A singer-songwriter is setting up what is believed to be Scotland’s first record label for former prisoners. Jill Brown has previously worked and performed with men at Barlinnie Prison in Glasgow over a number of years.
Before lockdown earlier this year she also helped complete a series of songwriting workshops in the jail, one of Europe’s largest, which gave her the idea for the label.
Criminal Records will be a social enterprise generating income through training in courses such as traditional and social media, presentation and positive personal impact skills.
The workshops will also be offered externally as well as to ex-offenders leaving prison who are signed to the label. Ms Brown said: “It’s hard to express how much I enjoy working
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