 0:15:30What qualifications do you get from smoking a spliff?
0:15:30 > 0:15:32It just fucks your head up, you know what I mean?
0:15:32 > 0:15:35I've learnt from my mistakes, I ain't gonna make the same mistakes when I get out.
0:15:35 > 0:15:40- Do you know what I mean?- Everyone says that!- I'm not everyone.
0:15:41 > 0:15:44Today is one of the biggest days of the year.
0:15:44 > 0:15:48The restaurant's hosting a charity fundraiser and expects 80 guests.
0:15:50 > 0:15:52Levan's started today.
0:15:52 > 0:15:56He's basically been put straight in at the deep end. We're full up.
0:15:56 > 0:15:58He's never worked in here before.
0:15:58 > 0:16:02But, you know, he's going to have to learn quick.
0:16:02 > 0:16:03Mushrooms en croute, all right?
0:16:03 > 0:16:05Wild mushrooms en croute is the first course.
0:16:05 > 0:16:10Main course is guinea fowl, it's the leg and the breast.
0:16:10 > 0:16:15And that's served with red cabbage and fondant potatoes for everyone. OK?
0:16:18 > 0:16:20Very nervous.
0:16:21 > 0:16:23Hopefully it'll be easy.
0:16:27 > 0:16:32No alcohol in The Clink, so we've got non-alcoholic champagne.
0:16:32 > 0:16:36We're making non-alcoholic Bucks Fizz with a twist.
0:16:36 > 0:16:39If you don't tell them, they think they're getting pissed anyway.
0:16:39 > 0:16:41Seriously, it's psychological.
0:16:49 > 0:16:52- Here you are, ladies.- Thank you very much.- Thank you very much. That's pretty.
0:16:54 > 0:16:56- Ladies?- My yoga class... - Oh, thank you very much.
0:16:56 > 0:16:58That looks very glamorous, thank you.
0:17:00 > 0:17:02- Miss?- Thank you very much.
0:17:02 > 0:17:06INDISTINCT CONVERSATION
0:17:06 > 0:17:08I've not seen a lot of women like this in one room
0:17:08 > 0:17:11for...a few months now.
0:17:11 > 0:17:15None really my age though, so I don't think I stand a chance.
0:17:15 > 0:17:19- HE LAUGHS - Um, I've got to get... Thank you.
0:17:20 > 0:17:23Have you got any clean glasses?
0:17:25 > 0:17:28- Enjoy, Miss.- Lovely, thank you.
0:17:28 > 0:17:29That's delicious, mm!
0:17:32 > 0:17:33I saw you were getting stuck in.
0:17:33 > 0:17:36You weren't shy, you're working hard.
0:17:36 > 0:17:38- I think you've done really well. - Thank you.
0:17:38 > 0:17:42- I think you're going to turn out one of my best waiters if you carry on like this.- I hope so.
0:17:42 > 0:17:45- You will do.- Thank you, Alberto. - Good man.
0:17:46 > 0:17:48All right, guv?
0:17:50 > 0:17:52I think I can do it out there.
0:17:52 > 0:17:56I mean, Alberto said today that I did really good. You know?
0:17:56 > 0:17:59I could be a top waiter.
0:17:59 > 0:18:01But I enjoyed today, it was great.
0:18:04 > 0:18:06I can't wait for tomorrow.
0:18:08 > 0:18:12The restaurant can be a release from a life spent behind bars.
0:18:12 > 0:18:16For those with little to look forward to, prison can become too much.
0:18:16 > 0:18:19SIRENS BLARE
0:18:22 > 0:18:26Elevate his arm a bit. What did you cut your arm with?
0:18:26 > 0:18:29- You got a blade in here, mate? - He probably has got a blade.
0:18:29 > 0:18:32The prisoner used a blade to self-harm.
0:18:35 > 0:18:38Prison turns you into a madman, bruv.
0:18:38 > 0:18:39Look what I did to my knuckle, innit?
0:18:39 > 0:18:41That's what prison does to you, bruv.
0:18:41 > 0:18:43Look at my hand, yeah? Look at that.
0:18:43 > 0:18:45Look at that and look at this, bruv.
0:18:45 > 0:18:46BANG!
0:18:46 > 0:18:48That's what jail does to you, bruv.
0:18:55 > 0:18:58Robbie's back in the restaurant for his second day.
0:18:58 > 0:19:01- Robbie, one prawn! - Yeah, it's up there already, Chef.
0:19:01 > 0:19:03Two beetroot! Three soup away!
0:19:03 > 0:19:05But Levan hasn't been called to work.
0:19:05 > 0:19:09He's under investigation for hacking into the till system.
0:19:09 > 0:19:13He's suspended until Al discovers exactly what happened.
0:19:14 > 0:19:19- All right. You ready? - Yeah, yeah, yeah.- Let's go.- So long.
0:19:19 > 0:19:22For Dominic, today's the chance he's been waiting for.
0:19:24 > 0:19:29The reports I've had of him is that he's going to be hard to deal with, hard to control.
0:19:29 > 0:19:33Um, but there are lots of people that I've worked with that I've heard that about.
