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Gruesome, disturbing and darkly fascinating: Inside jail dubbed Scotland's 'Alcatraz'

Summary by The Herald Scotland
Decades of brutal history, it housed some of Scotland's most notorious criminals, but now the race is on to save the former Peterhead prison turned…

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Gruesome, disturbing and darkly fascinating: Inside jail dubbed Scotland's 'Alcatraz'

Decades of brutal history, it housed some of Scotland's most notorious criminals, but now the race is on to save the former Peterhead prison turned…

·Scotland, United Kingdom
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The Herald Scotland broke the news in Scotland, United Kingdom on Sunday, March 1, 2026.
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