How one man spent 34 years in prison after setting fire to a pair of curtains

David Blagdon’s long-term detention has been described as ‘barbaric’. Whatever his disastrous personal choices, the system failed him repeatedly There’s never a good time to get a phone call from an escaped prisoner.

from Pocket https://www.theguardian.com/news/2020/oct/01/one-man-34-years-prison-setting-fire-curtains-david-blagdon
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