0:19:33 > 0:19:35Let's see, let's see.
0:19:36 > 0:19:40If Dominic can last four months in the restaurant he'll get his NVQ -
0:19:40 > 0:19:44or National Vocational Qualification - in cooking.
0:19:44 > 0:19:48To keep his job, though, he has to impress the boss.
0:19:48 > 0:19:50Stress!
0:19:51 > 0:19:52OK. Watch him, yeah?
0:19:53 > 0:19:56- OK. What are they called?- Trifles. - OK.
0:19:56 > 0:19:59- What are these called? - Berries, raspberries.
0:19:59 > 0:20:01You passed the first test.
0:20:01 > 0:20:06He must prepare 50 trifles before guests arrive in an hour and a half.
0:20:06 > 0:20:09- Don't let me down, yeah? You going to finish all these?- Yeah.
0:20:10 > 0:20:13Getting the qualification, it means a lot, innit?
0:20:13 > 0:20:15I can get a job with that and stuff, you get me?
0:20:15 > 0:20:19And not just waste my time in here and just come out and be like everyone else, innit?
0:20:19 > 0:20:22Try and do something different from everyone else.
0:20:22 > 0:20:25- It's getting better though, innit? The line, innit?- Yeah.
0:20:25 > 0:20:29Dominic, that's it. Good. Stop admiring them. You need to do all these, mate.
0:20:29 > 0:20:31We're going to be full up in a minute.
0:20:32 > 0:20:35Rude boy, there's no laughs in here, boy.
0:20:36 > 0:20:38There's pressure.
0:20:42 > 0:20:44Stress.
0:20:45 > 0:20:48He hasn't done anything wrong. He's listened.
0:20:48 > 0:20:50I don't know, I can't expect more than that today.
0:20:50 > 0:20:54But it's not over yet, he might still screw it up.
0:20:55 > 0:20:58It's the end of the shift.
0:21:00 > 0:21:05Having missed lunch, Dominic helps himself to food reserved for guests.
0:21:05 > 0:21:08Beef, cheese and prawn panini.
0:21:10 > 0:21:14Taking anything from here without Al's permission is a sackable offence.
0:21:14 > 0:21:16And Dominic knows it.
0:21:19 > 0:21:20Where is he?
0:21:23 > 0:21:26Where's the Fanta?
0:21:26 > 0:21:28If you had a drink, it'll be on camera.
0:21:28 > 0:21:30Rewind that, then.
0:21:32 > 0:21:37- What are you eating? - A cheese and beef panini.
0:21:37 > 0:21:39Who gave you that?
0:21:39 > 0:21:42I asked chef man in there, he wears the same coat as you.
0:21:42 > 0:21:44OK. Let me check.
0:21:45 > 0:21:49- Did you say he could have a sandwich? - Yeah.- Cos he didn't eat, did he? - No, he didn't eat.
0:21:49 > 0:21:54- OK.- Yeah?- Just checking, all right. - Yeah, yeah, yeah.- Not everyone does.
0:21:56 > 0:21:59Right, let's clear up, boys, and we're done, yeah?
0:22:04 > 0:22:08Smoking in the changing room is also a sackable offence.
0:22:10 > 0:22:15- Dominic, what are you doing?- Just grabbing my-my trainers and my folders,
0:22:15 > 0:22:17so when I come back, I'm leaving from there, innit?
0:22:17 > 0:22:20- Good man. I thought you were having a sneaky cigarette.- No!
0:22:20 > 0:22:23- You wouldn't do that to me, would you?- No, Alberto, never!
0:22:23 > 0:22:25Got to watch him like a hawk.
0:22:26 > 0:22:30'If he fails, I'll see it as a failure now, a personal failure.'
0:22:31 > 0:22:36Yeah. I mean, he's a livewire, but he can be tamed, in my opinion.
0:22:39 > 0:22:41Check the hat out!
0:22:41 > 0:22:44It's a week since Levan started in the Clink.
0:22:44 > 0:22:50He's been under investigation for hacking into the till system and Al's finally found some evidence.
0:22:52 > 0:22:55OK. Levan decided that it would be fun to write,
0:22:55 > 0:22:57and I quote,
0:22:57 > 0:23:01"Marcus you muppet I'm going to fuck you up"
0:23:01 > 0:23:04on the till receipts.
0:23:04 > 0:23:07If he's playing around with the tills, what else is he doing?
0:23:07 > 0:23:12I need to be able to trust them 100% and I need to maintain control.
0:23:17 > 0:23:20We'll just have to see what he says now.
0:23:20 > 0:23:23Hopefully it's good news, saying that I can get the job back.
0:23:31 > 0:23:35- Well, let me tell you, you've been sacked. OK?- Yeah.
0:23:35 > 0:23:37You know, that might seem funny to you.
0:23:37 > 0:23:42But to me that's, like, really childish behaviour.
0:23:42 > 0:23:45Yeah? And what if the customer had ended up with the receipt?
0:23:45 > 0:23:48Could have been somebody who's invested in The Clink, given us money.
0:23:48 > 0:23:52They see that, they'll think, "What the hell have I given these people money for?"
0:23:52 > 0:23:55You know, it's a bit of a joke, do you know what I mean?
0:23:55 > 0:23:59- Have a good think, because you're going to end up in and out all your flipping life.- I know.
0:23:59 > 0:24:04- Just for silly things. - Is there no way of maybe redeeming myself?
0:24:04 > 0:24:05Not in The Clink.
0:24:06 > 0:24:12But, yeah, there's plenty of other things going on elsewhere in the prison that will help you.
0:24:12 > 0:24:16- All right?- Yeah.- I'll get someone to take you back, yeah?
0:24:19 > 0:24:21Come on then, shall we go?
0:24:32 > 0:24:35You win some, you lose some.
0:24:35 > 0:24:37This one, I guess I lost.
0:24:37 > 0:24:41You're never going to be a 100% successful. I know that, I'm not stupid.
0:24:41 > 0:24:43There's some prisoners, you can do what you bloody like,
0:24:43 > 0:24:47you know, offer them the world, the best help, the best rehab, everything.
0:24:47 > 0:24:52And they're always going to screw you over and they probably love bloody prison.
0:24:54 > 0:24:58Yeah, I've lost out on a big opportunity working in The Clink
0:24:58 > 0:25:01and perhaps getting employment at the end.
0:25:04 > 0:25:08I will get out of the prison system. I'm not going to do this forever.
0:25:09 > 0:25:12I do need to change my ways
0:25:12 > 0:25:15but no-one's going to change but yourself, you know?
0:25:35 > 0:25:38It's Dominic's second day in the restaurant.
0:25:38 > 0:25:41He arrives for work, but Al wants a word.
0:25:41 > 0:25:44A member of staff saw him steal the Fanta.
0:25:46 > 0:25:49The reason you're here is that I know you took the drink.
0:25:49 > 0:25:52And that's after everything I said to you
0:25:52 > 0:25:54about "I'm going to give you a chance".
0:25:54 > 0:25:57How many people have said this to you, "This is your last chance"?
0:25:57 > 0:25:59- Not just me. How many people? - Everyone.
0:25:59 > 0:26:04Why'd you do it, then? You nicked the flipping thing and you lied to my face.
0:26:04 > 0:26:06All right, so, what I'm going to do -
0:26:06 > 0:26:10I'm suspending you. You've got four days to think,
0:26:10 > 0:26:13All right? "Do I want to go in The Clink or do I not?"
0:26:13 > 0:26:17OK? The other thing is, you're going to pay for the bloody drink.
0:26:17 > 0:26:20That's a day's pay for you, £1.80.
0:26:20 > 0:26:23Like normal people - they want something, they pay for it.
0:26:23 > 0:26:26You worked one day for a fucking Fanta.
0:26:27 > 0:26:30Remember that - one day of work for a bloody Fanta.
0:26:32 > 0:26:36Fuck him, bruv. If he don't let me get my job back Monday,
0:26:36 > 0:26:38my kitchen job back, he's a prick.
0:26:38 > 0:26:43Dominic's close to losing his chance of becoming a professional chef.
0:26:43 > 0:26:45I just want my NVQs, bruv, that's all it is.
0:26:45 > 0:26:49That's all I want from this place, bruv. Just some NVQs.
0:26:50 > 0:26:54Just my name on it, my certificate, laminate it, bam! And I'm gone.
0:26:55 > 0:26:58Missing. Fuck the job.
0:27:04 > 0:27:07There's a fight outside Dominic's houseblock.
0:27:08 > 0:27:10Let go of him.
0:27:10 > 0:27:11Get your arms out!
0:27:14 > 0:27:18HT from Oscar 2. Can you please ask Hotel 2 to attend...
0:27:18 > 0:27:20Neither of the fighters are Dominic.
0:27:20 > 0:27:22Is there stab wounds in my face there?
0:27:22 > 0:27:25Who's the chap that is injured? Can we get this chap up?
0:27:25 > 0:27:30You need to get some medical treatment. What we need you to do is put your hands behind your back.
0:27:30 > 0:27:33Keep your hands behind your back all the time.
0:27:36 > 0:27:38- Fucking waste, blood! - Fucking waste man!
0:27:38 > 0:27:41Open my cell or I'm going to cut your throat.
0:27:46 > 0:27:49Since his sacking, Levan's found another job.
0:27:49 > 0:27:55He now earns £5.44 a week collecting the dirty laundry on houseblock 4.
0:27:55 > 0:27:58Life, life after The Clink!
0:27:58 > 0:27:59Life after The Clink!
0:28:00 > 0:28:04I went and got myself a job doing, er,
0:28:04 > 0:28:07this laundry.
0:28:07 > 0:28:10Not as good as doing The Clink, obviously.
0:28:11 > 0:28:14- Downgrade. - Yeah, this is a big downgrade.
0:28:14 > 0:28:16Downgrade ain't the word, man.
0:28:16 > 0:28:18You just pick up bare shit on that, man.
0:28:18 > 0:28:22- All like people's hairs, everything. - Dirty boxers.
0:28:22 > 0:28:23Hey, Gov!
0:28:23 > 0:28:26Levan also recently had his trial.
0:28:28 > 0:28:30I got sentenced to four years the other day,
0:28:30 > 0:28:33so I've got two years out of that,
0:28:33 > 0:28:35so I've got two years to learn something.
0:28:37 > 0:28:41Shall we put these mattresses in there?
0:28:41 > 0:28:44Yeah, yeah. It's not good, man.
0:28:44 > 0:28:47I mean, I even sit there and think at night, like,
0:28:47 > 0:28:51"What have I really done in my life so far?"
0:28:51 > 0:28:55All right, I've got a couple of qualifications in jail, you know.
0:28:55 > 0:28:57I didn't go to school, I didn't get no GCSEs,
0:28:57 > 0:28:59I've got fuck all to go out to when I get out
0:28:59 > 0:29:03and I've got my mum sitting there on the phone to me saying,
0:29:03 > 0:29:08"Ah, it's fucking stressing me out, son. I've got to get money to buy kids' presents and that."
0:29:08 > 0:29:10I should be out there,
0:29:10 > 0:29:13fucking earning money to give her money to pay for the kids' presents.
0:29:13 > 0:29:17I don't want to do this for the rest of my life...
0:29:18 > 0:29:20..though I am scared
0:29:20 > 0:29:24that I could end up doing something like this for the rest of my life.
0:29:26 > 0:29:30But, I mean, I am my own worst enemy really, innit?
0:29:30 > 0:29:31I guess we all are.
0:29:35 > 0:29:36Fuck it.
0:29:44 > 0:29:47It's Friday in The Clink.
0:29:49 > 0:29:52The restaurant's fully booked for another fundraiser.
0:29:52 > 0:29:55Still waiting for the beef, the mutton.
0:29:55 > 0:30:00Whilst other prisoners have come and gone, Robbie Lister's held onto his job.
0:30:02 > 0:30:03Right, Robbie, what you doing?
0:30:03 > 0:30:06I'm filling these cups up.
0:30:06 > 0:30:10- OK, quick as you can, Robbie.- Yep.
0:30:10 > 0:30:12Good.
0:30:12 > 0:30:15It's made me a bit more confident, you know what I mean?
0:30:15 > 0:30:17I can do proper three-course meals.
0:30:17 > 0:30:20So if I can find myself a nice girl when I get out...
0:30:20 > 0:30:24The saying does go that a way to a woman's heart is through her stomach.
0:30:24 > 0:30:28It makes sense cos the heart is just below the stomach, or behind it, so...
0:30:28 > 0:30:30What table is it, Ken?
0:30:30 > 0:30:35'When he came he was very nervous and he thought he wasn't up to it.
0:30:35 > 0:30:38'But I asked him to give it a go and he's changed.'
0:30:38 > 0:30:42You know, he is a brilliant example, in my opinion.
0:30:42 > 0:30:44His personality's changed, his confidence has grown.
0:30:46 > 0:30:51With 80 covers to serve today, Al's called in backup
0:30:51 > 0:30:54from the best Italian chef in London - Giorgio Locatelli.
0:30:54 > 0:30:57I know Giorgio cos he's a famous Italian chef,
0:30:57 > 0:30:59and I always admired him.
0:30:59 > 0:31:03He's given up his time for us
0:31:03 > 0:31:06to do one-to-one training with the prisoners and money can't buy that.
0:31:06 > 0:31:09Well, it can but we're not going to pay him.
0:31:09 > 0:31:11We're not paying you, are we?
0:31:11 > 0:31:15If we make a good stock, then we're going to make a good risotto.
0:31:15 > 0:31:18This is the second time Giorgio has been to the restaurant.
0:31:21 > 0:31:23How many restaurants you have? One, two?
0:31:23 > 0:31:27I have six. So, three in London, Dubai and Italy,
0:31:27 > 0:31:32- and then in Edimburgo, Edinburgh. - Edinburgh.
0:31:32 > 0:31:36At the moment, they find it difficult to see that what they do is a profession.
0:31:36 > 0:31:38The idea is to really make them understand
0:31:38 > 0:31:42this is a profession, something you can make money out of.
0:31:42 > 0:31:43So we are the clear example of that.
0:31:46 > 0:31:48It's a success story really, innit?
0:31:48 > 0:31:49It's a bit of inspiration.
0:31:49 > 0:31:53If you put your mind to it and work hard enough, you can get all that stuff.
0:31:53 > 0:31:57Start the pasta, boys.
0:32:03 > 0:32:07Al goes to check just how his food rates against a Michelin-star chef.
0:32:07 > 0:32:11- What did you like the best so far? - The tart.- The goat's cheese tart. - Well, we made that.
0:32:11 > 0:32:14- The tart was divine. - Better than the pasta?
0:32:14 > 0:32:18The pasta was delicious but very rich. It was delicious, but the tart was outstanding.
0:32:18 > 0:32:20Tart was outstanding!
0:32:20 > 0:32:22Tart was outstanding.
0:32:25 > 0:32:29First I want to say well done today. You've done a really good job.
0:32:29 > 0:32:33Secondly, I hope, if any of you are good enough and want,
0:32:33 > 0:32:37Giorgio said he's also prepared to offer somebody a job.
0:32:37 > 0:32:40I told him you get paid £14.70 a week.
0:32:42 > 0:32:45Thank you very much. I appreciate it, sir.
0:32:45 > 0:32:48- Nice to see you, thank you very much.- What's the restaurant called?
0:32:48 > 0:32:52- Locanda Locatelli. You'll find it everywhere. - I'll visit in seven weeks.
0:32:52 > 0:32:55Yeah, is that when you are out, in seven weeks? Please do come.
0:32:55 > 0:32:58- Do you need a commis? - Yeah, we need all the time.
0:32:58 > 0:33:00Maybe not the same week, maybe a couple of weeks after.
0:33:00 > 0:33:04I think you'll perform well, but we'll see you down there.
0:33:04 > 0:33:07- Take care. OK let's go.- That's not bad, is it?
0:33:07 > 0:33:12When Robbie leaves High Down, he'll be going for a day's trial in a Michelin-star restaurant.
0:33:13 > 0:33:18It's made me realise I want to be a chef when I get out, and it's given me an opportunity to do that.
0:33:18 > 0:33:23He said, when I get out give him a call, go to his restaurant and see what it's like.
0:33:23 > 0:33:26Do a trial for a little bit. You know what I mean?
0:33:26 > 0:33:28A job right there.
0:33:28 > 0:33:30Cushty pie.
0:33:40 > 0:33:44It's mid December and the Christmas season in The Clink is in full swing.
0:33:47 > 0:33:50Richard, you bringing me three soup?
0:33:50 > 0:33:54I need two veg without, yeah?
0:33:54 > 0:33:56Dominic. Two Christmas puddings.
0:33:57 > 0:34:02Dominic's back to prove himself to Al and try again for his NVQ.
0:34:02 > 0:34:05One ravioli, one beef on here.
0:34:05 > 0:34:09Dominic, you've got to be a bit quick so it doesn't get cold, yeah?
0:34:10 > 0:34:16'Today is Dominic's last chance. I've given him the benefit of the doubt regarding the Fanta incident.'
0:34:16 > 0:34:19He's young, he's got a whole life ahead of him.
0:34:19 > 0:34:22I don't want to just sweep him away like everybody else has done.
0:34:23 > 0:34:27Al's put Dominic back in charge of trifles.
0:34:27 > 0:34:32This is my future. This is what I want to do so I can leave here and get a job.
0:34:32 > 0:34:35I need a job when I get out or else I'm going to keep coming back here.
0:34:39 > 0:34:42OK. Well, they look much better than last time, don't they?
0:34:42 > 0:34:45Look at that. You see the lines?
0:34:45 > 0:34:49- Proper, innit?- They look like they're out of a packet, don't they?
0:34:53 > 0:34:56Come on, get him involved there.
0:34:56 > 0:35:00He's not stupid. Watch what he does, you do the same.
0:35:00 > 0:35:03And then show him the juice and away.
0:35:04 > 0:35:07'Well, he seems to be doing all right today. He's busy.'
0:35:07 > 0:35:11He's keeping out of trouble. Seems like he's concentrating.
0:35:11 > 0:35:14If he carries on, maybe there's hope for him yet.
0:35:14 > 0:35:18All right. Just help them now clear up and stuff, yeah?
0:35:20 > 0:35:25- Come on.- At the end of a good shift, Dominic's paid an unexpected visit.
0:35:25 > 0:35:27Don't use that little grin with me.
0:35:27 > 0:35:30- You all right, Miss? - Your little sweetie-pants face.
0:35:30 > 0:35:32Come on.
0:35:32 > 0:35:37Support Officer Jackie Burke met Dominic when he first arrived at High Down.
0:35:37 > 0:35:39She's stayed in touch ever since.
0:35:39 > 0:35:43About six or seven months ago, he wasn't in a very good place and he'd been a little bit naughty.
0:35:43 > 0:35:46That's why he was in the segregation block.
0:35:46 > 0:35:48Er...
0:35:48 > 0:35:51But I just saw something there that you can nurture.
0:35:54 > 0:35:56I was gutted,
0:35:56 > 0:35:58absolutely gutted.
0:35:58 > 0:36:01- But I have been behaving, Miss.- So you bloody well should be behaving.
0:36:01 > 0:36:06- I promise.- Going nicking a bottle of bloody Fanta's not going to help your cause, is it?
0:36:06 > 0:36:09And then you get up there and you're suspended for two days.
0:36:09 > 0:36:12You've got something, Dominic, that's worth saving.
0:36:12 > 0:36:14We see that side, but you give it the big 'un
0:36:14 > 0:36:18in front of all your peers on the landing. Yeah, yeah, yeah, aaaah!
0:36:19 > 0:36:25Caught! So you promise me and if you don't, you'll be singing soprano.
0:36:25 > 0:36:27'This is all he's got.'
0:36:27 > 0:36:31And if you mange to help him, then I'm happy, we're all happy.
0:36:31 > 0:36:35We're all fighting his corner. For how long I don't know, cos he's like a cat with nine lives.
0:36:35 > 0:36:39I think he's had eight and three quarters. He's on a quarter left.
0:36:42 > 0:36:48The next morning, Dominic heads to work - but Al's heard some disturbing news.
0:36:50 > 0:36:51AL: I've been told that he,
0:36:51 > 0:36:54on his way back from The Clink to the houseblock,
0:36:54 > 0:36:58leant in through the kitchen window and threatened a prisoner -
0:36:58 > 0:37:01threatened that he was going to cut his throat.
0:37:03 > 0:37:05Unbelievable.
0:37:05 > 0:37:09That makes me angry and makes it also easy for me to say,
0:37:09 > 0:37:14"Fine. I've tried to help you and you've blown it, go away.
0:37:14 > 0:37:17"I've got other people who are much more worthy than you to help
0:37:17 > 0:37:21"and I don't want to hear your bloody excuses and all your bullshit!"
0:37:24 > 0:37:27- What about the threats? - Oh, the threats. Na, yeah.
0:37:27 > 0:37:31Obviously he owed someone something, someone said to collect it for them. Cos of the way I speak,
0:37:31 > 0:37:36he's just assuming I'm saying bare bad things, cos of the way I'm talking with a bit of attitude.
0:37:36 > 0:37:38But I never once said one bad thing.
0:37:38 > 0:37:40You have to go and hustle, bruv.
0:37:40 > 0:37:45D'you know what I'm saying? That's how you have to be. It's survival skills, innit?
0:37:46 > 0:37:48Remember, no-one in here is good.
0:37:48 > 0:37:52No-one in here is in here for good behaviour.
0:37:52 > 0:37:56People say when you go jail you're meant to change, but when you know people off the road
0:37:56 > 0:37:59and you come to jail and you see the same faces...
0:37:59 > 0:38:03You take a left, take a right, look up, look back, look left, there's a criminal.
0:38:04 > 0:38:09Dominic's unaware that Al heard about the threats.
0:38:09 > 0:38:12I saw one magpie today. I think I'm getting sacked.
0:38:12 > 0:38:15One magpie.
0:38:15 > 0:38:16It's bad luck, innit?
0:38:19 > 0:38:20Do you know why you're here?
0:38:20 > 0:38:24- Why?- Final decision, innit?
0:38:24 > 0:38:27You've been sacked, Dominic,
0:38:27 > 0:38:30because of a prisoner - you threatened to cut him up.
0:38:30 > 0:38:34- On my Mum's life, Alberto, I swear down...- Listen, Dominic.
0:38:34 > 0:38:37- I threatened to cut him up - is that what he said?- Dominic...
0:38:37 > 0:38:40- it don't wash with me any more. - Cool, cool.
0:38:40 > 0:38:42I can't trust you any more.
0:38:42 > 0:38:45And if you don't change,
0:38:45 > 0:38:49in my view, you're going to end up in prison your whole life.
0:38:49 > 0:38:51Or get out, get in a gang, and...
0:38:51 > 0:38:55Cos you need qualifications or you're going to get stabbed up.
0:38:57 > 0:39:02I don't even care no more. Just do the time and get out, you get me?
0:39:02 > 0:39:03That's what I'm doing.
0:39:07 > 0:39:10And then what are you going to do when you get out, then?
0:39:10 > 0:39:14You'll still have nowhere to live, and no bloody qualifications.
0:39:14 > 0:39:16I don't even mind about all of that, bruv.
0:39:16 > 0:39:20You get me? It's nothing. You get me?
0:39:20 > 0:39:24Obviously I've got friends and that, so it's nothing, bruv, I don't really care no more.
0:39:25 > 0:39:27- That's it. - There's nothing else I can say.
0:39:27 > 0:39:30- Thanks.- All right, Dominic. Listen, I wish you all the best.
0:39:30 > 0:39:32Yeah, yeah, definite.
0:39:34 > 0:39:38You lot hold this as well.
0:39:41 > 0:39:44- THEY JEER > - Shut your mouth, you little prick!
0:39:44 > 0:39:48I don't feel like I've failed, I feel like I've succeeded by sacking him
0:39:48 > 0:39:50because I've removed a bad apple.
0:39:50 > 0:39:52I'm not wasting my time and energy
0:39:52 > 0:39:55on somebody that doesn't really deserve it,
0:39:55 > 0:39:58so I can concentrate on people that do.
0:40:02 > 0:40:06As punishment for the threats, Dominic is placed on a Bully Book.
0:40:06 > 0:40:11His movement on the wings will be restricted and he'll be put on basic regime -
0:40:11 > 0:40:15with personal clothes, including his shoes, taken away.
0:40:18 > 0:40:22- Any civilian kit you need to bag up for me.- I'm keeping my trainers.
0:40:22 > 0:40:27I'll get you a size 5 pair of shoes, unless you've already got a set of prison ones.
0:40:27 > 0:40:29I don't wear prison ones.
0:40:29 > 0:40:31Hey, yeah listen.
0:40:31 > 0:40:34I don't want to... Me, personally, I don't want to give up my trainers.
0:40:34 > 0:40:39Well, this is not a debate. It's your turn to listen to me.
0:40:39 > 0:40:43I'll get you some trainers and then you'll be giving up them ones, all right?
0:40:43 > 0:40:45Bag up the rest of your kit.
0:40:45 > 0:40:47Taking man's shit.
0:40:49 > 0:40:50Thank you.
0:40:52 > 0:40:56There's no way I'm losing my shoes, and I've been on basic before
0:40:56 > 0:40:59and they've never taken my shoes.
0:40:59 > 0:41:05They're just bend man up to get my things, bruv. I'll just go mad, bruv.
0:41:12 > 0:41:15- No arguments. - They ain't taking my shoes, bruv.
0:41:15 > 0:41:20You know why. I'm not having no arguments with you. Just get them off, now.
0:41:20 > 0:41:22Go on, give us 'em here.
0:41:22 > 0:41:24Anything else you want?
0:41:25 > 0:41:29Do you know, I am so disappointed in you.
0:41:29 > 0:41:31You make me look a right twat.
0:41:33 > 0:41:36You can't even look at me, can you?
0:41:36 > 0:41:39No, you can't - because you know.
0:41:39 > 0:41:43You know what's right and you know what's wrong and you choose to go wrong.
0:41:43 > 0:41:45You're doing that wrong.
0:41:47 > 0:41:49I'm doing it, Miss.
0:41:49 > 0:41:51In and out, in and out.
0:41:51 > 0:41:54Right, later. Sorry. Sorry, I'm just...
0:42:00 > 0:42:04Jackie's the best, bruv, I swear down, bruv.
0:42:04 > 0:42:09If she weren't here they wouldn't have got none of my shit, blood, I'm showing you.
0:42:10 > 0:42:13He'll be in and out. The rest of his life now's fucked.
0:42:13 > 0:42:15That's it for him.
0:42:16 > 0:42:18Another one bites the dust.
0:42:22 > 0:42:25All right, I'll come and see you next week.
0:42:25 > 0:42:29All right, you think long and hard this weekend, young man.
0:42:37 > 0:42:41Can't believe it. After the talk we had yesterday,
0:42:41 > 0:42:44I can't believe he could be so stupid...
0:42:44 > 0:42:46and blow all his chances.
0:42:46 > 0:42:49Cos I said he was a cat with eight and three quarter lives -
0:42:49 > 0:42:52well, he's just lost the quarter.
0:42:52 > 0:42:57When he goes on the outside I think he'll get involved with people
0:42:57 > 0:42:59that are an awful lot harder than him -
0:42:59 > 0:43:01whether it be a gang, whether it be drug dealers.
0:43:01 > 0:43:05He'll get caught in all that and he'll either end up dead...
0:43:07 > 0:43:09..or serving life for something.
0:43:09 > 0:43:11That's...my opinion -
0:43:11 > 0:43:15if he doesn't sort himself out now, at 19, he never will.
0:43:17 > 0:43:20- Prison's not a nice place. - Not a nice place.
0:43:20 > 0:43:23Stay in school. Don't do things that are wrong.
0:43:23 > 0:43:27There's only two ways - death or prison.
0:43:27 > 0:43:30- What is it going to be, my friend? - Prison!
0:43:37 > 0:43:39It's a new year at High Down.
0:43:40 > 0:43:42Happy new year!
0:43:42 > 0:43:47Today, Robbie Lister is out of prison earlier than expected.
0:43:47 > 0:43:50Fucking hell, first mini taste of freedom.
0:43:50 > 0:43:52But he's not going home.
0:43:52 > 0:43:55AL: Today's a brilliant day. Today we're taking Robbie out
0:43:55 > 0:43:58on what we call a ROTL - release on temporary licence -
0:43:58 > 0:44:01and I'm taking him up to Locatelli's restaurant.
0:44:02 > 0:44:05Robbie's going to try for a job as a commis chef.
0:44:05 > 0:44:09It's the first time he's been out of prison for eight months.
0:44:09 > 0:44:12I'm feeling nervous but it's a good nervous, you know what I mean?
0:44:12 > 0:44:17It's a good opportunity. Turn a new page, start a new chapter.
0:44:23 > 0:44:25For Robbie, this is make or break.
0:44:25 > 0:44:29He's got to convince them to give him a job.
0:44:29 > 0:44:31That's a lot of pressure.
0:44:32 > 0:44:34- GIORGIO:- How are you doing, Al? You OK?
0:44:34 > 0:44:35Yeah, thanks.
0:44:35 > 0:44:38- Welcome to Locanda.- Thank you.
0:44:38 > 0:44:41OK, marcia, one carciofolo punterella,
0:44:41 > 0:44:45followed by one tortellini. To finish, one monk fish and one seabass.
0:44:45 > 0:44:47Yes, Chef!
0:44:49 > 0:44:5312 weeks ago, Robbie knew virtually nothing about cooking.
0:44:53 > 0:44:58Now he's about to be put to the test in one of the best restaurants in the country.
0:45:00 > 0:45:04I've never seen Robbie as nervous as this. He's bricking himself.
0:45:07 > 0:45:10I want you to make this one time,
0:45:10 > 0:45:12- so be- careful, watch your finger.
0:45:18 > 0:45:21Robbie's test is to make Giorgio a fennel and blood orange salad.
0:45:21 > 0:45:23I'm sure I can handle it.
0:45:23 > 0:45:26If I can pass the test of being in prison,
0:45:26 > 0:45:28I can pass the test of doing this, hopefully.
0:45:31 > 0:45:33OK, I'll taste it!
0:45:33 > 0:45:35I hope he likes it.
0:45:35 > 0:45:37- Sorry?- I hope he likes it.- So do I.
0:45:39 > 0:45:41Hey, come here.
0:45:43 > 0:45:45- OK, you made it?- Yeah.
0:45:45 > 0:45:48When you do something as simple as that,
0:45:48 > 0:45:50you really need to be spot on with the seasoning and everything.
0:45:50 > 0:45:53That's what we're going to test - your ability to season.
0:45:56 > 0:45:57Mm.
0:45:59 > 0:46:01Mm.
0:46:08 > 0:46:11I think you can come back.
0:46:11 > 0:46:14- Thank you very much.- Yeah? I'll see you later, then.
0:46:14 > 0:46:19I think he's going to start slow, it's going to take him a while, but he's going to be all right.
0:46:19 > 0:46:24I think he's got it in him. And if it doesn't work out, I've got 1,000 more.
0:46:24 > 0:46:26In 1,000 we'll find one.
0:46:26 > 0:46:30- We'll find one.- No, I think we put our faith in him. Yeah?
0:46:30 > 0:46:35Robbie will earn up to £19,000 a year.
0:46:35 > 0:46:37Smashed it, mate, smashed it!
0:46:38 > 0:46:41Fucking smashed it.
0:46:51 > 0:46:53It's late January in High Down.
0:46:53 > 0:46:56Morning, boys.
0:46:56 > 0:46:59Jackie's collecting dirty laundry from the houseblocks.
0:47:02 > 0:47:05Dominic's no longer on a Bully Book,
0:47:05 > 0:47:08but has struggled to find another job.
0:47:08 > 0:47:11'I went to see him over the Christmas and he was very down in the dumps.'
0:47:11 > 0:47:14He knew what he did wrong,
0:47:14 > 0:47:17so I said, "Right, final...down here."
0:47:17 > 0:47:21Cos he needs constant supervision, so I'm pleased.
0:47:21 > 0:47:24- Good lady, Miss Jackie. - SHE CHUCKLES
0:47:24 > 0:47:27- The soft soap won't work! - Miss Jackie sees the talent.
0:47:27 > 0:47:32I don't know about the talent but there is good in everybody. It's just trying to get it out of you.
0:47:32 > 0:47:34Like Miss Jackie knows
0:47:34 > 0:47:38- when you can behave. - Well, you CAN behave.
0:47:38 > 0:47:40You see, good people.
0:47:40 > 0:47:42It's good to know good people in your life, you get me?
0:47:44 > 0:47:46Good woman, bruv.
0:47:46 > 0:47:47Yeah, bruv.
0:47:47 > 0:47:49You'll never get a next Miss Jackie.
0:47:51 > 0:47:54I think I love her because like, she helps, man.
0:47:54 > 0:47:58- Made me learn things.- Split the load up so it's not too heavy.
0:47:58 > 0:48:01It's always good to have at least one person that likes you, bruv, in jail.
0:48:01 > 0:48:04- Have you done the jeans? - Yeah, this is the last ones.
0:48:04 > 0:48:07- Socks and pants?- Nah.
0:48:07 > 0:48:10Four boxes here, Jason.
0:48:12 > 0:48:13Yeah I need ten of those.
0:48:15 > 0:48:18- Do you think he's ever going to go straight?- Pfft!
0:48:21 > 0:48:23Dunno.
0:48:24 > 0:48:25I don't know.
0:48:25 > 0:48:29- Hey mind, mind, mind, you're going to trip!- Get off the trolley!
0:48:31 > 0:48:34Dominic was found guilty of two robberies.
0:48:34 > 0:48:36He's serving three years and eight months.
0:48:38 > 0:48:41- You have to walk a bit faster. - No, you walk slower.
0:48:41 > 0:48:45'We can give them all the support in here that they want.'
0:48:45 > 0:48:48They've got doctors, dentists, absolutely everything.
0:48:48 > 0:48:52When they walk out that gate, what have they got? What has he got when he walks out that gate?
0:48:52 > 0:48:54Nothing.
0:48:54 > 0:48:58Absolutely nothing. And his friends are the people on the streets.
0:48:58 > 0:48:59How is he going to survive?
0:48:59 > 0:49:01He's not, is he?
0:49:04 > 0:49:06Bruv, you lot are terrible.
0:49:08 > 0:49:10Like most jails in England and Wales,
0:49:10 > 0:49:15High Down must now reform prisoners with less money than last year.
0:49:15 > 0:49:18# And you could have it all
0:49:21 > 0:49:24# My empire of dirt
0:49:26 > 0:49:29# I will let you down
0:49:31 > 0:49:34# I will make you hurt
0:49:36 > 0:49:40# If I could start again
0:49:42 > 0:49:45# A million miles away
0:49:47 > 0:49:50# I would keep myself... #
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